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ACS in San Francisco T
he 219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society will be held Sunday, March 26–Thursday, March 30, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, CA. The meeting will feature more than 460 technical sessions and presentations. The Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) will sponsor or co-sponsor 16 technical symposia. Other highlights of the meeting will include the Presidential Event, ACS workshops and short courses, and a national employment clearinghouse. Social events will include the DAC poster session on Sunday evening, March 26, and a Sci-Mix on Monday, March 27. On-site registration facilities will be located in the convention center. Hours of operation will be Saturday, March 25, 3–6 p.m.; Sunday, March 26, 7:30 a.m.–7 p.m.; Monday, March 27, 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; Tuesday, March 28, 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; Wednesday, March 29, 7:30 a.m.– 4 p.m.; and Thursday, March 30, 7:30–10:30 a.m. Registration is $295 on-site for ACS members, $510 for nonmembers, $150 for emeritus or retired members, and $35 for graduate students. One-day session tickets are $150 for members and $295 for nonmembers. An exposition featuring 432 booths and representing approximately 250 companies will present the latest instruments, books, computer hardware, scientific software, lab equipment, furniture, and safety equipment.
Located in Hall D of the Moscone Convention Center, the exposition will be open Sunday, March 26, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Monday, March 27, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; and Tuesday, March 28, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Admission is complimentary for meeting registrants; exhibitonly badges can be purchased for $35 ($10 for students with school identification). A series of free exposition workshops on various topics will be offered Sunday, March 26–Tuesday, March 28. Additional information will be published in the final program. The technical program will be highlighted by the presentation of the following ACS awards: Award in Chromatography—Charles W. Gehrke; Award in Polymer Chem-
istry—Jean M. J. Fréchet; Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics—Richard J. Saykally; Award in Analytical Chemistry—Walter C. McCrone; Frank H. Field and Joe L.
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Short Courses The following ACS professional development courses will be offered in conjunction with the ACS Spring National Meeting in San Francisco. To request a comprehensive short courses catalog that provides detailed descriptions, fees, and registration procedures, contact the Dept. of Continuing Education, ACS, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036 (800-227-5558 or 202-8724508; fax 202-872-6336;
[email protected]) March 23–25 Chemical Engineering and Process Fundamentals for Chemists Experimental Design for Formulation Experimental Design for Productivity and Quality in R&D Interpretation of Mass Spectra NMR Spectroscopy: Methods, Interpretation, and Strategies for Problem Solving Polymer Chemistry March 24 Headspace GC March 24–25 Asymmetric Synthesis Chemistry, Biology, and Applications of Bioconjugates Chemistry of the Synthesis of Peptides
Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry— Donald F. Hunt; and the E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy— Ad Bax. The DAC dinner is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 27, at The Empress of China. Tickets are $31.50 and can be purchased at the meeting from any DAC officer. A social hour will precede dinner. The ACS Department of Continuing Education will offer several analytical chemistry-related short courses at the meeting. For additional information, see the listing above or contact the Dept. of Continuing Education, American Chemical Society, 1155
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Dispersion of Fine Particles in Liquids Effective Supervision of Scientists, Engineers, and the Technical Staff Electronic Laboratory Notebooks and R&D Team Computing Systems Emulsions and Microemulsions Fourier Transform IR Spectroscopy Good Laboratory Practices & ISO 9000 Standards How to Develop, Validate, and Troubleshoot Capillary GC and HPLC Methods Spectroscopic Characterization of Polymers Technical Writing Workshop Practical CE Polymer Coatings Methods Development, Validation Procedures, and Conformity Assessment in the Analytical Laboratory Molecular Biology and Recombinant DNA Technology March 25 Green Chemistry: Economic and Environmental Benefits March 26–27 Beyond the Basics: Chemical Engineering for Chemists Statistical Analysis of Laboratory Data: Basics
16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036 (800-227-5558 or 202-8724508). General information can be found in the January 25 issue of Chemical & Engineering News; the complete technical program appears in the February 22 issue of C&EN and on the ACS Web site (http://www.acs.org).
