Preliminary Program - Field Conclave - June 16, 2026


All Times Eastern

10:00 amLatest Trends in PFAS Sampling
Vance Reiman
Coming soon.
10:30 amPFAS - Automatic Sampling Strategies
Steve McManus
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of synthetic compounds containing thousands of chemicals formed from carbon (C) chains with fluorine (F) attached to these chains. They have…
11:00 amField Sampling Procedures for Air Analyses
Kesavalu M. Bagawandoss Ph.D., J.D.
This presentation outlines the procedures involved in collecting air samples for analytical purposes. The methods described are designed to ensure accurate and reliable results by following…
11:30 amTBD
Marlene Moore
1:00 pmPFAS Requirements: Sampling from Surface Water and Groundwater
Jacqueline Krebs
Jackie will be presenting updates to PFAS compliance monitoring requirements and to the Sampling Standard Operating Procedures incorporated into Chapter 62-160, F.A.C. This presentation will include…
1:30 pmAre Fixed Acceptance Criteria Fit for Purpose? Rethinking Field Duplicate Evaluation in Environmental Sampling
Renan Lourenço de Oliveira Silva
Field duplicate samples are widely used as a quality control tool in environmental monitoring programs, commonly evaluated using fixed acceptance criteria such as relative percent difference (RPD).…
2:00 pmTBD
Jerry Parr
2:30 pmHow to Prepare for an Accreditation Assessment
Lauren Webb
Coming soon.
3:00 pmNEFAP
Katie Strothman and Tracy Szerzen
Coming soon.