Meetings
Eastern Analytical Symposium The 37th Annual Eastern Analytical Sympo- New York Section of the Society for Apsium (EAS) will he held at the Garden plied Spectroscopy Gold Medal Award; State Exhibit Center in Somerset, NJ, Nov. Purnendu K. Dasgupta of Texas Tech Uni15-20. The meeting is sponsored by the versity will receive the American MicroDivision of Analytical Chemistry and the chemical Society Benedetti-Pichler MemoNew York and North Jersey sections of the rial Award; Robert T Kennedy of the UniAmerican Chemical Society; the American versity of Florida will receive the ACS Microchemical Society; the ChromatograDivision of Analytical Chemistry Young phy Forum of Delaware Valley; the New Investigator Award; and Johan S. Ploem of York Microscopical Society; and the DelaLeiden University (The Netherlands) will ware Valley, New England, and New York receive the New York Microscopical Socisections of the Society for Applied ety Ernst Abbe Award. Spectroscopy. Thirty EAS-sponsored short courses, 25 Ninety oral and poster sessions, as well exhibitor workshops, 13 tutorials, and 8 as an exposition of scientific instruments seminars are scheduled. ACS will sponsor and supplies, are scheduled Monday thru 11 short courses in conjunction with the Thursday, Nov. 16-19. Approximately 325 meeting (see page 671 A). Contact ACS booths from 250 companies are anticipated. Short Courses, American Chemical SociThe technical program will feature sym- ety, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC posia honoring this year's award recipients. 20036 (800-227-5558, ext. 4508; 202-8724508; fax 202-872-6336; shortcourses® Edward S. Yeung of Iowa State University will receive the EAS Award for Outstanding acs.org). Achievements in the Fields of Analytical EAS has reserved rooms at the DoubleChemistry; Franklin E. Barton II of the U.S. Tree Hotel Somerset, the Holiday InnDepartment of Agriculture will receive the Somerset, die Somerset Marriott, the EAS Award for Achievements in Near-Infra- Hampton Inn, the Hyatt Regency, and the red Spectroscopy; William H. Pirkle of the Wyndham Gardens Hotel. Complimentary University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana shuttle bus service will also be available. will receive the EAS Award for AchieveTo obtain special rates on rooms, conferees ments in Separation Science; Michael F. must make reservations through EAS. Summers of the University of Maryland, For additional information about regisBaltimore County will receive the EAS tration, EAS short courses, workshops, Award for Achievements in Magnetic Reso- tutorials, seminars, housing, and employEdmund R Malinowski will receive ment services, contact EAS, P.O. Box 633, the Galactic Industries Award for AchieveMontchanin, DE19710-0633 (302-738-6218; ments in Chemometrics; Alan G Marshall fax 302-738-5275;
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Program Monday morning Recent advances in gas chromatography— Part I Process near-IR case studies: The good, the bad, and the ugly 30th Anniversary Symposium of the First Modern-Era Commercial FT-IR—Part I New trends in food analysis K-16 partnerships for teaching and learning chemistry Industrial microscopy—Part I Metals analysis via AAS, ICP, etc. Chiral HPLC
Monday afternoon Near-IR measurements for food—From the ground up Capillary electrophoresis: Advances and emerging techniques Chemometrics—More than NIR 30th Anniversary Symposium of the First Modern-Era Commercial FT-IR—Part II Industrial microscopy—Part II Recent advances in gas chromatography— Part II Theme-based curricula in analytical chemistry LIMS: Challenges and solutions EAS Award for Achievements in Separation Science Honoring William Pirkle
Tuesday morning Recent advances in HPLC—Part I Analytical separations on a microchip Capillary GC sampling techniques: Bringing new technology into the mainstream Recent advances in chemometrics
Affinity-based mass spectrometry: Strategic approaches for dealing with molecular diversity 30th Anniversary Symposium of the First Modem-Era Commercial FT-1R—Part III EAS Award for Achievements in Near-IR Spectroscopy Honoring F. E. "Woody" Barton II Spectroscopic analysis of living systems: From bacteria to rats New York Microscopical Society Ernst Abbe Memorial Award Symposium Honoring Johan S. Ploem Materials analysis in the conservation of textiles
