WESTERN CANADA TRACE ORGANIC WORKSHOP - 2010 PROGRAM

Vancouver, British Columbia

Empire Landmark Hotel

Sunday, April 25, 2010

7:00 pm – 10:00 pm / Registration and Hospitality Mixer

Monday, April 26, 2006

8:00 am - 8:45 am
8:45 am - 8:55 am
9:00 am – 9:30 am
9:30 am - 10:00 am
10:00 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:30 am
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 pm – 1:25 pm
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
2:30 pm - 2:55 pm
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
4:00 pm / Registration and Breakfast – Courtesy of Canadian Life Sciences & Perkin Elmer Canada
Chair: Dave Hope, Pacific Rim Labs, Surrey, BC
Introductory Remarks and Announcements
Chemical Warfare Agents by LC/MS/MS – Don Noot, Vogon Labs
A Novel and Fast PFCs Analysis in Biological Samples by LC/MS/MS - Liao Xiangjun, Fisheries and Oceans
Coffee & Posters & Exhibits
Courtesy of: Bruker Daltonics
Hydrocarbons in the Root Zone: Hydrocarbon Characterization and Fate
- Jing-Long Du, Environment Canada
Integrated Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Gas Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Forensic Engine Lubricating Oil Identification: A Case Study – Dayue Shang, Environment Canada, North Vancouver, BC
Lunch
Courtesy of: Agilent Technologies
Chair: Angelo DiCicco, Health Canada, Burnaby, BC
Chemical Analysis of Licorice and Blueberry Compounds Using Chromatographic Methods – Paul Li, Simon Fraser University, BC
What’s in My Drinking Water? Targeted and un-Targeted Approaches for the Detection of Unknowns – Julie Marr, Agilent Technologies
Coffee & Posters & Exhibits
Courtesy of: Dionex Canada
Want To Improve Your iQ? – There’s an App for That - Ralph Hindle, Vogon Labs
Dissipation of Chlortetracycline, Tylosin and Sulfamethazine During Composting of Beef Cattle Manure – Allan Cessna, Environment Canada, SK
Adjourn

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

8:00 am – 8:55 am
9:00 am - 9:30 am
9:30 am - 10:00 am
10:00 am - 10:30 am
10:30 am - 10:55 am
11:00 am - 11:30 am
11:30 am - 12:00 am
12:00 pm - 1:25 pm
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
2:30 pm - 2:55 pm
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:15 – 5:45 pm
7:00 pm
10:00 pm – 10:30 / Coffee and Breakfast
Courtesy of: Chromatographic Specialties & Waters Inc.
Chair: Don Noot, Vogon Labs, Calgary, AB
Using LC/MS/MS and Advances in Software Tools to Screen for Unknown and Non-Targeted PPCP in Environmental Samples - Stacy Treminton, AB Sciex
Quantitative Analysis and Profiling of Phytoestogens and Their Metabolites in Rat Organ Tissue by LC/MS/MS – Jagroop Dahiya, Health Canada, Burnaby, BC
Sample Clean-Up with Immunoaffinity Columns and Gel Permeation Chromatography, - Torma Laszlo, Pickering
Coffee & Posters & Exhibits
Courtesy of: MasSpec Consulting Inc.
Analysis of Organotins in Biota - Dave Hope, Pacific Rim Labs, Surrey, BC
Accurate Mass Based Screening of Marine Biotoxins by High Resolution LC/MS – Jeremy Melanson, National Research Council, Halifax, NS
Lunch
Courtesy of: Varian Canada & Pickering Laboratories
Chair: Ralph Hindle, Vogon Labs, Calgary, AB
Petrochemical Analysis Using Atmospheric Pressure GC/MS – Doug Stevens, Waters
Analysis of Dansyl-Derivatized Chlorinated Phenols in Drinking Water by LC/QQQ - Matt Noestheden, Vogon Labs
Coffee & Posters & Exhibits
Courtesy of: Caledon Laboratories Ltd.
What’s in Your Sewage? - Dave Humphries, Alberta Innovates
LC/MS/MS Analysis of Three Antibiotics Used in Swine Production – Jonathan Bailey, Environment Canada
Adjourn
Transportation to Grouse Mountain – Hotel Lobby Pickup
Dinner on Grouse Mountain
Leave Grouse Mountain

