April 2008
April 1
Protein Crystallography: Cambridge, UK
Presented by the European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group.
Web site: www.elrig.org
April 2–3
Stem Cell Automation: Madison, WI
Presented by the Midwest Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Information Group.
Web site: www.midwestlrig.org
April 2–4
CLSI Leadership Conference: Baltimore, MD
Presented by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.
Web site: www.clsi.org
April 2–5
2008 ASCPT Annual Meeting: Orlando, FL
Presented by the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Web site: www.ascpt.org
April 5–9
2008 ASBMB Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology: San Diego, CA
Presented by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Web site: www.asbmb.org
April 5–9
2008 ASIP Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology: San Diego, CA
Presented by the American Society for Investigative Pathology.
Web site: www.asip.org
April 6–10
235th ACS National Meeting & Exposition: New Orleans, LA
Presented by American Chemical Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
April 6–10
AIChE Spring National Meeting: New Orleans, LA
Presented by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Web site: www.aiche.org
April 6–10
SBS 14th Annual Conference & Exhibition: St. Louis, MO
Presented by the Society for Biomolecular Sciences.
Web site: www.sbsonline.com
April 7–9
BIO Europe Spring: Madrid, Spain
Presented by the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
Web site: www.bio.org
April 7–11
ISPE Conference on Innovation: Copenhagen, Denmark
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: www.ispe.org
April 11–12
IPA World Congress: Beverly Hills, CA
Presented by the International Probiotics Association.
http://www.ipaworldcongress.com
April 12–16
AACR 99th Annual Meeting: San Diego, CA
Presented by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Web site: www.aacr.org
April 12–16
BioVisionAlexandria 2008: Alexandria, Egypt
Presented by the Bibliotheca Alexandria.
Web site: http://www.bibalex.org/bva08/home/home.aspx
April 16–18
IASTED International Conferences on Antennas, Radar and Wave Propagation (ARP); Power and Energy Systems (PES); Telehealth; and Assistive Technologies (AT): Baltimore, MD
Presented by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development.
Web site: www.iasted.org
April 17
40th Annual Oak Ridge Conference—Breakthrough Technologies for Clinical Diagnostics: San Jose, CA
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: www.aacc.org
April 22–24
FiCEE Exhibition and IUFoST Conference: Warsaw, Poland
Presented by the International Union of Food Science and Technology.
Web site: www.iufost.org
April 22–25
1st European Conference on Process Analytics and Control Technology: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Presented by DECHEMA.
Web site: http://events.dechema.de/EuroPACT_2008.html
April 25–29
ACRP Global Conference and Exposition: Boston, MA
Presented by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals.
Web site: www.acrpnet.org
April 27–30
2008 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing: Chicago, IL
Presented by the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
Web site: www.bio.org
April 28–29
HVAC Systems and Lab Design Seminar: Sanford, ME
Presented by the Eagleson Institute.
Web site: http://eagleson.org/seminar_hvac.php
April 30–May 1
Safety Cabinet Technology Seminar: Sanford, ME
Presented by the Eagleson Institute.
Web site: http://eagleson.org/seminar_safety_cab_tech.php
May 2008
May 9
Translating Proteomics into Clinical Diagnostics: Seattle, WA
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: www.aacc.org
May 11–15
ICINCO 2008 5th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation & Robotics: Funchal, Portugal
Presented by the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control, and Communication; and the University of Madeira.
Web site: www.icinco.org
May 15–17
4th Central European Congress on Food, 6th Congress of Food Technologists, Biotechnologists, and Nutritionists: Cavtat, Croatia
Presented by the Society of Food Technologists, Biotechnologists, and Nutritionists.
Web site: www.pbn.hr/CEFFood2008
May 18–21
40th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM): Queens, NY
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
May 18–21
ISBER 2008 Annual Meeting and Exhibits: Bethesda, MD
Presented by the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories.
Web site: http://isber.org/2008.html
May 19–20
Biocontainment Laboratory Commissioning Seminar: Sanford, ME
Presented by the Eagleson Institute.
Web site: http://eagleson.org/seminar_commissioning.php
May 19–23
ICRA 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation: Pasadena, CA
Presented by IEEE.
Web site: www.icra2008.org
May 20–22
MAS Topical Conference—Electron Backscatter Diffraction: Madison, WI
Presented by the Microbeam Analysis Society.
