MEETINGS
PITTCON '96 in Chicago ITTCON '96—the 47th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemis try & Applied Spectroscopy—will be held in Chicago, March 3-8, 1996, at McCormick Place. The conference is sponsored by the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh and the Spectros copy Society of Pittsburgh. More than 200 invited speakers will present their research in 42 symposia. In all, more than 1,800 technical papers, in cluding contributed papers and posters, will be presented. A number of these symposia and other presentations will be part of four ''institutes/' or miniconferences, focusing on environmental, phar maceutical /biopharmaceutical, quality, and food analysis issues. The conference will have an expanded Sunday program, which will include a poster session on new developments in an alytical instrumentation and software; three user-manufacturer information ex change (UMIX) sessions [on capillary elec trophoresis, laboratory information man agement systems (LIMS), and supercritical fluid extraction]; two workshops (one on chemical sensors for environmental appli cations and the other on traceability, refer ence materials, and laboratory accredita tion); and a plenary lecture by Leon Lederman, 1988 Nobel Laureate in Physics, titled "Does Science Have a Future in America?" More complete listings of presentations in the technical program are available in the preliminary program, which can be ob tained by mailing the coupon on this page. The Exposition of Modern Laboratory Equipment will include more than 1,000 companies exhibiting in more than 3,000 booths, showcasing the latest in analytical laboratory instrumentation, equipment, sup plies, and services. Rounding out the pro gram will be the usual array of award pre sentations, short courses, social functions, tours, and activities for spouses and families. Registration. Those planning to attend PITTCON '96 are encouraged to register in advance—the advance registration fee of $50 is half the on-site fee. Registration forms are provided in the preliminary program. Deadline for receipt of advance registration forms is Feb. 7, 1996. Major credit cards are accepted. On-site registration facilities will be lo cated in the North and East Buildings of McCormick Place. Registration will begin Sunday, March 3 (10 AM to 7:30 PM) and continue daily through Thursday, March 7 (8 AM to 5 PM).
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Housing and transportation. Hotel ac commodations are available at specially negotiated rates through the Executive Transportation & Accommodations Ser vice of the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau at (800) 945-ΡΠΤ or (312) 567-8507, or complete and mail the hotel reservation form available in the preliminary program. Special airfare discounts are available through Travel Planners, the official travel coordinator for PITTCON '96, at 381 Park Ave. South, New York, N.Y. 10016; phone (800) 248-7488, fax (212) 532-9426. If you pre fer, or are required, to make reservations di rectly with the airlines, ask for the special conference rates through the airline conven tion desk using the following account num bers: American (S0226MB); Continental (MWD9KH); Delta (K2625); and USAir (79330501). Employment. An employment referral service will be provided to conferees at the employment bureau during the con ference. Preregistration information for prospective employers and candidates is included in the preliminary program. Group functions. Meetings and social functions are being scheduled by the Meet ing Coordination Committee. Because many groups request housing in the same hotel as their social functions and semi nars, the committee will assign function room space only after housing has been ar ranged through the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau. For those planning such functions, please ask for a Request for Ho
tel Function Room Space form by writing or calling the Pittsburgh Conference, 300 Perm Center Blvd., Suite 332, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15235-5503, Attention: Meetings Coor dination; phone (800) 825-3221 or (412) 825-3220, fax (412) 825-3224. Events that in clude customer demonstrations and prod uct seminars should be scheduled through the Exposition Committee. Social activities. The Activities Com mittee is planning two mixers—one on Sunday in McCormick Place in conjunc tion with registration and the poster ses sion, and one on Tuesday at a place yet to be determined. A number of optional ac tivities, such as technical tours and pay events, also are being planned. Accreditation. The American Board of Industrial Hygiene awards one-half point for each one-half day's attendance at the conference. Continuing education. Forty-four short courses are scheduled for the week of the conference. Course descriptions and a reg istration form are in the preliminary pro gram. To obtain information on each short course by fax, phone the Pittsburgh Con ference's document delivery service, which is available 24 hours a day, at (412) 8253220, press 9, request document 13 for complete short course listing, and follow the directions given. The fee is $200 for a one-day course, and $400 for a two-day course. Fees for full-time students will be discounted 50%. Valid student identification must be presented at the time of the course. Advance registration is recommended for all courses. The deadline for advance registration is Feb. 14,1996. Courses with insufficient registration will be canceled. The following short courses tentatively will be offered:
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MEETINGS • Advanced Solid Phase Extraction • Analytical Supercritical Fluid Extraction: Theory & Applications • Augmenting Scientific Team Intelligence with R&D Team Computing Systems & Groupware • Automating & Designing Custom Reports of Your Lab Data Using a Personal Computer • Basic Statistics • Capillary Electrophoresis • Chemical Imaging: Principles, Technology & Applications • Chemistry & the Internet • Chemometrics • Classical & New Innovations in Sample Preparation for Spectrochemical Analysis
• Legal Aspects of Electronic Laboratory Notebooks • Environmental Applications of Microwave-Enhanced Chemistry • Environmental Mass Spectrometry • FTIR Characterization of Polymers • Fundamentals of TQM • GC: Fundamentals, Applications & Troubleshooting • Getting the Best Results from a Gas Chromatograph • Headspace Gas Chromatography: Equilibrium & Purge-and-Trap Analysis • Implementation of TQM Principles • Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry • Introduction to Chiral Separations • Introduction to Mass Spectrometry
• Introduction to Lab Data Management Using a Personal Computer • Introduction to the Internet • Laboratory Accreditation • LC: Fundamentals, Applications & Troubleshooting • LC/MS • LIMS for Lab Managers: Strategy & Tactics • Microscopy & Microanalysis • Microwave-Assisted Extraction: Environmentally Friendly Solvent Extraction Techniques for the Analytical Lab • Molecular Rheology for Solving Industrial Problems • Near-IR Spectroscopy: An Overview • Pharmaceutical Bioanalysis
SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON
MONDAY AFTERNOON
Plenary Lecture—Does Science Have a Future in America? Poster Session—New Developments in Analytical Instrumentation and Software (also on display Monday AM)
Institute—Food Analysis Symposium—Traceability in Food Analysis Supercritical Fluid Extraction and Titration of Food Products
UMIX Imagine the Power of LIMS Capillary Electrophoresis Educated Decisions To Jump Start Supercritical Fluid Extraction Workshop—Environmental Institute—Forum on Chemical Sensors for Environmental Applications Workshop—Quality Institute—Traceability, Reference Materials, and Laboratory Accreditation
MONDAY MORNING Institute—Food Analysis Symposium—Bioanalysis of Chemicals and Pathogens in Food Determination by AA, MS, IR, and Other Methods Thermal Analysis, Combustion Techniques, and Gas Chromatography Analysis of Foods Symposium—Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley Dal Nogare Award Symposium—Electrodes as Materials: Where Analytical Chemistry and Materials Science Meet Symposium—How to Save Time with Chromatographic Analysis Symposium—Process Imaging-lmage Processing Capillary Electrophoresis: CE Coupled to Other Techniques Chemical Weapons Convention: Analytical Requirements Chromatographic Techniques and Software Computers in Chemistry-LIMS Data Processing Techniques in FTIR Spectroscopy/ Effective Analysis and Management in the Laboratory Electrochemistry: Specific Analytical Applications Gas Chromatography: Environmental Analysis Ion Trap—Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) Material Characterization I: Separation by Chromatography Near-Infrared I: Methodology New Instrumentation I Poster Sessions—General and Food Analysis/Quality Institutes
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Institute—Quality Symposium—Traceability in Food Analysis Symposium^James L. Waters 7th Annual Symposium Recognizing Pioneers in the Development of Analytical Instrumentation—Ion Selective Electrodes Symposium—Electrospray Ionization—Mass Spectrometry of Large Molecules and the Characterization of Noncovalent Associations in Solution Symposium—Single Molecule Detection Comes of Age Symposium—Spectroscopic Probes of Supercritical Fluid Science and Technology Advances in Instrumentation for Environmental Analysis Analytical Instrumentation and Techniques Bioanalytical I: Biomolecular Structure and Function Bioanalytical II: New Approaches to Optical and Electrochemical Sensors Capillary Electrophoresis: Electrokinetic Chromatography FTIR Microscopy—Applications and Data Management Gas Chromatography: Applications HPLC: Fundamental Studies ICP Data Validation, Management, and Reporting/ Electrothermal Atomization AAS Material Characterization II: Mass Spectrometry Near-Infrared II: Methodology New Instrumentation II Specialty Gas Analysis Poster Sessions—General and Food Analysis/Quality Institutes
