The winner of the 1999 Harold Johns Travel Award is:

Mr. Craig L. Beckett
Department of Physics
Allan Blair Cancer Centre
Regina, SK


From the Application Proposal:

I plan to augment my regular travel budget with the funds from the H.E. Johns Travel award to attend IRPA10 - The 10th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association, Harmonization of Radiation, Human Life and the Ecosystem. The Japan Health Physics Society hosts this conference in Hiroshima, Japan May 14-19, 2000.

Major scientific topics are listed below. Further information can be obtained at http://www.convention.co.jp/irpa10/ .

IRPA10 provides a comprehensive presentation of topics in radiation protection, offering a perspective that is not readily available to physicists working in Medicine.

1. Natural Radiation Exposure
2. Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation
3. Dosimetry and Instrumentation
4. Radiation Protection in the Environment
5. Waste Management and Decommissioning
6. Radiation Protection at Workplaces
7. Radiation Protection for Medical Exposure
8. Protection against Non-ionizing Radiation
9. Standards and Interpretation
10. Training, Education and Communication
11. News from National Radiological Protection Societies