LabAutomation '98… Your Field,Your Vision,Your Conference

LabAutomation '98 meets again at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina in San Diego, CA, USA January 17–21, 1998.

Last year's meeting brought together more than 1,200 scientists, engineers, physicians and executives as well as 64 exhibitors to discuss the latest developments laboratory automation. Once again, this meeting will be leading the way with the newest technological advances for the clinical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology laboratory.

LabAutomation '98 at a Glance…

Friday, January 16, 1998
5:00 – 8:00pm	Registration

Saturday, January 17, 1998
7:00 – 6:00pm	Registration
8:00 – 5:00pm	Short Courses
8:00am	Exhibitors Set-up

Sunday, January 18, 1998
7:00 – 9:00pm	Registration
8:00 – 5:00pm	Short Courses
4:00 – 5:00pm	Exhibitors Reception
5:00 – 8:30pm	Opening Reception - Exhibit Area

Monday, January 19, 1998
• Track 1	• Track 2	• Track 3
7:00–6:00pm	Registration
8:00–10:00am	Plenary Session
10:00–10:30am	Coffee Break
10:30–12:00pm	Plenary Session
12:00–3:00pm	Poster Sesion - Exhibits Open
	Box Lunch provided in Exhibit Area
3:00–4:30pm	Clinical Overview Session
	Mass Spectrometry Session
	Combinatorial Chemistry Session
4:30–4:45pm	Break
4:45–6:15pm	Standards Session
	Mass Spectrometry Session
	High Throughput Screening Session
6:15–8:30pm	Wine and Cheese Reception in Exhibit Hall

Tuesday, January 20, 1998
• Track 1	• Track 2	• Track 3	• Track 4
7:00–6:00pm	Registration
8:30–10:00am	Clinical Session
	Analytical Session
	Automated Synthesis Session
	Advanced Photo-chemistry Session
10:00–10:30am	Coffee Break
10:30–12:00pm	Clinical Session
	Analytical Session Combinatorial
	Chemistry Session
	Advanced Photo-chemistry Session
12:00–2:30pm	Poster Session - Exhibits Open
	Box Lunch provided in Exhibit Area
2:30–4:00pm	Clinical Overview Session
	Advanced Software
	High Throughput Screening Session
	DNA Sequencing Session
4:00–4:30pm	Break
4:30–6:00pm	Clinical Overview Session
	Advanced Software
	High Throughput Screening Session
	DNA Sequencing Session
6:00–9:00pm	Reception in Exhibit Hall
	Gala Evening

Wednesday, January 21, 1998
• Track 1	• Track 2	• Track 3	• Track 4
8:00–10:00am	Nano-Technology Session
10:00–10:30am	Coffee Break
10:30–12:00pm	Clinical Session
	Biotechnology Session
	Point of Care Session
	Informatics Session
12:00–1:30pm	Lunch on own or Industry Sponsored
	Workshops
1:30–3:30pm	Clinical Session
	Biotechnology Session
	Molecular Diagnostics Session
	Informatics Session
3:30–5:00pm	Hosted Reception
	Beer/Chips

Monday January 19
7:00–6:00pm	Registration
8:30–8:45am	PLENARY SESSION
	Welcome and Presentation of the Beckman Lecture Award
	Robin A. Felder, Program Chairman
	BECKMAN AWARD LECTURE
8:45–9:30am	Genes, Genomes and Biological Systems: Revolutions Arising From the Automation and Integration of Global Genomic Technologies, Leroy Hood, Beckman Awardee, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
9:30 – 10:00am	Genes, Chips, and the Human Genome, Steve Fodor, Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA, USA
10:00 – 10:30am	Coffee Break
10:30–11:00am	The Possibilities and Realities of Combinatorial Approaches for the Discovery of Highly Active Small Molecules, Richard Houghten, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, San Diego, CA,
11:00–11:30am	Lab-On-A-Chip, Ann Kopf-Sili, Caliper Technology, Palo Alto, CA, USA
11:30–12:00pm	TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED Steve Burrill, Burrill & Company, San Francisco, CA USA
12:00–3:00pm	Poster Session/Exhibition Food and drinks will be served in the Exhibit Hall
Track 1	CLINICAL OVERVIEW SESSION CHAIR: William Godolphin
3:00–3:30pm	Clinical Laboratory Automation in the Next Century: From Process Control to Point-of-Care, Robin A. Felder, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
3:30–4:00pm	A European Perspective on the Automation of Clinical Diagnostics, Rick Jones, University of Leeds Old Medical School, Leeds, England
4:00–4:30pm	TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED Rod Markin, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA
4:30–4:45pm	Break
4:45–6:15pm	STANDARDS SESSION CHAIR: Rod MarkinAnnual Report from International Standardization Committees, Rod Markin, Moderator• ASTM, John Elling, Torsten Staab, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA• NCCLS, Charles Galanaugh• CAALS, Gary Kramer• European Committees, Pierangelo Bonini• Microplates, Tom Astle
6:15–8:30pm	Wine and Cheese ReceptionExhibit Hall

