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30 July 2020
2020 HPS Virtual Workshop

Planned for 10 September–21 October 2020

WebEx Virtual Meetings

Zach Tribbett, Bae Chu, Chris Shaw, Tim Taulbee

The Health Physics Society (HPS) membership has spoken and as a replacement for the canceled HPS 2020 Annual Meeting, we will be holding a series of virtual workshops as part of the 2020 HPS Virtual Workshop. We have had a tremendous amount of interest by attendees and presenters and have an exciting lineup of sessions and PEPs scheduled. Watch the HPS website and Health Physics News for a link to the Virtual Workshop website, which will be available soon.

Diversity and Inclusion Session

We would like to highlight the first session of the virtual workshop—Diversity and Inclusion—which will be held on 10 September. The Membership Committee and Women in Radiation Protection Section of the HPS are jointly hosting this session, which will be a combination of presentations and an open forum among the presenters, panelists, and audience. The presenters will set the stage describing how this session was brought to fruition, the current demographics of our Society, historical accomplishments of African-American men and women, and strategies on how to foster diversity and inclusion. Our three panelists bring different perspectives to the field and will have curated questions that will also be opened to the audience. The session aims to brainstorm diversity initiatives and opportunities to foster a supportive and engaging HPS that could strengthen the workforce. The face of health physics is changing, and it's important that we identify the differences that exist. In this unprecedented pandemic, this is HPS's time to foster unity as a community and organization. This first session will be free of charge—so please mark your calendars and join us for this important and informative session.

Other Session Topics

After the Diversity and Inclusion session, the program will also include session topics such as:

  • AAHP
  • AIRRS
  • Accelerators
  • Argonne National Laboratory Response to 237Np Incident
  • Medical Health Physics
  • Military Health Physics
  • Nonionizing Radiation
  • Rad NESHAPs
  • Student Perspectives

Information

Please check the meeting website when it becomes available for updates on the schedule and session topics, then mark your calendars and join us starting on Thursday, 10 September 2020, for a series of exciting and informative virtual workshops.

The Program Committee chair is Chris Shaw, the Task Force chair for the Program Committee is Zach Tribbett, and the PEP chair is Elaine Marshall.