Schedule 
|
Time |
Item |
|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration |
| 9:00-9:30 | Welcome Address |
| 9:30-10:15 | Presentation 1 |
| Principles and Applications of portable XRF analysers: Non-destructive analysis of cultural heritage artefacts and artworks | |
| Dr. Andreas Karydas, IAEA | |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Presentation 2 |
| Applications and technology of handheld XRF Analysers | |
| ThermoFisher Scientific | |
| 11:30-11:50 | Presentation 3 |
| Environmental and Industrial Applications of the handheld XRF XL3t | |
| Professor Mitko Voutchkov, Department of Physics, UWI | |
| 11:50-12:10 | Presentation 4 |
| Medical and Forensic Applications of X-Rays | |
| Professor Mitko Voutchkov, Department of Physics, UWI | |
| 12:10-12:30 | Round table Discussion |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch Break |
| 1:30-2:20 | Presentation 5 |
| Gamma Spectroscopy: Methodologies and Applications | |
| Professor Slobodan Jovanovic, IAEA Expert | |
| 2:20-2:50 | Presentation 6 |
| Measurements of Radon and Thoron in soil, air and water using RAD7 | |
| Mr. Stephen Silvera, Department of Physics, UWI | |
| 2:50-3:10 | Coffee break |
| 3:10-3:30 | Presentation 7 |
| Environmental Radioactivity Monitoring in Jamaica (UWI) | |
| Mr. Maurice Miller, Dpeartment of Physics, UWI | |
| 3:30-4:00 | Presentation 8 |
| Medical Applications of Gamma Spectroscopy | |
| Dr. Willard Pinnock | |
| 4:00-4:30 | Round table Discussion and Closing Remarks |
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