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28 February 2022
Plenary Session at 2022 IRPA North American Regional Congress

The 2022 IRPA North American Regional Congress—"Meeting the Challenges in the Practice of Radiation Protection"—was held 21–23 February, in St. Louis, Missouri. The plenary session on 20 February included talks and a panel discussion addressing the questions of:

  • What end goals do we all agree would permit society to most beneficially harness the use of radiation technologies?
  • What new and exciting scientific discoveries and lessons learned have we encountered in the last decade that may revolutionize a paradigm shift in modernizing our interpretation of the practice and philosophy of radiation protection?
  • How will new scientific discoveries and communication strategies mold cultural and philosophical discussions about radiation protection?
  • Where do we still have hope? To quote Marie Curie, "I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done."

Plenary Session Moderators Shaheen Dewji and Brant Ulsh
Photo courtesy of Barbara Hamrick

Roger Coates, IRPA
Screenshot courtesy of Mary Walchuk

 

Craig Piercy, ANS
Photo courtesy of Barbara Hamrick

Gayle Woloschak, G. William Morgan Lectureship Awardee
Photo courtesy of Barbara Hamrick

 

John Cardarelli, HPS President
Photo courtesy of Barbara Hamrick

Edward Calabrese, G. William Morgan Lectureship Awardee
Screenshot courtesy of Mary Walchuk

 

Plenary session panel members who answered questions from the in-person and virtual audience members, left to right, John Cardarelli, Craig Pearce, Gayle Woloschak, Saheen Dewji, and Brant Ulsh. Roger Coates and Ed Calabrese both participated in the panel remotely.
Photo courtesy of Barbara Hamrick

We will be sharing more photos from the congress in upcoming issues of Health Physics News.

If you attended IRPA 2022 live or virtually, you can revisit sessions you loved or those you missed by logging into the meeting site here until 31 May. The Sign In button is at the top right side of the page. The sessions are available from the Schedule tab.

If you were unable to attend and would like to view sessions from the meeting, registration is still open on the meeting website.