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APRIL 2007
April 10–11
2nd Annual Automation and Stem Cell Conference and Vendor Exhibition: Madison, WI
Presented by the Midwest Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group.
Web site: http://lab-robotics.org/Mid%5FWest
April 10–14
ICRA 2007: Rome, Italy
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: http://www.icra07.org
April 12
Lab Automation—Integrating Quality with Efficiency: Singapore
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: http://www.aacc.org/AACC/events/meetings
April 14–18
AACR Annual Meeting: Los Angeles, CA
Presented by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Web site: http://www.aacr.org/page7198.aspx
April 15–19
SBS 13th Annual Conference and Exhibition: Montreal, Canada
Presented by the Society for Biomolecular Sciences.
Web site: http://www.sbsonline.com
April 16–19
ISPE Paris Conference: Paris, France.
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: http://www.ispe.org
April 19
39th Annual Oak Ridge Conference—Harnessing New Technology for Clinical Diagnostics: St. Louis, MO
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: http://www.aacc.org/AACC/events/meetings
April 22–25
PSWC2007—Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences and partners.
Web site: http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com/meetings/meeting.asp?id=69
April 22–27
48th Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference: Daytona Beach, FL
Presented by the American Biomolecular NMR Society.
Web site: http://www.enc-conference.org
April 28–29
13th Molecular Virology Workshop: Clearwater Beach, FL
Presented by the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology.
Web site: http://www.hsc.usf.edu/nocms/medicine/medmicro/virology/workshop.htm
April 28–May 2
Experimental Biology Annual Meeting: Washington, D.C.
Presented by the American Association of Anatomists, American Physiological Society, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Society for Nutrition, and American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
Web site: http://www.eb2007.org
April 29–May 2
22nd Clinical Virology Symposium: Clearwater Beach, FL
Presented by the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology.
Web site: http://www.hsc.usf.edu/nocms/medicine/medmicro/virology/page.htm
April 30–May 2
6th European Young Cereal Scientists and Technologists Workshop: Montpellier, France
Presented by Cereals and Europe.
Web site: http://www.cerealsandeurope.net
April 30–May 3
International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility, and Security: Beirut, Lebanon
Presented by IEEE and the International Federation for Information Processing.
Web site: http://www.ntms2007.org
MAY 2007
May 2–4
C&E Spring Meeting: Montpellier, France
Presented by Cereals and Europe, and AACC International.
Web site: http://www.cerealsandeurope.net
May 3
HIMSS Regional Forum: Orlando, FL
Presented by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
Web site: http://www.himss.org
May 6–9
BIO International Convention: Boston, MA
Presented by the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
Web site: http://www.bio2007.org
May 9–12
International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics: Angers, France
Presented by the Groupe de Recherche Modelisation, Analyse et Conduite des Systemes Dynamiques, and the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
Web site: http://www.icinco.org
May 10
10th Annual Technology Exhibition: Research Triangle Park, NC
Presented by the South East Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group.
Web site: http://lab-robotics.org/southeast
May 10
HIMSS Regional Forum: Boston, MA
Presented by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
Web site: http://www.himss.org
May 11–14
AAPS/CPA Conference on Oral Controlled Release Development and Technology: TBD, China
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Web site: http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com
May 15–18
HIMSS AsiaPac: Singapore
Presented by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
Web site: http://www.himss.org
May 20–23
CERMACS 2007 Central Regional Meeting: Cincinnati, OH
Presented by the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.cermacs2007.org
May 21–23
2007 AOAC Midwest Section Meeting and Exposition: Matteson, IL
Presented by AOAC, the Scientific Association Dedicated to Analytical Excellence.
Web site: http://www.aoac.org
May 22–24
The AMIA Spring Congress: Orlando, FL
Presented by the American Medical Informatics Association.
Web site: http://www.amia.org/meetings
May 30–June 2
ISBER 2007 Annual Meeting: Singapore
Presented by the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories.
Web site: http://www.isber.org
JUNE 2007
June 2–7
EUROMEDLAB: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Presented by the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, and the Netherlands Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine.
