Scientific program
Eurachem has played an important part in the significant improvements in the quality of analytical measurements that have been achieved since it was set up 25 years ago.
The purpose of this workshop is to review the procedures and guidance in each step of the measurement cycle, starting with setting a target measurement uncertainty that is adequate to ensure that the necessary decisions can be made on the basis of the measurement result.
Plenary lectures will be given on each step of the measurement cycle followed by breakout sessions. Since there is evidence, for example from the results of PT schemes, that the required quality is not always achieved, these breakout sessions will be tasked with identifying where improvements are needed and also what might be the reasons for these quality failures.
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Monday, May 19 The measurement cycle: Part I |
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Registration |
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| 9:00 |
Welcome Sub-Director of FCUL, Prof. Dr. José Manuel Rebordão Eurachem Chair, Bertil Magnusson Eurachem-Portugal, Ricardo Bettencourt da Silva RELACRE President, Álvaro Ribeiro |
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Eurachem 25th Anniversary The measurement cycle Chair: B. Magnusson |
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| 9:15 | Eurachem – how it began | A. Williams |
| 9:30 | What Eurachem has achieved | M. Walsh |
| 9:50 | The measurement cycle | W. Wegscheider |
| 10:20 | Coffee | |
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Setting requirements for measurement validation Chair: M. F. Camões |
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| 10:50 | Setting the measurement requirement | R. B. Silva |
| 11:20 | Method validation and verification | L. Sibbesen |
| 11:50 | JRC contribution to the fitness for purpose of analytical methods for food and feed matrices | F. Cordeiro |
| 12:10 | Assessment of the determination of total sulphur in fertilisers by ICP-OES | M. J. Nunes |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
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Bias evaluation and proficiency testing Chair: M. Walsh |
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| 13:30 | Recovery/ bias evaluation |
I. Leito |
| 14:00 | Proficiency Testing (PT) – a tool to improve laboratory performance | B. Brookman |
| 14:30 | Use of interlaboratory study to better define the characteristics of dispersion of results in natural gas analyses | E. Basset |
| 14:50 | Assessing a New Approach (Triple A-Classification) to Evaluate Performance-Underperformance of Laboratories Participating in the EU Proficiency Tests for Multi-residue Analysis of Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables | A. Valverde |
| 15:10 | Tea | |
| 15:40 | Parallel breakout sessions on: | |
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1) Setting the measurement requirement (Chair: R. B. Silva) |
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2) Method validation and verification (Chair: M. Patriarca) |
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3) Challenges in recovery/bias evaluation (Chair: D. Milde) |
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| 17:10 | Report back from the breakout sessions | |
| 17:55 | Close | |
| 18:15 | - | |
| 19:15 | Workshop dinner – Mundial Hotel | |
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Tuesday, May 20 The measurement cycle: Part II |
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Measurement traceability and uncertainty Chair: A. Williams |
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| 9:00 | Traceability in chemical analysis – Are we ready to deliver? | H. Emons |
| 9:30 | Uncertainty evaluation for analysis and sampling | S. Ellison |
| 10:00 | Specifications and traceability in the pharmaceutical industry | K. Byrialsen |
| 10:20 | Estimation of measurement uncertainty in the fluorometric determination of ammoniacal nitrogen in seawater by continuous flow analysis (CFA) | I. Claramunt |
| 10:40 | Coffee | |
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Compliance assessment Chair: W. Wegscheider |
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| 11:10 | Reporting the result and assessment of compliance | B. Magnusson |
| 11:40 | NMIJ Analytical Skill-Upgrade Training Program | K. Chiba |
| 12:00 | Quality assurance of chemical analysis: classification, modeling and quantification of human errors | I. Kuselman |
| 12:20 | Lunch | |
| 13:20 | Poster session | |
| 14:50 | Tea | |
| 15:20 | Parallel breakout sessions on: | |
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1) Challenges in uncertainty evaluation (Chair: A. Williams) |
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2) Traceability and use of reference materials (Chair: S. Ellison) |
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3) Use of uncertainty in assessment of compliance (Chair: J. Engman) |
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| 16:50 | Report back from the breakout sessions | |
| 17:35 | Close | |
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Wednesday, May 21 Underpinning the measurement cycle |
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Quality Assurance and Training Chair: P. De Bièvre |
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| 9:00 | QA/QC to underpin the measurement cycle | P. Bianco |
| 9:30 | Key skills for the analytical scientist: Assessing competence in the laboratory | V. Barwick |
| 10:00 | Courses of Study and Interest-based Subjects | M. F. Camões |
| 10:20 | Training needs to understand Quality Assurance | K. Tsimillis |
| 10:40 | Coffee | |
| 11:10 | Where next | M. F. Camões |
| 11:30 | Where next: Three parallel discussions about the same topic | |
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1) Group I (Chair: M. Suchanek) |
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2) Group II (Chair: B. Magnusson) |
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3) Group III (Chair: W. Wegscheider) |
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| 12:15 | Report back from Breakout Sessions | |
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Closing Rector of the University of Lisbon, Prof. Dr. António Cruz Serra Coordinator of CCMM-FCUL, Prof. Dr. Carlos Nieto de Castro Eurachem Chair, Bertil Magnusson Eurachem-Portugal, Ricardo Bettencourt da Silva RELACRE President, Álvaro Ribeiro |
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| 13:00 | Lunch | |
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