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AUGUST 2008
August 1–3
RO-MAN 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication: Munich, Germany
Presented by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and Technische Universität München.
Web site: www.ro-man2008.org
August 3–6
IAFP 2008 95th Annual Meeting: Columbus, OH
Presented by the International Association for Food Protection.
Web site: www.foodprotection.org
August 3–7
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2008: Albuquerque, NM
Presented by the Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, and International Metallographic Society.
Web site: www.msa.microscopy.org
August 5–8
ICMA International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation: Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: http://www.icma2008.org
August 9–12
AMLI Annual Meeting: Seattle, WA
Presented by the Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists.
Web site www.amli.org
Abstract Submissions Deadline for LabAutomation2009 Podium Presentations.
Presented January 25–28 in Palm Springs, CA, by the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA).
Web site: www.labautomation.org
Phone: + 1.888.733.1252 or + 1.630.208.6830 E-mail:
August 17–21
236th ACS National Meeting & Exposition: Philadelphia, PA
Presented by American Chemical Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
August 18–20
IASTED International Conferences on Signal and Image Processing (SIP); Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA); Circuits and Systems (CS); and Algebraic Number Theory, Cryptography and Applications (ANTCA): Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Presented by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development.
Web site: www.iasted.org
August 20–22
SICE International Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Information Technology: Tokyo, Japan
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and the Society for Instrumentation and Control Engineering.
Web site: http://www.sice.or.jp/sice2008
August 20–22
MFI 2008 Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems: Seoul, South Korea
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.mfi2008.org
August 23–26
IEEE–CASE: Washington, DC
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
August 24–28
CHISA2008–18th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering: Prague, Czech Republic
Presented by the Czech Society of Chemical Engineering.
Web site www.chisa.cz/2008
August 31–September 4
20th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry: Vienna, Austria
Presented by the Austrian Chemical Society, and the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry.
Web site: http://www.ldorganisation.com/produits.php?langue=english&cle_menus=1141650332
SEPTEMBER 2008
September (Exact Date TBD)
Extreme Chromatographic Separations: London, UK
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: www.chromsoc.com
September 1–3
IASTED International Conferences on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ASC); Communications Systems and Networks (CSN); and Visualization, Imaging and Image Processing (VHP): Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Presented by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development.
Web site: www.iasted.org
September 1–3
ICAL IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics: Qingdao, China
Presented by IEEE.
Web site: http://myweb.dal.ca/jgu/ical08
September 7–9
PK/PD for Medicinal Chemists: Cambridge, MA
Presented by the American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.acs.org
September 7–10
BMSS Annual Meeting: York, UK
Presented by the British Mass Spectrometry Society.
Web site: www.bmss.org.uk
September 7–11
XIII International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry: Bologna, Italy
Presented by the University of Bologna—Alma Mater Studiorum.
Web site: www.isls2008.unibo.it
September 10–12
Sixth International Forum on Life Science Automation: Rostock, Germany
Presented by the University of Rostock Center for Life Science Automation.
Web site: www.lifescienceautomation.com
September 10–12
2008 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy: Vancouver, BC
Presented by BIO Biotechnology Industry Organization.
Web site: www.bio.org/ind/pacrim/08
September 11–13
Translational Biomaterials Research: Atlanta, GA
Presented by the Society for Biomaterials.
Web site: www.biomaterials.org
September 14
Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression—Mechanisms of mRNA Decay: Lucca, Italy
Presented by FASEB Summer Research Conferences.
Web site: https://secure.faseb.org/faseb/meetings/Summrconf/Programs/11816.pdf
September 15–17
RAAD 2008: Ancona, Italy
Presented by the Università Politecnica delle Marche.
Web site: www.dipmec.univpm.it/RAAD08
September 16–17
IEEE-CYBER International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control, and intelligent Systems: Shengyang, China
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
September 17–20
Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutic Development: Atlanta, GA
Presented by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Web site: www.aacr.org
September 18
Critical and Point of Care Testing—Managing Technology for the Benefit of All Populations: Barcelona, Spain
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: www.aacc.org
September 21–24
AOAC Annual Meeting and Exposition: Dallas, TX
Presented by AOAC International, the association of analytical communities.
Web site: www.aoac.org
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 21–25
International Symposium on Chromatography: Munster, Germany
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: www.chromsoc.com
September 22–24
Chemistry in the New World of Bioengineering and Synthetic Biology: Oxford, UK
Presented by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Web site: www.rsc.org
September 22–25
Testing HEPA Filter Systems and Cleanrooms Seminar: Sanford, ME
Presented by the Eagleson Institute.
