International Scientific Committee

•WillyBaeyens•FreeUniversityBrusselsVUB(Belgium)

CarloBarbante•Ca’FoscariUniversityVenice(Italy)

PaulField•RutgersUniversity,NJ(USA)

GundaKöllensperger•UniversityofNaturalResourcesandAppliedLifeSciences,Vienna(Austria)

William.F.McDonough•UniversityofMaryland,MD(USA)

LucMoens•GhentUniversity(Belgium)

GhylaineQuitté•CNRS-ENSLyon-UniversitédeLyon(France)

IliaRodushkin•ALSScandinaviaAB(Sweden)

FrankVanhaecke(Chair)•GhentUniversity(Belgium)

Conference secretariat

GhentUniversity

DepartmentofAnalyticalChemistryAtomic&MassSpectrometryA&MSResearchGroup

Krijgslaan281-S12BE-9000Ghent,Belgiumtelefax:+32-92644960e-mail:Frank.Vanhaecke@UGent.behttp://www.sficpms8.ugent.be/

A meeting devoted to the determination,

speciation and isotopic analysis

of (trace) elements using single- and multi-collector

magnetic sector - based ICP – mass spectrometry

FotoDienstToerismeGent

Ghent, Belgium

September 14 - 16, 2009

First Announcement 8th International Sector Field ICP-MS Conference

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The aim of this series of conferences is bringingtogetherscientistsfromvariousfieldsusingmagneticsector - based ICP-MS, to discuss fundamentalsand applications and to learn from each other’sexperience.A relaxedatmospherewillbecreatedto stimulate the transfer of knowledge and theexchangeofideasbetweentheparticipants.

Scientific programme

Abstracts Accomodation

Social events

Practical information

Exhibition

Allpracticalinformationwillbepublishedon:http://www.sficpms8.ugent.be/

Limited space, immediately adjacent to thelecture room and poster area, will be availablefor the exhibition of equipment, leaflets andbooks. Interested companies should contact theConferenceSecretariat.

All those intending to attend the conference areencouraged to submit an abstract for either anoral or poster contribution. Deadline for abstractsubmissionisJune1st,2009.Detailsoftheformatoftheabstractscanbefoundon:http://www.sficpms8.ugent.be.TheBookofAbstractswillbeavailabletoallconferenceparticipants.

The monday evening reception and the Tuesdayevening conference dinner are included in theregistration fee. During poster presentations, theparticipantsareinvitedtosampleBelgianspecialties(e.g.,chocolatesandbeers).Moreover,Ghenthasa very lively historic city centre with numerousrestaurants and bars. For a preview of the cityand its architectural treasures and a taste of theatmosphere, please visit http://www.visitgent.be/,and/or, http://www4.gent.be/gent/vrijetij/toerisme/publicaties/Toeristische_Brochure_EN.pdf

SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCEScope of the conference

Theprogrammewillconsistofplenarylectureswitha tutorial character, contributed research lecturesand poster presentations. The main topics to bedealtwithduringthisconferencewillbe:

-Single-collectorandmulti-collectorsectorfieldinstrumentation

-Ultra-traceelementdetermination-ElementalspeciationusingLC,GCorCEcoupledtoSF-ICP-MS

-SpatiallyresolvedandbulkanalysisusingLAcoupledtoSF-ICP-MS

-Provenancedeterminationstudiesbasedontraceelementfingerprintingandisotoperatiodetermination

-Geochemicalandcosmochemicalisotoperatioworkrelyingonmulti-collectorICP-MS

The conferencewill be followed by a free 2-dayssoftware trainingsessionorganisedbyoneof themajorvendors.

RoomswillbeavailableatareducedrateattheIbishotels(tobebookedviahttp://www.sficpms8.ugent.be/). For other types of accommodation, pleaseconsulthttp://www.visitgent.be/.

Conference language

The official language of the conference will beEnglish.

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