TUESDAY MORNING Institute—Food Analysis Symposium—Nutritional Analysis Focusing on Trans Fatty Acids HPLC Analysis and Solvent Extraction of Foods Institute—Quality Symposium—Global Traceability and the Quality of Chemical Measurements Alive in Industry
Symposium—Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award Symposium—Williams-Wright Industrial Spectroscopist Award Symposium—Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry (MIMS); Environmental and Other Applications Bioanalytical III: Applications of Sensors and Electrodes Bioanalytical IV: Imaging, Single Cells, and Single Molecules of DNA Characterizing Solid Samples with Atomic Spectroscopy Computers in Chemistry: Chemometrics I Countercurrent Chromatography/Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Energy and Fuels: Source Rock and By-product Analysis FTIR: Applications and Data Processing Gas Chromatography: Detectors HPLC: Instrument Developments Material Characterization III: IR Spectroscopy Near-Infrared, Process, On-line, and Methodology Poster Sessions—General and Environmental Institute
TUESDAY AFTERNOON Institute—Environmental Symposium—ISO 14001—Environmental Management System Standard Pesticides Detection and Analysis I Quality of Data for Environmental Assessments Institute—Food Analysis Electronic Nose Solid-Phase Extraction and Ion-detecting Techniques Institute—Quality Symposium—ISO 14001—Environmental Management System Standard Getting a Handle on Reality Symposium—Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award Symposium—Charles N. Reilley Award Symposium—Nature and Applications of EPR Spectroscopy Symposium—Pathological Science Bioanalytical V: Novel Extraction Methods Electrospray-Mass Spectrometry Fluorescence Analysis FTIR Techniques and Structure Studies Fundamental Studies of Inductively Coupled Plasmas/Development of Innovative Atomic Spectroscopic Instrumentation
• Process Analyzer Systems/Emission Control Systems • Process Sensors & Analyzers • Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spec trometry: Fundamentals & Practices • Sample Introduction for ICP-AES • Setting Up a Lab Safety Program • Statistically Valid Detection Limits & Practical Quantitation Limits • Statistical Tests Applied to Analyti cal Chemistry • Strategic Approach to Lab Automation & Coupling • Understanding and Implementing ISO 9000 • Validation of Chromatography Data Systems • XYZs of Field Analytical Techniques
Gas Chromatography-Atomic Emission Detection HPLC: Column Development Material Characterization IV: IR/Raman Spectros copy and Other Optical Techniques Poster Sessions—General and Environmental In stitute
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Institute—Environmental Field Analysis Metals Detection and Determination in Various Environmental Media IR/FTIR Environmental Analyses and Monitoring Institute—Pharmaceutical/Biopharmaceutical Symposium—Pharmaceutical Analysis—Releas ing the Power of Mass Spectrometry Computer Applications in Pharmaceutical Analysis Workshop—Application of Capillary Electrophore sis as a Routine Analytical Tool in the Pharma ceutical Industry Symposium—Keene P. Dimick Award Symposium—Forensic Science Symposium—In Vivo Analytical Chemistry Symposium—Present and Future Impact of Array Detectors on Spectroscopy Applications of Atomic Spectroscopy Chemical Functionalities in Gasolines and Related Fuels Computers in Chemistry: Chemometrics II Electrochemistry: Sensors Material Characterization V: Electrochemical Meth ods, X-ray Techniques, and Microscopy Raman Spectroscopy: Techniques and In Situ Studies Surfaces: Spectroscopic Analyses of Surface Films Supercritical Fluid Extraction Thermal Analysis Poster Sessions—General and Pharmaceutical/Biopharmaceutical Institute
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Institute—Environmental Symposium—Power of Imagination through Immunochemistry Environmental Analysis/Inorganic Analyses—Spe cialized Approach Pesticide, PCB, PAH—Detection and Analysis II Water Analysis Institute—Pharmaceutical/Biopharmaceutical Liquid Chromatography Applications in Biopharmaceuticals
Special awards. Nine scientists will re ceive awards during conference symposia: Peter W. Carr, University of Minneso ta, will receive the Dal Nogare Award from the Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley. Johannes F. Coetzee, University of Pittsburgh, will receive the Pittsburgh An alytical Chemistry Award from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh. Lou Coury, Duke University, will re ceive the Young Investigators Award from the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry. Harvey S. Gold, DuPont Center for Process Sensors & Analyzers, will receive the Tomas Hirschfeld Award from the In ternational Committee for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.
