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FINAL PROGRAMME

Session 1:
Chairman           Joe Herbert (ASTeC Vacuum Science Group)

10:00                    Welcome to Daresbury Laboratory
                            (John Dainton, Director of The Cockcroft Institute)

10:05                    Introduction to the RGA User Group and outline plan of the meeting
                            (Joe Herbert, Chairman RGA User Group Committee)

10:20                    RGA experiences in the XHV regime
                            (Keith Middleman, ASTeC Vacuum Science Group)

10:40                    Soft Ionisation Techniques
                            (Terry Whitmore, Hiden Analytical)

11:00                    COFFEE 

Session 2:
Chairman           Shaun Hughes, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

11:30                    Leak Detectors and RGA’s for Vacuum Diagnostics
                             (Günter Peter, Pfeiffer Vacuum)

12:05                    Ion source for a miniature RGA: results and simulation for Zone 1 and Zone 3 operation.
                            (Neil France, T Hogan, B Brkić & S Taylor, University of Liverpool)
                            Student presentation sponsored by BOC Edwards

12:25                    Introduction to Salford University MSc course
                            (Richard Pilkington, University of Salford)

12:40                    LUNCH 

Session 3:
Chairman           Steve Shannon (SS Scientific Ltd)

14:00                    Latest developments in Web-enabled RGA and other communication options.
                            (Rob Bunn, MKS Instruments)

14:20                    Progress in the RGA System for Diamond
                            (Hugo Shiers, Diamond Light Source)

14:45                    In-situ calibration of RGAs
                            (Oleg Malyshev, ASTeC Vacuum Science Group)

15:10                    Close of meeting
                            (Steve Shannon, SS Scientific Ltd)

15:15                    TEA / COFFEE

 15:45                   TOURS:  ASTeC Vacuum Science Laboratory, ELRP Facility