Conference Speakers
Dr Jaroslav Slobodnik
Executive Director
Environmental Institute, Slovak Republik
Dr Jaroslav Slobodník is the director of Environmental Institute in Slovakia and has an extensive experience in implementation of the WFD and DWD within numerous international projects. Among his main specialisations are integrated river basin management and development of monitoring strategies. He was involved in drafting institutional reform proposals of the DWD and its harmonisation with the WFD. Since 2008 he is a chairman of the pan-European network NORMAN dealing with emerging substances in support of the WG-E and Chemical Monitoring Activity groups of DG ENV. He has published over 70 scientific papers, book chapters and industrial patents.
Mr Bob Green
Technical Director
Anatune Ltd, Cambridge, UK
Bob Green joined Anatune in 1997 as Service Manager and is now Anatune's Technical Director. Bob is responsible for the management of the companies GC and LC application laboratories and product development.
Mr Ray Perkins
Managing Director
Anatune Ltd, Cambridge, UK
Ray Perkins graduated from Thames Polytechnic in 1977 with a degree in applied chemistry and began work with Pye Unicam in Cambridge as a gas chromatography applications chemist. In 1980 he joined AI Cambridge where he worked in chromatography sales and marketing ending his career with AI as chromatography business manager. In 1996, Ray founded Anatune and as managing director has lead the company to its current position as the UK's leading chromatography solution provider.
Mr Jim Jones
Managing Director
Jones Environmental, Chester, UK
Mr Jim Jones is Managing Director of Jones Environmental, one of the UK’s fastest growing environmental testing laboratories. Formerly with Shell, Geochem and ALcontrol (where he was technical director), Jim is one of the UK’s most respected and innovative environmental analysts.
Mr Pierre-Jean Arvers
Export Technical Sales Manager
OI Analytical, Texas, USA
Pierre obtained a BS in Chemistry from the University of Cergy-Pontoise, France in 1994 and qualified as an “Ingenieur Chimiste” in 1996. Pierre has always worked in the field of environmental chemistry, first in the battery and renewable energy businesses at Alcatel as a battery research engineer and then for Arbin Instruments as a Service and Sales Engineer. In 2004, Pierre joined OI Analytical as Sales Manager for Europe and the Middle East, were he takes care of the technical aspect of sales through distributors in these countries.
Dr Nobuo Ochiai
Technical Director
GERSTEL K.K, Tokyo, Japan
Dr Ochiai received his Ph. D. from Toyohashi University of Technology on a thesis about GC-MS analysis of ultra-trace level compounds in gaseous and aqueous samples. From 1993 to 2004, Dr Ochiai worked as GC and GC/MS Application Chemist for Agilent Technologies / Yokogawa Analytical Systems, Japan, before joining GERSTEL K.K. in 2004 as Senior Application Chemist. Since 2007 Dr Ochiai has been serving as Technical Director for GERSTEL K.K. focusing mainly on GC-MS analysis in general, including sample preparation/introduction technologies, high-speed GC and MDGC. Dr Ochiai is author or co-author of more than 15 international journal papers, seven of which on SBSE-TD-GC-MS, two on High-Speed GC-MS, three on MDGC-MS, and he has given numerous lectures at international and national conferences.
Mr Pierre-Jean Arvers
Export Technical Sales Manager
OI Analytical, Texas, USA
Pierre obtained a BS in Chemistry from the University of Cergy-Pontoise, France in 1994 and qualified as an “Ingenieur Chimiste” in 1996. Pierre has always worked in the field of environmental chemistry, first in the battery and renewable energy businesses at Alcatel as a battery research engineer and then for Arbin Instruments as a Service and Sales Engineer. In 2004, Pierre joined OI Analytical as Sales Manager for Europe and the Middle East, were he takes care of the technical aspect of sales through distributors in these countries.
Mr Angus Macmaster
Analytical Team Leader
Givaudan UK Ltd, Kent, UK
Employed within the Fragrance Industry for 17 years Angus has extensive experience in the analysis of complex fragrances utilizing chromatography, GC and GCMS. He has developed key applications for the analysis of fragrances and fragrance formulations in products, and for the analysis and characterization of fragrance materials in products and deposited on surfaces.
Dr Eike Kleine-Benne
R&D Project Manager
GERSTEL GmbH, Germany
Eike Kleine-Benne studied chemistry at the University of Muenster (Germany). He received his PhD in 2004 on a thesis of air analysis of low volatile and thermolabile substances like n-methyl carbamate pesticides. He has been working for GERSTEL for 10 years as R&D Project Manager, where he is responsible for scienitific projects and cooperation projects.
Dr Kevin MacNamara
Head of Technical Development
Irish Distillers (Pernod Ricard), Co. Cork, Ireland
Kevin MacNamara graduated from the National University of Ireland in 1968 with a PhD in Organic Chemistry. He worked for a number of years in the UK on synthesis of fire retardants using anti-Markovnikov halogen addition to suitable substrates. He returned to Ireland in 1972 to join the Government Alcohol Corporation (Ceimici Teoranta) where he was appointed Senior Chemist at the Technical Centre with responsibility for services to the various plants in instrumental GC analysis and distillation optimisation studies. He joined Irish Distillers in 1981 in a similar role and played an active role in establishing modern instrumental and pilot plant laboratories at the Dublin Technical Centre. In 2000 this centre was relocated to the Midleton Distillery site in Cork and presently Dr Mac Namara is Head of Technical Development at this site. In addition to distillation studies he has also published extensively on gas chromatographic analysis of spirits and has a particular interest in two dimensional GC. He also represents Ireland on the Technical Group of CEPS, The European Confederation of Spirit Producers.