Web site: www.eagleson.org/seminar_hepa.php
September 22–26
IROS 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems: Nice, France
Presented by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.iros.org
September 23–24
Drug Discovery 2008: Bournemouth, UK
Presented by the European Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group and the Society for Biomolecular Science.
Web site: www.elrig.org
September 24–27
43rd Western Regional Meeting (WRM): Las Vegas, NV
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
September 28–30
Process Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Cambridge, MA
Presented by the American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.acs.org
September 28–October 2
35th FACSS: Reno, NV
Presented by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies.
Web site: www.facss.org
September 29–October 1
IASTED International Conferences on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE); Nanotechnology and Applications (NANA); and Sensor Networks (SN): Crete, Greece
Presented by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development.
Web site: www.iasted.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 6–9
20th Annual National Robot Safety Conference: Indianapolis, IN
Presented by the Robotic Industries Association.
Web site: www.roboticsonline.com
October 8–11
43rd Midwest Regional Meeting (MWRM): Kearney, NE
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
October 14–15
104th Meeting: Galveston, TX
Presented by the Gulf Coast Conference.
Web site: www.gulfcoastconference.com
October 15–17
39th International Symposium on Robotics: Seoul, Korea
Presented by Chonnam National University; Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems; and the International Federation of Robotics.
Web site: www.Isr08.org
October 16–19
2008 ASCP Annual Meeting: Baltimore, MD
Presented by the American Society for Clinical Pathology.
Web site: www.ascp.org
October 19–22
BioRob2008: Scottsdale, AZ
Presented by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.
Web site: www.biorob2008.org
October 19–23
14th IUFoST World Congress of Food Science and Technology: Shanghai, China
Presented by the International Union of Food Science and Technology.
Web site: http://www.iufost.org/world_congress
October 19–24
14th World Congress of Food Science and Technology: Beijing, China
Presented by International Union of Food Science & Technology.
Web site: www.iufost.org
October 22–25
DAAAM 2008: Trnava, Slovakia
Presented by the Danube Adria Association for Automation and Manufacturing.
Web site: www.daaam.com
October 23–24
SBS Symposium—Cell-Based Assays: King of Prussia, PA
Presented by the Society for Biomolecular Science.
Web site: www.sbsonline.org
October 26–29
2008 ISPE Annual Meeting: Boca Raton, FL
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: www.ispe.org
October 30–November 2
2008 AMP Annual Meeting: Grapevine, TX
Presented by the Association for Molecular Pathology.
Web site: www.amp.org
October 30–November 2
Calmodulin Modulation of Ion Channels: Asilomar, California
Presented by the Biophysical Society.
Web site: www.biophysics.org/discussions
NOVEMBER 2008
November (Exact Dates TBD)
Separation Science inthe UK—State of the Nation: London, UK
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: www.chromsoc.com
November 5–7
Robotics Industry Forum: Orlando, FL
Presented by the Robotic Industries Association.
Web site: www.roboticsonline.com
November 6–7
ASMS Fall Workshop: San Francisco, CA
Presented by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
Web site: www.asms.org
November 8
ChemCareers 2008: Birmingham, UK
Presented by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Web site: www.rsc.org
November 8–12
2008 AMIA Annual Symposium: Washington, D.C.
Presented by the American Medical Informatics Association.
Web site: www.amia.org
November 10–11
Safety Cabinet Technology Seminar: Sanford, ME
Presented by the Eagleson Institute.
November 10–12
TePRA International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications: Woburn, MA
Presented by IEEE.
Web site: http://www.ieeerobot-tepra.org
November 10–14
AMIA Annual Symposium: Chicago, IL
Presented by the American Medical Informatics Association.
Web site: www.amia.org
November 12–15
60th Southeastern Regional Meeting (SERMACS): Nashville, TN
Presented by the American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
November 13–14
Laboratory Medicine—Into the Future: Honolulu, HI
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site www.aacc.org
November 13–14
HVAC Systems and Laboratory Design Seminar: Sanford, ME
Presented by the Eagleson Institute.
Web site: http://eagleson.org/seminar_hvac.php
November 16–20
2008 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition: Atlanta, GA
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Web site: www.aapspharmaceutica.com
November 16–21
AIChE Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA
Presented by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Web site: www.aiche.org
November 17–19
DARS2008 9th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems: Tsukuba, Japan
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
November 17–20
Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exhibition: Somerset, NJ
Presented by the Eastern Analytical Symposium.
