38th Annual Western Canada Trace Organics Workshop
Program
Sunday April 27, 2003
7:00 - 11:00 Social Mixer - Light Snacks - Host bar
Monday April 28, 2003 Trace Organic Compounds
8:00 - 9:00 Registration coffee
Poster setup  
 
Chairperson Dave Humphries Alberta Research Council
9:00 - 9:05 Introduction/welcome
9:05 - 9:35 Susan McRory: Alberta Justice Dept. Trace Analysis and Environmental Law
9:35 - 10:05 Rob Koski LIMS - Designing and Building an in-house system
10:05 - 10:35 Dave Clarke: Perkin Elmer Innovative Techniques in GC/MS for Trace Organics
10:35 - 11:00 coffee sponsored by Varian visit sponsors/ posters
Chairperson Donna Grant         Canadian Food Inspection Agency,  Calgary
11:00 - 11:30 John Headley Determination of Residues of Explosives in Groundwater underlying Military Sites in Germany
11:30 - 12:00 Paul D'Agostino Mass Spectrometric Identification of Chemical Defense Compounds in Soil Extracts
12:00 - 12:30 Darren Johnston: Varian Varian 1200 Quadrupole MS: Using Sensitivity to Reduce Cost in Environmental Analysis
 
12:30 - 1:30 lunch on your own
Chairperson Diana Chau Environment Canada
1:30 - 2:00 Gary Paul: Thermo Finnigan High Resolution and Accurate Mass Applications on a Unique Triple-Stage Quadrapole
2:00 - 2:30 Tom Thompson Misadventures in Mass Spectrometry and Drug Residue Analysis
2:30 - 3:00 Christine Akre Validation of a Simple Method for Estradiol in Bovine Urine using GC-NCI-MS
 
3:00 - 3:20 coffee sponsored by Rose Scientific  visit sponsors/ posters
Steve Antonsen: Dionex
Chairperson John Headley National Water Research Institute, Saskatoon
3:20 - 3:50 Steve Antonsen: Dionex Advances in Ion Chromatography
3:50 - 4:20 Dena McMartin A Review of the Fate and Transport of Crude Oil Based Naphthenic Acid in the Aquatic Environment
4:20 - 4:50 Jagroop Dahiya Method Development for Analysis of Phytoestrogens in Rat Serum by GC/MS-SIM
6:00 - 7:00 pre-banquet mixer at REDS Sponsored by Perkin Elmer
7:00 - 8:30 banquet at REDS Caledon Award Ceremony
8:30 - 11:00 pool, bowling, socializing at REDS
Tuesday April 29, 2003 Pesticides
8:00 - 8:30 coffee
8:30 - 8:35 Welcome
Chairperson Narine Gurprasad Environment Canada
8:35 - 9:00 Russell Gottschalk Applications of LC/MS to Pesticide Residue Enforcement and Performance-Based Methods
9:00 - 9:30 John Nichols Experiences using mass spectral deconvolution for groundwater contaminant screening
9:30 - 10:00 Dave Humphries Glyphosate Spray Event Residues
   
10:00 - 10:30 coffee sponsored by Anachemia visit sponsors/ posters (will be taken down at noon)
Chairperson Tom Thompson Alberta Agriculture
10:30 - 11:00 Glenn Mitchell: Anachemia Quality Control in a Trace Organic Lab
11:00 - 11:30 Gary Byrtus Pesticides in Alberta Treated Water Supplies
11:30 - 12:00 Ron Currie An Innovation in Internet Access to Analytical Instruments by Demonstrating Malathion Analysis Method Development
 
12:00 - 1:15 lunch sponsored by Agilent provided by workshop
Chairperson John Nichols Dept of Agriculture, State of Oregon
1:15 - 1:45 Gordon McFarlane: VICI ValcoBond and ValcoPLOT Columns for GC
1:45 - 2:15 Thea Rawn Organochlorine insecticide residues in Canadian foods - what are you really eating
2:15 - 2:45 Vesna Furtula Herbicides by LC/MS
 
2:45 - 3:05 Coffee sponsored by Micromass  
Chairperson Don Noot Alberta Agriculture
3:05 - 3:15 business meeting next workshop
3:15 - 3:45 Dave Heywood: Micromass New MS software tools for Quantitative and Qualitative Trace Analysis
3:45 - 4:15 Brij Verma Tetracycline behavior in two Prairie waters and its effect on microbial processes
4:15 - 4:45 Emily Harris Petroleum Hydrocarbons Methodology Comparison of Extraction Techniques for CCME Method
Wednesday April 30, 2003 Pharmaceuticals, Drugs, etc
8:00 - 8:30 coffee
8:30 - 8:35 Welcome
Chairperson Nelson Barchuk Canadian Grains Commission
8:35 - 9:00 Mei Chen Pharmaceuticals in Water and Wastewater - the City of Calgary's Experiances and Approach
9:00 - 9:30 L. Huang Analysis of Antibiotic Drug Residues in Food and Animal Tissue by LC/MS/MS
9:30 - 10:00 Nicole Gibbons LC/MS/MS Ionophore Antibiotic Residues in Animal Tissue and Manure  
 
10:00 - 10:30 coffee sponsored by Air Liquid
Chairperson Jim Sproull Environment Canada
10:30 - 11:00 Brij Verma Ergosterol extraction and detection from a variety of environmental matrices
11:00 - 11:30 Richard Smith: Agilent Identification of Steroids in Water by Iontrap LC/MS/MS
11:30 - 12:00 Angelo DiCicco Trace Level Analysis of Avermectins in Food Matrices using LC/MS
12:00 - 12:10 wrap-up
Afternoon Lab tours Environment Canada & Alberta Agriculture