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Waste Testing and Quality Assurance (WTQA ’00) he 16th Annual Waste Testing and Quality Assurance (WTQA) Symposium will be held August 5–10 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202 (800228-9290). The theme of WTQA ’00 is “Environmental Sampling and Analysis in the 21st Century.” The symposium will provide the latest information from federal and state officials about progress on environmental monitoring and analysis. The program will begin with a plenary session on August 7, followed by concurrent technical sessions, August 8–9, on quality assurance and organic and inorganic chemical analysis. Other featured events will include a tabletop exhibition and short courses. For more information, contact Larry Keith, c/o Waste Policy Institute, 200 Kraft Dr., Ste. 2100, Blacksburg, VA 24060 (540-557-6095; fax 540-5576043; http://www.wpi.org/wtqa).
Program Monday Opening Plenary Session
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Organic Session I
New Technologies Session I
Special Lab Accreditation Session
Inorganic Session
Organic Session II
New Technologies Session II
Short Courses August 5 Basic Principles of GC I and II August 6 Analytical Strategy for the RCRA Program I Advanced Sample Preparation Basic Principles of GC III and IV
August 7 Exams for Certifying Environmental Analytical Chemists and Technicians Ethics Training HPLC and LC/MS Workshop August 10 Analytical Strategy for the RCRA Program II Data Auditing PBMS Training Workshop
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Desorption 2000 Sept. 7. Saint-Malo, France Contact: Frederique Dykstra, Institut de Physique Nucleaire, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France (fax 33-01-6915-4475;
[email protected]) 114th AOAC International Meeting Sept. 10–14. Philadelphia, PA Contact: AOAC International, 481 North Frederick Ave., Ste. 500, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2417 (301-924-7077; fax 301924-7089;
[email protected]; http://www.aoac.org) Sensors Expo Fall ’00 Sept. 19–21. Charlotte, NC Contact: Susan Ambrose, Advanstar Communications, 440 Wheelers Farm Rd., Ste. 101, Milford, CT 06460-8712 (203-882-1300 ext. 173; sensors@ advanstar.com; http://www. sensorsexpo.com) 27th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) Sept. 24–28. Nashville, TN Contact: FACSS, 1201 Don Diego Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505-820-1648; fax 505-989-1073;
[email protected]; http://facss.org/info.html)
CE in the Pharmaceutical Industry Aug. 28–29. San Diego, CA Contact: Karen Bertani, CaSSS, 156 South Spruce Ave., Ste. 207A, South San Francisco, CA 94080-4556 (650-876-0792; fax 650-876-0793;
[email protected]; http://www.casss.org/cepharm)
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4th International Conference on the Analysis of Geological and Environmental Materials Aug. 30–Sept. 1. Lorraine, France Contact: Jean Carignan, CRPG-CNRS, 15 rue Notre-Dame des Pauvres-B.P.20, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lés-Nancy Cedex, France (33-3-8359-4217; fax 33-3-83511798;
[email protected]; http://www.crpg.cnrsnancy.fr/news/geoanalysis-2000) 3rd International Colloquium on ProcessRelated Environmental Analytical Chemistry Oct. 4–7. Leipzig, Germany Contact: J. A. C. Broekaert, Institute for Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Linnéestrabe 3, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany (49-341-97-36100/36091; fax 49-341-97-36115/36097; broekaer@sonne. tachemie.uni-leipzig.de)
15th International Mass Spectrometry Conference (15th IMSC) Aug. 27–Sept. 1. Barcelona, Spain Contact: Ana Costejà, Palau de Congressos/Departament de Convencions, Av. Reina Ma Cristina, s/n, 08004 Barcelona, Spain (34-932-332-377; fax 34-934-262845;
[email protected]; http://www. website.es/15imsc) Millennium Tandem Mass Spectrometry Workshop Nov. 29–Dec. 2. Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada Contact: Margaret Northcott, Geological Survey of Canada, 3303-33rd St., N.W., Calgary, AB, Canada T2L 2A7 (403-2927041; fax 403-292-7159; mnorthcott@ gsc.emr.ca; http://www.csms.inter.ab.ca)
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4th International Symposium on Capillary Electrochromatography Aug. 13–14. San Francisco, CA Contact: Karen Bertani, CaSSS, 156 South Spruce Ave., Ste. 207A, South San Francisco, CA 94080-4556 (650-876-0792; fax 650-876-0793;
[email protected]; http://www.casss.org/cec) 11th Conference of the Society for Chromatographic Sciences Oct. 26–27. Kyoto, Japan Contact:Terumichi Nakagawa, Kyoto University,Yoshida Shimoadachi-cho, Sakyoku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan (fax 81-75-7534578;
[email protected]) 17th Montreux Symposium on Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Nov. 8–10. Montreux, Switzerland Contact: Jan van der Greef, University of Leiden, LACDR, Division of Analytical Chemistry, P.O. Box 9502, NL-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands (31-71-527-4220; fax 31-71-527-4277; l.beijs@chem. leidenuniv.nl; http://www.dplanet.ch/ users/montreux-lcms00)
6th Rio Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry Dec. 3–9. Concepción and Pucón, Chile Contact: Carlos G. Bruhn, Departamento de Análisis Instrumental, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Concepción, P.O. Box 237, Concepción, Chile (56-41-204-252; fax 56-41-231-903;
[email protected]; http://www.udec.cl/6riosymp)
Short Course The following short course is being offered by the University of York, Heslington, York, Y010 5DD, United Kingdom (44-1904-432-512; fax 44-1904-432-516). Capillary Electrophoresis August 21–24. York, United Kingdom
