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OCTOBER 2007
October 1–5
20th Annual Bioprocess Seminars and Exhibits: San Diego, CA
Presented by the Nanotechnology Institute of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Web site: www.nanotechnologyinstitute.org
October 1–3
Drug Discovery Conference and Exhibition—The Application of High-Throughput Technologies to Target and Lead Identification: Nottingham, UK
Presented by the European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (ELRIG) and the Society for Biomolecular Screening.
Web site: www.elrig.org or www.sbsonline.org
October 3–4
Compound Management/Biorepository and PCR: Indianapolis, IN
Presented by the Midwest Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Information Group.
Web site: www.midwestlrig.org
October 4
ALA Spotlight Series: San Francisco, CA
Presented by the Association for Laboratory Automation in partnership with Symyx Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Web site: www.labautomation.org
Phone: 888.733.1252 or +1.630.208.6830.
E-mail:
October 7–9
Frontiers in CNS and Oncology Medicinal Chemistry: Siena, Italy
Presented by the European Federation for Medicinal
Chemistry, Italian Chemical Society Division of Medicinal
Chemistry, and the American Chemical Society Division of Medicinal Chemistry.
Web site: www.acsefmc-italy2007.it
October 7–9
5th Size-Strain Conference on Diffraction Analysis of the Microstructure of Materials: Garmisch–Partenkirchen, Germany
Presented by the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research.
Web site: www.mf.mpg.de/en/abteilungen/mittemeijer/ss-v/index.htm
October 7–10
World Grains Summit: San Antonio, TX
Presented by AACC International and the Master Brewers Association of the Americas.
Web site: www.aaccnet.org
October 7–11
11th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences: Paris, France
Presented by the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, Institute Curie, and Ile de France.
Web site: www.microtas2007.org
October 8–12
ASHI 33rd Annual Meeting: Minneapolis, MN
Presented by the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics.
Web site: www.ashi-hla.org
October 10–13
41st Annual ACS Western Regional Meeting: San Diego, CA
Presented by the Western Regional of the American Chemical Society.
Web site: www.wrmacs.org
October 14–18
FACSS 2007: Memphis, TN
Presented by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies.
Web site: facss.org/facss/ndex.php
October 14–19
11th Asian Pacific Congress of Clinical Biochemistry: Beijing, China
Presented by the Chinese Medical Association.
Web site: www.chinamed.com.cn/11apccb
October 15–17
ROBOCOMM 2007: Athens, Greece
Presented by the IEEE International Communication Sciences and Technology Association.
Web site: www.robocomm.org
October 16
Vendor Exhibition: Cambridge, MA
Presented by the New England Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group.
Web site: www.lab-robotics.org
October 16–21
Third International Meeting on Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Antalya, Turkey
Presented by the Turkish Association of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Ankara Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry.
Web site: www.immpc-3.org
October 24–27
SERMACS 2007: Greenville, SC
Presented by the Southeastern Regional of the American Chemical Society.
Web site: www.sermacs2007.org
October 25
ALA Spotlight Series: Princeton, NJ
Presented by the Association for Laboratory Automation in partnership with Symyx Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Web site: www.labautomation.org
Phone: 888.733.1252 or + 1.630.208.6830
E-mail:
October 25
Laboratory Automation—Frontiers in Next Generation Systems: Atlanta, GA
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: www.aacc.org
October 28–30
5th International Forum “Life Science Automation”: Washington, DC
Presented by the University of Rostock Center for Life Science Automation (CELISCA).
Web site: www.lifescienceautomation.com
October 28–30
PK/PD for Medicinal Chemists: Philadelphia, PA
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
October 29–November 2
International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems: San Diego, CA
Presented by IEEE and the Robotics Society of Japan.
Web site: www.crim.ncsu.edu/iros2007
NOVEMBER 2007
November (Exact Date TBD)
The Impact of Separation Science on Pharmaceutical R&D: Sunderland, UK
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: www.chromsoc.com
November 1
ALA Spotlight Series: Boston, MA
Presented by the Association for Laboratory Automation in partnership with Symyx Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Web site: www.labautomation.org
Phone: 888.733.1252 or + 1.630.208.6830
E-mail:
November 1–3
Industrial Automation 2007 Exhibition and Conference: Mumbai, India
Presented by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Web site: www.esiaa.com/ciiexhibition.htm
November 4–6
Successful Biologics—Formulation to Manufacturing: Philadelphia, PA
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
November 4–7
2007 ISPE Annual Meeting: Las Vegas, NV
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: www.ispe.org
November 4–7
63rd Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society: Lubbock, TX
Presented by the Southwestern Section of the American Chemical Society.
