ORDOSE Calendar

ORDOSE staff participate regularly in ICRP Committee and Task Group meetings. A list of upcoming events is presented below.

• ICRP Committee 2; October 10-14, 2004, Beijing
• ICRP Committee 2; September 11-15, 2005, Geneva

ORDOSE staff participate regularly in Health Physics Society (HPS) meetings. A list of upcoming HPS meetings is presented below.

• 2006 Midyear Topical Meeting; January 22-25, 2006, Scottsdale, Arizona
  The topic for the 2006 HPS Midyear Topical Meeting is "University, Medical, and Laboratory Health Physics". Subtopics include: (1) Health Physics Aspects of Therapeutic and Diagnostic Medicine (Radiopharmaceutical Therapy, Brachytherapy/HDR, PET/CT, Shielding, Occupational/Public/Patient Dose Considerations) (2) Radiation Safety Concerns in the Research Environment (University and Biotech Laboratories, Contract and Government Laboratories, Safety of Nonionizing Radiation Sources, Laboratory Security, Integrating Safety Programs) (3) QA/QC Considerations (Instrumentation, Audits and Inspections, Benchmarking) (4) Waste Disposal Issues (Radioactive/Biohazard/Chemical Mixed Waste, RAM Disposal Methods) (5) Training (Measuring Effectiveness, Methods, Regulatory Requirements, Certification/Accreditation Issues) and (6) Regulatory and Administration
   
• 51st Annual Meeting; June 25-29, 2006, Providence, RI

Other meetings of interest:

• Second European IRPA Congress on Radiation Protection; May 15-19, 2006, Paris, France
  The Second European IRPA Congress will be held in Paris, from May 15 th to May 19 th 2006, and will be organised by the French Society for Radiation Protection (SFRP).This European Congress, a global forum on the Radiological Protection field, will be a unique opportunity to submit papers on and debate about all those subjects which will determine the future of this speciality, ranging from the scientific data and questions about biological radiation effects, to the regulation and practice of radiation protection.