110N ANALYST, SEPTEMBER 1993, VOL. 118 Conference Diary Date Conference October 3-7 4-8 5-7 5-7 5-8 5-8 8-13 10-15 11-13 11-15 13 16-17 17-21 17-22 17-23 18-22 19-20 Location 10th Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry [TOF-MS] USA Estes Park, CO, ECASIA 93,5th European Conference on Catania, Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis Italy 34th ORNL-DOE Conference on Analytical Chemistry in Energy Technology Laboratory Exhibition and Conference 5th Meeting of the Nuclear Magnetism and Biology Group 4th ISEC. Fourth International Seminar on Electroanalytical Chemistry 5th BCEIA. Fifth International Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis Electrochemical Society Meeting VIth National Symposium on Mass Spectometry Gatlinburg, TN, USA London, UK Toulouse , France Beijing, China Beij ing , China New Orleans, LA, USA Dehradun, India Optical Sensing for Environmental Monitoring Atlanta, GA, Symposium USA FT Microscopy-10 Years On: 4th European Seminar on FT-IR Microscopy UK Manchester, Second National Conference on Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry USA Detroit, MI, Eighth Symposium on Separation Science and Oak Ridge, TN, Technology for Energy Application USA FACSS XX, 20th Annual Meeting of the Detroit, MI, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and USA Spectroscopy Societies 10th International Symposium on Gw at t/Thun , Biorecognition and Affinity Technology Switzerland Modern Electrochemistry in Industry and for the Protection of the Environment Krakow , Poland Frederick Conference on Capillary Electrophoresis USA Frederick, MD , Con tact Laszlo Tokes, Syntex Discovery Research, 3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA TeI: + 1 415 855 5713.Fax: + 1 415 354 7363 G. Marletta, Consorzio Catania Ricerche, V. Le Andrea Doria, 6, 1-95125 Catania, Italy Tel: +39 95 221635. Fax: +39 95 339734 W. R. Laing, Technical Program Chairman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, MS 6127, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6127, USA Tel: +1 615 574 4852. Fax: +1 615 574 4902 Evan Steadman Communications Group Ltd., 90 Calverley Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK TN12UN Professor M. Malet-Martino, Laboratoire IMRCP, Universite Paul Sabatier, 118, route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex, France Professor Erkang Wang, 109 Sitalin Street, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China General Service Office, 5th BCEIA, Room 5412, Building No.4, Xi Yuan Hotel, Er Li Gou, Beijing 100046, China Electrochemical Society Inc, 10 South Main Street, Pennington, NJ 08534-2896, USA Dr. Pradeep Kumar, Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun-248 005, India, and Dr. S. K. Aggarwal, Honorary Secretary-ISMAS, c/o Fuel Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay-400 085, Maharastra, India Adrianne Olsakovsky, 3 Gateway Center, 4 West, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA Tel: +1412 232 3444. Fax: +1412 232 3450 Michelle Barker, Conference Co-Ordinator , Spectra-Tech Europe Limited, Genesis Centre, Science Park South, Birchwood, Warrington, UK WA3 7BH Tel: +44 (0) 925 830 250. Fax: +44 (0) 925 830 252 Society for Applied Spectroscopy/ICP/MS Users Group, 198 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite-2, Frederick, MD 21702-4317, USA Tel: +1 301 694 8122.J. T. Bell, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Post Office 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37381, USA FACSS, 198 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite S-2, Fredericks, MD 21702, USA Tel: + 1 301 846 4789. Fax: + 1 301 694 6860 Professor A. N. Eberle and Mrs. D. Affentranger, Department of Research, University Hospital, CH- 4031 Basle, Switzerland Tel: +41 61 2652 324. Fax: +41 61 2652 350 Dr. Andrzej Kowal, Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Niezapiminajek 1, 30-239 Krakow, Poland Margaret L. Fanning, Conference Coordinator, PRI, NCI-FCRDC, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD Tel: +1 301 846 1089. Fax: +1 301 846 5866 21702-1201, USAANALYST, SEPTEMBER 1993, VOL.118 11lN Date 19-23 20-22 21-22 24-28 25-29 26-28 Conference EXPOQUIMIA '93: Applied Chemistry Technical Fair Hygiene and Health Management in the Working Environment ~ ~~~~~ Location Barcelona, Spain Ghent, Belgium International Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences 8th Symposium on Separation Science and Technology for Energy Applications Scanning Electron Microscopy Field Emission and X-ray Microanalysis The 1993 Analytical Forum-'Meeting the Challenge' November 1-3 2 2-4 3 3-5 7-10 7-1 1 7-12 8-10 11-12 Chernyaev Conference on Chemistry, Analysis, Technology and Application of Platinum Metals Electro-Membrane Processes KEMIA 93. Finnish Chemical Congress and Exhibition Pharmaceutical Applications and Sample Handling Techniques 2nd International Symposium on Characterization and Control of Odours and VOC in the Process Industries Electrophoresis '93 7th International Forum-Electrolysis in Chemical Manufacture Casablanca, Morocco Gatlinburg, TN, USA Ellenville, NY, USA Chepstow, UK Moscow, Russia London, UK Helsinki, Finland York, UK Louvain-la-Neuve , Belgium Charleston, SC, USA Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA Symposium on Supercritical Fluid Phenomena St.Louis, MO , (1993 Annual Meeting of the AIChE) USA International Symposium on Plasma PolymerizatiodDeposition USA Las Vegas, NV, International Conferences on Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical India Sciences, and Water Quality/Environmental Pollution New Delhi, Contact Fira de Barcelona, Avda.Reina Ma Cristina, 08004 Barcelona, Spain 3rd International Symposium, 'Hygiene and Health Management in the Working Environment', c/o TI-K VIV, Attn. 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Don Clark, Physical Sciences-265, Pfizer Central Research, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, UK CT13 9NJ Tel: +44 304 616036. Fax: +44 304 616726 Symposium Secretariat, Societe Belge de Filtration, Universitk Catholique de Louvain, Voie Minckelers 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Tel: +32 10 47 23 26. Fax: +32 10 47 23 21 Mrs. Janet Cunningham, Electrophoresis '93 , c/o The Electrophoresis Society, P.O.Box 279, Walkersville, MD 21793, USA Tel: +1 301 898 3772. Fax: +l 301 898 5596 Dr. N. Weinberg, 72 Ward Road, Lancaster, NY Tel: 1-1 716 684 0513. Fax: +1 716 684 0511 Michael A. Matthews, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Wyoming, Box 3295, University Station, Laramie, WY 82071-32, USA Tel: + 1 307 766 5769 Fax: + 1 307 766 4444. Or: Ted W. Randolph, Chemical Engineering Department, Yale University, 9 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, Tel: +1203 432 4375. Fax: +1203 432 7232 K. L. 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Fax: + 1 202 416 6100ANALYST, SEPTEMBER 1993, VOL. 118 113N Date Conference 23-25 HTC 3: Third International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography 2 8 4 3 Pittcon '94: The 45th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy March 7-1 1 13-16 13-18 27-30 April 6-8 10-13 10-15 10-16 12-14 17-19 19-22 4th International Symposium on Trends and New Applications in Thin Films Third European Federation of Corrosion Workshop on Microbial Corrosion 207th American Chemical Society National Meeting Location Antwerp, Belgium Chicago, IL, USA Dresden, Germany Estoril, Portugal San Diego, CA, USA International Federation of Automatic Control Galveston, TX, (IFAC) Symposium on Modeling and Control USA in Biomedical Systems Electroanalysis: A Tribute to Professor J.D. R. 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