As part of the programme half-day workshops with the following topics will be offered:

The workshops will be held on August 20th, 2023 at the Hotel Grauer Bär in Innsbruck. There will be three morning workshops (09:00 - 12:00) and three afternoon workshops (13:00 - 16:00).

You need to register for the workshops separately during the congress registration process. Please note that a participation in the workshops is only possible in combination with the participation in the NIR 2023 congress.

1) NIRS for Quality Control and Authentication including on-site analysis
    Dolores Perèz-Marin    Department of Animal Production, University of Cordoba, Spain

2) Chemometrics for NIR Spectroscopy

    Tom Fearn
    University College, London, United Kingdom

3) Classic and newest topics in Hyperspectral Image Analysis
    José Manuel Amigo
    University of the Basque Country, Spain

4) Workshop on “Handheld Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: State-of-the-Art Instrumentation and Applications in Material Identification, Food Authentication and Environmental Investigations”
    Heinz W. Siesler
    Professor at Department of Physical Chemistry
    University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
    Hui Yan
    Professor at the School of Biotechnology
    Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China

5) How to choose the most suitable spectroscopic PAT technique: performance, pitfalls and best practice
    Rudolf and Waltraud Kessler
    Reutlingen University, Germany

6) Complex world of overtone and combination bands made accessible - A beginner's guide to interpretation of NIR spectra
    Krzysztof Bec and Justyna Grabska
    Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Radiochemistry
    University of Innsbruck, Austria

Workshop no. 7 must regrettably be cancelled due to injury circumstances beyond our control