Conference subjects and speakers subject to change.

Monday January 19
Track 2	MASS SPECTROMETRY SESSION CHAIR: Gary Sill/dak
3:00–3:30pm	Applications of Quantitative Mass Spectrometry to Combinatorial Chemistry, Gary Siuzdak, Jiangyue Wu, Shuichi Takayama and Chi-Huey Wong, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
3:30–4:00pm	Combinatorial Chemistry of a Protein Molecule Using MALDI-MS as a Readout of Function, Rachel L. Winston, Michael C. Fitzgerald and Joel M. Gottesfeld, The Scripps Research Institute and Stephen B. H. Kent, Gryphon Sciences, La Jolla, CA
4:00–4:30pm	Mass Spectrometry and NASA's Future Missions to Mars, Stephen D. Fuerstenau, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA
4:30–4:45pm	Break
Track 2	MASS SPECTROMETRY SESSION CHAIR: Dan Kassel
4:45–5:15pm	Identification of Tumor Antigens via Immunology and Analytical ChemistryMark M. Ross, Argonex, Inc., Charlottesville, VA, USA
5:15–5:45pm	Automated Mass Spectrometric Strategies for Accelerating Drug Discovery and Development Mark E. Hail, Mark Sanders, Michael L. Nedved, Bethanne M. Warrack, Jeffrey L. Whitney and Mike S. Lee, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, NJ
5:45–6:15pm	Robotic Sample Manipulation Coupled with Automated Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Biological PolymersDale H. Patterson, Wade M. Hines, David B. Teller, Kenneth Parker, Marvin L. Vestal and Stephen A. Martin, PerSeptive Biosystems, Framingham, MA, USA
6:15–8:30pm	Wine and Cheese ReceptionExhibit Hall

Monday January 19
Track 3	COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY SESSION CHAIR: Sheila DeWitt
3:00–3:30pm	Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Compound Libraries on Solid Support, Ben Munoz, Sibia Neurosciences, Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA
3:30–4:00pm	TO BE ANNOUNCED Micheal Lebl, Trega Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
4:00–4:30pm	Automated Technology for Integrated Preparative and Analytical Chromatography Systems, Joan Stevens, Gilson, Inc., Middleton, WI, USA
4:30–4:45pm	Break
Track 3	HIGH SCREENING SESSION CHAIR: Steve Hamilton
4:45–5:15pm	Ultra-High Throughput Screening; Industrializing the Drug Discovery Process, Chris B. Shumate, Aurora Biosciences, La Jolla, CA, USA
5:15–5:45pm	HTS-Factory®, An Industrial Approach to High Throughput Screening, Ernst Burgisser and Bernhard Schurr, Discovery Technologies, Inc., Allschwil, Switzerland
5:45–6:15pm	Design, Development and Implementation of High-Throughput Screening Laboratories: A Case HistoryScott Atkin, Chris Neary and Tim Bruemmer, Saigan, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA
6:15–8:30pm	Wine and Cheese ReceptionExhibit Hall

Conference subjects and speakers subject to change.