Web site: http://www.ams2007.org
June 3–6
ExTech2007 Ninth International Symposium on Advances in Extraction Technologies: Ålesund, Norway
Presented by the Ålesund University College, University of Oslo, and the Norwegian Chemical Society.
Web site: http://extech07.hials.no
June 3–7
55th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry: Indianapolis, IN
Presented by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
Web site: http://www.asms.org
June 3–10
6th European Workshop in Drug Design: Siena, Italy
Presented by the University of Siena.
Web site: http://www.unisi.it/EWDD
June 4–6
2007 Bioprocess Technology Seminars and Exhibits: Dublin, Ireland
Presented by the Nanotechnology Institute of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Web site: http://www.nanotechnologyinstitute.org
June 4–6
The First Dalian International Symposium on Chromatography: Dalian, China
Including the 30th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography, the 4th GCxGC Symposium, and the 16th National Symposium on Chromatography.
Web site: http://www.iscc.dicp.ac.cn/html/GeneralInfo_EN.htm
June 7–8
2nd Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference: Irvine, CA
Presented by the Nanotechnology Institute of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Web site: http://www.nanotechnologyinstitute.org
June 7–8
AutolD 2007 5th Workshop on Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies: Alghero, Italy
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: http://www.ieee-ras.org
June 9–14
Ion Channel Regulation: Snowmass Village, CO
Presented by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
Web site: http://src.faseb.org/future.htm
June 11–13
RoMoCo'07 6th International Workshop on Robot Motion and Control: Bukowy Dworek, Poland
Presented by IEEE, International Federation of Automatic Control, and Control Systems Society.
Web site: http://romoco.put.poznan.pl
June 12–14
International Robots & Vision Show: Rosemont, IL
Presented by the Robotic Industries Association.
June 12–16
34th Annual Meeting: Edmonton, Canada
Presented by the Microscopical Society of Canada.
Web site: http://www.phys.ualberta.ca/MSC-2007
June 17–20
NORM 2007: Boise, ID
Presented by the Richland Section of the American Chemical Society.
June 18–20
5th Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference: New York, NY
Presented by the Nanotechnology Institute of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Web site: http://www.nanotechnologyinstitute.org
June 18–20
5th Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels Conference: Puebla, Mexico
Presented by the Nanotechnology Institute of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Web site: http://www.nanotechnologyinstitute.org
June 20
Automated Liquid Handling Meeting: Northamptonshire, UK
Presented by the European Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group.
Web site: http://www.elrig.org
June 20–23
CIRA2007 7th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation: Jacksonville, FL
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
June 23–28
Helicases & NTP-Driven Nucleic Acid Motors: Structure, Function, Mechanisms, & Roles in Human Disease: Indian Wells, CA
Presented by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
Web site: http://src.faseb.org/future.htm
June 23–24
Ligand Binding Assay (LBA) Training Course on Development and Validation of Quantitative Ligand Binding Assays: San Diego, CA
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Web site: http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com
June 23–29
Workshop in Methods in Clinical Cancer Research: Flims, Switzerland
Presented by the Federation of European Cancer Societies.
June 24–27
2007 AAPS National Biotechnology Conference: San Diego, CA
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Web site: http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com
June 25–28
Lambamap 2007 8th International Conference and Exhibition on Laser Metrology, Machine Tool, CMM, & Robotic Performance: Wales, UK
Presented by the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology.
Web site: http://www.lamdamap.co.uk
June 27
MED'07 15th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation: Athens, Greece
Presented by IEEE, Mediterranean Control Association, and Control Systems Society.
Web site: http://med07.rasip.fer.hr
JULY 2007
July 7–12
Protein Kinases & Protein Phosphorylation: Indian Wells, CA
Presented by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
Web site: http://src.faseb.org/future.htm
July 8–9
IAFP 2007–94th Annual Meeting: Lake Buena Vista, FL
Presented by the International Association for Food Protection.
