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QuoData's 2017 international workshop on proficiency testing and interlaboratory method validation studies, which took place in Berlin for the first time, was well-received. Participants from Hong Kong, Hungary, Norway, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, The Netherlands and Germany attended the three-day in-depth training. QuoData experts, Christian Bläul (head of IT) and Bertrand Colson (Data Scientist), provided insights into interlaboratory lab assessment and method validation using QuoData software, PROLab.

In 2017, QuoData will participate in a series of scientific conferences focusing on analytical quality assurance and will also offer workshops on external and internal quality control.

All 2016/2017 dates for QuoData’s roster of workshops have been finalized. What's new this year is the addition of a brand new workshop. It will focus on method validation from an expert’s point-of-view. As with prior years, both the well-known PROLab workshop for the evaluation of interlaboratory studies and the InterVAL workshop for in-house method validation, verification and quality assurance, have been scheduled as well.

From 22-24 February in Berlin, QuoData will offer an international Workshop on the planning and evaluation of proficiency tests and method validation studies.

The new location in Berlin makes it easier for PT providers and the growing PROLab community worldwide to attend the workshop. All participants can still expect the well-known QuoData workshop atmosphere.

The registration phase for the international ENFSI proficiency test on the identification of gunshot residues (GSR) using scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy has closed. This year has seen nearly 60 laboratories from 29 different countries take part. In the coming weeks, the samples will be prepared and shipped.

An important aspect of QuoData’s work involves providing professional training for those involved in proficiency testing, quality and statistics. As part of this, QuoData will hold its workshop for the Evaluation of Interlaboratory Studies from 23 -25 September, 2015. Workshops are just one aspect of QuoData’s regular provision of training sessions, webinars and in-house events.

On 18  May 2015, QuoData held a free webinar on how to improve PT data import using Excel, PROLab and RingDat and the online application, RingDat Online. Participants from around the globe tuned into the 1-hour webinar held online. The webinar is now available for viewing at any time:

Update: On 10 January the city of Dresden and Saxony host a demonstration as a statement for open-mindedness and humanity.  

It is with great concern that we have observed the events unfolding in Dresden over the past few weeks: Several thousand people have taken part in demonstrations organized by the Pegida movement.