Tuesday January 20
Track 1	CLINICAL LABORATORY AUTOMATION SESSION CHAIR: Robin Felder
8:30–9:00am	After The Stepwise Approach: Laboratory Automation Made “Flexible”, Kirk Kimler and David Daly, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA
9:00–9:30am	First CLAS in Europe, John H.M. Souverijn and Augueste Sturk, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, South Holland, The Netherlands
9:30–10:00am	A Total Laboratory Automation System with Fully Integrated Laboratory Information System Elkin Simson, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
10:00–10:30am	Coffee Break
Track 1	CLINICAL LABORATORY AUTOMATION SESSION CHAIR: Pierangelo Bonini
10:30–11:00am	An Automated System for Transporting and Sorting Laboratory Specimens: The ARUP Plan, Charles D. Hawker, Susan Garr, Leslie Hamilton, Edward R. Ashwood and Ronald L. Weiss, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
11:00–11:30am	Rewriting the Rules for Product Development: Accelerating Innovation Through Collaboration Paul J. Orsulak, Southwestern Medical School and VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, TX, USA, Paul Hansen, Forensic Technologies, Inc., and The Univ. of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
11:30–12:00pm	Integration of Immunoasssay and Clinical Chemistry Technologies Into a New Definition of Laboratory Automation, Bernard Gouget and Josy Pollet, Centre National Des Etudes Hospitalieres, Paris, France and Derek P. Lehane, Dade Behring Inc., Glasgow, DE, USA
12:00–2:30pm	Poster Session/Exhibition Food and drinks will be served in the Exhibit Hall
Track 1	CLINICAL LABORATORY AUTOMATION SESSION CHAIR: Masahide Sasaki
2:30–3:00pm	AutoSpin Centrifugation Technology, Gary W. Howell, Dade Behring, Newark, DE, USA
3:00–3:30pm	Orchestrating Change for Managed Care, Edward Bush, WELLMONT-BRMC Laboratory, Bristol, TN, USA
3:30–4:00pm	Front End Automation: The Bigger Picture, Steve Zappia, Health Care of Australia, and Kris Bailey, Chiron Diagnostics, Myaree, Western Australia
4:00–4:30pm	Break
Track 1	CLINICAL LABORATORY AUTOMATION SESSION CHAIR: William Godolphin
4:30–5:00pm	Computer Autoverification Algorithms Used in Conjunction With a Total Lab Automation System., Stanley Bauer and Carl Teplitz, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
5:00–5:30pm	The Path to Automation: The Kaiser Permanente Northwest Experience, Dixie McFadden and Sally Gardiner, Kaiser, Permanente, Clackamas, OR, USA and Loree Stephens, Labotix, Peterborough, ON, Canada
5:30–6:00pm	“Inoculator” - Robotic Specimen Handling and Culture Preparation for Microbiology Laboratories, Frank Naccarato, Dynacon Systems Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
6:00–9:00pm	Gala Evening Presentation of the HEWLETT-PACKARD AWARD Presentation of the BECTON DICKINSON AWARD Presentation of the BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM AWARD ANALYTICAL/ENGINEERING

Conference subjects and speakers subject to change.

Tuesday January 20
Track 2	ANALYTICAL/ENGINEERING SESSION CHAIR:Gary Kramer
8:30–9:00am	Integrated Payload Control and Monitoring on the World Wide Web, Charles Sun, Sun Consulting, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
9:00–9:30am	The Analysis of PCBs in Soils using the Chemical Analysis Automation (CAA) Paradigm: Testing and Validation in the “Real World”, Charles Rzeszutko and Don Dale, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA, and Leon Klatt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
9:30–10:00am	Instrument Interfacing Problems & Solutions, Torsten A. Staab and John Elling, LosAlamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
10:00–10:30am	Coffee Break
Track 2	ANALYTICAL/ENGINEERING SESSION CHAIR: Jon Lindsey
10:30–11:00am	The auto-MATE Complete mini-Reactor Alternative to Robots, Jasbir Singh, Hazard Evaluation Labs, Inc., Monmouth Junction, NJ, USA
11:00–11:30am	Software Solutions for HTS and Combinatorial Chemsitry. From Dynamic Scheduling and Factorial Design to Expert Systems, Nader Donzel, Scitech SA, Lausanne, Switzerland
11:30–12:00pm	Increasing Microplate Throughput Using a Robotic Workstation, Robert F. Trinka, Cyberlab, Inc, Norwalk, CT, USA
12:00–2:30pm	Poster Session/ExhibitionFood and drinks will be served in the Exhibit Hall
Track 2	ADVANCED SOFTWARE SESSION CHAIR: Mark Russo
2:30–3:00pm	Combining Combinatorial Chemistry Methodologies For Higher Productivity, Bill Ewing, IRORI Quantum Microchemistry, La Jolla, CA, USA
3:00–3:30pm	Multi-Tasking Control for Compound Synthesis, Phillip J. Farrelly, Hudson Control Group, Inc., Springfield, NJ, USA
3:30–4:00pm	Intelligent Image Analysis for Error Detection and Correction in Laboratory Automation Jaiprakash Gaba, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
4:00–4:30pm	Break
4:30–5:00pm	Creating and Driving Industry Acceptance for Electronic Notebook Systems, Rich Lysakowski, Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association, Woburn, MA, USA
5:00–5:30pm	Internet Technologies in the Laboratory, Michael J. Shea, William Neil and Harold N. Weller, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA
5:30–6:00pm	ROME: An Architecture for Integration of Laboratory Automation Software, Carl Murray, and Jason Parkhurst, Sagian, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA
6:00–9:00pm	Gala Evening Presentation of the HEWLETT-PACKARD AWARD Presentation of the BECTON DICKINSON AWARD Presentation of the BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM AWARD

