May 24, 2016

Abstracts are being solicited for a conference on Detection Limits sponsored by ASTM International Committee D22 on Air Quality. The conference will be held on August 29-31, 2016, at the DoubleTree Raleigh – Brownstone – University, Raleigh, N.C.

The goal of the conference is to provide a forum to educate, discuss, and debate the various aspects of detection limits as applied to the various fields of environmental measurements. Topics include:
•    Overview of detection limits and the cornucopia of related terms
•    The mathematical basis behind the establishment of detection limits
•    How particular stakeholders apply detection limits to their field of interest
•    Implications of detection limit definition inhomogenalities

Featured speakers include:
•    Michael Brisson, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, S.C.
•    Dr. Steve Morgan, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
•    Lara Phelps, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, N.C

Online registration is now open and closes August 19, 2016. Visit www.astm.org/D22ConferenceAug2016 for more information.

Additional information is available from conference chairman Michael Brisson, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, S.C., mike.brisson@srs.gov, tel: +1.803.952.4400.

ASTM Staff Contact: Hannah Sparks, tel +1.610.832.9677; hsparks@astm.org

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