Analyst, November 1996. Vol. 121 161N Conference Diary Date Conference 1996 December 3 2nd Young Scientists Research Symposium-Current Research Trends in UK Air Quality 1st Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Capillary Electrophoresis and Related Techniques 17-20 Location Contact 1997 January 4-9 The Fourth International Symposium On: Giza. London, UK SCI Conference Department, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London SW 1 X 8PS, UK Singapore APCE ’96, c/o Dr. Sam F. Y. Li, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, I0 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 1 19260, Republic of Singapore Tel: +65 772 268 1. Fax: +65 779 1691. E-mail: chmlifys@leonis.nus.sg. New Trends in Chemistry The-Role of Analytical Chemistry in National Development International Conference on Flow Injection Analysis-XCFIA 97 12-1 6 12-17 1997 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 20-24 First Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium 25-28 9th Sanibel Conference on Mass Spectrometry ‘Quadrupole Ion Traps’ 26-30 9th International Symposium on High Performance Capillary Electrophoresis and Related Microscale Techniques February 2-6 The Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry 16th Conference (ANZSMS 16) 3-5 2nd Symposium on Macromolecules Used as Pharmaceutical Excipients-New Opportunities, Characterization and Applications 18-1 9 Inbio ’97 Industrial Biocatalysis: The Way Ahead Orlando, (JSA Gent.Belgium Hong Kong Sanibel Island, FL, USA Anaheim, USA Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Stockholm, Sweden Manchester, UK Professor Dr. M. M. Khater, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt ICFIA 97, Sue Christian, P.O.Box 26, Medina, WA Fax: + I 206 454 9361. E-mail: sue@ flow inject ion .corn. L. Moens, Secretariat, 1997 European Winter Conference, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, University of Gent, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000. Gent, Belgium l’el: +32 9 264 66 00. Fax: +32 9 264 66 99. E-mail: plasma97@rug.ac.be. Professor C. Rudowicz, Chairman, LOC & IOC, City University of Ilong Kong, Department of Physics and Materials Science, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: +8S2 2788 7787. Fax: -1-852 2788 7830. E-mail: apsepr@cityu.edu.hk. American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 120 1 Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA Tel: +I 505 989 4517. Fax: + I 505 989 1073.Shirley Schlessinger, Symposium Manager, HPCE ’97, 400 East Randolph Street, Suite 1015, Chicago, IL 60601, USA Tel: + I 312 527 201 1. 98039-0026, USA Mures Convention Management, Victoria Dock, Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia Tel: +61 002 3 12 121. Fax: +6 1 002 344464. E-mail: mures@ hba. trumpt.com.au; WWW:http://www .csl.edu.au/ANZSMS/ anzsms16.html. The Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, P.O. Box 1 136, S- 1 I 1 8 1 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46 8 723 50 00. Fax: +46 8 20 55 11. E-mail: academy@swephann.se or visit http://www.swepharm.pharmsoft.se. Spring Innovations Ltd., 185A Moss Lane, Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire, UK SK7 1BA Tel: +44 (0)161 440 0082. Fax: +44 (0)161 440 9127.162N Analyst, November 1996, Vol. 121 Date 19 March 9-14 16-2 1 23-27 April 13-17 14-19 19-22 2 1-25 28-29 3 &2/5 May 4-8 Conference Advances in Analytical Chemistry: Miniaturisation and Sensors CANAS '97 Colloquium Analytische Atomspektroskopie 48th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy Electrophoresis '97 213th American Chemical Society National Meeting Genes and Gene Families in Medical, Agricultural and Biological Research: 9th International Congress on Isozymcs Scanning 97 Seventh International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials (BERM-7) Computer & Process Validation in the Location Hudders field, Yorkshire, UK Freiberg/S ac hsen, Germany Atlanta, GA, USA Seattle, WA, USA San Francisco, CA, USA Texas, USA Monterey, CA, USA An twerp, Belgium M anches ter, Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemical Industries UK Flavours and Fragrances Warwick, UK PBA '97,Sth International Symposium on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis USA Orlando, FL, Contact Dr.Roger Jewsbury, Dept. Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Yorkshire HD1 3DH Tel: +44 (0)1484 472177. Fax: +1 (0)1484 472182. E-mail: r.a.jewsbury@hud.ac.uk; Internet: http://www.hud.ac.uk/ schools/applied~sciences/chem/aac97 .htm. G. Werner, Universitat Leipzig, Institut fur Analytische Chemie, Linnestrasse 3, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany Tel: +49 0341 973 6101. Fax: +49 0341 973 61 15. Linda Briggs, The Pittsburgh Conference, 300 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 332, Pittsburgh, PA 15235-5503, USA Tel: + I 412 825 3220, +I 800 825 3221. Fax: +1 412 825 3224. David Wiley, Electrophoresis Society, P.O.Box 1987, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897, USA Tel: +1 913 843 1221. Fax: +1 913 843 1274. E-mail: dwiley@allenpress.com. Department of Meetings, American Chemical Society, 115516th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel: +1 202 872 4396. Fax: +1 202 872 6128. E-mail: natlmtgs@acs.org. Mrs. Janet Cunningham, Barr Enterprises, 10 120 Kelly Road, P.O. Box 279, Walkersville, MD 21793, USA Tel: +1 301 898 3772. Fax: + 1 301 898 5596. Mary K. Sullivan, FAMS Inc., SCANNING 97 Program Committee, Box 832, Mahwah, NJ Tel: +1 201 818 1010. Fax: +1 201 818 0086. E-mail: fams@holonet net; Internet: http:/*ww.scanning-fams.org. J. Pauwels, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Retieseweg, B-2440 Geel, Belgium. Tel: +32 14 571 722; or Wayne Wolk, US Department of Agriculture, 10300 Baltimore Blvd, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA Tel: +1 301 504 8927.Spring Innovations Ltd,, 185A Moss Lane, Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 1BA Tel: +44 (0)161 440 0082. Fax: +44 (0)161 440 9127. Elaine Wellingham, Conference Secretariat, Field End House, Bude Close, Nailsea, Bristol BS19 2FQ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1275 853311. Fax: +44 (0)1275 85331 1. E-mail: confsec@dial.pipex.com. 07430-0832, USA Shirley E. Schlessinger (Symposium Manager), Suite 1015, 400 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL, 6060 1, USAAnulyst, November 1996, C'ol. 121 163N Date 11-15 12-13 12-16 18-22 27-28 June 1 4 1 -5 1-5 2-5 3-5 15-2 1 16-20 16-20 22-27 Conference Location 5th European Workshop on Modern Torquay, Developments and Applications in Microbeam UK Analysis Chiral USA '97 European Symposium on Photonics in Manufacturing 111 19th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography and Electrophoresis IInd Miniaturisation in Liquid Chromatography versus Capillary Electrophoresis Conference 1997 International Symposium, Exhibit & Boston, USA Paris, France Wintergreen, VA, USA Ghent, Belg i um Washington, DC, Workshops on Preparative Chromatography, USA Ion Exchange, and Adsorption/Desorption Processes and Related Techniques 45th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics USA Palm Springs, CA, Geoanalysis '97,3rd International Conference Vail, CO, on the Analysis of Geological and Environmental Materials 6th Annual Course on Practical Methods of Digestion for Trace Analysis LIMS '97, 11th International LIMS Conference and Exhibition International Conference on Analytical Chemistry European Symposium on Environmental Sensing I11 European Symposium on Environmental and Public Safety I1 HPLC '97, 21st International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques USA Amherst, MA, USA The Hague, Netherlands Moscow, Russia Munich, Germany Munich, Germany Birmingham, UK Contact EMAS Secretariat, University of Antwerp, Department of Chemistry, Universiteitsplein 1, (3-261 0 Antwerp-Wilrijk, Belgium Fax: +32 3 820 2376.E-mail: vantdack@uia.ua.ac.be. Spring Innovations Ltd, 185A Moss Lane, Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire, UK SK7 1BA Tel: +44 (0) 161 440 0082. Fax: +44 (0) 16 1 440 9127 or Brandon Associates, PO Box 1244, Merrimach, NH 03054, USA.Tel and Fax: + I (630) 424 2035. Francoise Chavel, Executive