Web site: www.eas.org
November 23–28
Fourth European Congress: Antwerp, Belgium
Presented by the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Web site: www.embec2008.be
DECEMBER 2008
December 3–6
ICBME 2008 International Conference on Biomedical Engineering: Singapore
Presented by the Biomedical Engineering Society and the National University of Singapore.
Web site: http://icbme2008.confs.org
December 4
SI International 2008 Symposium on System Integration Contact: Nagoya, Japan
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and the Society of System and Control Engineers.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
December 6–9
ASH Annual Meeting: San Francisco, CA
Presented by the American Society of Hematology.
Web site: www.hematology.org
December 13–17
48th ASCB Annual Meeting: San Francisco, CA
Presented by the American Society for Cell Biology.
Web site: www.ascb.org/meetings
December 14–17
ROBIO′08 International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics: Bankok, Thailand
Presented by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
December 17–20
ICARCV 2008 International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision: Hanoi, Vietnam
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, and the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology.
Web site: www.icarcv.org/2008
JANUARY 2009
January 18–22
2nd International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering: Santa Barbara, CA
Presented by the Society for Biomolecular Engineering.
Web site: www.aiche.org/SBE/About
LabAutomation2009: Palm Springs, CA
The world's leading conference and exhibition on emerging and merging technology; where science, technology and industry come together.
Presented by the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA).
Web site: www.labautomation.org/LA09
E-mail:
FEBRUARY 2009
February 11–13
2009 AIMBE Annual Event: Washington, D.C.
Presented by the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Web site: www.aimbe.org
February 28–March 4
Biophysical Society Annual Meeting: Boston, MA
Presented by the Biophysical Society.
Web site: www.biophysics.org
MARCH 2009
March 9–12
2nd SBE International Conference on Accelerating Biopharmaceutical Development: Coronado Island, CA
Presented by the Society for Biomolecular Engineering.
Web site: www.aiche.org/SBE/Events
March 9–13
ACM/IEEE Intenational Conference on Human–Robot Interaction: La Jolla, CA
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
March 18–21
ACSPT Annual Meeting: Washington, D.C.
Presented by the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Theraputics.
Web site: www.ascpt.org
March 22–26
ACS National Meeting and Exposition: Salt Lake City, UT
Presented by the American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.acs.org
March 25
12th Annual Technology Exhibition: Durham, NC
Presented by the South East Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group.
Web site: www.lab-robotics.org
APRIL 2009
April 4–8
2009 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition: Chicago, IL
Presented by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
Web site: www.himss.org
April 18–22
Experimental Biology Annual Meeting: New Orleans, LA
Presented by American Association of Anatomists, American Association of Immunologists, American Physiological Society, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Society for Nutrition, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and others.
Web site: www.eb2008.org
April 18–22
2009 AACR Annual Meeting: Denver, CO
Presented by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Web site: www.aacr.org
April 24–28
2009 ACRP Global Conference: Denver, CO
Presented by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals.
April 26–30
15th Annual SBS Conference and Exhibition: Lille, France
Presented by the Society for Biomolecular Science.
Web site: www.sbsonline.org
MAY 2009
May 11–15
ACHEMA 2009: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Presented by DECHEMA, and featuring the 2009 ALA Innovation Award finalists.
Web site: www.achema.de/en/ACHEMA.html
May 13–17
ICRA 2009: Kobe, Japan
Presented by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
May 28–30
AMIA Spring Congress: Orlando, FL
Presented by the American Medical Informatics Association.
Web site: www.amia.org
May 31–June 4
57th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry: Philadelphia, PA
Presented by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
Web site: www.asms.org
JUNE 2009
June 15–17
Faraday Discussion 143–Soft Nanotechnology: London, UK
Presented by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Web site: www.rsc.org
JULY 2009
July 12–15
96th IAFP Annual Meeting: Grapevine, TX
Presented by the International Association for Food Protection.
Web site: www.foodprotection.org
July 20–22
Faraday Discussion 144–Multiscale Modelling of Polymers, Colloids, Mesophases and Membranes: Groningen, The Netherlands
Presented by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Web site: www.rsc.org
July 26–30
AAPM Annual Meeting: Anaheim, CA
Presented by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
Web site: www.aapm.org