Web site: http://www.foodprotection.org
July 9–12
17th International Reid Bioanalytical Forum: Guildford, UK
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: http://www.chromsoc.com/events.html
July 9–12
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition: Orlando, FL
Presented by the International Society for Research in Science and Technology.
Web site: http://www.promoteresearch.org/2007/aipr/index.htm
July 9–14
2007 AMT Annual Meeting: Orlando, FL
Presented by American Medical Technologists.
Web site: http://www.amt1.com
July 15–19
AACC Annual Meeting: San Diego, CA
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: http://www.aacc.org
July 22–26
49th Annual AAPM Meeting: Minneapolis, MN
Presented bythe American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
Web site: http://www.aapm.org/meetings/07AM
July 28–31
FoodSmarts Meeting and Expo: Chicago, IL
Presented by the Institute of Food Technologists, and featuring the ALA Short Course “NanoBioTechnology” by Dean Ho of Northwestern University, and Angelika Niemz of Keck Graduate Institute.
Web site: http://www.am-fe.ift.org/cms
July 28–August 2
Lipid Droplets: Metabolic Consequences of Stored Neutral Lipids: Saxtons River, VT
Presented by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
Web site: http://src.faseb.org/future.htm
July 28–August 2
Genetic Recombination & Genome Rearrangements: Snowmass Village, CO
Presented by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
Web site: http://src.faseb.org/future.htm
July 28–August 2
Unfolded Proteins in the Endoplasmic Reticulum to Disease: Indian Wells, CA
Presented by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
Web site: http://src.faseb.org/future.htm
AUGUST 2007
August 4–9
Glucose Transporter Biology: Snowmass Village, CO
Presented by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
Web site: http://src.faseb.org/future.htm
August 5–8
ICMA 2007 International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation: Harbin, China
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: http://www.ieee-ras.org
August 6–9
Microscopy and Microanalysis Meeting: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Presented by the Microscopy Society of America and the Microbeam Analysis Society.
Web site: http://microscopy.org/MMMeetings/MM07
August 9–12
2007 AMU Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL
Presented by the Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists.
Web site: http://www.amli.org/annual2007.htm
August 11–16
Lipid Signaling Pathways in Cancer: Indian Wells, CA
Presented by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
Web site: http://src.faseb.org/future.htm
August 16–17
WCPI 2007 First World Congress on Pathology Informatics: Brisbane, Australia
Presented by the Health Informatics Society of Australia and the Association for Pathology Informatics.
Web site: http://www.wcpi07.org
August 19–23
234th ACS National Meeting: Boston, MA
Presented by the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.chemistry.org
August 20–24
MedInfo 2007 Congress: Brisbane, Australia
Presented by the Health Informatics Society of Australia.
Web site: http://www.medinfo2007.org
August 21–24
ICAR 2007 13th International Conference on Advanced Robotics: Jeju, Korea
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Web site: http://www.ieee-ras.org
August 23–26
29th Annual International Conference: Lyon, France
Presented by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
Web site: http://embs.gsbme.unsw.edu.au
August 27–30
13th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics: Szczecin, Poland
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and the International Federation of Automatic Control.
Web site: http://www.ieee-ras.org
August 28–30
Third International Conference on Information Technology in Health Care—Socio-Technical Approaches: Sydney, Australia
Presented by the Health Informatics Society of Australia and the University of New South Wales Centre for Health Informatics.
Web site: http://www.ithc2007.org
August 28–31
13th Nordic Mass Spectrometry Conference: Savonlinna, Finland
Presented by the Finnish Mass Spectrometry Society.
Web site: http://www.nordicms2007.fi
August 29–31
RA2007 13th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications: Wurzburg, Germany
Presented by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development's Technical Committee on Robotics and the Julius-Maximilians Universitat Wurzburg.
SEPTEMBER 2007
September 4–7
AIM 2007 International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics: Zurich, Switzerland
Presented by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: http://aim2007.epfl.ch
September 9–12
APIII 2007 Advancing Practice, Instruction, and Innovation Through Informatics: Pittsburgh, PA
Presented by University of Pittsburgh, Association for Pathology Informatics, and the Association of American Cancer Institutes.
