Analyst, August 1996, Vol. 121 119N Conference Diary Date Conference 1996 September 1-7 1 -7 4-6 8-1 1 8-1 2 8-1 3 9-1 1 9-13 10-14 11-13 15-17 15-20 15-20 Cellular and Molecular Biology 2nd World Congress Euroanalysis IX Traceability and Comparability of 'Amount of Substance' Measurements 22nd Annual Meeting of the British Mass Spectrometry Society 110th AOAC International Annual Meeting and Exposition CLEO '96: European Conferences on Lasers and Electro-Optics Sixth International Symposium on Field Flow Fractionation PRAHA96: 14th International Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy International Symposium and Exhibition on Biomedical Optics IV International Symposium on Biological Monitoring in Occupational and Environmental Health Third European Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences 21st International Symposium on Chromatography XV National Reunion of Spectroscopists Location Ottawa, Canada Bologna, Italy Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands Swansea, UK Orlando/ Kissimmee, FL, USA Hamburg, Germany Ferrera, Italy Prague, Czech Republic Graz, Austria Espoo, Finland Edinburgh, Scotland S tuttgart, Germany Oviedo, Spain Contact Congress Secretariat, Suite 353, 2660 Southvale Crescent, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIB 4W5 Tel: +1 613 247 1344.Fax: + I 613 247 2187/9317. E-mail: mhamelin@ottawa.net. Professor Luigia Sabbatini, Euroanalysis IX, Dipartimento di Chimica, Universiti di Bari, \ria Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy Tel: +39 80 544 2020. Fax: +39 80 544 2026. Linda Catterson, Workshop Secretary, Laboratory of the Government Chemist, Queens Road, Teddington, Middlesex, UK TW11 OLY Tel: +44 (0)181 943 7423. Fax: +44 (0)181 943 2767.E-mail: lc@lgc.co.uk. Dr. Fred Mellon, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, UK NR4 7UA Tel: +44 (0)1603 255299. Fax: +44 (0)1603 452578. E-mail: fred.mellon@bbsrc.ac.uk. Margreet Lauwaars, P.O. Box 153, 6720 AD Bennekom, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 318 418725; Fax: +31 318 418359; or Derek Abbott, 80 Chaffers Mead, Ashtead, Surrey, UK KT2 1NH Tel: +44 372 274856. Fax: +44 372 274856. CLEO/Europe '96, Institute of Physics, Meetings and Conferences Department, 47 Belgrave Square, London, UK SWlX SQX F. Dondi, Department of Chemistry, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari, 46, 1-44100 Ferrara, Italy Tel: +39 532 291 154. Fax: +39 532 240709.Dr. Vladimir Spirko, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, The J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Dolejskova 3, CZ- 18223 Praha 8, Czech Republic Fax: +42 2 858 2307. E-mail: praha96@ j h-ins t .cas. cz. or praha96@ wcpj .chemie. uni-wuppertal.de. 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. Kristina Kulha, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliukenkatu 41 a A, FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland Tel: +358 4747 551. Fax: +358 4747 548. E-mail: kku@occuphealth.fi; WWW: http://www .occuphealth.fi. 3rd EUFEPS Congress, Marshwood House, 52 Gresham Road, Staines, Middlesex, UK TW18 2AN Tel: +44 (0)1784 464106.Fax: +44 (0)1784 455078. GDCh-Geschaftstelle, Abt. 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Conference Secretariat, XV Reuni6n Nacional de Espectroscopia, Grupo Espaiiol de Espectroscopia, C/Serrano 12 1, 28006 Madrid, Spain Fax: +34 (9)1645557.120N Analyst, August 1996, Vol. 121 Date 16-18 16-19 1620 16-20 17-20 20-24 23 24-26 26-27 29-04 Conference Location The Third International Conference on Applications of Magnetic Resonance in Food Science Nantes, France International Ion Chromatography Reading, Symposium UK 16th European Conference on Surface Science Genoa, (ECOSS 16) Italy 5th International Conference on Plasma Durham, Source Mass Spectrometry UK ITP '96, 10th International Symposium on Capillary Electrophoresis and Czech Republic Isotachophoresis Prague, 12th Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry, Elemental