ANPRDI 17(1) 1-38 (1980) ISSN 0306-1 396 ANALYTICAL PROCEED I NG S PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANALYTICAL DIVISION OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY Hon. Secretary P. G. W. Cobb Hon. Assistant Secretaries D. I. Coomber, O.B.E.; D. C. M. Squirrel1 Secretary Miss P. E. Hutchinson J. M. Ottaway (Chairman) H. J. Cluley "P. Gray J. N. Miller 'Ex officio members President R. Belcher P. C. Weston G. E. Penketh T. B. Pierce W. H. C. Shaw D. Simpson January 1980 Hon. Treasurer J. K. Foreman Assistant Editors Mrs. J. Brew, R. A. Young Publication of Analytical Proceedings is the responsibility of the Analyst Publications Committee: A. Townshend 'P. C. Weston J. Whitehead All editorial matter should be addressed to The Editor, Analytical Proceedings, The Chemical Society, Burlington House, London, W1V OBN.Telephone 01 -734 9864. Telex 268001. Advertisements: Advertising Department, The Chemical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1 V OBN. Telephone 01 -734 9864. Hon. Publicity and Public Relations Officer Dr. A. Townshend, Department of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT Editor, Analyst and Analytical Proceedings @ The Chemical Society 1980 SYMPOSIUM ON Advances in Applied HPLC Wednesday February 20th 1980 at the Department of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh This Joint Meeting is to be organised by the Scottish Region in associ- ation with the Chromatography and Electrophoresis Group and the Association of Clinical Biochemists. Topics include a Plenary Lecture on future prospects for HPLC by Professor J. F. K. Huber (Vienna), selective sample handling by Professor R. W. Frei (Amsterdam), polypeptide hormones by Dr. E. C. Nice, optimisation for preparative-scale HPLC by Dr. J. C. Kraak (Amsterdam). The Meeting closes with a panel discussion on aspects of Prep-HPLC, chaired by Professor J. H. Knox. Further details from, and registration forms to, Dr. Diana Simpson, Analysis for Industry, Factory 2, Bosworth House, High Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, Tel. 025584-771 4, before February 8th.