Conference subjects and speakers subject to change.

Tuesday January 20
Track 3	AUTOMATED SYNTHESIS SESSION
8:30–9:00am	The Design and Implementation of a High Specification Modular Workstation-Based Multiple Parallel Solid Phase Synthesis System, Richard A. Wildonger and James B. Campbell, ZENECA Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, DE, USA
9:00–9:30am	A New Automated Workstation to Perform Process Development for New Compound Discovery Ben Moshiri, James R. Harness, Bohdan Automation, Inc., Mundelein, IL, USA, and Henry J. O'Connell, Gilson, Inc., Middleton, WI, USA
9:30–10:00am	A Novel Miniaturized Modular Synthesis Unit For Parallel Synthesis and Reaction Screening Wolfgang E. Rapp, RAPP Polymere GmbH., Tuebingen, Germany
10:00–10:30am	Coffee Break
Track 3	COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY SESSION CHAIR: Marc Goldman
10:30–11:00am	High Throughput Purification and Characterization of Combinatorial Libraries: Meeting the Challenge through Automation, Data Management, and Organization Cheryl D. Garr, MDS Panlabs, Inc., Etobicoke, ON, Canada
11:00–11:30am	Optimizing Throughput with the new MultiProbe 215, Joan Stevens, Gilson, Inc., Middleton, WI, USA
11:30–12:00pm	New Tools for Parallel Synthesis: Solution and Solid Phase Chemistry Applications, John Porco, Argonaut Technologies, Inc., San Carlos, CA, USA
12:00–2:30pm	Poster Session/ExhibitionFood and drinks will be served in the Exhibit Hall
Track 3	HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING SESSION
2:30–3:00pm	TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED Peter Grandsard, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
3:00–3:30pm	Approaches to Automation of Compound Dissolution in Drug Discovery, Sally Dowling and Ben Moshiri, Bohdan Automation, Inc, Mundelein, IL, USA
3:30–4:00pm	High-Throughput Screening in Microliter Volumes Using 1536-well Plates: A Systems Approach, Johnathon A. Burbaum, Gregory Kirk, Rhett Affleck, Ke Yang, Stephen Skwish, Anne Kim, Timothy Pryor and Frederick Gastgeb, Pharmacopeia, Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
4:00–4:30pm	Break
4:30–5:00pm	Automation of a enzymatic fluorescent kinetic assay in 384 well format, T.C. Ramaraj, Geraldine Bebernitz and Adam Pitkin, Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Pearl River, NJ, USA
5:00–5:30pm	An Overview of the Use of ORCA in High Throughput Screening, Jason Armstrong, HTS Consulting Japan, Yokohama, Japan
5:30–6:00pm	Sensitive Fluorescence Detection for High Throughput Screening, W. Patrick Ambrose, D. L. Robbins, A. Van Orden, J. Jett, R. A. Keller, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
6:00–9:00pm	Gala Evening Presentation of the HEWLETT-PACKARD AWARD Presentation of the BECTON DICKINSON AWARD Presentation of the BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM AWARD

Conference subjects and speakers subject to change.

