North American IRMS User Meeting
May 16-17, 2023 / James Madison University, Virginia, USA
Following on from the success of Elementar’s User Meetings in Europe, Elementar Americas Inc. is pleased to announce our inaugural North American Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry User Meeting on 16th & 17th May, 2023, hosted at James Madison University, Virginia, USA. This event is free to attend.
The purpose and vision of the meeting is to offer a community event space to discuss and promote stable isotope analysis and instrumentation. A core Elementar value is support of the elemental analysis and stable isotope analysis communities; we are proud to offer a space to foster new ideas and the opportuny to share best analytical practices to enable optimum instrument performance, data quality and instrument lifetime. As such, the event is free and open to anyone that uses, or may use, any brand of stable isotope analyser; we particularly welcome early career stage researchers, students, and users from under represented communities.
The schedule will include a variety of presentations and workshops, featuring Elementar service engineers, technical and application specialists, as well as user presentations highlighting their applications and research. Please find more information on user presentations below.
We look forward to your registration until April 30th, 2023.
Agenda
Tuesday, May 16th
08:30 - 09:00 | Registration |
09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome and Introduction |
09:30 - 11:00 | Workshop: Introduction to Stable Isotopes and IRMS |
11:00 - 11:15 | Break |
11:15 - 12:30 | Workshop: Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis |
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
13:30 - 15:15 | TBA: User Presentations |
15:15 - 15:30 | Break |
15:30 - 17:00 | TBA: User Presentations |
18:00 - 22:00 | Social Event |
Wednesday, May 17th
09:00 - 09:15 | Day 2 Welcome |
09:15 - 10:30 | Workshop: Elemental Analysis & EA-IRMS |
10:30 - 11:00 | Made In Manchester: History of the IRMS |
11:00 - 11:15 | Break |
11:15 - 12:30 | Workshop: Elementar IRMS - Maintenance, Tips and Tricks |
12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
13:30 - 15:15 | Lab Tour & Mineral Museum Visit |
15:15 - 15:30 | Break |
15:30 - 17:00 | TBA: User Presentations and/or Elementar Workshop |
17:00 - 17:30 | Closing Remarks |
Yes, I would like to attend the user meeting
We would extend the invitation to present your research to all who would like to do do; please indicate at registration your intention, and a title/abstract. There is no hard deadline to submit, but ideally by 8th of May to allow us to revise the schedule if necessary. We will endevour to allow as many speakers to participate as possible.
Presentations will be oral, and should aim to be 25 minutes long, with 5 minutes alloted for questions.
We will also be recording sessions, please indicate at registration and title/abstract submission if you do not wish to be recorded.
We strive to host an inclusive, accessible event that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact Kyle Taylor at kyle.taylor@elementar.com to discuss requirements. Accessibility information for James Madison University is also available at the following address: www.jmu.edu/accessibility/index
The event is intended to be predominantly in-person, but we are working on options for remote attendance and/or recording of presentations for post-event access as well, and will update on these options as we confirm.
Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (SHD) is located 15 minutes from campus and offers a door to door shuttle service.
James Madison University (JMU) can be reached from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) using the Virginia Breeze coach bus service that operates daily, seven days per week, between Dulles and JMU. Departure times are: 10:40 am (Valley Flyer Route) and 1.55 pm (Highlands Rhythm Route). Journey time is ca. 2 hrs.
Additional transport access information is available at www.jmu.edu/transportation/regional-and-break-shuttles/airports