The 166^th meeting of the IRDG was held on 1^st Nov., 2001, at the LGC, The Heath, Runcorn, Cheshire.

10:00–10:30 Coffee and Registration

10:30-11:05 Welcome and Vibrational spectroscopy at the LGC.                                                                Andy Brookes, LGC, Runcorn Heath

11:05-11:40 EUROSPEC- International Spectroscopic Data Bank and Archive Project                                  Tony Davies, ISAS (Institute for Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Dortmund

11:40-12:15 The applications of Raman microscopy in light source science and technology. Professor Robin Devonshire, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield

12:15-12:50 IR reflectance imaging of solid state pharmaceutical formulations.                                       Mike Claybourn, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield

12:50 Lunch

13:50-14:00 IRDG Business

14:00-14:35 Investigating the microstructure of foods: confocal Raman imaging with multivariate analysis. Paul Pudney, Unilever Research Colworth Laboratory, Sharnbrook.

14:35-15:10 Multi-site implementation of NIR for at-line solution measurements.                                      Alan Strawn, Kodak Limited, Harrow

15:10-15:45 Real–world applications of online Raman. Ian Clegg, ABB Eutech, Daresbury

15:45 Close and Tea.