Mass Spectrometry USA Pacific Grove, 12th ICP-MS Applications Meeting Julich, Germany Mass Spectrometry Processes for the Determination of Trace Elements Germany Jiilich, 4th International Symposium on Bucharest, Biotechnology Now & Tomorrow Romania 23rd Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy USA Societies (FACSS) Kansas City, October 2-4 Second Australian Conference on Vibrational Brisbane, Spectroscopy Australia 3-4 Validation in Capillary Electrophoresis Y ork, UK 14-15 Chiral Europe '96 Strasbourg, France 14-18 7th International Beijing Conference and Shanghai, Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis (BCEIA) China 20-23 International Symposium on Laboratory Boston, MA, Automation and Robotics USA Contact G.J. Martin or V. Foucault, Facult6 des Sciences, Laboratoire de Resonance Magnktique NuclCaire et Rkactivitk Chimique, U.R.A. - CNRS 472, 2 rue de la Houssinikre, 44072 Nantes Cedex 03, France Tel: +33 4037 3169. Fax: +33 4074 9806. Century International, P.O. Box 493, Medfield, MA 02052, USA. Tel: +I 508 359 8777; Fax: +1 508 359 8778. Phil Jones, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, UK PL4 8AA Tel: +44 (0)1752 233000. Fax: +44 (0)1752 233035. Professor U. Valbusa, University of Genoa, via Dodecaneso 33, Genoa 1614m, Italy Dr.Grenville Holland, Department of Geological Sciences, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham City, UK DHl 3LE Fax: +44 (Oj191 374 2510. Dr B. Gas, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 2030, 12840 Prague 2, Czech Republic Tel: +42 2 2491 5472. Fax: +42 2 291 958. E-Mail: itp96@prfdec.natur.cuni.c~. ASMS, 1201 Don Diego Ave., Sante Fe, NM 87505, USA Tel: +I 505 989 4517. Fax: + I 505 989 1073. Dr. J. S. Becker, Forschungszentrum fur Chemische Analysen, D-52425 Jiilich, Germany Tel: +49 2461 612698. Fax: +49 2461 612560. Dr. J. S. Becker, Forschungszentrum fur Chemische Analysen, D-52425 Jiilich, Germany Tel: +49 2461 612698. Fax: +49 2461 612560. Ioana Spirescu, Romania Biotehnos S.A., Str. Dumbrava Roslo, nr. 18, Bucuresti 70254, Romania Tel: +40 I 210 20 15.Fax: +40 1 210 97 05. E-mail: dcornel@ cbb.bth.ro. FACSS, 201B Broadway Street, Frederick, MD Tel: +I 301 846 4797. 21701-6501 USA Peter Fredericks, School of Chemistry, Queensland University of Technology, P.O. Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 400 1, Australia Tel: +61 7 3864 2341. Fax: +61 7 3864 1804. E-mail: p.fredericks.@qut.edu.au. Dr. T. L. Threlfall, Industrial Liaison Executive, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK YO1 5DD Tel: +44 (Oj1904 432576. Fax: +44 (0)1904 4325 16 E-mail: js2@york.ac.uk. Spring Innovations Ltd,, 185A Moss Lane, Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire, UK SK7 1BA Tel: +44 (0)161 440 0082. Fax: +44 (0)161 440 9127. BCEIA '97 General Service Office, Room 585, Chinese Academy of Sciences Building, P.O. Box 2143, Beijing 100045, China Tel: +86 10 6851 1814.E-mail: bceia@ aphyOl .iphy.ac.cn. Christine O'Neil, ISLAR '96, Zymark Corp., Zymark Center, Hopkinton, MA 01748, USA Tel: +1 508 435 9500 ext. 2224;. Fax: +1 508 435 3439. E-mail: isalr@zymark.ultranet.com.Analyst, August 1996, Vol. 121 121N Date 20-25 22-25 22-25 28-29 29-30 30-3 I Conference Location Expoquimia Equiplast Eurosurfas Barcelona, Spain Pollutec 96 LY on, France 8th Conference and Exhibition on Analytical Instrumentation Spain Barcelona, Monitor '96 Manchester, UK Third European Symposium on Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy. On-Line Use Kolding, Denmark International Workshop on Metallothioneins Geel, Belgium November 4-6 4-8 12-15 13 13-15 17-22 20-22 21 24-30 ISPPP '96: 16th International Symposium on the Separation and Analysis of Proteins, Peptides and Polynucleotides Luxembourg, International Symposium on the Industrial Application of the Mossbauer Effect Johannesburg, South Africa International Exhibition and Conference for Chemical Technology, Analytical Technology Switzerland and