Tuesday afternoon Recent advances in headspace analysis The state of OOS: Improper response versus adequate control Capillary electrophoresis of complex samples Analysis for textile history and conservation Recent advances in mass spectrometric analysis of biomolecules 30th Anniversary Symposium of the First Modern-Era Commercial FT-IR—Part IV Scanning-probe microscopy—Studying the world, molecule by molecule Recent advances in HPLC—Part II Galactic Industries Award for Achievements in Chemometrics Honoring Edmund Malinowski Validation, standardization, and instrumental design for near-IR spectroscopy
Wednesday morning Recent advances in near-IR spectroscopy— Part I Application of newer NMR techniques to research and development problems in the pharmaceutical industry HPLC of biopharmaceuticals Thin-layer chromatography of pharmaceuticals Emerging analytical technologies in modern drug discovery: The impact of high-throughput methods Beasts, boughs, bugs, and bones: Forensic science in the wild 30th Anniversary Symposium of the First Modern-Era Commercial FT-IR—Part V EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Fields of Analytical Chemistry Honoring Edward S. Yeung Optical spectroscopic evaluation of trace materials in challenging matrices Conservation research and analysis: The graduate years
Wednesday afternoon Recent advances in electrokinetic separations: CEC and related techniques Fast chromatography: Winning the race for rapid answers Process Raman and mid-IR spectroscopy Mass spectrometry in drug discovery Criminal profiling Recent advances in near-IR spectroscopy— Part II Vibrational spectroscopy: ATR and other surface-characterization techniques EAS Award for Achievements in Magnetic Resonance Honoring Michael Summers New York Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy Gold Medal Award Honoring Alan G. Marshall Instrumental analysis in archaeology, architecture, and art
Thursday morning Practical solutions for process control and regulatory compliance: Near-IR in the pharmaceutical industry Method transfer in a regulated industry Magnetic resonance techniques for the study of diabetes New sample-prep procedures
Near-IR, mid-IR, and UV spectroscopic solutions to remarkable problems Novel applications of GC Electrokinetically driven separations HPLC selectivity and mechanisms Benedetti-Pichler Symposium Honoring Purnendu K. Dasgupta Photophysics and application of luminescent metal complexes—Part I
Thursday afternoon Practical approaches to analytical method validation in the pharmaceutical industry Recent advances in sample preparation Spectroscopic tools for tissue analysis Making spectroscopy work for you: Reference, calibration, and performance evaluation Optimizing the performance of GC systems Near-IR characterization of pharmaceuticals and polymeric materials Dealing with data Thermal/destructive analysis Electrochemistry and sensors Mass spectrometry: Techniques and applications Photophysics and application of luminescent metal complexes—Part II
ACS Short Courses Laboratory information management systems: From problem definition to system evaluation Nov. 18. Gerst Gibbon and Joseph Golden Laboratory Intranet: Delivering data and information to your organization Nov. 18-19. Glenn Ouchi Interpretation of infrared spectra Nov. 18-20. Howard J. Sloane Capillary gas chromatography: Techniques and problem solving M M 19-20. Stuart Cram and Milos Novotny Chemical engineering and process fundamentals for chemists Nov. 19-20. Richard G. Griski\v
Fundamentals of high-performance liquid chromatography M M 19-20. IA'C N. Polite Interpretation of mass spectra M M 19-20. J. Thrork Watson and (). David Sparkman Practical HPLC method development Nov. 19-20. Joseph Glajch and John Ihdan Quality assurance/quality control in the analytical testing laboratory M M 19-20. Steven Callio and John Gillis Technical writing workshop Nov. 19-20. Anne Eisenberg Validation of chromatography data systems Nov. 20. Glenn I. Ourhi
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Meetings
Conferences 25th Annual Con ference of the Federation of An alytical Chemis try and Spec troscopy Societ ies (FACSS ’98) Oct. .1-15. Austin, TX
Contact: FACSS, 1201 Don Diego Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505-820-1648; fax 505-989-1073; http://facss.org/info.html)
Annual Conference of t h e Analytical Laboratory Managers Association
Nov. 4-6. Phoenix, AZ Contact: Judith A. Sjoberg, Analytical Laboratory Managers Association, 1201 Don Diego Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505-989-4683; fax 505-989-1073) 24th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Association of Forensic Scientists