Tuesday January 20
Track 4	ADVANCED PHOTO-CHEMISTRY APPLICATIONS CHAIR: Roger Tsien
8:30–9:15am	Photosynthesis as a Model for Molecular Scale Electronics Devens Gust, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
9:15–10:00am	Bioelectronics, Three-Dimensional Memories and Hybrid Computers, Robert R. Birge, Igor Barani, Anakarin Kusnetzow, Edward J. Schmidt, Deepak Singh, Q. Wang. Song, Jeffrey A. Stuart, Jack R. Tallent, Eric H. L. Tan and Bryan W. Vought, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
10:00–10:30am	Coffee Break
10:30–11:15am	Fluorescent Sensing of Protein Interactions and Gene Expression: Applications to Pharmaceutical Screening, Roger Y. Tsien, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
11:15–12:00pm	Site-Specific, Photochemical Proteolysis Applied to Ion Channels In Vivo Pamela England, Henry A. Lester, Norman Davidson and Dennis A. Dougherty, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
12:00–2:30pm	Poster Session/ExhibitionFood and drinks will be served in the Exhibit Hall
Track 4	DNA SEQUENCING SESSION CHAIR: Tony Beugelsdijk
2:30–3:00pm	Automated Sample Loading for High Throughput Sequencing Andras Guttman, Genetic BioSystems, San Diego, CA, USA
3:00–3:30pm	New Technologies for UltraHigh-Throughput Screening and DNA Amplification & Purification Marion Karasiuk, Hansjoerg Haas and Denis Delorme, CRS Robotics Corporation, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
3:30–4:00pm	TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED
4:00–4:30pm	Break
4:30–5:00pm	Real-Time Quantitative PCR Mike Lucero, Perkin-Elmer Applied Bio-Systems, Foster City, CA, USA
5:00–5:30pm	Toward Automated High Throughput DNA Analysis Based on Mass Spectrometry, Daniel P. Little, Sequenom, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
5:30–6:00pm	Genome Sequencing: Engineering Around the Gaps, Bruce R. Seitz, Phil Rice, Jim Smith, Deepika Madan, Marcy Engelstein and Tyler Aldredge, Genome Therapeutics Corp., Waltham, MA, USA
6:00–9:00pm	Gala Evening Presentation of the HEWLETT-PACKARD AWARD Presentation of the BECTON DICKINSON AWARD Presentation of the BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM AWARD

Conference subjects and speakers subject to change.

Wednesday January 21
Track 1	NANOTECHNOLOGY SESSION CHAIR: Ann Kopf-Sill
8:00–8:30am	Lab-on-a-Chip: Doing Chemistry and Biochemistry from the Keyboard, J. Michael Ramsey, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
8:30–9:00am	Integrated Microelectronic Devices for Research, Diagnostoc, and Potential Nanofabrication Applications, Michael J. Heller, Nanogen/Nanotronics, San Diego, CA, USA
9:00–9:30am	Massively Parallel, Microfabricated Systems for High-Throughput Drug Discovery, Sheila H. DeWitt, Orchid BioComputer, Princeton, NJ, USA
9:30–10:00am	A Porous Silicon-Based Optical Interferometric Biosensor, Kianoush Motesharej, Victor S.-Y Lin, Andreas Janshoff, Claudia Steinem and M. Reza Ghadiri, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA and Keiki-Pua S. Dancil, Douglas Greiner, Michael J. Sailor, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA
10:00–10:30am	Coffee Break
Track 1	CLINICAL SESSION CHAIR: Pierangelo Bonini
10:30–11:00am	Assessing the Financial Viability of a Laboratory Automation System for a Mid-sized Hospital, Kuruvilla George, Carraway Methodist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA
11:00–11:30am	TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED G. Hoffman, Trilium GmbH, Grafrath, Germany
11:30–12:00pm	The Impact of Laboratory Automation on Clinical Laboratory Information Management Systems (CLIMS) Trevor W. Steele, Alain Laugier and François Falco, Technidata S.A., Meylan, France
12:00–1:30pm	Lunch on own
Track 1	CLINICAL SESSION CHAIR: Rodney Markin
1:30–2:00pm	One Laboratory, Many Locations, Carrie Ebenhardt, MDS Autolab, Etobicoke, ON, Canada
2:00–2:30pm	TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED
2:30–3:00pm	Economic Analysis Methods for Comparing and Selecting Automation Projects When the Future is Ambiguous Ronley Pious, Kaytron, Leawood, KS, USA
3:00–3:30pm	TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED
3:30–5:00pm	Hosted ReceptionSelections of fine imported and domestic beers and chips will be served.

Conference subjects and speakers subject to change.

