Preliminary Program - Field Conclave - June 17, 2025
All Times Eastern
| 10:00 am | Microbiological water safety in urban and natural settings - towards higher-accuracy risk assessments Dan Angelescu, Fluidion US Inc. Microbiological water quality monitoring is critical for managing risk of disease and mortality; currently, regulations primarily rely on the quantification of fecal indicator bacteria using… |  |
| 10:30 am | The Complexities of Compositional Sampling Seth Nease, SPL The intricacies of compositional sampling is often viewed as procedurally complex. There are many steps that need to be followed to ensure a representative sample is collected. Each step has… | |
| 11:00 am | To Be Announced David Blye, Environmental Standards, Inc. | |
| 11:30 am | "Trust But Verify" Made Real - The Future of Foolproof Sampling Data for Labs and Others Russell Schindler, Sample Serve, Inc. When collecting environmental samples, data integrity is everything, yet traditional methods, paper logs, manual entries, and human oversight, hide flaws that threaten accuracy, inflate costs, and… | |
| 12:00 pm | Eliminating Cross-Contamination in Surface Water Sampling: Best Practices for Accurate Data Kamie Stecher, CTEH Accurate and reliable environmental data from surface water samples is crucial for environmental assessment and regulatory compliance. Preventing cross-contamination during sample collection is… | |
| 12:30 pm | Sampling Groundwater – It Isn’t Easy Silky Labie, Environmental Laboratory Consulting and Technology, LLC Collecting a groundwater sample is easy – collecting a representative groundwater sample is an art. This presentation will: … | |
| 1:15 pm | Proposed Changes to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) Chapter 62-160, F.A.C Jessica Patronis, Florida DEP This presentation will provide an overview of proposed changes to the Field SOPs incorporated in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Quality Assurance Rule (Chapter 62-160, F.A.C).… | |
| 2:15 pm | Inside the New TNI Field Sampling and Measurement Organizations Standard ( Volume 1) Katie Strothman, Sander’s Laboratories, Inc. This presentation will focus on the Volume 1 Standard itself and not just what the differences are between the 2014 and 2024 Standards. | |
| 3:00 pm | Traceability of Field Measurements Marlene Moore, Advanced Systems, Inc. The presentation will review the use of Reference Materials and Certified Reference Materials for performing field measurements. Calibration and Verification of measurements will also be discussed. … | |
| 3:30 pm | Training Procedures and Records: Meeting ISO/IEC 17025 Standards David Fricker, A2LA This session covers ISO/IEC 17025 training requirements for field sampling personnel, focusing on what is required in those training SOPs, and how to maintain effective training records. Attendees… | |