Pittcon Conference and Expo 2010

Date 28 February – 5 March 2010
Venue Orange County Convention Centre, Orlando, Florida

See you at Pittcon 2010!

Pittcon 2010 will again offer the latest advances in laboratory instrumentation, supplies and services; comprehensive solutions for research problems; new methodologies and techniques for improved productivity; and a wide range of educational opportunities.

The Technical Program for Pittcon 2010 will be held at the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida from Sunday 28 February to Thursday 4 March 2010. The Technical Program Committee is organising five day’s worth of Invited Symposia, Workshops and Contributed Oral, Awards, Conference Networking Sessions and Poster Sessions to provide the world’s most comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in the traditional and emerging disciplines of analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy.

Major focus areas of the program will include:

• Bioanalytical Chemistry
• Proteomics, genomics and metabolomics
• Biomedicine
• Informatics
• Microfluidics
• Chemical Imaging
• Pharmaceutical science
• Nanotechnology
• Applied molecular spectroscopy
• Mass spectrometry

This year’s Plenary Lecturer will be Dr Alan Marshall, Kasha Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University and Director of the Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.

Pittcon is also pleased to announce Webcasts of 10 selected symposia which includes 50 sessions. The webcast symposia will be available for 60 days following the conference to registered attendees only. Please check the website following the conference for directions on accessing the webcasts. The website symposia include:

• Ultrasmall and ultrasensitive chemical imaging of cells and cell networks
• Microfluidic systems for proteomics
• Micro and nanotechnologies for ultra sensitive bioanalysis
• Ion mobility MS for polymer analysis
• From the benchtop to the bedside: Novel techniques that will change healthcare in the 21st century.

Pittcon 2010 will feature a broad variety of high quality Short Courses that provide continuing education and professional development opportunities. Listed below are some of the Short Courses that will be offered. Please visit the Pittcon website where you will find up-to-date listings of courses by subject matter and detailed information on the content, instructor, time, date and fee for each course.

• Introduction to Mass Spectrometry (Kenneth Busch, Wyvern Associates)
• The Analytical Laboratory in an FDA Regulated Environment (Anthony Montana, Garden State Nutritionals)
• Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis (Mark Germani, MicroMaterials Research, Inc.)
• Professional Analytical Chemists in Industry: What Does an Analytical Chemist Do? (Alan Ullman, Procter & Gamble Co.)
• Applied Imaging: Fundamentals and Applications (Giuseppe Bonifazi, Sapienza – Università di Roma)
• LIMS and Laboratory Systems Integration: How to Select, Plan and Implement the Right Software Solutions for Your Laboratory (Kyle McDuffie, Csols Inc)
• Ion Mobility with Mass Spectrometry (Herb Hill, Washington St. University/Steve Harden, SAIC)
• High-Throughput Drug Analysis for the Pharmaceutical Industry (Perry Wang, US FDA)

Pittcon 2010 is the world’s largest annual conference and exhibition devoted to laboratory science. This event will connect businesses with the people who make buying decisions on lab instrumentation, equipment, furnishings and services. This years Pittcon will see over 900 exhibitors including:

• ABB Analytical
• Agilent Technologies
• BioTools, Inc.
• Buchi Corporation
• CH Instruments, Inc.
• DyChrom
• Eppendorf
• Fisher Scientific
• GE Healthcare
• INO
• Jencons Scientific
• LEAP Technologies
• Millipore Corporation
• Novatech
• Ocean Optics
• Pall Life Sciences
• RT Instruments
• Sigma-Aldrich
• Thermo Scientific