Wednesday January 21
Track 2	BIOTECHNOLOGY SESSION CHAIR: Petar Stojadinovic
10:30–11:00am	Strategies for Managing Automation Efforts in a Changing Environment, Tom Brumback and Ron Biro, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, IA, USA
11:00–11:30am	Strategy to Flexible Automated Biotech Laboratories in Research and Production, Claus Kuhn and Hannes Dobler, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation, Stuttgart, Germany
11:30–12:00pm	Fluorescence Polarization and High Throughput Screening Robert Bukar, Hara Dilley, Ping Lin, Don Schmidt, Steven Anuskiewicz, and Richard Sportsman, Terrapin Technologies, South San Francisco, CA, USA
12:00–1:30pm	Lunch on own
Track 2	BIOTECHNOLOGY SESSION CHAIR: Petar Stojadinovic
1:30–2:00pm	Automation Strategies for Solution Phase Synthesis - Addressing the Process Bottle Necks, Brian Lightbody, David Bardsley and Teresa Ferragamo, Zymark Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, USA
2:00–2:30pm	Advanced Multiplexed Analysis: The FlowMetrix System, Ralph L. McDade, R. Jerrold Fulton and Van C. Chandler, Luminex Corporation, Austin, TX, USA
2:30–3:00pm	1536 Wells: New Developments In Plate Miniaturization, Gunther Knebel, Greiner GmbH, Frickenhausen, Germany
3:00–3:30pm	Automating Nanoliter Dispensing Applications Using the nQUAD Technology, Don Rose, Tony Lemmo and Tom Tisone, Cartesian Technologies, Durham, NC, USA
3:30–5:00pm	Hosted ReceptionSelections of fine imported and domestic beers and chips will be served.

Conference subjects and speakers subject to change.

Wednesday January 21
Track 3	POINT OF CARE SESSION CHAIR: Gerald Kost
10:30–11:00am	Point-of-Care Testing: Current and Future Directions, Gerald Kost, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
11:00–11:30am	POCT and JCAHO: Meeting the Latest Standards, Gordon C. Edwards, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
11:30–12:00pm	TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED James H. Nichols, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
12:00–1:30pm	Lunch on own
Track 3	MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS SESSION CHAIR: Ted Mifflin
1:30–2:00pm	Evolution and Direction of Automating Molecular Diagnostic Methodology, Ted Mifflin
2:00–2:30pm	Applications of a Novell ISA Technology for Molecular Diagnostics, Marilyn Stapleton, Genetec Corporation, Durhan, NC, USA
2:30–3:00pm	An Integrated Robotics System for Genetic Analysis, Robert Brumley
3:00–3:30pm	Microfluidic Systems for Massively Parallel Analysis in Molecular Diagnostics and Drug Discovery Paul Heaney, Orchid Biocomputer, Inc, Princeton, NJ, USA
3:30–5:00pm	Hosted ReceptionSelections of fine imported and domestic beers and chips will be served.

Conference subjects and speakers subject to change.

Wednesday January 21
Track 4	INFORMATICS SESSION CHAIR: Harvey Stem
10:30–11:00am	Integrated Pharmaceutical Informatics - The Emerging Roles of BioInformatics, ChemInformatics, and PharmacoInformatice in Drug Discovery, Carlos Zamudio, Axiom Biotechnologies, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
11:00–11:30am	Architecture of a Database System for Managing Large Volumes of Information from Capillary Electrophoresis and Microarray Instruments, Pete Smietana, Molecular Dynamics, Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA
11:30–12:00pm	GeneMill®: The First Commercial DNA Sequencing Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) G. Mathew Huang, Pangea Systems, Inc., Oakland, CA, USA
12:00–1:30pm	Lunch on own
Track 4	INFORMATICS SESSION CHAIR: Reinhold Schaefer
1:30–2:00pm	. Databases and Digital Communications: An International Development Project, Phillip Miller, Sequenom Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
2:00–2:30pm	Instrument Interface Connections, John Selmeyer, Dawning Inc., Fairport, NY, USA
2:30–3:00pm	A Fully Integrated Robotic System for High Sample Throughput within a DNA Databasing Unit, Andrew J. Hopwood, Adam Shariff, Jill Brookes, Peter Cage, Malcolm Crook, KeithBrews and Kevin Sullivan, The Forensic Science Service, UK, Birmingham, WestMidlands, UK
3:00–3:30pm	Pushing a Robot's Functionl Envelope With Scripts, Albert Hu, Beckman Instruments, Fullerton, CA, USA
3:30–5:00pm	Hosted ReceptionSelections of fine imported and domestic beers and chips wiII be served.