Web site: www.depts.ttu.edu/chemistry/SWRM07
November 4–9
2007 AlChe Annual Meeting: Salt Lake City, UT
Presented by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Web site: www.aiche.org
November 7–8
Stem Cells and Primary Cells in Drug Discovery: Anaheim, CA
Presented by the Society for Biomolecular Sciences
Web site: www.sbsonline.org
November 7–9
15th Annual Robotics Industry Forum: Orlando, FL
Presented by Robotics Industries Association (RIA).
Web site: www.roboticsonline.com
November 7–10
42nd MWRM Meeting: Kansas City, MO
Presented by the Midwest Regional Section of the American Chemical Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
November 7–10
AMP Annual Meeting and Exposition: Los Angeles, CA
Presented by the Association for Molecular Pathology.
Web site: www.amp.org
November 8–9
Fall Workshop on The Art of Open Air Ionization on Surfaces: Philadelphia, PA
Presented by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
Web site: www.asms.org
November 8–9
Latin American Robotics Symposium: Monterrey, Mexico
Presented by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society and the Latin American Robotics Council.
Web site: www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/9/robotica
November 10–14
AMIA Annual Symposium: Washington, DC
Presented by the American Medical Informatics Association.
Web site: www.amia.org/meetings/upcoming.asp
November 10
AAPS Workshop on Stress Testing and Degradation Chemistry: San Diego, CA
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Web site: www.aapspharmaceutica.com
November 10
AAPS Workshop on Quantitative Pharmacology—A Roadmap for Rational, Model-Based Drug Development: San Diego, CA
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Web site: www.aapspharmaceutica.com
November 11–14
MHS 2007 & Micro–Nano COE: Nagoya, Japan
Presented by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.
November 11–15
AAPS Annual Meeting: San Diego, CA
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Web site: www.aapspharmaceutica.com
November 12–14
BIO-Europe 2007 International Partnering Conference: Hamburg, Germany
Presented by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).
Web site: www.bio.org
November 12–15
Eastern Analytic Symposium and Exposition: Somerset, NJ
Presented by the Eastern Analytic Symposium.
Web site: www.eas.org
November 14–16
NanoTech 2007: Montreux, Switzerland
Presented by BioAlps and Science.
Web site: www.nanotech-montreux.com
November 14–16
Robot Week 2007: Pohang, Republic of Korea
Presented by the Korea Robotics Society.
Web site: www.robotweek.or.kr
November 14–17
Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy: Honolulu, HI
Presented by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).
Web site: www.bio.org
November 19–21
10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control: Cambridge, MA
Presented by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development.
Web site: www.iasted.org/conferences/home-592.html
November 26–29
Forensic Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (FIRMS) Meeting: Dunedin, New Zealand
Presented by the British Mass Spectrometry Society.
Web site: www.bmss.org.uk/meetings.htm
DECEMBER 2007
December 2–3
ARSO 2007 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts: Chia-yi, Taiwan
Presented by IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.
December 8–11
2007 ASH Annual Meeting: Orlando, FL
Presented by the American Society of Hematology.
Web site: www.hematology.org
December 9–13
BMSS LC–MS Course and Symposium: Cambridge, UK
Presented by the British Mass Spectrometry Society.
Web site: www.bmss.org.uk
December 10–12
ICCMB 2007 International Conference on Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering: Singapore
Presented by the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University.
Web site: www.ntu.edu.sg/iccmb/home.htm
December 11–13
NABC 19 Agricultural Biofuels Technology, Sustainability, and Profitability: Brookings, SD
Presented by the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council.
Web site: nabc.cals.cornell.edu
December 15–18
Robio 2007: Sanya, China
Presented by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society with other partners.
Web site: www.robio.org
December 17–19
3rd Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Pune, India
Presented by the National Insurance Academy at Pune, Saint Mary's University in Canada, British HCI Group in UK, and more.
Web site: www.iiconference.org
JANUARY 2008
January 6–9
Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer International Conference: Tainan, Taiwan
Presented by the ASME Nanotechnology Institute with other partners.
Web site: www.asmeconferences.org/MNHT08
January 11–13
Second Multifunctional Nanocomposites & Nanomaterials Conference: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Presented by the ASME Nanotechnology Institute with other partners.
Web site: www.asmeconferences.org/MN08
January 17–19
BIROW V: Rockville, MD
Presented by Biomedical Imaging Research Opportunities.
Web site: www.birow.org
January 18–21
Ion Mobility and Related Emerging Areas: Daytona Beach, FL
Presented by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
Web site: www.asms.org
January 20–23
1st SBE International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering: Coronado Island, CA
Presented by the Society for Biological Engineering.
Web site: www.aiche.org/SBE/Events/index.aspx
January 26–30
LabAutomation2008: Palm Springs, CA
The world's leading conference and exhibition on emerging laboratory technologies.
Presented by the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA).
Web site: www.labautomation.org
Phone: 888.733.1252 or + 1.630.208.6830
E-mail:
FEBRUARY 2008
February 2–6
Biophysical Society's 52nd Annual Meeting & 16th International Biophysics Congress: Long Beach, CA
Presented by the Biophysical Society.
Web site: www.biophysics.org
February 7–8
Workshop on Current Topics in GLP Bioanalysis—Assay Reproducibility for Incurred Samples, and Implications of Crystal City Recommendations: Arlington, VA
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Web site: www.aapspharmaceutica.com
February 20–22
17th Annual AIMBE Event: Washington, DC
Presented by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Web site: www.aimbe.org
February 24–28
HIMSS'08 Annual Conference: Orlando, FL
Presented by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
Web site: www.himss.org
February 25–28
HIMSS'08: Orlando, FL
Presented by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
Web site: www.himss.org
February 25–28
ISPE 2008 Tampa Conference: Tampa, FL
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: www.ispe.org
MARCH 2008
March (Exact Date TBD)
Informatics II: Winchester, UK
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: www.chromsoc.com
March 12–15
International Conference on Human Robot Interaction: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Presented by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society with other partners.
Web site: hri2008.org
APRIL 2008
April 2–3
Stem Cell Automation: Madison, WI
Presented by the Midwest Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Information Group.
Web site: www.midwestlrig.org
April 2–5
2008 ASCPT Annual Meeting: Orlando, FL
Presented by the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Web site: www.ascpt.org
April 5–9
2008 ASBMB Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology: San Diego, CA
Presented by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Web site: www.asbmb.org
April 5–9
ASIP at Experimental Biology: San Diego, CA
Presented by the American Society for Investigative Pathology.
Web site: www.asip.org
April 6–10
235th ACS National Meeting & Exposition: New Orleans, LA
Presented by American Chemical Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
April 6–10
SBS 14th Annual Conference & Exhibition: St. Louis, MO
Presented by the Society for Biomolecular Sciences.
Web site: www.sbsonline.com
April 7–11
ISPE Conference on Innovation: Copenhagen, Denmark
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: www.ispe.org
April 12–16
AACR 99th Annual Meeting: San Diego, CA
Presented by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Web site: www.aacr.org
MAY 2008
May (Exact Date TBD)
Advances in Stationary Phases for Liquid Chromatography: Reading, UK
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: www.chromsoc.com
May 18–21
40th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM): Queens, NY
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
May 19–23
ICRA 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation: Pasadena, CA
Presented by IEEE.
Web site: www.icra2008.org
JUNE 2008
June 1–5
56th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry: Denver, CO
Presented by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
Web site: www.asms.org
June 2–5
2008 ISPE Washington Conference: Arlington, VA
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: www.ispe.org
June 11–14
40th Central Regional Meeting (CERM): Columbus, OH
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
June 14–17
Joint 63rd Northwest/21 st Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting (NORM/RMRM): Park City, UT
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
June 22–25
37th Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM): Burlington, VT
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
June 28–July 2
FoodSmarts 2008: New Orleans, LA
Presented by the Institute of Food Technologists.
Web site: www.am-fe.ift.org
JULY 2008
July 9–11
International Conference on Information Acquisition:Zhang Jia Jie, China
Presented by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.
Web site: cnsl.kaist.ac.kr/ICIA2007
July 12–16
35th Annual Meeting and Exposition: New York, NY
Presented by the Controlled Release Society.
Web site: www.controlledreleasesociety.org
July 19–23
22nd Annual Symposium: San Diego, CA
Presented by The Protein Society.
Web site: www.proteinsociety.org
July 27–31
AAPM 50th Anniversary and Annual Meeting: Minneapolis, MN
Presented by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
Web site: www.aapm.org
July 27–31
AACC Annual Meeting: Washington, DC
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: www.aacc.org
AUGUST 2008
August 3–6
IAFP 2008 95th Annual Meeting: Columbus, OH
Presented by the International Association for Food Protection.
Web site: www.foodprotection.org
August 17–21
236th ACS National Meeting & Exposition: Philadelphia, PA
Presented by American Chemical Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
SEPTEMBER 2008
September (Exact Date TBD)
Academic Research in Separation Science—Status and Future Directions: London, UK
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: www.chromsoc.com
September 21–25
ISPE Conference on Quality By Design/Design Space: Edinburgh, UK
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: www.ispe.org
September 24–17
43rd Western Regional Meeting (WRM): Las Vegas, NV
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
OCTOBER 2008
October 1–4
BMES Annual Fall Meeting: St. Louis, MO
Presented by the Biomedical Engineering Society.
Web site: www.bmes.org
October 1–4
64th Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM): Little Rock, AK
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
October 8–11
43rd Midwest Regional Meeting (MWRM): Kearney, NE
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
October 19–22
BioRob2008: Scottsdale, AZ
Presented by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.
Web site: www.biorob2008.org
October 26–29
2008 ISPE Annual Meeting: Boca Raton, FL
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: www.ispe.org