MEETINGS
Meetings The following meetings are newly listed in ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Other
1988 meetings are listed in the October 15 issue. • International Symposium on Trace Analysis in Environmental Samples and Standard Reference Materials. Jan. 6-8. Honolulu, Hawaii. Contact: Shigeki Hanamura, Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii, 1993 East West Rd., Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 m O-E/LASE '88—Optoelectronics and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering. Jan. 10-17. Los Angeles, Calif. Contact: SPIE, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, Wash. 98227 (206-6763290) • 29th Experimental NMR Conference. April 17-21. Rochester, N.Y. Contact: Judith Watson, ENC, 750 Audubon, East Lansing, Mich. 48823 (517-332-3667) • The Analytical Environment— Symposium on Analytical Instrumentation for Environmental Monitoring. May 9-11. Chicago, 111. Contact: Robert Zutkis, Infoscience Services, 2970 Maria Ave., P.O. Box 153, Northbrook, III. 60065 (312-291-9161) • 9th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography. May 16-19. Monterey, Calif. Contact: P. Sandra, Research Institute for Chromatography, P.O. Box 91, B-8610 Wevelgem, Belgium • 4th International Conference on Chemometrics in Analytical Chemistry. May 18-20. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: H. C. Smit, Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam, The Netherlands • 17th International Symposium on Chromatography. Sept. 25-30. Wien, Austria. Contact: Gerhard Schomburg, Max Planck Institut fur Kohlenforschung, P.O. Box 101353, D-4330 Mulheim/Ruhr, F.R.G.
Call for Papers • 4th International Conference on Chemometrics in Analytical Chemistry. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. May 18-20, 1988. The conference will
feature invited plenary lectures, keynote lectures, and submitted research papers that emphasize practical applications, theoretical developments, and chemometric software. Topics include automation and optimization; signal, image, and data processing; expert systems; artificial intelligence; robotics; library searching; and laboratory management systems. Abstracts should be submitted by Jan. 15, 1988, to H. C. Smit, Laboratory for Analytical Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. • 17th International Symposium on Chromatography. Wien, Austria. Sept. 25-30, 1988. The program will consist of lectures, poster presentations, and discussion sessions on all aspects of chromatography and related techniques. Authors wishing to submit contributions should request the appropriate form, due by Jan. 29, 1988, from Gerhard Schomburg, Max Planck Institut fur Kohlenforschung, P.O. Box 101353, D-4330 Mulheim/Ruhr, F.R.G.
Short Courses ACS courses. These new courses will be listed only once. For information on other ACS courses, contact the Department of Educational Materials, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 (202-872-4508). The following courses are offered in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, La., Feb. 22-26. • Electronics for Laboratory Instrumentation. Feb. 19-21. Howard Malmstadt, Christie Enke, and Stanley Crouch • On-Line Analytical Instrumentation in Industrial Process Control. Feb. 19-21. Kenneth J. Clevett • Analytical Atomic Spectrometry: Absorption, Emission, and Mass. Feb. 19-21. Theodore C. Rains and Howard E. Taylor • Applied Optical Microscopy for Chemists. Feb. 19-21. Barbara Foster and Robert Hoffman • Practice of Modern Liquid Chromatography. Feb. 19-21. J. J. Kirkland and Lloyd R. Snyder
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• Fundamentals of Experimental Design. Feb. 19-21. Stanley Deming and Stephen Morgan • X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry. Feb. 19-21. Ronald Jenkins and John Croke • Near-IR Analysis: A New Industrial Tool. Feb. 20-21. Donald Burns • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Feb. 20-21. J. Throck Watson and O. David Sparkman • Analytical Infrared Spectroscopy: Techniques, Applications, Computer Methods. Feb. 20-21. Howard Sloane and John Coates • Capillary Gas Chromatography: Techniques and Problem Solving. Feb. 20-21. Milos Novotny and Stuart Cram • Effective Management of Chemical Analysis Laboratories. Feb. 2021. John H. Taylor, Jr., and Mary M. Routson • Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Feb. 20-21. Jack Henion and Dai Games • Environmental Analytical Chemistry. Feb. 20-21. Marcus Cooke and Walter Shackelford • Quality Assurance of Chemical Measurements. Feb. 20-21. John K. Taylor • Maintaining and Troubleshooting Chromatographic Systems. Feb. 20-21. M.P.T. Bradley • Intermediate NMR Spectroscopy. Feb. 20-21. Joseph P. Lambert • Modern Techniques in Gas Chromatography. Feb. 20-21. Harold McNair, Patrick Sandra, and Carolus Cramers • Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy. Feb. 20-21. Roy H. Bible and LeRoy F. Johnson • The Electronic Laboratory: Tutorials and Case Histories in Laboratory Automation. Feb. 20-21. Raymond E. Dessy • Analytical Chemistry of Contaminants in Surface and Ground Waters. Feb. 20-21. E. Michael Thurman and Michael Reddy • Thermal Analysis in Materials Characterization. Feb. 20-21. Edith Turi, Patrick Gallagher, and James Seferis • Management Skills for Quality Control Supervisors. Feb. 20-21. David E. Gootnick • Environmental Laboratory QA/ QC Data Validation. Feb. 20-21. Henry G. Nowicki and William Purves