Biotechnology Capillary Electrophoresis Meeting Hertfordshire, Basel, UK 13th Montreux Symposium on Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Montreux, S w i t zer 1 and 1996 Eastern Analytical Symposium Somerset, NJ, USA pTi4S '96, 2nd International Symposium on Micro Total Analysis Systems Switzerland Basel, Spectroscopic Detection in Process Analysis (11) UK Hull, 4th Rio Sgmposium on Atomic Spectrometry Buenos Aires, Argentina Contact Expoquimia Equiplas Eurosurfas, Fira de Barcelona, Avda.Reina Ma Cristina, E-08004, Barcelona, Spain Michele Jackson or Vinod Mahtani, Promosalons (UK) Ltd., 82 Bishops Bridge Road, London, UK W2 6BB Tel: +44 (0)171 221 3660. Fax: +44 (0)171 792 3525. 8as Jornadas de Analisis Instrumental (JAI) Expoquimia, Av. Reina Ma Christina-Palacio No. 1, 08004 Barcelona, Spain Tel: +93 233 20 00. Fax: +93 233 23 11, +93 423 63 48. Spring Innovations, 185A Moss Lane, Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire, UK SK7 1BA Tel: +44 (0)161 440 0082. Fax: +44 (0)161 440 9127. Biotechnological Institute, Holbergsvej 10, P.O. Box 8 18, DK-6000 Kolding, Denmark, Attn: Lone Vejgaard (Chairman) Tel: +45 75 52 04 33. Fax: +45 75 52 99 89. Dr Guy Bordin, European Commission-Joint Research Centre-IRMM, Retieseweg, B-2440 Geel, Belgium Fax: +32 14 584 273.E-mail: bordin@irmm.jrc.be. Secretariat ISPPP '96, B.O. Conference Service, P.O. Box 100 78, S-750 10 Uppsala, Sweden Tel: +46 18 165 060. Fax: +46 18 304 074. E-mail: bengt.osterlund@seuppbt.pharmacia.se. Herman Pollak, Mossbauer Laboratory, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: +27 11 716 4053/2526. Fax: +27 11 339 8262. E-mail: isiame@physnet.phys.wits.ac.za. L. E. Loew, ilmac96, Messe Bassel, CH-4021 Basel, Switzerland Tel: +41 61 686 2707. Fax: +41 61 686 2188. Mrs Gill Caminow, The Chromatographic Society, Suite 4, Clarendon Chambers, 32 Clarendon Street, Nottingham, UK NG1 5JD Tel: +44 (0) 1 15 950 0596. Fax: +44 (0) 1 15 950 0614. M. Frei-Hausler, Postfach 46, CH-4123 Allschwil 2, Switzerland Tel: +41 61 481 2789.Fax: +41 61 482 0805. EAS, P.O. Box 633, Montchanin, DE 19710-0633, USA Tel: +1 302 738 6218. Fax: +1 302 738 5275. Secretariat, Mrs E. Miiller, Corporate Analytical Research, K- 127.1.54, Ciba Inc., CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland Tel: +41 61 696 2571. Fax: +41 61 696 4504. Dr. J. S. Lancaster, BP Chemicals, Hull Research Centre, Saltend, Hull, UK HU12 8DS Tel: +44 (0)1482 894803. Fax: +44 (0)1482 892171. Osvaldo E. Troccoli, Quimica Analitica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactasy Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria, (1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel: +54 1 783 3025. Fax: +54 1 782 0441. E-mail: troccoli@trazas.uba.org or batiston@cena.edu.ar.122N Analyst, August 1996, Vol. 121 Date Conference Location Contact 26-28 7th National Symposium on Mass Gw alior , Dr.Suresh Aggarwal, Fuel Chemistry Division, Spectrometry India Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Bombay 400 085, India E-mail: hejain@magnum.baretl.ernet.in or Dr. G. Sudhakar Reddy, The University of Michigan, OSEH, 1655 Dean Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA December 17-20 1st Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Hong Kong APCE '96, c/o Dr. Sam F. Y. Li, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 1 19260, Republic of Singapore Tel: +65 772 2681. Fax: +65 779 1691. E-mail: chmlifys@leonis.nus.sg. Capillary Electrophoresis and Related Techniques 1997 January 4-9 The Fourth International Symposium On: New Trends in Chemistry The Role of Analytical Chemistry in National Development International Conference on Flow Injection Analysis-ICFIA 97 12-16 12-17 1997 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 20-24 First Asia-Pacific EPR/ESR Symposium 26-30 9th International Symposium on High Performance Capillary Electrophoresis and Related Microscale Techniques Giza, Egypt Orlando, USA Gent, Belgium Hong