Secretary, European Optical Society, B.P. 147-9 1403 Orsay Cedex, France Tel: +33 1 69 85 35 92. Fax: +33 1 69 85 35 65. E-mail: francoise.chavel@iota.u-psud.fr. Joy Wise, P.O. Box 4153, Frederick, MD 21705-4153, USA Tel: +1 301 473 8311. Fax: +I 301 473 8312. E-mail: W isej oy@ aol . com. Prof. Ilr. Willy R. G. Baeyens, Chairman MINI-LC 11, University of Ghent, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Laboratory of Drug Quality Control, Harelbekestraat 72, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium Tel: +32 9 264 80 97. Fax: +32 9 264 81 96. E-mail: wi lly .baey ens@rug . ac .be Janet Cunningham, Ban Enterprises, P.O. Box 279, Walkersville, MD 21793, USA Tel: + 1 301 898 3772.Fax: +1 301 898 5596. E-mail: Janetbarr@aol.com. American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 1201 Don Diego Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA Tel: +I 505 989 4517. Fax: +I 505 989 1073. Belinda Arbogast, USGS, Dever Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, USA Tel: +1 303 236 2495. Fax: +1 303 236 3200. E-mail: plamothe@helios.cr.usgs.gov. Beverly Lissner, Questron Corporation, 4044 Quakerbridge Rd., Mercerville, NJ 086 19, USA Tel: + I 609 587 6898. Fax: + I 609 587 0513. Conference Secretariat, LIMS 97, 45 Hilltop Avenue, Hullbridge, Hockley, Essex, UK SS5 6BL Tel: +44 (0) 1702 23 1268. Fax: +44 (0) 1702 230580. E-mail: 101 320.1617@compuserve.com. Dr. L. N. Kolomiets, Scientific Council on Chromatography of the Russian Academy of Sciences Leninsky Prospect 3 1 , 1 1791 5 Moscow, Russia Tel: +7 95 952 0065.Fax: +7 095 952 0065. E-mail: Iarionov@Imm.phyche.muk.su. Franqoise Chavel, Executive Secretary, European Optical Society, B.P. 147-9 1403 Orsay Cedex, France Tel: +33 1 69 85 92. Fax: 33 1 69 85 33 65. E-mail: francoise.chavel@iota.upsud.fr. Francoise Chavel, Executive, Secretary, European Optical Society, B.P. 147-91403 Orsay Cedex, France Tel: +33 1 69 85 35 92. Fax: +33 1 69 85 35 65. E-mail: francoise.chavel@iota.u-psud.fr. HPLC '97 Symposium Secretariat, ICC, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA, UK Tel: +44 121 200 2000. Fax: +44 121 643 0388.164N Analyst, November 1996, Vol. 121 Date Conference 30-3/7 Analytical Science and the Environment 30-3/7 6th European ISSX Meeting July 2 1-25 4th International Conference on Laser Ablation 23-26 4th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements August 10-15 11th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy 25-28 VII Flow Conference 25-29 IMSC '97-14th International Mass Spectrometry Conference September 7-1 1 7-1 1 7-12 8-12 8-1 2 111th AOAC International Annual Meeting and Exposition 214th American Chemical Society National Meeting 1 l t h International Conference on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS XI) 4th International Conference on Nanometer Scale Science and Technology Biomedical Optics V Location Newcastle, Northumbria, UK Gothenburg, Sweden Monterey, CA, USA Berkeley, CA, USA Athens, GA, USA Aguas de Sao Pedro-Piracicaba, Brazil Tampere, Finland San Diego, CA, USA Las Vegas, NE, USA Orlando, FL, USA Beijing, China Poland Contact The Secretary, Analytical Division, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London WlV OBN, UK Tel: +44 (0)171 437 8656.Fax: +44 (0)171 734 1227. Meeting Secretariat, 6th European ISSX Meeting, c/o The Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, P.O. Box 1136, S-1 11 81 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46 8 723 5000. Fax: +46 8 20 55 11. Richard E. RUSSO, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, MS 90-2024, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA Tel: +1 510 486 4258. Fax: +1 510 486 4260. E-mail: rerusso@lbl.gov;http://cola97.ornl.gov. I. K. Iskandar, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Rd., Hanover, NH 03755, USA Tel: +1 603 646 4198. Fax: + I 603 646 4561. E-mail: iskander@crrel.usace.anny.mil. James A.de Haseth, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2556, USA Tel: +1 706 542 1968. Fax: +1 706 542 9454. E-mail: dehaseth@dehrsv.chem.uga.edu. Henrique Bergamin Filho, CENA-USP, Caixa Postal 96, 