Web site: www.microbeamanalysis.org
May 20–22
FiAsia/China Exhibition and IUFoST Conference: Shanghai, China
Presented by the International Union of Food Science and Technology.
Web site: www.iufost.org
May 20–23
AsiaPAC: Hong Kong, China
Presented by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
Web site: www.himss.org
May 21–22
Advances in Stationary Phases for Liquid Chromatography: Reading, UK
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: www.chromsoc.com
May 28–30
BMEI 2008 International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics: Sanya, Hainan, China
Presented by Tianjin University of Technology.
Web site: http://210.37.44.251 or www.tjut.edu.cn/BMEI2008
May 29–31
2008 AMIA Spring Congress: Phoenix, AZ
Presented by the American Medical Informatics Association.
Web site: www.amia.org
June 2008
Exact Date TBD
Laboratory Information Systems Meeting and Vendor Exhibition: Albany, NY
Presented by the Upstate New York Chapter of the Laboratory Robotics Interest Group.
Web site: www.lab-robotics.org/upstate
June 1–5
56th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry: Denver, CO
Presented by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry.
Web site: www.asms.org
June 1–5
108th ASM General Meeting: Boston, MA
Presented by the American Society for Microbiology.
Web site: http://gm.asm.org
June 2–5
2008 ISPE Washington Conference: Arlington, VA
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: www.ispe.org
June 3–6
CIS-RAM 2008 IEEE International Conferences on Cybernetics & Intelligent Systems (CIS) and Robotics, Automation & Mechatronics (RAM): Chengdu, China
Presented by IEEE.
Web site: http://www.cis-ram.org/2008
June 5–9
FOCis 2008: Boston, MA
Presented by the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies.
Web site: www.focisnet.org/meetings/am08
June 9–12
Testing HEPA Filter Systems and Cleanrooms Seminar: Sanford, ME
Presented by the Eagleson Institute.
Web site: http://eagleson.org/seminar_hepa.php
June 11–14
40th Central Regional Meeting (CERM): Columbus, OH
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
June 12
ADME and the Application of Laboratory Automation: Belgium
Presented by the European Laboratory Robotics Interest Group.
Web site: www.elrig.org
June 14–17
Joint 63rd Northwest/21st Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting (NORM/RMRM): Park City, UT
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
June 17–20
BIO International Convention: San Diego, CA
Presented by Biotechnology Industry Organization.
Web site: www.bio.org
June 22–25
37th Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM): Burlington, VT
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
June 22–25
Process Development Symposium: Hancock, MA
Presented by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Web site: www.aiche.org
June 23–25
6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels: Darmstadt, Germany
Presented by the Nanotechnology Institute of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International.
Web site: www.asmeconferences.org/ICNMM08
June 24–26
9th WSEAS International Conference on Automation and Information (ICAI'08): Bucharest, Romania
Presented by Academia Romana Institute of Solid Mechanics of Romanian Academy, Department of Dynamic Systems.
Web site: http://www.wseas.org/conferences/2008/romania/icai/index.html
June 25–27
ICIA 2008 EEE International Conference on Information and Automation: Jeju Island, Korea
Presented by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
June 25–28
2008 Robotics Science and Systems Conference: Zurich, Switzerland
Presented by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich).
Web site: http://www.roboticsconference.org
June 28–July 1
FoodSmarts 2008: New Orleans, LA
Presented by the Institute of Food Technologists.
Web site: www.am-fe.ift.org
June 29–July 2
WMSCI 2008 12th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (and ISAS 2008 14th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis): Orlando, FL
Presented by the International Institute of Informatics and Systemics.
Web site: http://www.sciiis.org/wmsci2008
June 30–July 2
CISA'08 Mediterranean Conference on Intelligent Systems and Automation: Annaba, Algeria
Presented by the Universities of Evry (France) and Annaba (Algeria).
Web site: http://lsc.univ-evry.fr/cisa08/doku.php
July 2008
July 2–5
2008 AIM International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics: Xi'an, China
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ee.cuhk.edu.hk/∼qhmeng/aim2008
July 7–10
MULTICONF2008 Multiconference in computer science, information technology, computer engineering, control, and automation technology: Orlando, FL
Presented by the International Society for Research in Science and Technology (ISRST).
