Lunch and Registration, Radisson SAS Hotel
Room “Mini & Chocolate"

How to Implement and Profit from a Successful Laboratory Automation Program
Donald G. Patterson Jr.*
EnviroSolutions Consulting, Inc.
172 Camelot Way, #20198
Jasper, GA 30143

Automated Extraction and Clean-up for the Measurement of Dioxins and PCBs in Food, Feed, Feed-Additives for EU Regulation
Jean-Francois Focant*
Gauthier Eppe, Edwin De Pauw CART, Organic and Biological Analytical Chemistry,
Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Chemistry Department
University of Liege, Belgium

Automated Extraction and Sample Preparation of Dioxins, PCBs, PCNs, and BDEs
in Biological Samples
Laila Fayez, Eric J. Reiner, Terry M. Kolic, Robert Brunato, Roxanna Lega, Karen A. MacPherson, Patrick W. Crozier
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Toronto, Canada

Performance of PLE On-Line with Multi-Column Cleanup For the Automated Analysis of Emerging POPs Including Brominated Dioxins
Bert van Bavel*
MTM Research Center, Department of Natural Sciences
Orebro University
Manoli Abalos and Esteban Abad
Laboratory of Dioxins, Department of Ecotechnologies
IIQAB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain  

Multi-residue Extraction and Clean Up of Pesticides and POPs in Dried Botanicals Using PLE
Douglas G. Hayward*, Jon W. Wong, K. Zhang, A. Krynitsky
US Food and Drug Administration, Office for Regulatory Science          
College Park, MD 20740
 

Break

Analysis of PBDEs in Breast Milk and PBDEs, PCDD/Fs, and PCBs in Food Samples Using an FMS Power Prep System for Automated Clean Up
Janice Huwe*                         
USDA, ARS, Biosciences research Laboratory
Fargo, ND

Automation in Dioxin Analysis   
Wim A Traag*, Martijn v.d. Lee, Ron AP Hoogenboom        
RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety
The Netherlands

Historical Evolution and Lessons Learned for Automated High Throughput Sample Preparation of Biological Matrices
Wayman E. Turner*, Troy Cash, and Donald G. Patterson Jr.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS FOR SPEAKERS