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20 May 2010
CALL FOR NOMINATION FOR THE 2011 TOMAS HIRSCHFELD AWARD
Nominations are now being invited by ICNIRS for the 2011 Tomas Hirschfeld Award. This award sponsored by BÜCHI Labortechnik AG (CH) is made in recognition of contributions to the enhancement of Near Infrared Spectroscopy. It is made on the basis of excellence in research conducted be a scientist of international standing. Deadline date: 31 October 2010
Information supplied by Dr Ana Garrido-Varo (ICNIRS Chair-elect )
Source : ICNIRS
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20 May 2010
SUCCESS FOR THE 14TH ANISG CONFERENCE
In April 2010 (18-21 April), the 14th Australian Near Infrared Spectroscopy Group (ANISG) Conference was held in Adelaide, the wine capital of Australia. The Conference brought together NIR researchers, students and users of the technology from a wide variety of backgrounds, applications and industries, as well as the major suppliers of NIR equipment and software, to discuss and view current developments. Prior to the Conference a Short Course on aspects of Spectroscopy for Real Applications was presented by Woody Barton and Jim de Haseth from Light Solutions.
Information supplied by Daniel Cozzolino - Australian web-correspondent
Source : ANISG
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04 Mar 2010
2010 TOMAS HIRSCHFELD AWARD
ICNIRS and Buchi NIRS Solutions are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2010 Tomas Hirschfeld Award is Jim Reeves. Jim has spent his entire career at the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture. His introduction to near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) came in 1984 when he started working using NIRS for forage and silage analysis.
Information supplied by Pierre Dardenne (ICNIRS chairman)
Source : ICNIRS
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10 Jan 2010
1ST ANNOUNCEMENT FOR NIR 2011
Marena Manley recently returned from the 14th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy (14th ICNIRS or NIR 2009), Bangkok Thailand where she announced the 15th ICNIRS (NIR 2011) to be held at the CTICC in Cape Town, 13th-20th May 2011.
Information supplied by Marena Manley (ICNIRS web-correspondent for Africa)
Source : NIR 2011
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29 Oct 2009
DOCUMENTS FOR ICNIRS GENERAL MEETING
The next ICNIRS General Council meeting will be held on 11th November 2009 at Bangkok (Thailand). Find enclosed the agenda, regulations and reports.
Information supplied by Peter Flinn
Source : ICNIRS
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25 Sept 2009
WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW BEFORE TO GO TO NIR 2009
With only a couple of months to go until we meet in Bangkok for NIR-2009, I would like to use this opportunity to remind everyone of some approaching deadlines.
Information supplied by Peter Flinn - Gerry Downey
Source : ICNIRS
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13 Aug 2009
TRAINING ON INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY AND CHEMOMETRICS
The CRA-W is holding its annual training on infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics at Gembloux from 1st to 5th March 2010. See leaflet for more information and to register. Contact : Juan Antonio Fernández Pierna fernandez@cra.wallonie.be
Information supplied by Juan Antonio Fernandez Pierna
Source : CRA-W
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07 Aug 2009
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM FOR NIR2009
The preliminary program for the 14th International conference of near infrared spectroscopy is now available
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong
Source : ICNIRS
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09 Jul 2009
CALL FOR NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 TOMAS HIRSCHFELD AWARD
Nominations are now being invited by ICNIRS for the 2010 Tomas Hirschfeld Award. This award sponsored by BÜCHI Labortechnik AG (CH) is made in recognition of contributions to the enhancement of near infrared spectroscopy. It is made on the basis of excellence in research conducted be a scientist of international standing. Deadline date: 31 December 2009
Information supplied by Pierre Dardenne - Chairman-Elect
Source : ICNIRS
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28 May 2009
SCHOLARSHIPS/TRAVEL GRANTS OPEN FOR STUDENTS
Scholarships/Travel grants open for students from the Nordic countries in the fields of vibrational spectroscopy and chemometrics.
