Advances in GC Technology
9th November 2011
LGC Ltd
The Heath Business Park
Runcorn Conference Centre
Cheshire
Organised by The Chromatographic Society and the North West Regionof the Analytical Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry

After the success of the 2009 meeting I am pleased to announce a follow up meetingwith a full and exciting topic and speakers program
GC is still technique of choice for analysing both volatile and semi volatile compounds,
but as we move to more complex and difficult matrices, much is now being asked ofthe technique in terms of separation and limits of detection.
The meeting sets out to look at separation/detection solutions along with case studies
from the pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and environmental areas. The program has
been designed to give attendee’s an idea of the potential of GC for both routine andproblem solving analysis.

The event has been jointly sponsored by Agilent Technologies andThermo Scientific
An Instrument Exhibition with representatives from Agilent ,ThermoFisher, Anatune,
Bruker ,Crawford Scientific, Hichrom, Leco, Perkin Elmer, Phenomenex , Presearch
Shimadzu, Thames Restek

For more information please contact Alan Handley.
Tel 01928 513681 e-mail :alan.handley@lgc.co.uk

1Advances in GC 2011 – Topics and Speakers
1. 09:15- 09:50

Registration ,Coffee and Exhibition

2. 09:50-10:00

Opening and Welcome
Alan Handley LGC Ltd

3. 10:00-10:30“The role of Sample Preparation Techniques toadvance detection limits in GC”
Hans-Gerd Janssen Unilever and University of Amsterdam

4. 10:30-11:00“Characterisation of non soluble samples by Pyrolysis
GC- MS”
Bart E. van Dongen

5. 11:00-11:40“Cryogenic Zone Compression Gas
Chromatography coupled to High Resolution
Mass Spectrometry (CZC GC-HRMS) - driving
sensitivity for trace contaminants to theattogram level”
Dirk Krumwiede

6. 11:40 – 12 20

University Of Manchester

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen).

“A Matter of Taste.... Flavour profiling byGCxGCMS”
Diane Turner

The Open University

Exhibition and Lunch
7. 14:30 -15:00

Developments in Quantitative Headspace GC
Analysis
Ray Perkins

8. 15:00- 15:30

AnatuneProductivity & Efficiency Improvements of GC
analysis
Karen Rome

Astra Zeneca.

9. 15:30-16:00

The Challenges in Columns Selection In GC
Jaap de Zeeuw

10.

16:00- 16:30

The Application of ionic Coated GC Columns inthe Analysis of Fuels and Lubricants
Sam Whitmarsh

11. 16:30

RestekBP (Pangborne)

Close of meeting

2Registration Fee: All Sessions, Exhibition, and Lunch
Members of either The Chromatographic Society, RSC or BMSS

£60

Non Members£80

Students* and Retired*Student bursaries are available please contact Alan Handley£10

Please register me for the meeting “Advances in GC
Technology “A remittance of £………… is enclosed as registration free for the meeting.
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