Registration Package

The fee for the proficiency test is 600 Euros per participant. Once registration has closed, participants will receive:

• A set of instructions, forms and a counting/identification guide to complete the exercise
• A set of samples couriered to each laboratory to be analysed by the participants.
• Instructions on how to access the Phytoplankton taxonomy assessment (online HAB IPI quiz) in OceanTeacher to be completed by the analysts

Once analysts have completed their exercise and results have been sent back to the programme coordinator, the participants will receive:

• A draft report including a table of provisional Z-scores.
• An invitation to a 3-day training workshop where participants will be presented with an analysis of their results and have the opportunity to share experiences, discuss general results and make suggestions for future work. The workshop has a strong practical training element with 2 days dedicated to taxonomy lectures using live materials and microscopes for each attendee.
• All the workshop lectures
• A certificate of workshop attendance
• A confidential statement of performance certificate for each analyst.
• Final report and feedback

Please note that registration does not cover flights to and from the workshop, accommodation or meals during the workshop

Registration and Payment

If you wish to register for this intercomparison exercise, go to our dedicated website www.iphi.org. Registration is now open.

If you have problems registering through our website, please contact directly our IPI co-ordinator Rafael Salas (rsalas@observatoriocanariohabs.com).

The administrator will need your laboratory name and address, number of analysts, Analysts’ full name and e-mail addresses.

Payment must be received before samples are shipped to the participating laboratories.