Web site: www.promoteresearch.org
July 7–12
AMT Annual Meeting: Providence, RI
Presented by the American Medical Technologists.
Web site: www.amt1.com
July 9–11
International Conference on Information Acquisition: Zhang Jia Jie, China
Presented by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.
Web site: http://cnsl.kaist.ac.kr/ICIA2007
July 12–16
35th Annual Meeting and Exposition: New York, NY
Presented by the Controlled Release Society.
Web site: www.controlledreleasesociety.org
July 13–18
19th IUPAC Conference on Physical and Organic Chemistry: Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Presented by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Web site: http://www.icpoc2008.org/content/view/18/34
July 13–18
11th Belgium Organic Synthesis Symposium (BOSS XI): Ghent, Belgium
Presented by Ghent University.
Web site: www.ldorganisation.com/produits.php?langue=english&cle_menus=1184752170
July 19–23
22nd Annual Symposium: San Diego, CA
Presented by The Protein Society.
Web site: www.proteinsociety.org
July 22–24
4th International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology: Dublin, Ireland
Presented by the Society for Biological Engineering.
Web site: http://www.aiche.org/sbe/events/icbn/index.aspx
July 27–31
AAPM 50th Anniversary and Annual Meeting: Minneapolis, MN
Presented by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
Web site: www.aapm.org
July 27–31
AACC Annual Meeting: Washington, DC
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: www.aacc.org
August 2008
August 1
Abstract Submissions and Academic Travel Award Applications Deadline for LabAutomation2009
Presented January 25–28 in Palm Springs, CA, by the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA).
Web site: www.labautomation.org
Phone: 888.733.1252 or +1.630.208.6830
E-mail: info@labautomation.org
August 1–3
RO-MAN 17th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication: Munich, Germany
Presented by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and Technische Universität München.
Web site: www.ro-man2008.org
August 3–6
IAFP 2008 95th Annual Meeting: Columbus, OH
Presented by the International Association for Food Protection.
Web site: www.foodprotection.org
August 3–7
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2008: Albuquerque, NM
Presented by the Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, and International Metallographic Society.
Web site: www.msa.microscopy.org
August 5–8
ICMA International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation: Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: http://www.icma2008.org
August 9–12
AMLI Annual Meeting: Seattle, WA
Presented by the Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists.
Web site: www.amli.org
August 17–21
236th ACS National Meeting & Exposition: Philadelphia, PA
Presented by American Chemical Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
August 18–20
IASTED International Conferences on Signal and Image Processing (SIP); Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications (IMSA); Circuits and Systems (CS); and Algebraic Number Theory, Cryptography and Applications (ANTCA): Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Presented by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development.
Web site: www.iasted.org
August 20–22
SICE International Conference on Instrumentation, Control, and Information Technology: Tokyo, Japan
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and the Society for Instrumentation and Control Engineering.
Web site: http://www.sice.or.jp/sice2008
August 20–22
MFI 2008 Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems: Seoul, South Korea
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.mfi2008.org
August 23–26
IEEE-CASE: Washington, DC
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
August 24–28
CHISA2008—18th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering: Prague, Czech Republic
Presented by the Czech Society of Chemical Engineering.
Web site: www.chisa.cz/2008
September 2008
September (Exact Date TBD)
Extreme Chromatographic Separations: London, UK
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: www.chromsoc.com
September 1–3
IASTED International Conferences on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ASC); Communications Systems and Networks (CSN); and Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing (VIIP): Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Presented by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development.
Web site: www.iasted.org
September 1–3
ICAL IEEE International Conference on Automation and Logistics: Qingdao, China
Presented by IEEE.
Web site: http://myweb.dal.ca/jgu/ical08
September 7–11
XIII International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry: Bologna, Italy
Presented by the University of Bologna—Alma Mater Studiorum.
Web site: www.isls2008.unibo.it
September 16–17
IEEE-CYBER International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control, and intelligent Systems: Shengyang, China
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
September 17–20
Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Therapeutic Development: Atlanta, GA
Presented by the American Association for Cancer Research.
Web site: www.aacr.org
September 18
Critical and Point of Care Testing—Managing Technology for the Benefit of All Populations: Barcelona, Spain
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: www.aacc.org
September 21–24
AOAC Annual Meeting and Exposition: Dallas, TX
Presented by AOAC International, the association of analytical communities.
