DIARY OF CONFERENCES AND COURSES 1996 47th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy March 3-8 Chicago IL USA Details can be found in J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 1995 10 63N. For further details contact The Pittsburgh Conference 300 Penn Center Boulevard Suite 332 Pittsburgh PA 15235-5503 USA. Telephone + 1 412 825 3220; Fax + 1 412 825 3224. 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 Miinchen 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 + 1 505 989 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 +1 505 989 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’Abbe. Telephone +1 613 957 0924; Fax +1 613 941 6182; E-mail Mlabbe@HPB.HWC.CA.Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis June 10-11 (Part 1) E ind ho uen Germany June 13-14 (Part 2) Dortmund Germany 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. Spectrorn. 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. Tel +1 814 865 0200; Fax +1 814 863 061 8; E-mail scg4@psuvm.psu.edu. Eighth Biennial National Atomic Spectroscopy Symposium University of East Anglia Norwich UK Details 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. July 17-19 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. 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 3-541 783 3025; Fax +541 782 0441. 1997 Seventh International Symposiuum 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 3122 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.htm1. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry January 1996 Vol. 11 5 N