Web site: http://apiii.upmc.edu
September 9–12
BMSS Annual Meeting: Edinburgh, Scotland
Presented by the British Mass Spectrometry Association.
Web site: http://www.bmss.org.uk
September 10
Abstract submissions deadline for LabAutomation2008.
Presented January 26–30 in Palm Springs, CA, by the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA).
Web site: http://labautomation.org
Phone: + 1.888.733.1252 or +1.630.208.6830.
E-mail:
September 16–20
AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition: Anaheim, CA
Presented by AOAC International.
Web site: http://www.aoac.org
September 17–20
Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutic Development: New Orleans, LA
Presented by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Web site: http://www.aacr.org
September 17–20
6th Harsh-Environment Mass Spectrometry Workshop: Cocoa Beach, FL
Presented by the University of South Florida Center for Ocean Technology.
September 22–25
3rd Annual Conference on Automation Science and Engineering: Scottsdale, AZ
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: http://www.ieee-ras.org
September 26–29
BMES Annual Fall Meeting: Los Angeles, CA
Presented by the Biomedical Engineering Society.
Web site: http://www.bmes.org/meetings.asp
OCTOBER 2007
October 1–5
20th Annual Bioprocess Seminars and Exhibits: San Diego, CA
Presented by the Nanotechnology Institute of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Web site: http://www.nanotechnologyinstitute.org
October 2–3
Discovery Research Conference and Exhibition: Nottingham, UK
Presented by the European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (ELRIG) and the Society for Biomolecular Screening.
Web site: http://www.elrig.org or http://www.sbsonline.org
October 7–10
World Grains Summit: San Antonio, TX
Presented by AACC International and the Master Brewers Association of the Americas.
Web site: http://www.aaccnet.org
October 7–11
11th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences: Paris, France
Presented by the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, Institute Curie, and Ile de France.
Web site: http://www.microtas2007.org
October 10–13
41st Annual ACS Western Regional Meeting: San Diego, CA
Presented by the Western Regional of the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.wrmacs.org
October 14–18
FACSS 2007: Memphis, TN
Presented by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies.
Web site: http://facss.org/facss/index.php
October 14–19
11th Asian Pacific Congress of Clinical Biochemistry: Beijing, China
Presented by the Chinese Medical Association.
Web site: http://www.chinamed.com.cn/11apccb
October 24–27
SERMACS 2007: Greenville, SC
Presented by the Southeastern Regional of the American Chemical Society.
Web site: http://www.sermacs2007.org
October 29–November 2
International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems: San Diego, CA
Presented by IEEE and the Robotics Society of Japan.
Web site: http://www.crim.ncsu.edu/iros2007
NOVEMBER 2007
November 7–10
AMP Annual Meeting and Exposition: Los Angeles, CA
Presented by the Association for Molecular Pathology.
Web site: http://www.amp.org
November 10–14
AMIA Annual Symposium: Washington, D.C.
Presented by the American Medical Informatics Association.
November 11–15
AAPS Annual Meeting: San Diego, CA
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Web site: http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com
DECEMBER 2007
December 8–11
2007 ASH Annual Meeting: Orlando, FL
Presented by the American Society of Hematology.
Web site: http://www.hematology.org
December 11–14
2nd European Fuel Cell Technology and Applications Conference: Rome, Italy
Presented by the Nanotechnology Institute of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Web site: http://www.nanotechnologyinstitute.org
December 9–14
BMSS LC-MS Course and Symposium: Cambridge, UK
Presented by the British Mass Spectrometry Society.
Web site: http://www.bmss.org.uk
JANUARY 2008
January 26–30
LabAutomation2008: Palm Springs, CA
The world's leading conference and exhibition on emerging laboratory technologies.
Presented by the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA).
Web site: http://labautomation.org
Phone: + 1.888.733.1252 or +1.630.208.6830
E-mail: