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MARCH 2006
March 2-4
AUTM 2006 Annual Meeting: Orlando, FL
Presented by the Association of University Technology Managers.
Web site: http://www.autm.net
March 12-17
PITTCON2006: Orlando, FL
The 57th Annual Pittsburgh Congress on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy.
Web site: http://www.pittcon.org
March 16-17
Laboratory Automation: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: http://www.aacc.org/meetings/default.stm
March 16-18
20th Anniversary San Diego Conference: San Diego, CA
DNA Probe Technology: Two Decades of Innovation.
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: http://www.aacc.org
March 18-21
ThinkLab ′06: Charlotte, NC
Presented by the Clinical Laboratory Management Association.
Web site: http://www.clma.org
March 23
New Technologies Meeting: Montclair, NJ
Presented by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Information Group (LRIG).
Web site: http://lab-robotics.org/Mid_Atlantic
March 26-30
231st ACS Meeting and Exposition: Atlanta, GA
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.chemistry.org
Late March/Early April (exact date to be determined)
Automated Cell Handling, Protein Production and
Crystallography: Cambridge, U.K. (exact location to be determined)
Presented by the European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (ELRIG).
Web site: http://www.elrig.org
APRIL 2006
April 1-5
Experimental Biology 2006 Annual Meeting: San Francisco, CA Presented by the American Association of Anatomists, American Physiological Society, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Society for Nutritional Sciences, and the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
Web site: http://www.faseb.org/meetings/eb2006
April 1-5
AACR 97th Annual Meeting: Washington, DC
Presented by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Web site: http://www.aacr.org
April 4-7
XVII Congreso Latinoamericano de Bioquímica Clínica: Asuncion, Paraguay
Presented by the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
Web site: http://www.ifcc.org/congresses.asp
April 20-21
38th Annual Oak Ridge Conference: San Jose, CA
Pushing the Technology Envelope III: The Next Generations of Diagnostic Testing.
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: http://www.aacc.org/meetings/or06
April 25-28
ISLH 2006 XIXth International Symposium on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Hematology: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Presented by the International Society for Laboratory Hematology.
Web site: http://www.islh.org
April 26-28
2nd Technical Symposium of CIGR Section VI—The Future of Food Engineering: Warsaw, Poland
Presented by the Polish Society of Food Engineering and Machinery and Polish CIGR National Committee 2nd CIGR Section VI.
Web site: http://www.cigr.pl
April 26-29
2006 Annual Meeting: Pittsburgh, PA
Biomaterials: The Enabling Technology. Presented by the Society for Biomaterials.
Web site: http://www.biomaterials.org
April 27-29
2006 FIRST Championship: Atlanta, GA
Presented by For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.
Web site: http://www.usfirst.org
April 29–May 2
ARAMEDLAB 2006: Damascus, Syria XI AFCB Congress and VII SCLA Conference.
Presented by the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
Web site: http://www.ifcc.org/congresses.asp
April 30–May 3
ISBER 2006 US Meeting & Exhibits: Bethesda, MD
Presented by the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories. Web site: http://www.isber.org/Meetings.htm
MAY 2006
May 8-12
Forensic Science Society Joint Meeting with CAC: Concord, CA
Presented by the Forensic Science Society.
May 15-19
ICRA2006: Orlando, FL
Presented by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.
Web site: http://www.icra2006.org
May 16-18
AMIA Spring Congress 2006: Phoenix, AZ
Presented by the American Medical Informatics Association.
Web site: http://www.amia.org
May 16-20
38th ACS Central Regional Meeting & 39th Silicon Symposium: Frankenmuth, MI
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.crm2006.org
May 23
Annual Technology Exhibition: East Brunswick, NJ
Presented by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Information Group (LRIG).
Web site: http://lab-robotics.org/Mid_Atlantic
May 28–June 1
54th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry: Seattle, WA
Presented by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
Web site: http://www.asms.org
May 31–June 2
37th ACS Great Lakes Regional Meeting: Milwaukee, WI
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://alchemy.chem.uwm.edu/GLRM06
JUNE 2006
June 4-7
38th ACS Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting: Hershey, PA
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.marm2006.org
June 5-9
Laboratory Informatics Summer School: Indianapolis, IN
Presented by the LIMS Institute.