Kong Anaheim, USA 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: +1 206 454 9361. E-mail: sue@ flowinjection .corn. L. Moens, Secretariat, 1997 European Winter Conference, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, University of Gent, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000, Gent, Belgium Tel: +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 Hong Kong, Department of Physics and Materials Science, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2788 7787. Fax: +852 2788 7830. E-mail: 98039-0026, USA apsepr@cityu.edu.hk. Shirley Schlessinger, Symposium Manager, HPCE '97, 400 East Randolph Street, Suite 1015, Chicago, IL 60601, USA Tel: +1 312 527 2011. February 2-6 The Australian and New Zealand Society for Hobart, Tasmania, Mures Convention Management, Victoria Dock, Mass Spectrometry 16th Conference Australia Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia (ANZSMS 16) Tel: +61 002 312121. Fax: +61 002 344464. E-mail: mures@ hba. trumpt.com .au; WWW:http://www.csl.edu.au/ANZSMS/anzsmsl6.html. 18-19 Inbio '97 Industrial Biocatalysis: The Way Manchester, Spring Innovations Ltd., 185A Moss Lane, Ahead UK Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire, UK SK7 1BA Tel: +44 (0)161 440 0082.Fax: +44 (0)161 440 9127. March 9-14 CANAS '97 Colloquium Analytische Freiberg/Sachsen, G. Werner, Universitat Leipzig, lnstitut fur Atomspektroskopie Germany Analytische Chemie, Linnestrasse 3, D-04 103 Leipzig, Germany Tel: +49 0341 973 6101. Fax: +49 0341 973 6115.Analyst, August 1996, Vol. 121 123N Date 16-21 April 13-17 14-19 21-25 28-29 May 4-8 11-15 12-1 3 12--16 27-28 Conference 48th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy 213th American Chemical Society National Meeting Genes and Gene Families in Medical, Agricultural and Biological Research: 9th International Congress on Isozymcs Seventh International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials (BERM-7) Computer & Process Validation in the Locat ion Contact Atlanta, GA, USA Linda Briggs, The Pittsburgh Conference, 300 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 332, Pittsburgh, PA 15235-5503, USA Tel: +1 412 825 3220, +1 800 825 3221.Fax: +1 412 825 3224. San Francisco, CA, Department of Meetings, American Chemical USA Texas, USA Antwerp, Belgium Manches ter , Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemical Industries UK PBA '97, 8th International Symposium on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis USA Orlando, FL, 5th European Workshop on Modern Torquay, Developments and Applications in Microbeam UK Analysis Chiral USA '97 B 0s ton, USA European Symposium on Photonics in Manufacturing 111 France Paris, PInd Miniaturisation in Liquid Ghent, C bromatography versus Capillary Belgium Electrophoresis Conference Society, 1155-16th St.NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel: +I 202 872 4396. Fax: +1 202 872 6128. E-mail: natlmtgs@acs.org. Mrs. Janet Cunningham, Barr Enterprises, 101 20 Kelly Road, P.O. Box 279, Walkersville, MD 21793, USA Tel: +1 301 898 3772. Fax: +1 301 898 5596. 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: +I 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. Shirley E. Schlessinger (Symposium Manager), Suite 1015, 400 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, IL, 60601, USA EMAS Secretariat, University of Antwerp, Department of Chemistry, Universiteitsplein 1, G-2610 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)161 440 9127 or Brandon Associates, PO Box 1244, Merrimach, NH 03054, USA. Tel: and Fax: +1 (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. Prof. Dr. 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: willy.baeyens@rug.ac.be June 3-5 LIMS 97 11th International LIMS The Hague, Conference Secretariat, LIMS 97, 45 Hilltop Conference and Exhibition Netherlands Avenue, Hullbridge, Hockley, Essex, UK SS5 6BL Tel: +44 (0)1702 231268. Fax: +44 (0)1702 230580. E-mail: 101 320.16 l7@compuserve.com.