Meetings & Events

September 7–11, 1997: American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting Las Vegas, NV. Contact: American Chemical Society, ACS Expositions, 1155 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone].

September 17–19, 1997: Analytical Technologies to Characterize Drug Candidates Conference This conference will present pharmaceutical manufacturers with the newest FDA regulations regarding drug candidate identification. Sheraton City Center, Washington, DC, USA. Contact: Carol A. Sussman, Technologies to Characterize Drug Candidates, NMHCC, PO Box 102713, Atlanta GA 30368-2713, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone].

October 14–17, 1997: Intelligent Systems & Advanced Manufacturing Symposium Sponsored by SPIE, this 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, Emmezeta srl - Ms Francesca RadaelliVIA, Carlo Farini 70-21059 Milano, Italy, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

October 27–28, 1997: Advances in DNA Diagnostics Speakers at this forum will discuss identification of genetic mutations, different methods of detecting those mutations, and the impact of some mutations on disease diagnosis and therapeutic decisions. Washington, DC. Contact: Andrew White, Advances in DNA Diagnostics, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone].

November 12, 1997: MARC V Workshop: Automation of Point-of-Care Testing This MARC workshop will explore why point-of-care testing will soon be more affordable than centralized testing. Also to be examined are recent technologies which will demonstrate why point-of-care testing is the fastest growing segment of the diagnostics industry. Contact: Robin Felder, Medical Automation Research Center, University of Virginia, Box 168, Charlottesville, VA 22908, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone].

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]

April 18–23, 1998: Chi 98 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems This conference will focus on the exploration of human-computer interaction in the present and future. The theme will be “Making the Impossible Possible,” with topics centering on the three categories of Education, Entertainment and Health Care applications. Los Angeles, California, USA. Contact: Janette Coble, Chi 98, 703 Giddings Avenue, Suite U-3, Annapolis MD 21401, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail], Web: www.acm.org/sigchi/chi98.

May 3–6, 1998: HealthTech'98 This conference will provide an opportunity for hospital and health care professionals to meet, network and benefit from the expertise of industry authorities. Opryland Hotel and Convention Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Contact: David Motta, HealthTech'98, 10 Risho Avenue, E. Providence RI 02914, Tel: [phone] ext. 212, Fax: [phone], Web: http://www.healthtechnet.com.