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