Campus Radiation Safety Officers (CRSO) Meeting Invitation and EarlyCall for Papers

["Ken Smith" <ksmith@ucsc.edu>]

Greetings Fellow RSOs!



 



Along with the Local Organizing Committee, we would like to invite you

to the 2005 Joint Conference!



 



Campus Radiation Safety Officers (CRSO) and Canadian Radiation

Protection Association (CRPA) Winnipeg, Manitoba June 20-24, 2005



 



The theme of the conference is 



      "Emerging Perspectives in Radiation Protection".



 



http://www.mb-rpa.com/2005/



 



EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION



Save $50 CDN by registering early:  There is an early bird discount for

those registering by January 31, 2005 (payment can follow as late as May

15!).



 



We are planning some CRSO concurrent sessions opposite CRPA sessions

that focus on topic of less interest to the academic medical RSO.  We

are open to suggestions about topics.  The current list of possible

topics includes:



 



 - Databases: new ways to demonstrate compliance



 - Inspections/assessments/ Annual compliance reporting



 - Waste - challenges old and new



 - Teaching adults - international influences - what works/ what doesn't



 - Decommissioning -Legacies from the past



 - Dosimetry - efficient assessment/dealing with privacy issues



 - Legal issues - Role in the community/"good samaritan" and

thefts/mis-uses



 - Incidents/Radiation Litigation/ Bill C-45 impacts



 



Also planned are a number of important new pre-and post-conference

supplementary professional development opportunities: 



 .    June 19:  The very first CRPA RSO Core Level Registration



Examination which is the first step to formal RSO certification in

Canada.



Check http://www.crpa-acrp.ca/english/crpa_certification_e.asp for

information on the new CRPA registration/certification program



.     June 23/24: Laser Safety Officer Certification course (Instructor



John Leonowich)



 



CRSO is a non-profit organization that is composed of university and

hospital radiation safety officers from the United States and Canada.

The goal of the organization is to give campus radiation safety

professionals the opportunity to share their experiences and expertise

by presenting frank, practical and effective solutions to the

ever-changing problems encountered in our institutional radiation safety

programs.



 



CRPA is Canadian organization of radiation protection professionals

similar to the Health Physics Society.  The joint conference with CRPA

provides the expanded opportunity for CRSOs to take part in the CRPA

scientific Program and invited expert speakers. CRPA proposed topics are

multi disciplinary and include any paper related to the field of

radiation safety and health physics for both ionizing and non-ionizing

radiation. Proposed topics are International and Canadian regulatory

issues, EMF, lasers, security, operational radiation safety in hospitals

and academic institutions, nuclear power, fuel cycle/uranium mining, new

medical uses (PET/CT and Gamma Knife), research, environment, emergency

response preparedness, new ICRP recommendations.



 



The NITE OUT has a Wild West Theme (registration is separate on the web

site).  For all delegates, there is a Formal Banquet as well and I have

reserved time for a CRSO/RSO Lunch/Meeting.



 



Keep checking the conference website for the conference information and

registration package as well as updates on keynote speakers, scientific

sessions and professional development programs.



 



The Venue:  Winnipeg is a modern prairie city (population 650,000), with



beautiful weather in June.   The conference setting is in a new hotel at

the



Forks in the heart of the city, where the waters of Red and Assiniboine

Rivers join.  Archeological evidence demonstrates that the Forks

location has been a traditional meeting place for over 6000 years.  The

Forks has something for everyone:  beautiful river walk paths, riverboat

tours, many restaurants, a bustling marketplace, children's museum, and

street buskers.



Semi-professional baseball is located a stone's throw away. There will

be a unique opportunity to participate in a traditional sunrise summer

solstice ceremony.



 



On behalf of the CRSO/CRPA LOC 2005,      On behalf of CRSO www.crso.org

<http://www.crso.org/> ,



 



Leona Page and Eva Sailerova              Ken Smith, CHP, CLSO



RSOs University of Manitoba               RSO UC Santa Cruz 



 



 



 



 



 



Ken Smith, CHP CLSO

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