Welcome to the eighth issue of the British Crystallographic Association (BCA) Industrial Group dedicated XRF Newsletter. There is a copy of this Newsletter on the web.
We wish to thanks all our supporters for their interest in 2008 and look forward to your continued support in 2009.

BCA Spring meeting 21^st-23^rd April 2009 - XRF sessions.
A three day programme of XRF sessions on "General Applications, New Developments in Instrumentation and TXRF, Environmental - including a plenary and joint XRF/XRD session, Trace Analysis, Method Validation and Portable Instruments".
View the Meeting programme with links to meeting registration.
There is still time to offer an XRF POSTER at the meeting, submit your poster abstract before 2nd February from a link on the meeting programme page.
MEETING EXHIBITION There will be a full commercial exhibition at this meeting, just click the link to the venue floor plan to see who will be there. This meeting offers a unique opportunity to talk to all the major vendors and the Exhibitor Forum gives them the chance to update you on their products with a short presentation.
In these difficult economic times it is important to spend money wisely. This meeting offers you the chance to do just that and we hope to see you at this meeting.

May 2010 One day Meeting.
We are in the early planning stages for this meeting, so there is a chance for you to have some input. If you have some ideas on what we should cover at the meeting or even offer a talk, just contact any of the XRF committee members. A report of the 2008 meeting will give you a flavour of what to expect.
Link here...

A tribute to Jim Smith
We are saddened to report the passing of Jim.
Tribute here...

Group Flyer
The Industrial Group has produced a promotional flyer and a copy will be sent out with the next paper newsletter. Some are also being distributed by vendors who have kindly offered to include one with their next customer mailing.
You can view a PDF copy (88kb) of the flyer on the web: IG Flyer

Paper Newsletter XRF page
Twice a year the Industrial Group send out a paper Newsletter and we now include an XRF page.
View the January 2009 XRF content in PDF format here, or the full Newsletter here.

Forthcoming Events
21-23 April 2009 - Three day Spring Meeting, Loughborough. More...
Note the date in your diary now! See our calendar of events.

XRF Mailing List!
Regular updates about our XRF activities for anyone who signs up to our mailing list.
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On our Web site
The main BCA web pages have been revamped with a link to the Industrial Group pages on the left. Expect to see changes in the Industrial Group pages over the coming months, so if you have ideas now is the time to contact Dave Taylor with your suggestions.

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