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Fred McWilliams, Section President

NIR Section Special Session at 66th HPS Annual Meeting

The Nonionizing Radiation (NIR) Section of the Health Physics Society (HPS) is holding a special session at the 66th HPS Annual Meeting in Phoenix. This virtual special session will be held on Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 10:10 am to 12:40 pm PST, the week before the in-person meeting.

Presentations include:

• Introduction—Fred McWilliams
• ANSI Z136.8 Laser Safety for Researchers, Second Edition: Recognizing an Unmet Safety Guidance Need—Ken Barat
• Practical Laser Safety Calculations: Case Studies in Supercontinuum Lasers—Melissa Spence
• Modeling a Thermoacoustic-Based High Power Microwave Directed Energy Exposure Detection System—James Frey
• Did Microwaves Harm US Employees at Its Embassy in Havana?—Ken Foster

Not included in the official program listing, the awarding of the NIR Section Distinguished Achievement award will immediately follow the presentations.

Other Annual Meeting Presentations of Interest to NIR Section Members

• 28 July 2021, WPM-A.11, Room 121: The Need of the Health Physicist to Be Versed in NIR—FF McWilliams, PJ Sprenger, et al.
• 29 July 2021, THAM-B.2, Room 122: Managing Third-Party Lasers in a Healthcare System—DH Elder

NIR Section Participating in IRPA Meetings

The NIR Section has been asked to participate in, contribute to, and help organize special sessions for two upcoming International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) meetings. Both are being held in the United States and will be a good opportunity for many to be able to attend.

• 2022 IRPA North American Regional Congress: "Meeting the Challenges in the Practice of Radiation Protection"—20–24 February 2022, Union Station Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri
• The 16th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA 16): "Harmonization of Radiation Protection Principals"—7–12 July 2024, Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel, Orlando, Florida