LIMSource Calendar of LIMS, Informatics and Lab Data Automation Conferences and Trade Shows

APRIL

Analytica 2008 will be held at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre in Munich, Germany from April 6-10. For details, visit http://www.analytica-world.com.

The 235th ACS National Meeting and AIChE will be held in New Orleans, LA from April 6-10. For details, visit http://www.chemistry.org.

Design, Development, and Implementation of a Validation Master Plan will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from April 10-11. This two-day event presents attendees with thorough information and strategies for designing, development and implementation of a Validation Master Plan (VMP) which is an integral part of a well organized validation project. The program provides a discussion of the requirement for designing, development and implementation of a Validation Master Plan (VMP) and this unique event will give each individual ample opportunity to collaborate and ask speakers detailed questions. For details, visit http://www.inventa.com.tr/IPA/Brosurier/VMP.pdf.

AACR Annual Meeting will be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA from April 12-16. The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting features the latest cutting-edge findings in laboratory, translational and clinical cancer research. This year’s meeting focuses on innovative research, novel technologies, life-saving therapies in the pipeline, clinical trials, and new approaches to cancer prevention.For details, visit http://www.aacr.org.

BioInformatics Asia 2008 will be held at the Suntec International Exhibition and Convention Center in Singapore from April 14 to 17. Topics will include the evolving biomedical science and industry's market trends and drivers; merging biomedical innovation from Asia and its impact; and, the evolution of the global biotech capital market. For details, visit http://www.biomedicalasia.com.

The PDA 2008 Annual Meeting will be held at The Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs, CO from April 14 - 18. The Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) is the leading global provider of science, technology and regulatory information and education for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical community. The PDA Annual Meeting focuses on science and technology innovation, offering extensive formal and informal networking opportunities and providing a forum to contribute to and influence the advancement of science and regulation in the industry. For details, visit http://www.pda.org.

Waters Corporation has opened registration for Inform 2008 to be held at the Fairmont Monte Carlo in the Principality of Monaco from April 21-24, 2008. This worldwide informatics users conference is open to scientists and IT professionals interested in learning about strategies for efficient scientific data management and for maximizing workplace productivity. Keynoting the conference will be Prof. Keith Campbell of the University of Nottingham School of Biosciences who together with colleague Ian Wilmut earned international acclaim in 1996 for cloning the world's first animal, a sheep they named "Dolly", while both worked at the Roslin Institute. The conference will also feature best-practice presentations from many leading organizations including GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Eli Lilly. Also, educational sessions on Waters Empower Chromatography Software will be offered in English, French and German. At the conference, Waters will announce the winner of the 2nd annual Pioneer Award recognizing organizational excellence in the implementation of laboratory or enterprise data management programs. Last year's winner was the Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minnesota for its novel implementation of a NuGenesis SDMS system. Attendees who register before February 15 can receive a 20% discount on the cost of registration. For more information on Inform 2008 and to take advantage of the early registration discount, visit http://www.inform2008.com.

The Third EU Pharma Law & Regulation will be held in London, UK from April 28-29. For details, visit http://c5-online.com.

Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Sixth Annual Bio-IT World Conference & Exposition will be held at the World Trade Center in Boston, MA from April 28-30, 2008. The meeting will feature five conference tracks: Informatics Infrastructure & Operations; Informatics for Biomarkers, Targets & Discovery; Predictive and in silico Science; eChemistry;and, Clinical and Medical Informatics. For details, visit http://www.bio-itworldexpo.com.

Analytical Labs for the 21st Century will be held at The Café Royal in London, UK from April 30 - May 1. For details, visit http://www.iqpcevents.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=58374.

Lab Week will be held at the Baltimore Tremonts in Baltimore, MD from April 29-May 1. The focus of the conference is stability testing, compliance and method validation. For details, visit http://www.ivtconferences.com.

IVT's Laboratory Compliance conference will be held at the Baltimore's Tremont Suites Hotel in Baltimore, MD from April 29-May 2. Lab Compliance is a four-day forum offering global coverage on FDA and USP perspectives. Presentations from GMP Testing to Inspection Issues will be offered at thiscase study-driven conference. For details, visit http://www.labweekevent.com.

MAY

HPLC 2008 will be held in Baltimore, MD from May 10-16. For details, visit http://www.hplc2008.org.

The World Pharmaceutical Congress will be held at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, PA from May 12-14. The focus of the congress is on development of assays for safe and efficient drug development. For details, visit http://www.worldpharmacongress.com.

The Gulf Analytical Summit will be held at the Moody Gardens Hotel and Convention Center in Galveston, TX from May 20-21. For details, visit http://www.gulfanalyticalsummit.org.