Nov. 4-7. Newport, RI Contact: Mary Beth Raffin, Connecticut State Police Forensic Laboratory, 278 Colony St., Meriden, CT 06451 (203-639-6400; fax 203-6396485)
Analitika ’98
Oct. 12-14. Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa Contact Pat Bayley, Analitika '98, P.O. Box 426, Cramerview, 2060 South Africa (tel/fax; 27-11465-4015;
[email protected]; http://www. mintek.ac.za/ASD/events/anaiit98.htm) 3rd International Symposium on Micro Total Analysis Systems (μTAS ’98)
Oct. 13-16. Banff, Alberta, Canada Contact: L. MacDougall, University of Alberta, Alberta, T6G 2G2, Canada (403-492-0530; fax 403-492-8231;
[email protected]; http://www.chem.ualberta.ca) Mátrafüred ’98 International Symposium on Electrochemical and Biosensors
Oct. 14-17. Mátrafüred, Hungary Contact: Gabor Toth, Matrafured '98, Conference Office of the Technical University of Budapest, H-llll Budapest, Muegyetem rakpart3. ((36-1)463-2666; tel/fax (36-1)463-3542;
[email protected]) International Symposium on Laboratory Automation and Robotics
Oct. 18-21. Boston, MA Contact: James N. Little, 68 Elm St., Hopkinton, MA 01748 (508-435-9500; fax 508-4353439;
[email protected]; http://www.islar.com)
1998 Eastern Analytical Symposium
Nov. 15-20. Somersett NJ Contact: Eastern Analytical Symposium, P.O. Box 633, Montchanin, DE 19710-0633 (302738-6218; fax 302-738-5275;
[email protected]) 1998 European Workshop in Bristol Chemometrics
Dec. 13-18. Bristol, UK Contact: Bristol Chemometrics, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 ITS, UK (44-117-928-7658; fax 44-117-942-2283; bris-chemom@bristol. ac.uk) Workshop on Environmental Analytical Artifacts
March 1-2, 1999. Wachau, Austria Contact: Hans Puxbaum, Institute for Analytical Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/1514, A1060 Vienna, Austria (43-1-58-801-4839; fax 43-1-586-78-13;
[email protected]) Soil and Sediment Contaminant Analysis Workshop
May 16-18, 1999. Canmore, Alberta, Canana Contact: C.H. Langford, Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr., N.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 (http:// www.chem.ucalgary.ca/groups/langford/ other.htm)
Precision Thermometry Workshop
Oct. 19-23. Gaithersburg, MD Contact: Andrea Swiger, NIST, Bldg. 221, Rm. B128, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 (301-9754800; fax 301-548-0206; andrea.swiger® nist.gov) International Symposium on Industrial and Environmental Monitors and Biosensors
Nov. 1-6. Boston, MA Contact: Tuan Vo-Dinh, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA (360-676-3290; fax 360647-1445;
[email protected]; http://www. spie.org/info/eb.)
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Combinatorial Chemistry: Beyond Pharmaceuticals
Oct. 22-23. Newark, DE Contact: Engineering Outreach, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-3101 (302-831-4863; fax 302-831-8179;
[email protected]; http://www.udel.edu/ engg/DeptsPrgms/EO/CombChem.html)
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NanoTech ’ 9 8 — 2 n d Annual European Conference on Micro and Nanoscale Technologies for the Biosciences
Nov. 24-26. Montreux, ,witzerland Contact: Dave Morehouse, Av. de Provence 20, CH-1000 Lausanne 20, Switzerland (41-21-6264630; fax 41-21-624-1549; symposia@worldcom. ch; http://www.scitec-automation.ch) Immunochemistry Summit V I I and 3rd Workshop on Biosensors and Biological Techniques in Environmental Analysis
Dec. 1-3. Las Vegas, NV Contact: Kathy Lauckner, University of Nevada—Las Vegas Harry Reid Center, Box 454009, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4009 (708-8951423; fax 702-895-3094; lauckner@hrc. nevada.edu) 3rd Symposium on the Analysis of Well-Characterized Biotechnology Pharmaceuticals (WCBP ’99)
Jan. 5-8,1999. Washington, DC Contact: Joan Saluzzi, Rhema Association Management, P.O. Box 411106, San Francisco, CA 94141-1106 (415-487-9876; fax 415487-9875;
[email protected]) 6 t h International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology Nov. 26-28. Chennai iMadras), India
Contact: SAEST, Karaikudi - 630 006, Tamil Nadu, India (91 (04565) 22368; fax 91 (04565) 22088;
[email protected]) 15th (Montreux) Symposium on Liquid Chroma tography/Mass Spectrometry Nov. 11-13. Montreux, Switzerland Contact: Marianne Frei-Hausler, IAEAC Secretariat, Postfach 46, CH-4123 Allschwil 2, Switzerland (41 61 481 22 78; fax x4 11 482 08 05;