Information supplied by Lars Osterlund
Source : NIRNord
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13 Mar 2009
NEW VIDEO MATERIAL ON THE ICNIRS WEBSITE
Four videos were very kindly given to ICNIRS for educational purposes by Dr Donald A. Burns formerly of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) where Don was an original pioneer in the application of NIR spectroscopy. Don is an enthusiastic teacher who has run numerous spectroscopy training courses all over the world . ICNIRs acknowledges Don's generosity in making these available to future students of the discipline
Information supplied by Ian Murray (Scotland)
Source : Los Alamos National Laboratory
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14 Jan 2009
CALL FOR KARL NORRIS AWARD 2009 NOMINATION! (DEADLINE: JANUARY 30, 2009)
The Japan Council of NIRS would like to call for the nomination of Karl Norris Award 2009. The criteria of the award is that the winner should be a senior scientist devoted his life on employing NIRS in practical applications or spreading NIRS through out the world. Past winner: 2003: Karl Norris (as FANTEC Award) for computerizing NIRS 2004: Tony Davies for establishment of JNIRS and NIR News 2005: Fred McClure for mentoring NIR scientists around the world 2006: Phil Williams for establishing NIRS protein measuring network for wheat in North America 2007: Karoly Kaffka for establishing NIRS network in Europe 2008: John Shenk for establishing a standardizing system among NIR instruments Send your nomination with brief reason to Sumio Kawano (Chair of JCNIRS) at kawano@affrc.go.jp
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong (Asia Web-correspondent)
Source : Japan Council of NIRS

14 Jan 2009
NIR 2009
The website of NIR2009 has been updated including many important dates; for example: Call for abstract: March 1 - May 31 Early registration: June 1 - August 31 Etc. Companies who are interested in sponsoring the NIR2009, please contact the Conference Secretariat (Mui) at sirinnap@affrc.go.jp
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong (Asia Web-correspondent)
Source : NIR 2009
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14 Jan 2009
A BIG SUCCESS FOR THE 1ST ASIAN NIR SYMPOSIUM
The first Asian NIR Symposium held at Tsukuba in Japan on 10-14 November 2008 was a big success. Nearly 240 people, mainly Asian researchers attended the 5 days conference. The photos, list of participants and program in detail are available on http://nir.ac.affrc.go.jp/ANS-2008/ANS-2008.html The Second Asian NIR Symposium will be organized in Shanghai, China, in October 2010.
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong (Asia web correspondent)
Source : Asian NIR Symposium
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23 Oct 2008
2009 TOMAS HIRSCHFELD AWARD
ICNIRS and Buchi NIRS Solutions are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2009 Tomas Hirschfeld Award is Sumio Kawano. Dr. Sumio Kawano has worked for National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan for 33 years since April 1975.
Information supplied by Volker J. Frost (Buchi)
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05 Sept 2008
JOHN SHENK WINS THE KARL NORRIS AWARD 2008
The Japanese Council of NIRS is very proud to announce that Professor John Shenk from the USA is the winner for the Karl Norris Award 2008 for his contribution in establishing the instrument standardisation system that allows NIR researchers around the world to share their calibration equations and spectra.
Information supplied by Pierre Dardenne
Source : NIR News
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16 Jun 2008
CALL FOR NOMINATION FOR THE KARL NORRIS AWARD 2008
Karl Norris Award was established by the Japan Council of NIRS. The award was first called FANTEC award when its first winner was Karl Norris in 2003. From 2004, the award has become Karl Norris Award. It aims to acknowledge the scientist who has made a great contribution to practical NIRS applications or to spread NIRS around the world. The present sponsor for Karl Norris Award is Shizuoka Shibuya Seiki Company (Former Maki-Fantec Company). The past Karl Norris winners are Tony Davies (2004), Fred McClure (2005), Phil Williams (2006) and Karoly Kaffka (2007). Please send your nomination using the following form (MS Word) to Sumio Kawano (kawano@affrc.go.jp) by June 30, 2008.
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong (Mui) - Asia Web-correspendent
Source : NFRI
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12 May 2008
CALL FOR NOMINATION FOR THE 2009 TOMAS HIRSCHFELD AWARD.
Nominations are now being invited by ICNIRS for the 2009 Tomas Hirschfeld Award. This award sponsored by BÜCHI Labortechnik AG (CH) is made in recognition of contributions to the enhancement of near infrared spectroscopy. It is made on the basis of excellence in research conducted be a scientist of international standing. Deadline date: 12 September 2008
Information supplied by Pierre Dardenne - Chairman-Elect
Source : ICNIRS
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11 Apr 2008
ROADMAP TO NIR 2009 IN THAILAND
Many activities on NIRS were conducted in 2007 in Thailand by Warunee Thanapase and colleagues (Kasetsart University: KU) as a part of roadmap to NIR2009. Phil Williams visited Kasetsart Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Product Improvement Institute (KAPI), the host for NIR2009
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong - Asia web-correspondent
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17 Mar 2008
REPORT OF THE 23TH NIR FORUM 2007 IN JAPAN
The 23rd NIR Forum was held at the venue “Kenkyuu Koryu Center” in Tsukuba city from 8 to 10 November 2007. The winner for Karl Norris Award 2007 was Karoly Kaffka (Hungary) for his establishment in NIR technology both in Europe and around the world.
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong - Asia web-correspondent
Source : NIR Forum 2007
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03 Mar 2008
TRAINING ON INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY AND CHEMOMETRICS
The Quality Department of Agricultural Products of the CRA-W hosted, from the 25 till the 29 February 2008, a training on Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics. The aim of this training was to give a complete overview of the theoretical and practical part of the spectroscopic and chemometric methods used at the CRA-W. See you in one year for a next training session.
