Environmental Measurement Symposium (EMS) 2025

The Environmental Measurement Symposium (EMS) is the combined meeting of the National Environmental Measurement Conference (NEMC) and the Forum on Environmental Accreditation. In 2025, EMS will be held August 4-7 at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. The theme of the 2025 symposium is Building a Quality Culture as the Foundation for Reliable Data.

The Conference will include:

• A Technical Program featuring oral and poster presentations, a special half-day general session with a keynote speaker focused on the conference theme and updates from EPA program offices, special keynote presentations on the conference theme, and luncheon presentations,
• An Exhibit Program showcasing the latest innovations in environmental monitoring, and
• An Innovative New Technology Showcase.

Who Should Attend?

• Laboratory Scientists, Managers and Directors
• QA/QC Managers
• Regulatory Affairs Managers
• Senior Analysts
• Field Sampling Management Organizations (FSMO)
• Students, instructors, researchers, and others in the related academic community
• Anyone else concerned with environmental monitoring

The Benefits of Attending

All Symposium attendees have the valuable opportunity to share new monitoring approaches and technologies, and contribute to discussions regarding regulatory issues and initiatives. As an attendee, you are able to:

• obtain the information you need to better plan for future capital purchases, research, and staffing levels;
• learn how to save time and money when performing sampling and analysis techniques;
• improve the quality and efficiency of your analyses; and
• learn about new technologies and regulations.

Registration

On-line registration for 2025 Environmental Measurement Symposium - Exhibitor Registration has closed.

Registration fees

Early Bird Fees (valid until June 21)

In-person Meeting (Monday–Thursday):

• Attendee: $585 full / $295 daily
• Participant: $535 full / $255 daily
• Student: $310 full / $110 daily

Friday Workshop (optional add-on):

• Attendee: $395
• Participant: $375
• Student: $355

Friday Exam (optional):

• Attendee: $415
• Participant: $395
• Student: $375

Standard Fees (after June 21)

In-person Meeting (Monday–Thursday):

• Attendee: $660 full / $360 daily
• Participant: $610 full / $310 daily
• Student: $380 full / $170 daily

Friday Workshop (optional):

• Attendee: $415
• Participant: $395
• Student: $375

Friday Exam (optional):

• Attendee: $415
• Participant: $395
• Student: $375

Recordings Only (Virtual Access)

TNI Members:

• $535 full / $255 daily (early bird)
• $610 full / $310 daily (standard)

Non-Members:

• $585 full / $295 daily (early bird)
• $660 full / $360 daily (standard)

Note: Recordings do not include access to Friday sessions.

TNI Membership Options

• 1-Year Membership: $90
• 3-Year Membership: $250

Call for Abstracts

The theme of this year's conference is Building a Quality Culture as the Foundation for Reliable Data. The Symposium Steering Committee is inviting abstracts for oral or poster presentations in these specific topic areas:

• Air Monitoring, Methods, and Technology
• Analyzing Microplastics in the Environment
• Automation & Innovation for Sample Preparation
• Best Management Practices for Environmental Laboratories
• Building a Quality Culture
• Collaborative Efforts to Improve Environmental Monitoring
• Community Science/Research
• Crafting Consensus Methods for Environmental Sampling and Measurement
• Crafting Consensus Standards
• Data Quality Management & Validation
• Drinking Water
• Emerging Environmental Applications for High Resolution Mass Spectrometry
• Ensuring Reliable Data
• Environmental Forensics
• Field and Mobile Laboratories
• Innovations in Microbiology
• Innovative Solutions for Reducing Methylene Chloride
• Laboratory Informatics
• Metals Analyses
• New Organic Monitoring Techniques
• Non-Targeted Analysis: What, Why and How
• Optimizing Laboratory Operations
• Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Environment
• Real Time Analysis in Water Industry
• Sustainability in the Lab: Navigating an Evolving Societal Expectation
• The Role of AI in Environmental Analyses
• Updates on Methods and Regulations

Please provide your abstract by February 7, 2025. Abstracts received after the deadline are not guaranteed to be reviewed due to the number of available time slots and the high number of quality and timely submissions received.

