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Pittcon: 25 February - 2 March 2007
You know, it's been ages since I've been to Chicago - and then Pittcon and the American Chemistry Society (ACS) both hold their meetings in the Windy City within a month of each other! I hope they realise it's been a very mild winter here in the UK - and the temperature in Chicago right now doesn't seem at all appealing. But more on weather later...
The 58th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (to give it it's full name) will take place 25 February to 2 March, at McCormick Place and I expect the expo to be as huge as ever. This year I think I'll take a pedometer and let you know just how far I've walked around the hall.
The "unseasonably warm summer/winter" the UK has recently experienced, and the emerging news this week of further "terror arrests" in Birmingham highlight two major challenges for Britain and the world. In these uncertain times two tracks in the conference program stand out. On Wednesday 28th, Barbara Jones and Laurie Locascio from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will chair a session on The Science of Global Climate Change (PDF). Also on Wednesday, Michael Sailor, University of California, San Diego will chair a session on Detection of Terrorist Weapons: Chemical Weapons (PDF). The technical challenges are at the forefront of both analytical and bioanalytical chemistries and will require the application of the most sensitive methods of analysis available today as well as new innovations.
I'll be attending the meeting representing Chemistry Central and BioMed Central. If you would like to discuss open access to scientific literature or are interested in playing an active role with any of our journals please drop me a line.
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