March 27–28 LC/MS: Fundamentals and Applications March 28–29 Statistical Analysis of Laboratory Data: Intermediate March 28–30 Interpretation of IR Spectra Pharmacology for Chemists March 29 Validation of Chromatography Data Systems March 29–30 Combinatorial Chemistry: Solution and Solid-Phase Synthesis Computational Chemistry and Computer-Assisted Drug Design Fundamentals of HPLC Pharmacology for Chemists Quality Assurance/ Quality Control in the Analytical Testing Laboratory Winning at Chemometrics Synthetic Organic Chemistry Organic Chemistry of Sugars
Monday morning ACS Awards in Analytical Chemistry Biotechnology and the Analytical Chemist: Roles and Career Opportunities
Monday afternoon Microchip-Based Chemical Separations Chromatography in the 21st Century
Program Sunday afternoon Chemical Microscopy
Tuesday morning Bioinformatics
Microchip-Based Chemical Separations
Tuesday afternoon Sunday evening I. M. Kolthoff Awards
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Analytical Problems of the 21st Century Limitations of Present Analytical Tools
Wednesday morning Immunochemical Methods for the 21st Century: Immunochemistry Summit Material Science: New Products, New Challenges
Wednesday afternoon Immunochemical Methods for the 21st Century: Immunochemistry Summit
Thursday morning Field-Portable Instrumentation for Environmental Analysis
Thursday afternoon Field-Portable Instrumentation for Environmental Analysis
Conferences
17th International Trade Fair and Analytica Conference for Analysis, Biotechnology, Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology (Analytica 2000) April 11–14, 2000. Munich, Germany Contact: Rudolf Huber, MesseReise Service, Heidemannstrasse 220, D80939 München, Germany (49-89-949-20670; fax 49-89-949-2-0679;
[email protected]; http://www.analytica.de)
The Netherlands (fax 31-30-274-4403;
[email protected]; http://www.rikilt.dlo.nl/euroresidue) Sensors Expo Spring 2000 May 9–11, 2000. Anaheim, CA Contact: Susan Ambrose, Advanstar Communications, 440 Wheelers Farm Rd., Ste. 101, Milford, CT 06460-8712 (203-882-1300, ext. 173;
[email protected]; http://www.sensorsexpo.com) International Conference on Metrology— Trends and Applications in Calibration and Testing Laboratories May 16–18, 2000. Jerusalem, Israel Contact: Henry Horowitz, Conference Secretariat, ISAS-International Seminars, P.O. Box 34001, Jerusalem 91340, Israel (972-2-652-0574; fax 972-2-6520558;
[email protected]) Canadian Chemical Conference and Exhibition May 27–31, 2000. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Contact: Charles A. Lucy, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G2 Canada (780-492-0315; fax 780-492-8231; http://www.chem.ucalgary.ca/csc2000) 3rd Mediterranean Basin Conference on Analytical Chemistry (MBCAC III) June 4–9, 2000. Antalya, Turkey Contact: Bekir Salih, Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry, Beytepe 06532 Ankara-Turkey (90-312-297-7968; fax 90312-215-0678;
[email protected]; http://www.mbcac3.hacettepe.edu.tr)
1st Materials Research Society Spring Meeting April 24–28, 2000. San Francisco, CA Contact: Rajeev Dadoo, Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080-4990 (650-225-7865;
[email protected])
8th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS 2000) July 3–5, 2000. Basel, Switzerland Contact: Phillipa Orme, 12 Church St., West Hanney, Nr Wantage, Oxon, OX12 OLN, United Kingdom (tel/fax 44-1235868811;
[email protected]; http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/imcs2000)
EuroResidue IV, International Conference on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food May 8–10, 2000. Koningshof, Veldhoven, The Netherlands Contact: EuroResidue Foundation, c/o RIVM, P.O. Box 1, NL-3720 BA Bilthoven,
Desorption 2000 Sept. 7, 2000. Saint-Malo, France Contact: Frederique Dykstra, Institut de Physique Nucleaire, F-91406 Orsay Cedex (fax 33-01-6915-4475;
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