2015 Technical Program
NEMC 2015 featured over 160 presentations and posters organized into concurrent technical sessions from Monday through Thursday with a general session on Wednesday morning. A keynote address on a major topic kicked off the start of each day. Abstracts and speaker biographies for each of the presentations are posted below.
The Forum on Laboratory Accreditation The Forum on Laboratory Accreditation (the Forum) held concurrently with NEMC, is the principal conference for addressing policy and technical issues affecting the accreditation of environmental laboratories in addition to field sampling and measurement organizations. The Forum features open public meetings of all TNI committees to allow quality professionals, chemists, analysts, microbiologists, engineers, and managers from federal and state agencies; commercial, municipal, state and federal laboratories; and many others who are actively involved and interested in laboratory accreditation issues to review what has been done and participate in the efforts to establish a national program for environmental laboratories and field sampling and measurement organizations. Details for the Forum meetings can be found at www.nelac-institute.org. |
Monday, July 13
8:00 - 5:00 Citizen Science Poster Session
8:00 Welcome
8:15 - 8:45 Keynote Address: Scaling up Ecosystem Monitoring in the Great Lakes
Paris Collingsworth, Great Lakes Ecosystems Specialist, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grants Program
9:00 - 12:00 Concurrent Sessions
- NEMC: Academic Research Topics in Environmental Measurement and Monitoring
- NEMC: Current Topics in Microbiology
- NEMC: Satisfying Method and Program Requirements to Comply with SDWA and CWA Regulations
- NEMC: LIMS Implementation Issues
- TNI: Information Technology Committee
- TNI: Laboratory Accreditation Body Expert Committee
- TNI: Proficiency Testing Expert Committee
- TNI: Quality Systems Expert Committee
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Provided
1:00 - 5:00 Concurrent Sessions
- ELAB: Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board
- NEMC: Field Analytical Chemistry
- NEMC: High Performance Liquid Chromatography in Environmental Monitoring
- NEMC: Method 8260 Productivity Forum
- TNI: Proficiency Testing Expert Committee (Continued)
- TNI: Radiochemistry Expert Committee
- TNI: Whole Effluent Toxicity Expert Committee
5:30 - 7:00 Opening Reception and Exposition
Tuesday, July 14
8:00 - 5:00 Poster Session and Exposition
8:00 Welcome
8:15 - 8:45 Keynote Address: A Data Warehouse Approach to Managing and Querying Environmental Data
Ben Shorr, Physical Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
9:00 - 12:00 Concurrent Sessions
- NEMC: Best Practices for Reference Materials
- NEMC: Contaminated Sediments
- NEMC: Forensic Chemistry
- TNI: Assessment Forum
- TNI: Chemistry Expert Committee
- TNI: Microbiology Expert Committee
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Provided
1:00 - 5:00 Concurrent Sessions
- NEMC: Advances in Sample Preparation and Clean-up
- NEMC: Air Methods & Monitoring (Session 1)
- NEMC: Solid Phase Extraction Comes of Age: A Review of the ILI SPE Demonstration Project
- TNI: Assessment Forum (Continued)
- TNI: Chemistry Expert Committee (Continued)
- TNI: Proficiency Testing Program Executive Committee
