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Thinking about this and planning to be there.

My co-chairs (Will Backe, Amanda Brennan, and Amber White) and I are super excited to invite abstract submissions by 15 May to our session on “Methods for Assessing Environmental Fate and Effects of Difficult-To-Test Substances” at the #SETAC meeting in Fort Worth, TX on October 20-24. Track and Session Description Below Track: 4 - Chemistry and Exposure Assessment Session Description: Difficult-to-test substances may be volatile, reactive/unstable, or poorly/sparingly water-soluble substances, UVCBs (unknown or variable composition, complex reaction products or biological materials), surfactants, polymers, substance with unknown metabolites, or particles. The challenges in the determination of the environmental fate and effects of difficult-to-test substances may manifest in different ways: maintaining constant nominal exposure concentrations for assays, overcoming bioavailability limitations, extracting and quantifying analytes in complex environmental and biological matrices (difficult-to-measure), identifying unknown constituents or metabolites, differentiating toxicity from parent versus degradation products, etc. In this session, presenters are invited to share advancements in methodologies for conducting toxicity and environmental fate studies, analytical techniques for detection and characterization, and/or a framework/approach for assessing the environmental fate and effects for any type of the difficult-to-test substances.

I never missed this conference during my 19 years as School Principal. Always interesting, informative and frequently challenging. I count myself lucky to have heard inspirational presentations from amazing educationalists over the years. Conference facilitates fantastic networking opportunities; it’s a wonderful space in which to find and spread time with your tribe! ( not to mention the social side which is good for the soul !) My advice- in a word “Go! “

A reimagined PHCC CONNECT will be held Oct. 7-10 in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. The theme of this year’s conference is “Authentic Connections,” where building trust and growing relationships will be the primary focus. #plumber #plumbermagazine #PlumberMag #tradeshow #education #training #networking https://loom.ly/OymPvJ4

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Trevor Garcia, IDSc’s National Chairman, spoke to CSJ at the Institute of Decontamination Sciences 2023 conference exhibition about the way forward for the decontamination sector. He highlighted the importance of ensuring the profession has a clear career pathway, and the need for action to ensure the future of the sector is secured, by attracting the next generation of decontamination scientists into the profession. High on the agenda was:  - The need for a National reporting system for safety incidents, arising from decontamination, so that issues can be identified and acted upon. - The need to raise awareness of what decontamination units do and the critical role the profession has in ensuring patient safety. - The need for increased the visibility of decontamination as a profession and the career options available.   - The need for standardised terms to identify decontamination departments within hospitals and job titles. - Discussion around the potential for registration of decontamination professionals.

Here's a snippet of what went on at the CFMA conference with Jessica and Jennifer. Standing tall and proud to be able to speak about their presentation!

I know lots of you will have ideas to offer - details about the conference and session proposals below