13400-970 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil Tel: +55 194 335122. Fax: +55 194 228339. E-mail: flow97@ aguia.cena.usp.br. 14th IMSC Congress Secretariat, c/o Congress Management Systems, P.O. Box 151, SF-00141, Helsinki, Finland Margreet Lauwaars, P.O. Box 153,6720 AD Bennekom, The Netherlands. Tel: +3 1 3 18 4 18725; Fax: +31 318 418359; or Derek Abbott, 80 Chaffers Mead, Ashtead, Surrey, UK KT2 LNH Tel: +44 372 274856. Fax: +44 372 274856. Department of Meetings, American Chemical Society, 11 5516th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel: +1 202 872 4396.Fax: +1 202 872 6128. E-mail: natlmtgs@acs.org. SIMS XI, 1201 Don Diego Ave., Santa Fe, "I 87505, USA Tel: +1 505 989 4735. Fax: +I 505 989 1073. Shijin Pang, Beijing Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2724, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China Tel: +86 10 256 8306. Fax: +86 10 255 6598. E-mail: pang@image.blem.ac.cn. Francoise Chavel, Executive Secretary, European Optical Society, B.P. 147-9 1403 Orsay Cedex, France Tel: +33 1 69 85 35 92. Fax: +33 1 69 85 35 65. E-mail: francoise.chavel@iota.u-psud.fr.Analyst, November 1996, Vol. 121 165N Date Conference 15-19 3rd International Symposium on Speciation of Elements in Biological, Environmental and Toxicological Sciences 2 1-26 XXX Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale October 5-10 14-18 25-3 1 26-29 1998 4th international Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry BCEIA '97, The 7th International Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis 24th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies 8th Symposium on Handling of Environmental and Biological Samples in Chromatography.26th Scientific Meeting of the Group of Chromatography and Related Techniques of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry February 11-13 April 27-29 May 3-8 24-28 5th International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and Hyphenated Chromatographic Analyzers (HTC-5) 4th International Symposium on Hygiene and Health Management in the Working Environment HPLC '98-22nd International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations & Related Techniques ESEAC '98,7th European Conference on Electroanalysis Location Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia Melbourne, Australia Vail, CO, USA Shanghai, China Providence, RI, USA Almeria, Spain Bruges, Belgium Ostend, Belgium St.Louis, MO, USA Coimbra, Portugal Contact Dr. J. P. Matousek, Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia Tel: +61 2 3854713. Fax: +61 2 3856141. E-mail: j.matousek@unsw.edu.au. The Meeting Planners, 108 Church Street, Hawthorn, Victoria 3 122, Australia Tel: +61 3 9819 3700. Fax: +61 3 9819 5978. E-mail: http://ww w .latrobe.edu.au/CSIconf/XXXCSI .html. R. C. Severson, U.S. Geological Survey, Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, USA Tel: +I 303 236 5514. Fax: +1 303 236 3200. E-mail: iseg@helios.cr.usgs.gov. BCEIA '97 General Service Office, Room 585, Chinese Academy of Sciences Building, San Li He, Xi Jiao, P.O. Box 2143, Beijing 100045, China Tel: +86 10 8511133 Ext. 1585, +8 10 8511814. Fax: +86 10 851 1814. E-mail: bceia@aphyO 1 .iphy.ac.cn. Jo Ann Brown, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, 210B Broadway Street, Frederick, MD 21701, USA Tel: +1 301 694 8122. Fax: +1 301 694 6890. E-mail: jbrownsas@aol.com M. Frei-Hausler, IAEAC Secretariat, Postfach 46, CH-4123 Allschwil 2, Switzerland Fax: +41 61 482 08 05. Royal Flemish Chemical Society, c/o Dr. R. Smits, BASF Antwerpen N.V., Haven 725, Scheldelaan 600, B-2040 Antwerp, Belgium Tel: +32 3 5612831. Fax: +32 3 8278439. E-mail: smitsr@innet.be. Technologisch Instituut vzw, Desguinlei 2 14, B-2018 Antwerpen, Belgium Tel: +32 3 216 09 96. Fax: +32 3 216 06 89. E-mail: hygiene@ ti .kviv. be. Janet Cunningham, Barr Enterprises, P.O. Box 279, Walkersville, MD 21793, USA Tel: +1 301 898 3772. Fax: + I 301 898 5596. E-mail: Janetbarr@ aol .corn. Professor Dr. C. M. A. BrettIESEAC '98, Departamento de Quimica, Universidade de Coimbra, P-3049 Coimbra, Portugal Tel: +351 39 35295.