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

8:00 am - 8:55 am
9:00 am - 9:30 am
9:30 am – 10:00 am
10:00 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am - 10:55 am
11:00 am – 11:30 am / Coffee and Breakfast
Courtesy of: Thermo Scientific & AB Sciex
Chair: Dayue Shang, Environment Canada, North Vancouver, BC
Recent Developments in Cleanup Methods for Pesticides Analysis - Gerry Reimer, Reimer Analytical
Overcoming Analytical Tunnel Vision With a New Generation of High Resolution Q_TOF Mass Spec – Mike McDonell, Bruker
Picloram Recovery Issues – John Nichols, Oregon Department of Agriculture
Refreshment Break
Courtesy of: Pall Life Sciences
An Overview of PerkinElmer’s New Chromatography Technologies – Miles Snow, Perkin Elmer
11:30 am – 12:00 pm / Extending the Time Post-Dose: Steroid Analysis by LC/MS – Jim Kapron, Thermo Fisher
12:00 pm / Closing remarks. Next Year’s Workshop.

Poster Session

It is requested that posters are removed from the hall at the end of Day 2. The poster titles are as follows;

Brian Fahlman, Kerry Peru, John Hedley, Stephan McDonald
Environment Canada, Saskatoon, SK / Development of Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatographic-Mass Spectrometry Method for the Analysis of the Acid Fraction of Oilsands Processing Water
Dayue Shang
Environment Canada, North Van, BC / Emergency Preparedness: Integrated GC/MS and LC/MS Rapid Screening of Potentially Deleterious Organics in Unknown Environmental Samples
Wendy Rasmussen
Pickering Laboratories / Determination of Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin in Corn, Wheat, Barley and Dried Distillers Grains by Immunoaffinity Cleanup and HPLC
Wendy Rasmussen
Pickering Laboratories / Accelerated Amino Acid Analysis Using HPLC with Post-Column Derivitization
Stacy Treminton
AB Sciex / Simultaneous analysis of 14 Mycotoxins and 163 Pesticides in Crude Extracts of Grains by LC/MS/MS
Brent Coates, Philip Gobbi, Nilmini Wijewickreme
Maxxam Analytics, Burnaby, BC / The Determination of Perfluorocarbons in tissues by LC/MS/MS
Dianna Drul / The Determination of Glyphosate in Cereal Using Pre-column Derivatization and LC/MS/MS Detection
Dani Degenhard
University of Saskatchewan, SK / Dissipation of Herbicides in Water and Sediment of Two Canadian Prairie Wetlands
Les Dickson
CFIA, Saskatoon, SK / A Quantitative Confirmatory Method for Residues of Six Macrolide Antibiotics in Porcine Kidney by Liquid Chromatography – Tandem Mass Spectrometry
James Kapron
Thermo Fisher / Rapid Compound Optimization and Quantitation using LC/MS and a Novel Ion Source

Gold Sponsors

Agilent Technologies

Silver Sponsors

Canadian Life Sciences

Chromatographic Specialties Inc.

Varian Canada Inc.

Thermo Scientific

Pickering Laboratories

Waters Ltd.

Perkin Elmer (Canada)

AB SCIEX

Bruker Daltonics

Bronze Sponsors

Dionex Canada Ltd.

MasSpec Consulting Inc.

Caledon Laboratories Ltd.

Pall Life Sciences

Supporters

Vogon Laboratory Services Ltd.

K'(Prime) Technologies

ATS Scientific Inc.

Organizing Committee

Angelo Di Cicco - Health Canada

Brent Coates - Maxxam Analytics Ltd.
David Hope - Pacific Rim Laboratories Inc.
Dayue Shang - Environment Canada

Dorene Ganton - Health Canada
Nilmini Wijewickreme - Maxxam Analytics Ltd
Stephanie Dubland - Health Canada