Information supplied by Vincent Baeten - Europe web-correspondent
Source : CRA-W
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07 Jan 2008
2008 TOMAS HIRSCHFELD AWARD
ICNIRS and Buchi NIRS Solutions are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2008 Tomas Hirschfeld Award is Professor Véronique Bellon-Maurel
Information supplied by Vincent Baeten - Europe web-correspondent
Source : ICNIRS
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14 Nov 2007
INVITATION TO ADVANCE NIRS
The 2007 Annual Meeting of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan was held at the Centennial Hall of Tokyo Institute of Technology during 12-14 November, 2007. On Nov 13, a two and a half hour long session called “Invitation to advance NIRS” was organized and chaired by Satoru Tsuchikawa (Nagoya University).
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25 Oct 2007
THE UJNR MEETING – FOOD AND AGRICULTURE PANEL 2007
The United States-Japan Natural Resources (UJNR) meeting – Food and Agriculture Panel 2007 was held in Tsukuba city, Japan during October 21-25. The meeting, co-organized by USDA and National Food Research Institute (NFRI) composed of many sessions such as food safety, food functionality, processing, cereals, etc. One of those was the instrumental analysis session. Totally, there were 8 talks and 1 poster related NIRS.
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01 Mar 2007
SHORT COURSES 2007 ON NIRS ORGANISED BY NFRI
The annual short courses on NIRS were arranged by and at NFRI on March and September. The Beginner course in March attracted 23 trainees while the Intermediate course in September attracted 28 trainees. The courses were conducted by Sumio Kawano, Mitsuhiro Miyazawa and Tetsuo Sato.
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong
Source : NFRI

02 Jan 2007
SOUTH AFRICA - SWEDISH RESEARCH AWARD FOR NIR HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING RESEARCH
Dr Marena Manley of the Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University, and Dr Paul Geladi of the Unit for Biomass Technology and Chemistry at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå, Sweden, jointly received a collaborative research grant of R600 000 under the South African - Swedish Bilateral Agreement, funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Swedish Research Council (VR).
Information supplied by Marena Manley - Africa web-correspondent
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10 Nov 2006
22ND NIR FORUM 2006 IN JAPAN
The 22nd NIR Forum organized by JCNIRS was held from 8 to 10 November 2006 at Kenkyuu Koryu Center, Tsukuba city. The International speakers were Phil Williams (Canada) and Gerry Downey (Ireland). Phil was invited as the winner of 2006 Karl Norris Award for his contribution in establishing NIRS inspection system for grains. Gerry, the winner for Tomas Hirschfeld Award 2007 and the Immediate Past Chairman of ICNIRS talked about works on fruit authenticity and food safety evaluation. The winner for the best poster award was Kyoto Tei on “in vivo Monitoring of prion-infected mouse”.
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03 Nov 2006
PHIL WILLIAMS VISITS DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AT STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY
Phil Williams recently (2-3 November 2006) presented a Short Course in the Practical Implementation of Near infrared Spectroscopy for the User at the Department of Food Science, Stellenbosch University. It was the first time ever that such a course was presented in South Africa and it was exceptionally well received. The course was attended by 37 participants who represented various industries i.e., agriculture, animal feeds, wheat milling, pharmaceutical, health food, beer brewing and NIR instrumentation distributors.
Information supplied by Marena Manley - Africa web-correspondent

30 Oct 2006
1ST CHINESE CONFERENCE ON NIRS 2006
The first Chinese Conference on NIRS was held from 28 to 30 October 2006 in Beijing. The conference was organized by the China Association for Instrument Analysis (CAIA) and the Chinese Petroleum Society (CPS), and sponsored by the Research Institute of Petrochemical Processing (SINOPEC).
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong - Asia web-correspondent
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30 Jun 2006
JAPAN-KOREA JOINT NIR SYMPOSIUM 2006
The Japan-Korea Joint NIR Symposium was held from 28 to 30 June 2006 at Hanyang University, Seoul. The symposium was co-organized by the Japan Council of NIRS and Korean Society of NIRS. A half-day short course was arranged on June 28, followed by the regular symposium with oral/poster presentations and company exhibitions.
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong - Asia web-correspondent
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31 Mar 2006
2 NIR SHORT COURSES ORGANIZED BY NFRI
Two NIR short courses organized by National Food Research Institute (NFRI) were organized in March and September. The March course was an Introductory course conducted by Sumio Kawano, while the September course was an Intermediate-Advance course conducted by Mitsuhiro Miyazawa (National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences: NIAS), Satoru Tsuchikawa (Nagoya University), Sumio Kawano (NFRI) and Sirinnapa Saranwong (NFRI). Eighteen trainees from companies, institutes and universities attended the Introductory course while twenty-seven attended the Intermediate-Advance course.
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong - Asia web-correspondent
Source : NFRI

30 Jan 2006
FRONTIER RESEARCH ON BASIC SCIENCE
The 2nd Symposium of near infrared section organized by the Spectroscopial Society of Japan was held on January 29, 2006 at Tokyo University, Tokyo. The title of the Symposium was “Frontier Research on Basic Science” while most of the talks focused on the use of NIRS on water analysis. Approximately 70 persons attended the meeting.
Information supplied by Sirinnapa Saranwong - Asia web-correspondent