DIARY OF CONFERENCES AND COURSES 1996 Analytica Conference 96 April 23-26 Munich Germany Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1994 2 69N. For further details contact Messe Munchen GmbH Messegelande D-80325 Munchen Germany. Telephone +49 89 51 070; Telex 5 212 086 ameg d; Fax +49 89 51 07 177. ASMS Short Course Interpretation of Mass Spectra LC-MS and MS-MS May 11-12 Portland OR USA For further details contact American Society of Mass Spectrometry 1201 Don Diego Avenue Santa Fe NM 87505 USA. Telephone + l 505 989 4517; Fax + 1 505 989 1073. 44th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics May 12-17 Portland OR USA For further details contact American Society of Mass Spectrometry 1201 Don Diego Avenue Santa Fe NM 87505 USA. Telephone + 1 505 989 4517; Fax + l 505 989 1073.Ninth International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals May 19-24 Bang Alberta Canada Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1995 10 58N. For further details contact TEMA-9 The Banff Centre for Conferences P.O. Box 1020 Station 11 Banff Alberta Canada TOL OCO. 'Telephone + 1 403 762 6308; Fax + 1 403 762 6388 or Dr Mary L'AbbC. Telephone + 1 613 957 0924; Fax + 1 613 941 6182; E-mail Mlabbe@HPB.HW C.CA. Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis June 10-11 (Part 1 ) Eindhoven Germany June 13-14 (Part 2!) Dortmund German,y Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1995 10 60N. For further details contact Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker TXRF-Konferenz Postfach 90 04 40 D-60444 Frankfurt Germany. Fax +49 69 7917 475.Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy June 30-July 5 Pennsylvania USA Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1995 10 60N. For further details contact Sabrina Glasgow Conference Secretary Department of Chemistry The Pennsylvania State University 184 Materials Research Institute Building University Park PA 16802-7003 USA. Telephone + 1 814 865 0200; Fax +1 814 863 0618; E-mail scg4@psuvm.psu.edu. Eighth Biennial National Atomic Spectroscopy Symposium Norwich UK July 17-19 10 N Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry March 1996 Vol. 11Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1995 10 60N. For further details contact Dr S. J. Haswell School of Chemistry University of Hull Hull HU6 7RX UK. Telephone + 44 (0) 1482 465469; Fax + 44 (0) 1482 466410. 42nd International Conference on Analytical Science and Spectroscopy August 10-13 London Ontario Canada For further details contact Martin Stillman University of Western Ontario Department of Chemistry London ON N6A 5B7 Canada.Telephone + 1 519 661 3821; fax + 1 519 661 3022; E-mail stillman@uwo.ca PRAHA96 14th International Conference on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy September 9-13 Prague Czech Republic For further details contact Dr Vladimir Spriko Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry Dolejskova 3 CZ-18223 Praha 8 Czech Republic. Fax +42 2 858 2307; E-mail praha96@jh-inst.cas.cz or praha96@wcpj.chemie.uni-wuppertal.de 5th International Conference on Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry September 16-20 Durham UK For further details contact Dr Grenville Holland Department of Geological Sciences Science Laboratories University of Durham South Road Durham City DH1 3LE UK.Fax +44 (0)191 374 2510. 12th Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry Elemental Mass Spectrometry September 20-24 PaciJic Grove CA USA For further details contact American Society of Mass Spectrometry 1201 Don Diego Avenue Santa Fe NM 87505 USA. Telephone + 1 505 989 4517; Fax +1 505 989 1073. 12th ICP-MS Applications Meeting September 23-24 Jiilich Germany For further details contact Dr J. S. Becker Forschungszentrum Jiilich GmbH Zentralabteilung fur Chemische Analysen D-52425 Jiilich Germany. Telephone +49 2461 612698; Fax +49 2461 612560. Mass Spectrometry Processes for the Determination of Trace Element September 24-26 Jiilich Germany For further details contact Dr J.S. Becker Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH Zentralabteilung fur Chemische Analysen D-52425 Julich Germany. Telephone + 49 2461 61 2698; Fax + 49 2461 612560. 23rd Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) September 29-October 4 Kansas City MO USA For further details contact FACSS 201B Broadway Street Frederick MD 21701-6501 USA. Telephone + 1 301 846 4797 Fourth Rio Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry November 24-30 Buenos Aires Argentina For further details contact Dr Osvaldo E. Troccoli Quimica Analitica Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Ciudad Universitaria ( 1428) Buenos Aires Argentina. Telephone + 541 783 3025; Fax +541 782 0441. 1997 1997 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry January 12-17 Gent Belgium For further details contact L.Moens Secretariat 1997 European Winter Conference Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry University of Gent Proeftuinstraat 86 B-9000 Gent Belgium. Telephone +32 9 264 66 00; Fax +32 9 264 66 99; E-mail plasma97@rug.ac. be. Updated information may be obtained from the ‘97 Winter Conference homepage on the World Wide Web at http://www.rug.ac. be. Seventh International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials April 21-25 Antwerp Belgium Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1995 9 54N. For further details contact Dr J. Pauwels Institute for Reference Materials & Measurements Management of Reference Materials Unit Retieseweg B-2440 Geel Belgium. Telephone +32 14 571 722; Fax +32 14 590 406; or Wayne R. Wolf Ph.D. Food Composition Laboratory USDA 10300 Baltimore Blvd. Beltsville MD 20705 USA. Telephone +1 301 504 8927; Fax +1 301 504 8314. XXX Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale September 2 1-26 Melbourne Australia Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1995 10 58N. For further details contact The Meeting Planners 108 Church Street Hawthorn Victoria 3 122 Australia. Telephone +61 3 9819 3700; Fax +61 3 9819 5978. Updated information may be obtained from the XXX CSI homepage on the World Wide Web at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/CSIconf/ XXXCSI. html. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry March 1996 Vol. 1 1 11 N