DIARY OF CONFERENCES AND COURSES 1995 Pittcon ’95 The Pittsburgh Conferel- on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy March 5-10 New Orleans Louisiana USA Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1994 9 49N. For further information contact The Pittsburgh Conference 300 Penn Center Boulevard Suite 332 Pittsburgh PA 15235-5503 USA. Telephone (412) 825-3220; toll free (800) 825-3221; fax (412) 825-3224. Fourth International Conference on Pro- gress in Analytical Chemistry in the Steel and Metals Industry May 16-18 Jean Monnet Building Luxembourg Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1994 9 50N. For details of providing a contribution to the programme or other information contact CEC/CETAS Conference R. Jowitt British Steel plc Technical Teesside Laboratories PO Box 11 Grangetown Middlesbrough Cleveland TS6 6UB.Telephone + 44 642 467144; fax +44 642 460321 43rd ASMS Conference on Mass Spec- trometry and Allied Topics May 21-25 Atlanta GA USA For further details contact ASMS 1201 Don Diego Avenue Santa Fe NM 87501 USA. Telephone 505 989 4517. Fax 505 989 1073. 5th Annual Flow Injection Atomic Spec- troscopy Short Course June 6-8 Amherst Massachusetts USA Details can be found in J . Anal. At. Spectrom. 1994,9 68N. For further information contact Julian F. Tyson Department of Chemistry Lederle GRC Tower University of Massachusetts Box 34510 Amherst MA 01003-4510 USA. Telephone (413) 545 0195; fax (413) 545 4846. SAC 95 Hull UK The Analytical Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry is to hold SAC 95 an International Symposium on Ana- lytical Chemistry at the University of Hull.The symposium and meeting will be based in the Middleton Hall of the University. The Analytical Division holds annu- ally a Research and Development Topics Meeting for postgraduate research work- ers and younger workers in industry and the public services. In 1995 this meeting will be held at the University of Hull as the first part of SAC 95 on Monday July 10th and on the morning of Tuesday July 11th. The meeting nor- mally contains 12-16 oral presentations and about 100 poster presentations and is a popular medium for encouraging younger workers to present their results to a wider audience. The main scientific programme will be organized around plenary invited and contributed papers covering the whole field of analytical chemistry.The targeted areas will include Chiral recognition; Analytical biotechnology; Sensors; Chemometrics; Process analysis; Quality; Workplace monitoring; Legislative requirements; Sampling and sample preparation; Microwave heating; Developments in atomic and molecular spectrometry including ICP-MS and X-ray tech- niques; Capillary electrophoresis; En- vironmental monitoring; Field analysis; Imaging techniques; Hyphenated tech- niques; Sensory analysis; Structure analysis; and Microspectroscopy. Each subject will be introduced by a plenary or invited lecturer supported by original presentations. In some instances update courses or workshops (demonstration of July 9-15 novel equipment or software) will also be included. Where relevant the interdis- ciplinary nature of the work will be emphasised.For further information contact the Secretary Analytical Division The Royal Society of Chemistry Burlington House Piccadilly London W 1V OBN UK. Vth COMTOX Symposium on Toxi- cology and Clinical Chemistry of Metals July 10-13 University of British Columbia Van- couver British Columbia Canada Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1994 9 26N. Colloquium Spectroscopicum Inter- nationale (CSI) XXIX August 27-September 1 Leipzig Germany Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1993 8 50N. Colloquium Spectroscopicum Interna- tionale (CSI) XXIX Post Symposium September 1-4 WernigerodelHartz Germany Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1994 9 46N. ICP-MS Euroanalysis IX September 1-7 Bologna Italy The venue of this Conference will be the ‘Palazzo della Cultura e dei Congressi’ located in the Exhibition and Fair area of Bologna.The conference will aim to cover all branches of Analytical Chemistry with emphasis on the ‘prob- lem solving’ role of the Discipline. The Scientific programme will consist of invited lectures and contributed papers (oral and posters). In order to ensure high scientific quality all contributed Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry January 1995 Vol. 10 13Npapers will be refereed by an inter- national panel. Further information is available from Professor Luigia Sabbatini Euroanalysis IX Dipartimento di Chimica Universita di Bari Via Orabona 4,70126 Bari Italy. 8th International Conference on Coal Science September 10-15 Instituto Nacional del Carbon CSIC Apartado 73 33080 Oviedo Spain Details can be found in J.Anal. At. Spectrom. 1994 9 61N. For further details contact Dr. Juan M. D. Tascon 8th ICCS Scientific Programme Chairman Instituto Nacional del Carbon CSIC Apartado 73 33080 Oviedo Spain. Telephone + 34.8.528.08.00. Fax +34.8.529.76.62. International Symposium on Environ- mental Biomonitoring and Specimen Banking December 17-22 Honolulu Hawaii USA Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1994 9 59N. For further information contact K. S. Subramanian Environmental Health Directorate Health Canada Tunney's Pasture Ottawa Ontario K1A OL2 Canada (phone 613-957-1874; fax 613-941-4545) or G. V. Iyengar Center for Analytical Chemistry Room 235 B 125 National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg MD 20899 USA (phone 301-975-6284; fax 301-921-9847) or M.Morita Division of Chemistry and Physics National Institute for Environmental Studies Japan Environmental Agency Yatabe- Machi Tsukuba Ibaraki 305 Japan (phone 81-298-51-6111 ext. 260; fax 8 1-298-56-4678). Sixth Surrey Conference on Plasma Source Spectrometry September 17-20 Jersey UK For further details contact Dr K. Jarvis NERC ICP-MS Facility Centre for Analytical Res. in the Environment (CARE) Imperial College at Silwood Park Buckhurst Road Ascot Berkshire SL57TE UK. Telephone +44(0) 344 294517; fax +44(0) 344 873997. 1996 1996 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry January 8-13 Fort Lauderdale Florida USA Details can be found in J. Anal. At.Spectrom. 1994 9 53N. For further information contact Dr R. Barnes ICP Information Newsletter Department of Chemistry Lederle GRC Towers University of Massachusetts Box 34510 Amherst MA 01003-4510 USA. Telephone (413) 545 2294; telefax (413) 545 4490. International Schools and Conferences on X-Ray Analytical Methods January 18-25 Sydney Australia Details can be found in J . Anal. At. Spectrom. 1994 9,47N. For further information contact AXAA '96 Secretariat GPO Box 128 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia. Telephone 61 2 262 2277. Fax 61 2 262 2323. Telex AA 17651 1 TRHOST. Analytica Conference 96 April 23-26 Munich Germany Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1994 2 69N. For further information contact Messe Munchen GmbH Messegelande D-80325 Munchen Germany. Tele- phone +49 89 51 07-0; telex 5 212 086 ameg d; fax +49 89 51 07-177. 14 N Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry January 1995 Vol. 10