5:30 - 7:30 Innovative New Technology Showcase
Wednesday, July 15
8:00 - 5:00 Poster Session and Exposition
8:15 Welcome
8:30 - 12:00 General Session: Big Data: Environmental Measurement and Monitoring Data in the 21st Century
- Federal Perspective: Stan Meiburg, Acting Deputy Administrator, USEPA
- Regulated Industry Perspective: Jennifer Glasgow, Chief Privacy Officer, Acxiom Corporation
- Academic Perspective: Rayid Ghani, Research Director at the Computation Institute and Senior Fellow, University of Chicago
- Citizen Perspective: Citizen Perspective: Anthony P. Garcia, Attorney, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch on Your Own
OR
Attend a Free Lunch Seminar with
Free Lunch Seminar with Agilent Technologies
- Advances in Elemental Analysis Technology for Environmental Testing Labs
OR
Free Lunch Seminar with FMS Corporation
- Streamline your Sample Prep Process
OR
Free Lunch Seminar with Waters Corporation
- Atmospheric Pressure Gas Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (APGC-MS/MS) - an Alternative Analytical Tool for Chemical Warfare Agents, Explosives, and other Related Compounds in Environmental Matrices
1:00 - 5:00 Concurrent Sessions
- NEMC: Air Methods & Monitoring (Session 2)
- NEMC: The 2015 TNI Laboratory Standard
- NEMC: Data Management and Quality (Session 1)
- NEMC: Topics in Drinking Water (Session 1)
- TNI: Mentor Session
- TNI: Non-Governmental Accreditation Body Recognition Committee
- TNI: Stationary Source Audit Sample Committee
6:30 - 10:00 Lake Michigan Dinner Cruise
Thursday, July 16
8:00 - 5:00 Poster Session
8:00 Welcome
8:15 - 8:45 Keynote Address: Navigating the ‘Big Data’ Movement - New Value for Hard Problems,
Blair Deaver, Senior GIS Analyst/Programmer, GeoEngineers, Inc.
9:00 - 12:00 Concurrent Sessions
- NEMC: Air Methods & Monitoring (Session 3)
- NEMC: Collaborative Efforts to Improve Environmental Monitoring (Session 1)
- NEMC: Operational and Advocacy Issues Impacting the Environmental Laboratory Industry
- NEMC: Topics in Drinking Water (Session 2)
- NEMC/TNI: NEMC Steering Committee and Conference Planning
- TNI: Field Activities Committee and NEFAP Executive Committee
- TNI: NELAP Accreditation Council and Laboratory Accreditation System Executive Committee
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch Provided
1:30 - 5:00 Concurrent Sessions
- NEMC: Changing the Paradigm for Water Pollution Monitoring
- NEMC: Collaborative Efforts to Improve Environmental Monitoring (Session 2)
- NEMC: Data Management and Quality (Session 2)
- NEMC: Topics in Shale Gas
- TNI: Advocacy Committee
- TNI: Consensus Standards Development Program Executive Committee
- TNI: Laboratory Accreditation System Executive Committee
- TNI: NELAP Accreditation Council
- TNI: General Session (Committee Chairs Report)
Monday, July 13
Keynote Speaker
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| 8:15 | Scaling Up Ecosystem Monitoring in the Great Lakes Paris Collingsworth, Purdue University | download presentation |
NEMC Concurrent Sessions
Academic Research Topics in Environmental Measurement and Monitoring
Session Chair(s): Bob Wyeth; Tarun Anumol, Agilent Technologies (University of Arizona)
Current Topics in Microbiology
Session Chair(s): Patsy Root, IDEXX
LIMS Implementation Issues
Session Chair(s): Robert Benz, Khemia Software Inc.