Web site: www.aoac.org
September 21–25
ISPE Conference on Quality by Design/Design Space: Edinburgh, UK
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: www.ispe.org
September 21–25
International Symposium on Chromatography: Munster, Germany
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: www.chromsoc.com
September 22–25
Testing HEPA Filter Systems and Cleanrooms Seminar: Sanford, ME
Presented by the Eagleson Institute.
Web site: http://eagleson.org/seminar_hepa.php
September 22–26
IROS 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems: Nice, France
Presented by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.iros.org
September 24–27
43rd Western Regional Meeting (WRM): Las Vegas, NV
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
September 29–October 1
IASTED International Conferences on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE); Nanotechnology and Applications (NANA); and Sensor Networks (SN): Crete, Greece
Presented by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development.
Web site: www.iasted.org
October 2008
October 1–4
BMES Annual Fall Meeting: St. Louis, MO
Presented by the Biomedical Engineering Society.
Web site: www.bmes.org
October 1–4
64th Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM): Little Rock, AK
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
October 8–11
43rd Midwest Regional Meeting (MWRM): Kearney, NE
Presented by American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
October 19–22
BioRob2008: Scottsdale, AZ
Presented by the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.
Web site: www.biorob2008.org
October 19–23
14th IUFoST World Congress of Food Science and Technology: Shanghai, China
Presented by the International Union of Food Science and Technology.
Web site: http://www.iufost.org/world_congress
October 19–24
14th World Congress of Food Science and Technology: Beijing, China
Presented by International Union of Food Science & Technology.
Web site: www.iufost.org
October 26–29
2008 ISPE Annual Meeting: Boca Raton, FL
Presented by the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Web site: www.ispe.org
October 30–November 2
2008 AMP Annual Meeting: Grapevine, TX
Presented by the Association for Molecular Pathology.
Web site: www.amp.org
November 2008
November (Exact Dates TBD)
Separation Science in the UK—State of the Nation: London, UK
Presented by the Chromatographic Society.
Web site: www.chromsoc.com
November 8–12
2008 AMIA Annual Symposium: Washington, DC
Presented by the American Medical Informatics Association.
Web site: www.amia.org
November 10–11
Safety Cabinet Technology Seminar: Sanford, ME
Presented by the Eagleson Institute.
Web site: http://eagleson.org/seminar_safety_cab_tech.php
November 10–12
TePRA International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications: Woburn, MA
Presented by IEEE.
Web site: http://www.ieeerobot-tepra.org
November 10–14
AMIA Annual Symposium: Chicago, IL
Presented by the American Medical Informatics Association.
Web site: www.amia.org
November 12–15
60th Southeastern Regional Meeting (SERMACS): Nashville, TN
Presented by the American Chemistry Society.
Web site: www.chemistry.org
November 13–14
Laboratory Medicine—Into the Future: Honolulu, HI
Presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.
Web site: www.aacc.org
November 13–14
HVAC Systems and Laboratory Design Seminar: Sanford, ME
Presented by the Eagleson Institute.
Web site: http://eagleson.org/seminar_hvac.php
November 16–20
2008 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition: Atlanta, GA
Presented by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Web site: www.aapspharmaceutica.com
November 16–21
AIChE Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA
Presented by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Web site: www.aiche.org
November 17–19
DARS2008 9th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems: Tsukuba, Japan
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
December 2008
December 4
SI International 2008 Symposium on System Integration Contact: Nagoya, Japan
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, and the Society of System and Control Engineers.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
December 14–17
ROBIO'08 International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics: Bangkok, Thailand
Presented by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
December 17–20
ICARCV 2008 International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics, and Vision: Hanoi, Vietnam
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, and the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology.
Web site: http://www.icarcv.org/2008
January 2009
January 24–28
LabAutomation2009: Palm Springs, CA
The world's leading conference and exhibition on emerging and merging technology; where science, technology, and industry come together.
Presented by the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA).
Web site: www.labautomation.org/LA09
E-mail: info@labautomation.org
Phone: 888.733.1252 or +1.630.208.6830
March 2009
March 9–13
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction: La Jolla, CA
Presented by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
Web site: www.ieee-ras.org
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