Workshop—Designing Your Laboratory Symposium—Bomem-Michelson Award Symposium—Axial Viewing of ICP Emission: New Capabilities or New Problems? Symposium—Dynamic Vibrational Spectroscopy of Proteins and Other Biomolecules Symposium—Getting More from Your Sample: New Approaches to Sample Extraction and Selective Enrichment Bioanalytical VI: Separations and Detection Electrochemistry: Charge and Mass Transfer Elemental MS/ICP-MS Forensic and Toxicology Analysis Incorporating State-of-the-Art Instrumentation Gas Chromatography: Columns HPLC: Method Development Sample Handling Techniques Sensors: General Poster Sessions—General and Pharmaceutical/Biopharmaceutical Institute
THURSDAY MORNING Institute— Pharmaceutical/Biopharmaceutical Symposium—Chiral Separations in the Pharma ceutical Industry Extraction/Purification of Pharmaceuticals Institute—Environmental Workshop—Implications of New Technology and Methods with Emphasis on SW-846—Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste Mercury in the Environment Microwave Sample Processing for Environmental Analyses Solid-Phase Extraction and Microextraction Symposium—Analytical Rheology—Probing the Mi crostructure of Matter and Its Practical Applications Symposium—Approaching the Ideal in Atomic Spectrometry Symposium—Raman Spectroscopy in the Real World: Routine Analysis and Process Monitoring Bioanalytical VII: Peptides and Amino Acids Electrochemistry: Polymers, Surfaces, Films Elemental Speciation by Atomic Spectroscopy and Solutions to Atomic Spectroscopy Sample Introduction Problems Instrumental Applications to Toxicological and Clinical Analysis Mass Spectrometry: General Material Characterization VI: Other Techniques Near-Infrared Instrumentation and Methodology Including the Tomas Hirschfeld Award Optical Sensors Process Analytical Chemistry I Spectrophotometric Analysis
David M. Hercules, Vanderbilt Uni versity, will receive the Pittsburgh Spec troscopy Award from the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh. Ira W. Levin, National Institutes of Health, will receive the Bomem-Michel son Award from the Coblentz Society. Robert G. Messerschmidt, CIC Pho tonics, will receive the Williams-Wright Award from the Coblentz Society. Gerhard Schomburg, Max Planck In stitute for Coal Research, will receive the Keene P. Dimick Award from the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh. R. Mark Wightman, University of North Carolina, will receive the Charles N. Reilley Award from the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry. Π
THURSDAY AFTERNOON Institute—Environmental Symposium—Microwave-Enhanced Environmen tal Analysis Oils, Greases, and Fuels in Waters and Soils Volatile Organic Compounds Institute—Pharmaceutical/Biopharmaceutical Symposium—Bioanalytical Sensors for the Pharmaceutical Industry Infrared/Near-Infrared of Pharmaceuticals Symposium—The New Nucleic Acid Electro phoresis Symposium—Applications of Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM) Capillary Electrophoresis: Instrumentation and Tech niques Electrochemistry—Coupled with Spectroscopic and Other Techniques Gas Chromatography: Inlets and Columns Innovative Approaches to Sample Nebulization and Introduction Ion Chromatography/HPLC—Mobile-Phase Chem istry New Designs for Infrared Instrumentation Organics: Separation, Detection, and Validation Process Analytical Chemistry II Raman Techniques and Imaging Sample Preparation Surface Studies by Advanced Microscopic Tech niques/Specific Sensors and Techniques for Mea surement of Specific Classes of Compounds
FRIDAY MORNING Institute—Environmental Symposium—Mixed Waste and Radionuclides GC/MS-Volatile, Semivolatile Organic Compounds, Extraction Method Inorganic Analyses Sample Preparation Techniques for Environ mental Samples Symposium—War of the Nebulizers Capillary Electrophoresis: Applications High-Speed GC and GC Automation Macro and Micro Detection and Extraction Optical Instrumentation Developments Process Analytical Chemistry: General
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