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The organizers of IRRMA-8 are excited to announce that 187 presentations are now planned. Of these, 13 are from invited speakers, 82 are planned for oral presentation by contributors, and 92 poster presentations are expected. Authors from 32 countries submitted abstracts!

Among the invited speakers, two will address the important area of threat detection. Robin Gardner's talk is titled "On the Inverse Spectral Analysis Problem for Nuclear Threat Cargo Monitoring." In addition, Ed Morton of Rapiscan will give a talk entitled "Security Screening with Ionising Radiation." Other featured topics include: talks on medical and biological applications of radiation, on Monte Carlo methods applied to radiation transport, on radiation-based methods applied to analyzing objects of cultural heritage significance, and on oil-well logging.

On the day-long excursion from Kansas City to Manhattan, Kansas, there is a visit planned to the Konza Prairie reserve, where you may be able to see American bison. A luncheon will be served there and members of the Kansas State University (KSU) student symphony will entertain with American music from composers such as Aaron Copeland. At the KSU session, we are delighted that a representative from the Eisenhower Presidential Library will discuss Ike's "Atoms for Peace" speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 1953. President Eisenhower was raised in Abilene, KS, which is only about an hour from Manhattan.

An exciting accompanying persons program is being planned. There will be local tours in Kansas City, a trip to the Konza Prairie reserve (including lunch), and a visit to the Kansas Historical Museum in Topeka. Accompanying persons are also welcome to attend the Opening Reception, the Conference Banquet, and the Closing Luncheon.

Radiation Detection Workshop Announced

The organizers of IRRMA-8 are extremely pleased that Dr. Douglas McGregor, Professor at Kansas State University, and his Semiconductor Materials and Radiological Technologies (SMART) Laboratory staff will be giving a three-day workshop just in advance of the IRRMA-8 Conference. The Workshop is entitled "Workshop on Ionizing Radiation Detection" and will cover not only the state-of-the-art of gas, scintillation, and semiconductor detectors but also some advanced topics such as perforated semiconductor neutron detectors. The Workshop is suitable for young Physics or Nuclear Engineering students, recent graduates, Post Docs, or anyone who would like to refresh themselves on the subject of ionizing radiation detection.

The Workshop will be held at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza Hotel, where IRRMA-8 will be held. The dates of the workshop are Friday, 24 June – Sunday, 26 June 2011. The registration fee is $200. Because all participants will work with detection equipment on-site, enrollment is limited to no more than 40. Please utilize the Workshop tab to obtain more information about the Workshop and to register.

Registration is Open

Kansas State University is pleased to announce that the 8th International Topical Meeting on Industrial Radiation and Radioisotope Measurement Applications (IRRMA-8) will be held from 26 June–1 July 2011 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Registration is now open.

The triennial IRRMA series is organized for the purpose of bringing together scientists and engineers from around the world who share an interest in radiation and radioisotope measurement applications. The first meeting in the series took place in Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA, in 1988. The IRRMA-8 meeting is devoted to current trends and potential future issues involving radiation and radioisotopes. The scientific sessions will include invited lectures by leading experts in their fields, contributed oral papers, and poster presentations of contributed papers.

Host Hotel

Kansas City Marriott Country Club Plaza Hotel
4455 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri 66411
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Abstracts - Updated January 2011

It is with great pleasure that we announce that the Proceedings of the conference will be published, within ten months of the meeting, in the international journal Applied Radiation and Isotopes (ARI). The Proceedings will contain only up to 100 of the contributed manuscripts and we have had 176 contributed abstracts. Thus, only the best manuscripts can be included in the Proceedings. Manuscripts from oral presenters will be limited to six journal pages and from poster presenters to four journal pages. We expect the Proceedings will be a highly valued issue of ARI.

Instructions for manuscripts will be the same as for standard manuscripts submitted to ARI. These instructions can be obtained from the web site.

Corresponding authors will be provided with a copy of the manuscript instructions, which will also be available on the IRRMA-8 web site soon. Manuscripts are due by 1 July 2011. They can be submitted to the organizers or brought to the meeting. Please continue to visit the web site for new information about the conference.

Invited Speakers

A number of invited speakers will give plenary talks. Attendees will have an opportunity to share ideas on industrial uses of radiation and radioisotopes and also on research and applications in related fields such as detection of explosives and contraband, art and cultural heritage, the environment sciences, materials testing, medicine, radiation detection, and new trends in radiation source development. Also covered will be modeling and analysis methods that are used in radiation applications.

Topics will include:

• Radiation Detection
• Radiation Gauging
• Imaging Applications
• Shielding and Dosimetry
• Monte Carlo Methods
• Modeling and Data Analysis
• Quantitative Analysis Applications
• Radiotracing
• Biomedical Applications of Radiation
• Threat Detection Methods
• Radiation Sources
• Applications to Art and Cultural Heritage
• Radiation Effects on Materials
• Emerging Technologies and Applications