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7th International Chemometrics Research Meeting
ICRM2017
September 10th - 14th 2017
Fletcher Parkhotel Val Monte
Berg en Dal, The Netherlands

The International Chemometrics Research Meeting is organized every three years (by the Dutch Chemometrics Society). It is dedicated to in-depth discussion of recent chemometric and statistical developments that are relevant to analytical chemistry and is applications. The format of the meeting is inspired by the Gordon conferences: two sessions per day (one in the morning and one in the evening), with an invited speaker, a discussant and lots of room for the floor discussion.
Participants can bring posters and there is room for a small number of contributed talks.
New this time are 4 short tutorials, on ASCA, PCA/PLS, penalties and on MCR. The tutorials take place in the afternoons. They do not overlap and attendance is free for conferences participants.
A social program and conference dinner is also part of ICRM2017.
The following invited speakers will give a keynote lecture:
- Peter Wentzell (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada).
- Lieven De Lathauwer (KU Leuven, Belgium).
- Peter Filzmoser (TU Wien, Austria)
- Morten Rasmussen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Marieke Timmerman (RU Groningen, The Netherlands)
- Onno de Noord (Shell Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- TBA
This is a first announcement. More information about registration and the conference fee will follow soon.
Archive: ACS 2016
30th Annual Chemometrics Symposium
“Chemometrics in Action”
Thursday 13th October 2016, Ravenstein, The Netherlands
The Dutch Chemometrics Society cordially invites you to its Annual Chemometrics Symposium. This year the theme is “Chemometrics in Action” with a focus on practical applications. Six speakers will cover a variety of subjects. During the lunch a microNIR spectrophotometer will be demonstrated.
As usual, this symposium will be an excellent opportunity to meet old and new colleagues, to learn new things and to discuss them in an informal and friendly atmosphere.
Speakers with their presentation titles
• Rudolf Kessler
“Perspectives in Process Analysis: Remarks on Robustness of Spectroscopic Methods
for Industrial Applications
• Jan Gerretzen
“A novel and effective way for preprocessing selection based on Design of Experiments”.
• Andrei Barcaru
“Thinking Bayes: creating new ways of interpreting GCxGC(-MS) data”.
• Cyril Ruckebusch
“Chemometric analysis of chemical images”.
• Olga Lushchikova
“Development of alarm system for water quality control based on flow cytometry data
of algal populations”.
• Ewoud van Velzen
"Robustness: A key parameter in the validation of multivariate sensory regression
models”.
Abstracts of the presentations can be found here.
The booklet with the program of the symposium day can be viewed and downloaded too. Please be aware that you receive a printed copy of this program booklet when you attend the symposium. Please click on Program booklet ACS2016.pdf
Location
The meeting will take place in Vergader- en Conferentiecentrum Soeterbeeck, Elleboogstraat 2, 5371 LL Ravenstein See www.ru.nl/soeterbeeck/ for a description and how to get there.
Time
Registration and coffee between 9:15 and 10:00, opening symposium at 10:10.
Fee
The registration fee is 100 euros (50 for students and PhD students). Everything is included: participation in the meetings, lunch, refreshments and drinks at the end of the day. It is not possible to register for a half-day at a reduced price.
Language
The official language of the symposium will be English.
Posters
Participants are invited to share their work during the poster session that will take place during the lunch break. A poster prize (100€) will be awarded to the best poster. If you want to submit a poster, send an e-mail before 1st October with title and abstract to
Demo
During the lunch break a demonstration will be given of the microNIR.
How to register
Reply to this e-mail with your name, address and affiliation or send this information to the Dutch Chemometrics Society e-mail address
Flyer
Use this link to download the flyer of this symposium: Flyer_DCS_ACS2016.pdf
Sponsors



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On behalf of the organizing committee we are looking forward meeting you in Ravenstein,
Paul Eilers, Erasmus MC Rotterdam.
Gerben Mooiweer, JDEcoffee/R&D, Utrecht.
Bülent Üstün, Aspen Oss BV, Oss.
Jeroen Jansen, Radboud University Nijmegen.
Jos Hageman, Biometris, Wageningen University.
Theo Reijmers, Kinesis Pharma, Breda.

About DCS
The history of the Dutch Chemometrics Society dates back to 1972, when the discussion groups “Automation” and “Computerization” merged into the “Laboratory Optimization” group of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society. Led by first-generation chemometricians such as A. Dijkstra, G. Kateman, and H.C. Smit, this group later became the “Working Party on Chemometrics,” which also serves as the Dutch Chapter of the International Chemometrics Society. Two important initiatives emerged from this early period: a series of short courses in chemometrics for industry, and the launch of the international conference series on chemometrics in analytical chemistry (CAC), which started in 1978 and included several editions in the Netherlands.
In 1989, three workshop series were established: the Multivariate Data Analysis Workshop (MVA), a workshop on Experimental Design and Optimization, and a workshop on Quality Assurance. While the latter two eventually ran out of new topics, the MVA Workshop remains an active part of the Society. In 2005, a new discussion group was launched focusing on the analysis of proteomics and metabolomics data: the Bio-MVA workshop.
A second generation of chemometricians initiated another important conference series: the International Chemometrics Research Meeting (ICRM). Since its start in the 1990s, ICRM has developed into a distinctive meeting format, and eight editions have been organized, most recently in 2024 in Soesterberg. The meeting complements other conference series in the field through its emphasis on extended exchange of ideas in an informal atmosphere, a limited number of lectures on selected topics, scheduled plenary discussions, ample time for informal interaction, and continuous poster display.
Today, the Dutch Chemometrics Society organizes symposia on chemometrics, workshops on focused topics, and contributes to activities of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society, including those of other working parties. The symposia follow a more classical format, while the workshops provide a forum for advanced, in-depth discussion in an informal setting. As chemometrics became more widely established in industry and research institutes, the need for such meetings grew rapidly, since chemometricians often had few opportunities for specialist exchange within their immediate working environment.
Participants in Dutch Chemometrics Society activities come from universities (40%), industry (40%), and institutes (20%). This balance reflects the Society’s longstanding role as a meeting point for academic research, industrial practice, and methodological development in chemometrics in the Netherlands.
Archive: ICRM 2017
7th International Chemometrics Research Meeting
September 10th - 14th 2017
Fletcher Parkhotel Val Monte
Berg en Dal, The Netherlands

The International Chemometrics Research Meeting is organized every three years (by the Dutch Chemometrics Society). It is dedicated to in-depth discussion of recent chemometric and statistical developments that are relevant to analytical chemistry and its applications. The format of the meeting is inspired by the Gordon conferences: two sessions per day (one in the morning and one in the evening), with an invited speaker, a discussant and lots of room for the floor discussion.
Participants can bring posters and there is room for a small number of contributed talks.
New this time are 4 short tutorials, on ASCA, PCA/PLS, penalties and on MCR. The tutorials take place in the afternoons. They do not overlap and attendance is free for conference participants.
A social program and conference dinner are also part of ICRM2017.
The following invited speakers gave a keynote lecture (click to see the abstract):
- Peter Wentzell (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada).
- Lieven De Lathauwer (KU Leuven, Belgium).
- Peter Filzmoser (TU Wien, Austria)
- Morten Rasmussen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Marieke Timmerman (RU Groningen, The Netherlands)
- Onno de Noord (Shell Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Edwin Lughofer (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)
