Final Call for Papers and Posters

Abstract Submissions
Abstract submissions should be no more than 200 words (word text format) and must follow the Author Guidelines.

Submit your abstract electronically.

• Authors should indicate a preference for an oral presentation or poster session (I & II).
• Decisions made by the MRF Symposium Presentations & Poster Committee on the disposition of all accepted submissions are final.
• Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to provide extended versions that will become the property of the 2008 MRF Symposium.
• Scheduled Symposium presentations/posters will be published in the MRF Symposium Proceedings that will be available on electronic media only.

General Policies:

• No materials will be accepted past the deadline date of April 30, 2008.
• File abstracts electronically. (200 words maximum).
• Presentation/Poster materials must not have been published or presented prior to October 5, 2008, other than in abstract form.
• Accepted presentations/posters may be cancelled if the expanded abstracts are not received by the stated deadline.
• The Presentation & Poster Committee will make every effort to notify presenters in a timely manner about the status of submissions.

The 2008 MRF SYMPOSIUM will explore the latest trends and advances in the metal removal fluids and lubricating industry. Presentation and poster proposals addressing the following general areas will be considered:

• Health and Safety Effects/Occupational Medicine
  • Dermal Effects
  • Respiratory Effects
  • New Developments
• Exposure Measurement and Guidelines
  • Developments in MRF Aerosol Sampling & Analytical Techniques
  • Promulgation of MRF Occupational Exposure Limits
• Managing MRF in the Plant/Best Practices
  • Engineering/Exposure Control Practice & Research
  • MRF Microbiology and Biocide Usage
  • MRF Waste Disposal Technologies
• Global Regulatory Issues
  • Regulatory Updates & Trends
  • REACH and MRFs
  • MRF and the Globally Harmonized System
  • UK Health Safety Executive MRF Investigations
• Sustainability and Future Trends
  • MRFs in the 90's, MRFs Now, MRFs in the Future
  • Future Requirements of MRFs
  • Nanotechnology & MRFs
  • Vegetable-Based MRF Products
  • Demands of High-Speed Machining on MRF Formulations