On November 2/3 we welcomed new members Corning, Cytive and TRAD. The Microbiology Working Group launched its Sterilisation Dose Audit failure ‘Focus Group’ and hosted a presentation on rapid micro methods. The Dosimetry Working Group finalised a comprehensive guide on dose mapping, to be published shortly. In the main Panel the new Chair, Adam Whaites, presented the results of a recent membership survey and outlined a ‘Road Map’ to increase the Panel’s relevance and impact. There were also presentations on the activities of and collaboration with iia and SfSAP, and on parametric release and the Monte Carlo code RayXpert.

