Session Schedule

A lecture in progress.

The format for IDRCs is patterned after the Gordon Conferences, this being that plenary morning and evening sessions consist of lecture and discussion. Afternoons are generally kept open (the software shoot-out and aquaphotomics workshop are two exceptions) for meeting with colleagues, rest, and recreation. Lecturers present information with the understanding that audience respects the authenticity and, at times, confidentiality, of the material. There are no pre- or post-conference proceedings published.

Each session moderator solicits lecturers for his or her session, based on the lecturer's expertise in one or more topics within the session. A session typically consists of 4 to 6 (morning) or 3 to 5 (evening) lectures, with each running between 30 and 45 minutes. Ample time is given for questions and lively discussion.

Final time slots for sessions are the following:

Slot	Session	Moderator
Sunday PM, August 3, 2008	Physics of Light Scattering and Absorption and Tomas Hirschfeld Award Lecture	Donald Dahm, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ. Email
Monday AM, August 4, 2008	Opening session of IDRC: From Chemistry to Biology	Robert Lodder, University of Kentucky, Louisville, KY. Email
Monday PM	Advances in Instrumentation	David Honigs, Perten Instruments, Springfield, IL. Email
Tuesday AM, August 5, 2008	Chemical/Spectral Understanding	Lois Weyer, ATK, Inc. Email
Tuesday PM	Vendors' Night	Howard Mark, Mark Electronic, Suffern, NY. Email
Wednesday AM, August 6, 2008	Chemometrics	Tom Fearn, University College, London, UK. Email
Wednesday afternoon	Software Shoot-out	Phil Williams, PDK Grain, Nanaimo, BC, Canada Email
Wednesday PM	The Gerald S. Birth Award Session	Sponsored by Unity Scientific (contact David Hopkins, Awards Committee Chair, for information).
Thursday AM, August 7, 2008	Pharmaceutical Applications and Process Control	Robert Cogdill, Univ. Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. Email
Thursday afternoon	Aquaphotomics Workshop	Roumiana Tsenkova, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. Email
Thursday evening	Banquet, with Guest Speaker, David Crisp, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (click here for project description)	Stephen Delwiche, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD Email
Friday AM, August 8, 2008	Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources	Sumio Kawano, National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan. Email