June 13th 2025
June Meeting and Summer Social
Thank-you to all those that attended the June meeting and Summer Social and made it such a fantastic event! We would like to extend our special thanks to our sponsors Shimadzu, Restek and Chiron.
If you would like to be part of a future LTG meeting, and sponsor a workshop, exhibitor stand
or the whole meeting, please contact the Corporate Liaison Officer, Lewis Couchman today!
If you are an LTG member, log-in to the website and return to this page to download the presentations from this event, below.
Photos from the Event
Downloads
Location
Meeting Venue:
Waterloo Action Centre, 14 Baylis Rd, London, SE1 7AA
Social Venue:
Cubana Waterloo, 48 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RG
Sponsors
The LTG were pleased to welcome Chiron, Restek and Shimadzu as exhibitors for this meeting.
Chiron AS, headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, has been supplying over 15 000 reference materials and fine chemicals—along with custom synthesis services—for petroleum, environmental, food-safety and toxicology analysis worldwide since 1983. Backed by a global distributor network and close collaboration with academia and customers, Chiron’s pioneering team continues to lead in sophisticated chemical-analysis solutions.
Founded in 1985, Restek delivers top-quality chromatography consumables and analytical supplies—including GC and LC columns, accessories, reference standards, and air-sampling and sample-preparation products—from leading brands such as Restek, VICI Valco/Cheminert, Hamilton, Parker Balston, Chromacol, and SGE. With a legacy of first-of-its-kind innovations and a commitment to expert education and superior technical support, Restek partners with laboratories worldwide to provide exceptional service and cutting-edge solutions.
Founded in 1875 in Kyoto, Japan, Shimadzu is a globally recognised name offering a wide range of products and solutions, as one of the world’s largest providers of analytical instrumentation.
Shimadzu technologies provide innovative solutions in sample preparation, chromatography, mass spectrometry and automation. Our fast and sensitive analytical approaches for toxicology support everything from volatile drug screening to heavy metal analysis, to organic drug identification and quantification.
Program
10:00 – 10:30
Refreshments and Exhibitors
10:30 – 11:15
Title: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Measurement Uncertainty
Speaker: Brigitte Desharnais
Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale
11:15 – 11:45
Title: The Causes of Sudden Cardiac Death and the Role of
Toxicology
Speaker: Dr. Joseph Westaby
CRY Department of Cardiovascular Pathology
11:45 – 12:15
Title: WEDINOS – UK drug market insights from open access
drug testing
Speaker: Dean Acreman
WEDINOS
12:15 – 13:30
LUNCH
13:30 – 14:00
Title: Contamination in Doping and Hair Discrimination with
Cheating Athletes
Speaker: Pascal Kintz
Médecine légale de Strasbourg & X-pertise Consulting [Zoom]
14:00 – 14:15
Title: Update on the NCA Experts Advisers Database
Speaker: Jim Shingler
National Crime Agency
14:15 – 15:00
Title: Pragmatic, Reliable and Compliant Standard Addition
Speaker: Brigitte Desharnais
Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale
15:00 – 15:45
Refreshments and Exhibitors
15:45 – 16:15
Title: Drug Detection Inside Concealed Food Products Using
Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy
Speaker: Sulaf Assi
Liverpool John Moores University
16:15 – 16:45
Title: Worldwide Counterfeit Spirits and its Effects on Public
Health and Worldwide Finance
Speaker: Michael Bryan
The International Centre for Brewing & Distilling, Heriot-Watt University [Zoom]
16:45 – 17:00
LTG Business meeting
17:30 Onwards
LTG evening social
at Cubana Waterloo, 48 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RG
Pre-booking necessary – please mark when registering for this meeting if you would like to attend as spaces are limited!