| 9:00 | LIMS Implementation: Ensuring Success Through Pre-Purchase Diligence and a Post-Go-Live Responsibility Matrix Jennifer Shackelford, City of Portland, OR | download presentation |
| 9:30 | Quantum TIME Savings with LIMS Deployment Devender Gandhi, Accelerated Technology Laboratories | download presentation |
| 10:30 | LIMS and Instrument Integration: The Perfect Relationship? Elizabeth Turner, North Texas Municipal Water District | download presentation |
| 11:00 | The Technology and Security Behind LIMS in the Cloud William Pingpank, Ethosoft, Inc. | download presentation |
| 11:30 | One Lab's LIMS Journey from Paper-Based to Paperless Productivity Peter Schulert, ESC Lab Sciences | download presentation |
Satisfying Method and Program Requirements to Comply with SDWA and CWA Regulations
Session Chair(s): Dan Hautman, USEPA
| 9:00 | Introduction To Session Daniel Hautman, USEPA, OW, OGWDW, SRMD, Technical Support Center (TSC) | download presentation |
| 9:15 | Drinking Water Analytical Method and Program Requirements: Roles and Responsibilities, Analytical Method Approval, and Effective Regulatory Oversight Daniel Hautman, USEPA, OW, OGWDW, SRMD, Technical Support Center (TSC) | download presentation |
| 10:30 | How Clean Water Analytical Methods are Applied to Protect Water Quality Janet Goodwin, USEPA, OW, OST, EAD, Technology & Statistics Branch (TSB) | download presentation |
| 11:15 | Analytical Test Method Requirements: An Enforcement Perspective James Morgan, USEPA, OECA, Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training | download presentation |
| 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Provided |
Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board Meeting EPA’s Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board (ELAB) will meet from 1:00 - 5:00 on Monday,July 13. ELAB is managed in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to solicit consensus advice on issues such as:
All ELAB meetings are open to the public. |
NEMC Concurrent Sessions
Field Analytical Chemistry
Session Chair(s): Doug Later; William LaCourse, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
High Performance Liquid Chromatography in Environmental Monitoring
Session Chair(s): David Kennedy, Phenomenex
Method 8260 Productivity Forum
Session Chair(s): Mark Bruce, TestAmerica Inc.
5:30 - 7:00 |
Opening Reception and Exposition |
Tuesday, July 14
Keynote Speaker
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| 8:15 | A Data Warehouse Approach to Managing and Querying Environmental Data Ben Shorr, NOAA | download presentation |
NEMC Concurrent Sessions
Best Practices for Reference Materials
Session Chair(s): Joe Konschnik, Restek
| 9:00 | CRM’s and the Dilemma of the 2nd Source Shawn Kassner, Phenova, A Phenomenex Company | download presentation |
| 9:30 | Improving Data Defensibility Using CRMs Tom Widera, ERA | download presentation |
| 10:30 | Development of a Soil Reference Material Using Eastern US Sources (NIST SRM 2706) Stuart Nagourney, Nagourney | download presentation |
| 12:00 | Pitfalls of Using Non-Standard Standards Mark Bruce, TestAmerica | download presentation |
| 11:30 | Application of Site Specific Samples as On-Site Reference Material Jennifer Richardson, The Dow Chemical Company | download presentation |
Collaborative Efforts to Improve Environmental Monitoring
Session Chair(s): L.Walker, USEPA; William Lipps, Shimadzu
| 9:00 | Expedited Method Approval of Alternate Test Procedures for the Analysis of Contaminants Under the Safe Drinking Water Act Daniel Hautman, USEPA, OW, OGWDW, SRMD, Technical Support Center (TSC) | download presentation |
| 9:30 | Clean Water Act (CWA) Methods Activities Adrian Hanley, USEPA-OW-OST-EAD | download presentation |
| 10:30 | Sensing the Environment: Environmental Sensor Outreach in the Classroom Rachel McIntosh-Kastrinsky, ASPPH/USEPA | download presentation |
| 11:00 | What's New in Standard Methods? Andy Eaton, Eurofins Eaton Analytical | download presentation |
| 11:30 | ASTM D19 Method Validation Procedures William Lipps, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments | download presentation |
Forensic Chemistry
Session Chair(s): Kitty Kong, Chevron
| 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Provided |
NEMC Concurrent Sessions
Advances in Sample Preparation and Clean-up
Session Chair(s): Michael Flournoy, Eurofins Frontier Global Sciences, Inc.; Zoe Grosser, Horizon Technology
Air Methods & Monitoring
Session Chair(s): Nicola Watson, Markes International; Michael Flournoy, Eurofins Frontier Global Sciences, Inc.; Deb Gaynor, Phoenix Chemistry Services; Wayne Whipple, USEPA, Region 5
Solid Phase Extraction Comes of Age: A Review of the ILI SPE Demonstration Project
Session Chair(s): David Kennedy, Phenomenex; Zoe Grosser, Horizon Technology
