5th September 2025
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Our September meeting was held on Friday the 5th at the Waterloo Action Centre – just a short walk from Waterloo station.
The Program can be found below. Shortly, copies of the speaker presentations will be made available to download to LTG members on this site.
Downloads
Here you can find copies of the meeting program, and speaker presentations from the March 2025 meeting
Location
Venue Location
Waterloo Action Centre, 14 Baylis Rd, London, SE1 7AA
Sponsor
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 – 11:00
Title: Rethinking error: Using quality issues to advance forensic science and strengthen credibility
Speaker: Anna Heavey – PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA [ZOOM]
11:00 – 11:30
Title: Machine Learning and its Uses for Data Processing
Speaker: Mark Parkin – Eurofins Forensic Services
11:30 – 12:00
Title: Unlikely species in ambient ionisation mass spectrometry
Speaker: Patrick Sears – University of Surrey
12:00 – 12:30
Title: Environmental Sustainability of Toxicology Practices Workshop
Speaker: Martin Farley – UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
12:30 – 13:45
LUNCH
13:45 – 14:15
Title: Old problems and new challenges: the changing illicit drug market
Speaker: Julia Buxton – Liverpool John Moores University
14:15 – 15:00
Title: Drug Trends
Speaker: Peter Collins – National Crime Agency
15:00 – 15:45
Refreshments and Exhibitors
15:45 – 16:15
Title: Ketamine from the Toxicologist’s Perspective
Speaker: Kari Midthun – NMS Labs [ZOOM]
16:15 – 16:45
Title: Headspace analysis of illicit nitazenes, fentanyl and xylazine seizures
Speaker: Richard Paul – Bournemouth University
16:45 – 17:00
LTG Business meeting