[email protected])
9th Annual Frederick Conference on Capillary Electrophoresis
1998 Conference on Spectroscopy in Process and Quality Control
Oct. 19-21. Frederick, MD Contact: Margaret L. Fanning, SAIC Frederick, NCI-FCRDC, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD 21702 (301-8465865; fax 301-846-5866; fanningm@mail. ncifcrf.gov)
Oct. 26. London, U.K. Contact: Simon Roberts, Advanstar Communications, Advanstar House, Sealand Road, Chester CHI 4RN, U.K. (44 1 244 378888; fax 44 1244 370011;
[email protected] Connecticut Separation Science Council
Short Courses
Oct. 30. Danbury, CT Contact: James D. Stuart, Department of Chemistry, U-60, 215 Glenbrook Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-4060 (860-486-3068; fax 860-486-2981; stuart® uconnvm.uconn.edu; http://www.lib.uconn. edu/chemistry)
The following courses are reing offered by University of Texas, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX 787138908 (512-471-3506; fax x12-232-1972; gparsonQmail. utexas. edu, http://www. utexas. edu/academics/cess
12th International Symposium on High-Performance Capillary Electrophoresis and Related Microscale Techniques (HPCE ’99)
October 7-9. Austin, TX Solid-Phase Microextraction: Theory, Practice and Applications
Jan. 23-28,1999. Palm Springs, CA Contact: Joan Saluzzi, Rhema Association Management, P.O. Box 411106, San Francisco, CA 94141-1106 (415-487-9876; fax 415487-9875;
[email protected]; http://www.casss. org/hpce99)
The following courses are reing offered by Society for Applied Spectroscopy, 201B Broadway Street, Frederick, MD 21701-6501 (301-6948122; fax 301-694-6860;
[email protected])
3rd Miniaturization in Liquid Chromatography Versus Capillary Electrophoresis Conference
May 25-28, 1999. Ghent, Belgium Contact: Willy R. G. Baeyens, University of Ghent, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Lab. of Drug Quality Control, Harelbekestraat 72, B-9000 Ghent (Belgium) (32-9-264-8097; fax 32-9-264-8196;
[email protected]) 23rd International Symposium on High-Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related T e c h niques (HPLC ’99)
May 30-June 4,1999. Granada, Spain Abstracts should be submitted by October 16, 1998. April 10,1999, is the deadline for latebreaking abstracts. Contact: Ana Costeja, Palacio de Congresos, Department de Conventions, Avda. Ma Cristina s/n, 08004 Barcelona, Spain (34-932-332-377; fax 34-934- 262-845;
[email protected]; http://www.website.es/ hplc99)
Oct. 11. Austin, TX Capillary Electrophoresis: Rapid and Efficient Analysis of Organic and Inorganic Compounds
Oct. 11. Austin, TX IR and Raman Chemical Imaging
The following courses are reing offered by Analytical Laboratory Managers Association, 1201 Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505 (5(50 989-4683; fax 505-989-1073) Nov. 3-4. Phoenix, AZ
HPLC ' 9 9 23rd International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques
Granada Exhibition and Conference Center May 30-June 4, 1999
Granada, Spain H P L C '99 will be held in Granada, Spain—one of the most exciting and picturesque cities in the world. Session topics will include all practical and fundamental aspects of analytical and preparative liquid separations ( L C , CE, CEC) including micro- and nano-LC technologies. Deadline for submission of regular abstracts is October 16, 1998. To be considered for an oral presentation and for the preliminary program, all abstracts must be received by this date. Deadline for late-breaking abstracts is April 10, 1999. Abstracts received after this date will only be included in an addendum to the final program. The event will be highlighted by one of the richest social programs ever in this meeting series.
Managing the Modern Laboratory
Nov. 4. Phoenix, AZ PBMS—New Opportunities w i t h Environmental Analyses
The following course is being offered by NanoTech '98, SciTec Conference Coordination Office, Av. de Provence 20, CH-1000 Lausanne 20, Switzerland (41 21 626 4630; fax 41 22 624 1549) Nov. 22-23. Montreux, Switzerland Microsystems Technology
A key feature of HPLC "99 will be the international technical exhibition supported by a selected program of vendor's seminars.
S Y M P O S I U M SECRETARIAT Ms. Ana Costeja, Palacio de Congresos. Avda. Ma Cristina s/n, 08004 Barcelona, Spain Phone 34-93-233-23-77 Fax 34-93-426-28-45 e-mail to
[email protected] For more details check our website at http://www.website.es/hplc99
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