FW: Lake Tahoe Meeting Announcement

["Edgerton, Patricia (RHB)" <pedgerto@rhb.dhs.cahwnet.gov>]

Oops, hit the wrong button - this message includes the rest of the
sessions...

sorry..
Trisha

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> From: 	Edgerton, Patricia
> Sent: 	Thursday, March 19, 1998 4:32 PM
> To: 	'Radsafe'
> Subject: 	Lake Tahoe Meeting Announcement
> 
> The Sierra Nevada Chapter and Northern California Chapter of the
> Health Physics Society will be having their annual meeting at
> beautiful Lake Tahoe April 17th and 18th.  The cutoff date for the
> special room rate is March 28th.  This year we are having special
> tributes to both Merrill Eisenbud (by Newell Stannard) and Wade
> Patterson (by Ralph Thomas).
> 
> The registration fee includes hors d' ourves Friday night at a no-host
> attitude adjustment, continental breakfast Saturday morning, a full
> lunch Saturday, and cookies and sodas Saturday afternoon at the break.
> We also draw for prizes (wine and other goodies) Saturday after the
> meeting concludes at 4:15 pm.  Reg fees are a very reasonable $55 for
> Saturday's session,  and $25 per PEP course or $40 for both PEP
> courses.
> 
> Register Now!!
> 
> As usual we have an excellent meeting planned with two PEP sessions on
> Friday the 17th and a scientific session on Saturday.  If you want
> more information call any one of us:  George Anastas (916) 278-5447
> work or (916) 786-3004 home; Trisha Edgerton (916) 322-6268 work; Don
> Honey (916) 322-4237 work; or Roger Lupo (916) 324-3731.  Here is the
> agenda:
> 
> Friday PEP sessions:
> 1:00 - 3:00 pm "Computer-Based Health Physics Training", Carolyn Owen,
> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory  
> 
> 3:30 - 5:30 pm "Overview of Internal Radiation Dosimetry", Otto Raabe,
> University of California, Davis
> 
> Saturday Scientific Sessions
> 8:30 Opening remarks and tributes
> 
> 9:15 "Lessons Learned and Forgotten (Don't Reinvent the Wheel),
> Examples of Nuclear Weapons Accidents", John Taschner, Los Alamos
> National Laboratory.
> 
10:30 "Health Physics, The Society and You -- What to Do?  What to Do?",
Keith Dinger, President-Elect, Health Physics Society.

11:15 "The Future of Radiological Facility Design", Jeff Kleck, Varian.

1:30 "Radiological Protection Quantities: Confusion, Worse Confounded",
Ralph Thomas.

2:15 "The Case of the Radioactive Sulfur Volcano - Health Physics and
Decontamination"  Ron Rogus, Radiation Oncology Center

3:30 "Overview of the New FDA Final Mammography Regulations - How to
Comply", Trisha Edgerton, State of California Radiologic Health Branch.


If you read this far, it must be interesting- give us a call

Trisha Edgerton, MS, CHP
State of California Radiologic Heatlh Branch
(916) 322-6268
pedgerto@rhb.dhs.cahwnet.gov