9th International Symposium
on Recent Advances
in POPs Analysis
28-29 April 2014
Bremen, Germany
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Program
28 April 2014
29 April 2014
9 a.m. Arrival and registration
10 a.m. Opening of symposium
10:30 a.m. Dioxins and PCBs in Food and Humans – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Peter Fürst, CVUA-MEL, Germany
11:10 a.m. Coffee
11:40 a.m. Current EU Legislation on Dioxins and PCBs in Feed and Food and Recent Activities
of the EU-RL
Alexander Kotz, European Union Reference Laboratory (EU-RL) for Dioxins and PCBs in Feed and Food, Germany
Noon Recent Findings on POPs in Greece
Leondios Leondiadis, National Centre for Scientific Research, Greece
12:20 a.m. Global Monitoring Plan Under Stockholm Convention: Results and Next Steps
Heidelore Fiedler, UNEP, Switzerland
12:40 a.m. Lunch
2 p.m. Welcome back and instructions for evening event
2:10 p.m. Dioxin Analyses. The Dogs Bark, but the Caravan Goes on...
Jean-Francois Focant, University of Liege, Belgium
2:30 p.m. DFS Technology Update
Heinz Mehlmann, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Germany
2:50 p.m. Coffee & Musical Bells
3:20 p.m. Low Cost Dioxin Analysis - Simplified Manual Sample Clean-up using Disposable
Preparation Columns Combined with Thermo Scientific TSQ 8000 GC-MS/MS
David Hope, Pacific Rim Laboratories Inc., Canada
3:40 p.m. Determination of PCDD/Fs in Environmental Samples using Accelerated Solvent
Extraction (ASE) and GC-MS/MS
Fabrizio Galbiati, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Switzerland
3:50 p.m. Levels and Trends of Legacy and Emerging POPs in the Spanish Environment
Begoña Jiménez, IQOG-CSIC, Spain
4:10 p.m. Shoot-and-Dilute GC-MS/MS: An Analogous Technique to Dilute-and-Shoot
LC-MS/MS to Improve Gas Chromatographic Performance
Jack Cochran, Restek Corporation, USA
4:40 p.m. Analysis of Dioxins in Stack Gas Emissions - Samples Collected by Continuous
Sampling Devices: High Content Samples, Another Issue for Mass Spectrometry
Esteban Abad, IDAEA-CSIC, Spain
5 p.m. Close
7 p.m. Dinner & Entertainment
10 a.m. Welcome
10:10 a.m. Past, Present and Future of Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry
Alexander Makarov, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Germany
10:50 a.m. Development and Application of a Bench-top High Resolution and
High Mass Accuracy Gas Chromatograph/Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer
Amelia Peterson, University of Wisconsin, USA
11:10 a.m. Coffee
11:40 a.m. Total Solutions POPs Laboratories of the Future
Tom Hall, FMS, USA
Noon Validation and Performance – Experiences with the HRMS Analysis of
Human Samples
Frank Neugebauer, eurofins | GfA GmbH, Germany
12:20 a.m. Natural Formation of Dioxins
Werner Tirler, Eco Research, Italy
12:40 a.m. Lunch
2 p.m. Welcome back and instructions for factory tour
2:10 p.m. Dioxins in Food and Feed Still a Matter of Concern?
Wim Traag, RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety, The Netherlands
2:30 p.m. Advanced Software Tools for Routine Screening and Confirmation
Olaf Scheibner, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Germany
2:50 p.m. GCMS Technology Update
Paul Silcock, Thermo Fisher Scientific, UK
3:10 p.m. Symposium close
3:20 p.m. Coffee
3:50 p.m. Travel to Thermo Fisher Scientific
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Factory tours
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Dedicated Resources
To demonstrate our commitment to suppor-ting laboratories charged with the task of researching and monitoring POPs, we have established a POPs Center of Excellence. This direct resource for our customers and associates is staffed with experts in POPs analysis. Our commitment ensures high pro-ductivity, added value solutions for some of the most challenging POPs determinations. Located in Bremen, Germany, the POPs Center of Excellence is chartered to support our international customers and associates, addressing a wide range of requirements.
• Reference for POPs analysis
• Point for access to POPs methodology on Thermo Scientific products
• Resource for collaborative projects on the latest instrumentation
• Knowledge hub for Thermo Scientific product users who are working in POPs analysis
• Partner to industrial and governmental laboratories; improving quality and efficiency in our world-wide POPs monitoring capacity
For more info about the integrated POPs workflow visit
