XRF2010 - 20th Anniversary Symposium:
Practical XRF Application in Industry
June 11, 2010

8:30 – 8:40 A.M.	Welcome & Flash Back Charlie Wu, University of Western Ontario
8:40 – 9:20 A.M.	A Well Cemented Technique - XRF Maggi Loubser, PPC Cement
9:20 – 10:00 A.M.	Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania: XRF & XRD studies of the Geological Contents of early Man and early Mars Lindsay McHenry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
10:00 – 10:30 A.M.	XRF Spectrometry Applications on the Analysis of Titanium based SRC Catalysts Adela dela Rosa, Cormetech Inc.
10:30 – 10:45 A.M.	Coffee/Tea Break (outside B&G-1084)
10:45 – 11:15 A.M.	Petroleum and Beyond – XRF Analysis of Alternative Energy Source Valerie Omatsu-Baas, Natural Resources Canada
11:15 – 11:45 A.M	New Advances and Applications using X-ray Fluorescence Analyzer for Metals Testing in the Scrap Recycling Industry Jim Stachowiak, ThermoFisher Scientific
11:45 A.M. – 12:25 P.M.	The Application of XRF to Gold Refining and Coin Manufacturing at Royal Canadian Mint Mike Hinds, Royal Canadian Mint
12:25 – 1:25 P.M.	Lunch @ B&G 1084 & MSA bldg. lobby
1:25 – 1:55 P.M.	The Challenges and Benefits of XRF Spectrometry at Xstrata Zinc Brunswick Smelter Denis Foulem, Xstrata Zinc Brunswick Smelter
1:55 – 2:25 P.M.	Chemical TXRF: Advantages for Pharmaceutical and Food Testing Michael Rider, Bruker-axs
2:25 - 2:55 P.M.	Applications of XRF to trace analysis of Hydrocarbons Matthew Kulzick, BP Amoco Chemical
2:55 – 3:25 P.M.	Screening for Restricted Elements using XRF Alexander Seyfarth, Bruker-axs Inc.
3:25 – 3:45 P.M.	Coffee/Tea Break (outside B&G-1084)
3:45 – 4:00 P.M.	SRM2855 Additive Elements in Polyethylene: WDXRF Analysis and Certification Approach John Sieber, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Please contact Dr. John Sieber at NIST for his presentation
4:00 – 4:15 P.M.	Some Methods for Checking for Errors in background, MAC's and Sample Mix-up James Willis, James Willis Consultants cc
4:15 – 5:00 P.M.	Slide Shows provided from previous course participants Rick Conrey, Washington State University, XRF Lab Pierre Ricou, Arkema Inc. Joanna Lugowski, Ministry of Transportation Ontario Naser Abdo & Bassam Khader, National XRF Lab - UAE Joost Oostra - Customer training in Latin America Xiang Yang, St. Mary's University
5:00 P.M.	Closing Remark