June 18-21
2006 AAPS National Biotechnology Conference: Boston, MA
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Web site: http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com
June 24-28
IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo: Orlando, FL
Presented by the Institute of Food Technologists.
Web site: http://www.ift.org
June 25-28
61st ACS Northwest Regional Meeting: Reno, NV
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.chemistry.org
June 26–July 1
AMT 68th Educational Program & National Meeting: Reno, NV
Presented by the American Medical Technologists.
Web site: http://www.amt1.com
June 27-29
Microscience 2006: London, England
Presented by the Royal Microscopical Society.
Web site: http://www.microscience2004.org.uk
June (exact date to be determined)
High-Throughput Technologies: exact location to be determined
Presented by the European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (ELRIG).
Web site: http://www.elrig.org
JULY 2006
July 7-9
Science in Court Summer Conference: York, U.K.
Presented by the Forensic Science Society.
July 23-27
2006 AACC Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Exposition: Chicago, IL
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: http://www.aacc.org
July 30–August 3
2006 AAPM Annual Meeting: Orlando, FL
Presented by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
Web site: http://www.aapm.org
July 30–August 3
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2006 Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL
Presented by the Microscopy Society of America, The Microbeam Analysis Society, International Metallographic Society, and the Microscopical Society of Canada.
Web site: http://www.msa.microscopy.org
AUGUST 2006
August 6-10
ISMB 2006: Fortaleza, Brazil
Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology.
Presented by the International Society for Computational Biology.
Web site: http://ismb_2006.cbi.cnptia.embrapa.br
August 13-16
IAFP 2006—93rd Annual Meeting: Calgary, Canada
Presented by the International Association for Food Protection.
Web site: http://www.foodprotection.org
August 27–September 1
World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering: Seoul, South Korea
Presented by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
Web site: http://www.aapm.org
August 31–September 3
28th Annual International Conference: New York, NY
Presented by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
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SEPTEMBER 2006
September 3-8
16th International Microscopy Congress: Sapporo, Japan
Presented by the Japanese Society of Microscopy and the International Federation of Societies Microscopy.
Web site: http://www.imc16.jp
September 6-8
SYROCO 2006: Bologna, Italy
8th International Symposium on Robot Control. Presented by the University of Bologna.
Web site: http://www.syroco2006.deis.unibo.it
September 10-14
232nd ACS Meeting and Exposition: San Francisco, CA
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.chemistry.org
September 12-14
MECHATRONICS 2006: Wiesloch/Heidelberg, Germany 4th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems.
Presented by the International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee of Mechatronic Systems
Web site: http://www.vdi.de/vdi/english/organisation/schnellauswahl/fgkf/gma/mechatronics/11772/index.php
September 28-30
21st AACC CPOCT International Symposium – Refining Point of Care Testing Strategies for Critical and Emergency Care: Quebec, Canada
Presented by the Critical and Point-of-Care Testing Division of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: http://www.aacc.org/meetings/cpoct05
OCTOBER 2006
October 5-7
35th ACS Northeast Regional Meeting: Binghamton, NY
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.chemistry.org
October 11-14
2006 BMES Annual Fall Meeting: Chicago, IL
Presented by the Biomedical Engineering Society
Web site: http://www.bmes.org
October 14-18
19th ACS Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting: Tucson, AZ
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.rmacs2006.arizona.edu
October 18-21
61st ACS Southwest Regional Meeting: Houston, TX
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.chem.uh.edu/swrm06
October 25-27
41st ACS Midwest Regional Meeting: Quincy, IL
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.chemistry.org
October 25-27
International Food & Health Innovation Conference 2006: Malmo, Sweden
Presented by Skane Food Innovation Network, Functional Food Science Centre at Lund University, School of Economics & Management at Lund University, and Position Skane.
October (exact date and location to be determined)
Compound Library Management
Presented by the European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (ELRIG).
Web site: http://www.elrig.org
NOVEMBER 2006
November 1-4
58th ACS Southeast Regional Meeting: Augusta, GA
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://acs-sr.home.mindspring.com/SERMACS/index2.htm
November 3-5
Fact & Fiction The Sequel Autumn Conference: Wyboston, U.K.
Presented by the Forensic Science Society.
November 11-15
AMIA Annual Symposium 2006: Washington, DC
Presented by the American Medical Informatics Association.
Web site: http://www.amia.org