Coordinator: Hardy Simgen
| Gamma ray detection facilities and procedures (40 min) | |
| Anatoly Smolnikov | Description of the low background Germanium gamma spectrometers at Baksan |
| Mark Heisel | A new low-level Germanium gamma spectrometer at MPIK Heidelberg |
| Mikael Hult | Description of the Underground Facility HADES |
| Mikael Hult | Monte Carlo simulations for counting efficiency determinations |
| Other techniques (40 min) | |
| Hardy Simgen | Radon emanation detection technique and Argon purification tests |
| Grzegorz Zuzel | Copper surface purification tests |
| Valery Kuzminov | Alpha activity measurements with the low background pulse ionization chamber |
| Evgueni Yakushev | Status of the radon detector development and construction in JINR |
| Recent results (40 min) | |
| Sergei Vasiliev | Activity measurement on Cu-P pellets for GERDA at Baksan |
| Mikael Hult | Activity measurement on Cu-P pellets for GERDA at HADES |
| Claudia Tomei | LNGS material screening measurements |
| Hardy Simgen | Overview on material screening measurements for GERDA |
| Discussion (20 min) | |
| TG11 members | Mutual program of material screening and the distribution of samples among the groups |