Meetings & Events

March 18–20, 1997: FOSE'97 opens the doors for you to see new products from every leading IT company, to learn from industry experts at free Education Seminars and exiting keynote addresses, to find solutions to your IT challenges. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. Contact: FOSE'97, Accu-Reg Inc., P.O. Box 111820, Carrollton, TX 75011-1820, Tel: [phone] FOSE, Fax: [phone], http://fose.redeexpo.com

April 10–11, 1997: The Oak Ridge Conference allows participants to critically evaluate the next generation of advanced technologies, instrumentation, reagents, analytical techniques and analytical systems for the clinical laboratory. Hyatt Regency Union Station, St. Louis, MO. Contact: AACC Customer Service, 2101 L St, NW, Suite 202, Washington, DC 20037-1526, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]

April 27–29, 1997: Southeastern CLMA Conference Seventeen sponsoring chapters from eight states have made the third annual Southeastern CLMA's Formula for the Future Conference and Exhibition possible. The event promises to meet all of your educational goals for 1997 and beyond. Of particular importance is a talk by Emery Stephans of Enterprise Analysis Corporation entitled, Reorganizing the Laboratory. Opryland Hotel and Convention Center, Nashville, TN. Contact: Southeastern CLMA, 120 Proctor Drive, Salisbury, NC 28147-8750, Fax: [phone]

May 12–16, 1997: ICAR '97 The 6^th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Applied to Analytical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine will be returning to Montreux, Switzerland this year. ICAR '97 will bring together the scientists, manufacturers and system integrators in the field today who are shaping the laboratories of tomorrow. Centre de Congres et d'Expositions, Montreux, Switzerland, Contact: Dave Morehouse/ Sarah Donzel, Conference Coordinators, Scitec S.A., Av. De Provence 20, CH-1007 Lausanne, Switzerland, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail], http://www.scitec-robotics.com

May 17–18, 1997: The Beth Israel Medical Center invites you to experience its comprehensive total laboratory automation system. A symposium and workshop on the planning, design, operation, and maintenance of a total laboratory automation system will be held on-site. New York, NY. Contact: First Avenue at 16^th Street, New York, NY 10003, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail], Http://www.bethisraelny.org

May 29, 1997: MARC IV Workshop: Understanding Process Control, University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center Charlottesville, Virginia. Contact: Robin Felder, Medical Automation Research Center, University of Virginia, Box 168, Charlottesville, VA 22908, tel. [phone], fax [phone].

June 22–25, 1997: MipTec '97 Microplate Technology Conference. Hyatt Regency, Crystal City, VA Contact: AART International, P.O. Box 183811, Main Street, New Milford, CT 06776, tel: [phone], fax: [phone].

July 1–2, 1997: International Workshop on Recent Advances in Mobile Robots To be held in Leicester, UK, the aim of this Workshop is to provide a forum aimed at covering the state-of-the-art research, developments and applications in mobile robots. Contact: Department of Computer Science, De Montfort, University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK email [e-mail]

October 14–17, 1997: Intelligent Systems & Advanced Manufacturing Symposium SPIE is sponsoring an international symposium on Intelligent Systems and Advanced Manufacturing. The program will feature intelligent manufacturing systems, rapid prototyping, machine vision, optical inspection and intelligent robotics., Marriott Pittsburgh Greentree, Pittsburgh, PA. Contact: SPIE, P.O. Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-6705, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail]

October 21–24, 1997: ATB'97 Conference The European Conference on Advanced Technology and Biotechnology for the Clinical Laboratory will be centered on work linking the Human Genome to Clinical Medicine and Quality in Molecular Diagnostics. Milan Fair, Milan, Italy. Contact: ATB'97 Conference, c/o Emmezeta srl - Ms Francesca RadaelliVIA, Carlo Farini 70 - 21059 Milano, Italy, Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail]

November 9–12, 1997: ANNIE '97, This will be the seventh international gathering of reserachers interested in engineering applications of neural networks, fuzzy logic, data mining, and evolutionary programming. Marriott's Pavilion Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Contact: Dr. Cihan H. Dagli, Conference Chair Dept. of Engineering Management, University of Missouri - Rolla 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, MO 65409-0370, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail] or [e-mail], Web: http://www.umr.edu/∼annie

March 29 – April 1, 1998: Cherry Blossom Symposium Following exponential interest in clinical laboratory automation over the last 6 years, a branch of the LabAutomation conference will be offered for the first time in Kochi, Japan. This event provides a forum where scientists, diagnostics manufacturers, consultants, and clinical systems integrators can meet to exchange ideas and promote the automation of today's laboratories. Conference organizers have secured reasonably priced accomodations to ease the travel of international visitors. Tosa Royal Hotel, Geisei-mura, Aki-gun, Kochi, Japan. Contact: Cherry Blossum Symposium, Dept of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Okou-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan, 783, Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail]