New standard to standardise proficiency testing for industrial emissions monitoring

Taking place from 20th to 22nd September 2023 in sunny Barcelona, CEM 2023 will be our largest emissions monitoring event to date, with more exhibitors and presentations than ever! With 25 years of experience behind it and regular attendance from all around the world, this year’s conference will be CEM’s highly anticipated return to live events – and once again, our Scientific Committee have excelled themselves, putting together a jam-packed programme of talks and workshops delivered by thought-leaders, regulators and industry veterans from all across this global sector. As such, CEM 2023’s conference programme features representatives from many of the major national research institutions, with talks from members of the European Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Bureau (EIPPCB), a department of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre; the Environmental Protection Agency (United States); the National Institute for Industrial and Environmental Risks (France); the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (India); the Technical Research Centre of Finland; Italy’s Institute for Energy System Research (RSE); and National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom).

On Day 1, the NPL's Thomas Smith will deliver a talk on standardising proficiency testing for emission monitoring. The purpose of proficiency testing (PT) is to demonstrate that companies are performing to required standards in a particular field, often a mandatory part of maintaining accreditation. A general standard for PT, ISO 17043, has been the basis for testing in the past but due to the nature of being a general standard, there are no specific provisions for technical areas. A new standard, CEN/TC 264/WG 45, was therefore tasked with helping providers translate the general requirements to the needs of industrial emissions monitoring under EN 17656:2022. This standard has been designed in parallel with the redefined ISO 17043:2023 to provide the guidance to underpin emission monitoring PT in future. In this presentation, Smith will outline the changes in the revised ISO 17043, key points from EN 17656 and how this will benefit accredited schemes in future.

With two rooms running sessions in parallel over all three days of the conference, attendees to CEM 2023 will have full access to a whole host of presentations that will provide process operators, plant managers, laboratory technicians, instrument users and apprentices with the latest information on developments in emissions monitoring and measuring applications, regulations and technologies.  

If you’re interested in attending this year’s most exciting emission monitoring event, just click here to get your pass to CEM 2023 today.