2022 International diffuse reflectance conference

The 2022 International Diffuse Reflectance Conference will bring together outstanding scientists to discuss their work from the fundamentals of vibrational spectroscopy to the implementation of analytical methods across various industries. The “Chambersburg Conference” will hold sessions from July 30th and to Aug 5th, 2022. It is an excellent opportunity to meet collaborators and the main contributors in areas such as chemometrics, sampling, hyperspectral imaging, and process analytical technology. Recent advances in instrumentation, analytical tools, and methods to enable fast and robust measurements for environmental, agriculture, chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical applications will be discussed along with current and upcoming trends. As in previous editions, the conference will kick off with short courses in vibrational spectroscopy, chemometrics, and data pretreatments for general and intermediate levels. The morning and evening sessions will be complemented with staple activities such as “Predicting your own time” where the time spent walking or running across a nearby trail based on a previous calibration run will be performed and the “chemometrics shootout” where a challenging data set is provided a few weeks before the conference for participants to use their skills and develop the best models. Finally, the 2020 and 2022 Birth Awards will be presented during the closing ceremony. The conference will be in honor to one of its founders, Karl Norris, and a Memorial Session will be organized by his lifelong friend and colleague Phil Williams.