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From Innovation to Insight: The Avio® 3000 ICP-OES Webinar Series - Virtual Event 2: Performance Without Compromise: High Throughput, Stability and Sensitivity
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Webinar Date/Time: Tue, Oct 13, 2026 10:00 AM EDT
Discover how the next-generation Avio® 3000 ICP-OES combines high throughput, unmatched stability, and outstanding sensitivity to help laboratories increase productivity, achieve consistent results, and confidently handle challenging analyses.
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Event Overview:
Join PerkinElmer on October 13th for Virtual Event 2 of the exclusive From Innovation to Insight: The Avio® 3000 ICP-OES Webinar Series. You'll discover how the Avio 3000 ICP-OES can help laboratories achieve more with every analysis. This e-symposium will explore how next-generation technologies deliver high throughput, unmatched stability, and outstanding sensitivity, helping you analyze more samples, maintain reliable performance, and confidently detect elements at challenging concentrations. Through three expert-led presentations, learn how the Avio 3000 is engineered to maximize productivity and deliver consistent, high-quality results, even in demanding laboratory environments. Join us to discover what performance without compromise can mean for your laboratory.
Key Learning Objectives
- Maximize throughput with technologies designed for faster analysis.
- Improve stability for consistent, reliable results on every run.
- Achieve outstanding sensitivity for confident trace elemental analysis.
Who Should Attend
- Directors/managers and technicians of laboratories conducting trace elemental analysis of challenging matrices, especially those with high-throughput demands.
Speakers
John Ferencz
Field Application Scientist, Americas
PerkinElmer
John Ferencz is a Field Application Scientist for PerkinElmer's Americas Commercial organization, where he partners with customers to support the implementation, optimization, and application of inorganic instrumentation. He brings expertise in scientific workflows, customer training, technical problem-solving, and laboratory solutions. Working closely with researchers and laboratory professionals, John helps customers maximize instrument performance, optimize analytical workflows, and achieve reliable, high-quality results. Passionate about science and customer success, he is committed to helping organizations meet their research, testing, and operational goals.
Stan Smith
Manager, Atomic Spectroscopy Field Application Scientists, Americas
PerkinElmerr
Stan Smith is Manager of Atomic Spectroscopy Field Application Scientists for PerkinElmer's Americas Commercial organization. He holds a B.S. and graduate studies in Chemistry. Stan brings more than 40 years of experience in chemistry, environmental and lubricant analysis, laboratory operations, quality assurance, and laboratory management, including 17 years with PerkinElmer. He specializes in inorganic spectroscopy, applications and method development, while continuing to support customers and field applications.
Ken Neubauer
Principal Application Scientist
Atomic Spectroscopy
PerkinElmer
Ken Neubauer is a Principal Application Scientist with over 28 years of inorganic analysis experience at PerkinElmer, focusing primarily on applications development and support for ICP-OES and ICP-MS technologies. Prior to joining PerkinElmer, Ken received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Delaware.
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