Training

Electronic Records Management and Security Workshop

An optional workshop will be held on Friday August 8 between 8:00am and 12:00pm to focus on the importance of data classification and security in laboratory environments. It covers best practices for ensuring data integrity, traceability, and defensibility, emphasizing the need to classify various types of laboratory data, including client, employee, business, quality, and laboratory records. The presentation also addresses common issues related to data storage, backup, and security, highlighting the risks associated with cyber threats and the importance of implementing robust security measures. By understanding and mitigating these risks, laboratories can protect their data, maintain credibility, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards

Description

The Workshop is comprehensive with a focus on the following subjects:

• Classifying records
• Developing roles for accessing data by function
• Review of laboratory records and data integrity/traceability
• Record Issues
• Data Back-up and Restore
• Control of Data
• Technology – Storage and LIMS
• Vendor Management
• Data Security and Risk - Risk Assessment
• Assessments
• Cybersecurity Insurance
• Cost of Security

This workshop includes hands-on group participation with focused exercises on key content in the presentation.

Learning Objectives

• An understanding of cybersecurity risks in environmental laboratories.
• Practical knowledge of how to identify and assess vulnerabilities.
• The ability to create and implement effective risk mitigation strategies.
• Awareness of compliance and regulatory requirements.
• The importance of securing vendor relationships and protecting personal devices.
• How to foster a security-first mindset within the organization.
• The significance of ongoing monitoring, training, and adaptation to new threats.

By the end of the workshop, participants should feel empowered to assess their lab's cybersecurity posture, develop action plans, and contribute to securing the organization's data, systems, and operations. The participants will understand how to ask those key questions!

Fees

• Attendees: $395 (before June 21); $415 (June 21 and later)
• Participants: $375 (before June 21); $395 (June 21 and later)
• Students: $355 (before June 21); $375 (June 21 and later)

Speaker Experience

Jeanné Mensingh is a Senior Consultant and Instructor for Labtopia Solutions and Labtopia Training. She has extensive experience in regulated industries (Environmental and Pharmaceutical) and all aspects of laboratory operations, from the analytical bench, LIMS analyst, QA Management, plant operations and commercial laboratory environments. A natural storyteller, Jeanné has a gift for retaining the interest of her learners, notably when sharing her true-life experiences from the laboratory trenches. Jeanné has over 30 years of laboratory experience which includes development and delivery of many different training topics. She has an ACS Certified B.S. in Chemistry from Northeast Louisiana University (now University of Louisiana at Monroe) and post graduate work in Chemical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. She is an American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), Certified HACCP Auditor (CHA) and a Certified Software Quality Engineer (SQE). She is also a certified ISO 9001:2000 lead auditor, EPA Certified Drinking Water Microbiology, Inorganics and Organics, ISO 17025 Lead Assessor (NGABs and states) with a focus on EPA DW, DoD/DOE QSM, NELAP. She has extensive experience in wet chemistry, chromatography, and spectroscopy.

Program

Online program HERE

The theme of the 2025 symposium is Building a Quality Culture as the Foundation for Reliable Data. It will feature over 130 presentations and posters organized into technical sessions from August 4-7, 2025.

Meeting Sponsors, Exhibitors & Partners

We are proud to acknowledge the generous support of our sponsors and exhibitors who help make this event possible. Below is a categorized list of participating organizations.

Meeting / Luncheon Sponsors & Exhibitors

• Agilent Technologies
• Restek Corporation
• Shimadzu Scientific Instruments
• SCIEX
• Waters Corporation (Luncheon Sponsor / Exhibitor)

Meeting Sponsors / Exhibitors

• Absolute Standards, Inc.
• Biotage
• MilliporeSigma
• PerkinElmer
• Teledyne LABS
• Waters | ERA
• Wellington Laboratories

Internet Café Sponsor / Exhibitor

• LabWare

Exhibitors

• A2LA
• A2LA WorkPlace Training
• AGS Scientific, Inc.
• Analytik Jena US
• BTSOFT
• Cambridge Isotope Labs
• CDS Analytical, LLC
• CE Elantec
• CEM Corporation
• Clinisys
• Confience
• CTL Scientific
• DSP - Systems
• Entech Instruments
• Environmental Express
• ESS
• Ethosoft, Inc.
• FIALab Instruments, Inc.
• Fluid Management Systems, Inc.
• GFS Chemicals
• IChrom Solutions
• Inorganic Ventures
• IonBench Corporation
• LabMODO
• LECO Corporation
• MACHEREY-NAGEL
• Mandel Scientific, Inc.
• MANTECH
• Markes International
• Metrohm USA
• Milestone, Inc.
• Nutech Instruments, Inc.
• Phenomenex, Inc.
• Phenova, a Phenomenex Company
• Princeton Geoscience
• Quality Environmental Containers (QEC)
• SEAL Analytical, Inc.
• Skalar Group
• Thermo Fisher Scientific
• UCT, Inc.
• VELP Scientific, Inc.
• ZeptoMetrix