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6 January 2020
What to Expect From the 53rd HPS Midyear Meeting Technical Program

What's coming up besides the holidays? That's right, the 53rd Midyear Meeting of the Health Physics Society (HPS) in Bethesda, Maryland, 26–29 January 2020. The Program Committee 53rd HPS Midyear Meeting Task Force has put together a great lineup for the technical program, and over the next month will be providing some highlights of what to expect.

This year's midyear meeting will be a little different than past HPS meetings. You may have noticed in the Online Program that we are trying a new schedule style: a plenary session to kick off each morning of the meeting! We've scheduled a diverse range of topics and speakers for the plenary sessions including: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioner David Wright; Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Division of Radiation, Transport, and Waste Safety Peter Johnston; and an overview of National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) activities relating to radiation protection in medicine presented by Don Miller, the chair of NCRP Program Area Committee (PAC) 4.

Remember your attendance at the HPS midyear meeting can earn you one continuing education credit (CEC) per contact hour (40 credit maximum) toward your recertification with the American Board of Health Physics, so come out and join us in Bethesda!