Working Group meetings are comprised of professionals who meet to develop or revise IEST Recommended Practices.

All Fall Conference attendees are invited to observe Working Group meetings as they are a valuable learning experience. You may attend as many working group meetings as you wish as an observer. Once you attend two consecutive meetings of the same working group, you are eligible to become a voting member and help update or develop technical guidelines.

Working Groups scheduled this year to meet include:

New WG: Cleanroom Robotics — Anne Marie Dixon
Wednesday, November 13 • 8 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

New WG: Nanotechnology EMI/RFI — Lou Vitale
Wednesday, November 13 • 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

New WG: Contamination Control Methods on Cleaning Surfaces — David Nobile
Tuesday, November 12 • 1:15 - 5:15 p.m.

WG-CC003: Garment System Considerations for Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments — Michael Rataj
Wednesday, November 13 • 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

WG-CC012: Considerations in Cleanroom Design — Wei Sun
Tuesday, November 12 • 3:30 - 5:15 p.m.

WG-CC022: Electrostatic Charge in Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments — Larry Levit
Wednesday, November 13 • 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

WG-CC041: Recovery from Disruption to Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments  — Taguhi Arakelian
Tuesday, November 12 • 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

WG-CC047: Cleanroom Lighting — David Swinehart
Wednesday, November 13 • 8 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

WG-CC048: Guidance for Design, Performance, and Operations of Controlled Environments per USP 797 — Michael Rataj
Wednesday, November 13 • 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

WG-CC050: USP<800> Facility Design — Rick Meyer
Tuesday, November 12 • 8 - 10 a.m.

NEW! WG–CC051: Airborne-based Particle Measurement Methodologies — Pedro Godoy
Tuesday, November 12 • 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

WG-NANO208: Testing Aerosol-Nanomaterial Containment Devices — Matthew Hull
Wednesday, November 13 • 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Why join an IEST Working Group?

  • Establish industry guidelines
  • Network with peers
  • Promote your company
  • Build your résumé
  • Contribute your expertise
  • Learn about topics and technology of interest

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