Global R&D Congress: Discovery and Development Operations in Emerging Regions (China - India - Russia - Latin America - Eastern Europ ) will be held at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC from May 29-30. For details, visit http:// www.healthtech.com/pcg/overview.aspx.

JUNE

American Society for Microbiology will be held in Boston, MA from June 1-5. For details, visit http://www.asm.org.

The ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry will be held in Denver, CO from June 1-5. For details, visit http://www.asms.org.

Clinical Trials 2008 will be held in London, UK from June 2-4. This event will address how to best tackle the changes in the dynamic market of clinical trials and turn them into a competitive advantage. The fundamental key to financial success for pharmaceutical and biotech companies lies in their ability to bring safe and effective drugs and devices to the market place. Clinical trials are an essential step in this process. Completing them successfully is an expensive and time consuming process, which must be achieved with as much precision, precaution and cost-effectiveness as possible. Keeping abreast of the latest developments and understanding how they fit together to improve overall trial practice is vital. With e-clinical trials, adaptive strategies, the application of genomics and exciting new trial locations, the possibilities for innovation are endless. This conference focuses on these developments and how they can interact with each other to produce trials that will give businesses the competitive edge required in today’s market place. For details, visit http://www.conferencesandreports.com.

The 2008 American Coatings Show will be held in Charlotte, NC from June 2-5. The American Coatings Show will replace the International Coatings Expo (ICE) this year as part of the recent merger between the National Paint & Coatings Association (NPCA) and the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (FSCT). For details, visit http://www.american-coatings-show.com.

BIO 2008 will be held in San Diego, CA from June 17-20. For details, visit http://www.bio.org.

The 2008 AAPS National Biotechnology Conference will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Canada from June 22 - 25. For details, visit http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com/meetings/biotec/bt08/index.asp.

ISEAC 35: the 35th International Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry will be held in Gdansk, Poland from June 22-26. For details, visit http://www.iseac.ch/iseac_symposium/iseac_home.html.

Microscience 2008 will be held in London, UK from June 23-26. For details, visit http://www.microscience2008.org.uk.

Comparability for Biologics 2008 will be held at the Corinthia Towers Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic from June 24-25. For details, visit http://www.iir-events.com.

The IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo will be held in New Orleans, LA from June 28-July 1. For details, visit http://www.ift.org.

The 12th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, WM-SCI '08, will be held in Orlando, Florida, USA from June 29-July 2nd, 2008. For details, visit http://sciiis.org/WM-SCI08.

Knowledge Generation, Communication and Management: KGCM 2008 will be held jointly with The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge Communication and Peer Reviewing: KCPR 2008, and The 3rd International Symposium on Knowledge Communication and Conferences: KCC 2008 in Orlando, FL from June 29 to July 2. For details, visit http://www.sciiis.org/KGCM2008.

JULY

The American Association for Clinical Chemisty's AACC Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, DC from July 27-31. For details, visit http://www.aacc.org.

AUGUST

The 13th Annual Drug Discovery & Development Conference will be held at he World Trade Center Boston and The Seaport Hotel in Boston, MA from August 4-7. The conference will emphasize themes related to the application of translational research and technologies across therapeutic areas, to help move drugs to clinical proof-of-concept (POC) as quickly as possible. The program will also feature special in-depth concentration sessions on strategic applications and transforming technologies in discovery and development that are cross-functional regardless of disease areas. Sessions on pipeline strategy and partnering will complement the scientific sessions to provide a well-rounded perspective on both scientific and business approaches to accelerate drug discovery and development. For details, visit http://www.drugdisc.com.

The 236th ACS National Meeting & Exposition will be held in Philadelphia, PA from August 17-21. For details, visit http://www.acs.org.

SEPTEMBER

ELN’s Advanced Lab Solutions 2008 will be held at the Crowne Plaza in Brussels, Belgium from September 15-17.
A leading event for Electronic Laboratory Notebooks and closely associated technology, ELNs Advanced Lab Solutions provides a complete update on the bioinformatics and data management field. Co-hosted with Discovery Knowledge Informatics event, attendees will have the opportunity to switch between both events.
Presentations, end-user case studies, panel sessions and interactive round table discussions will be presented. For details, visit http://www.iqpc.co.uk.

The AOAC Meeting & Exposition will be held in Dallas, TX from September 21-25. For details, visit http://www.aoac.org.

The 12th annual KMWorld & Intranets Conference and Exhibition will be held at the San José McEnery Convention Center, in San Jose, CA from September 23-25. The KMWorld & Intranets Conference and Exhibition offers a wide-ranging program especially focused to meet the needs of executives and strategic business and technology decision makers. For details, visit http://www.kmworld.com/kmw08.

Analytica China 2008 will be held in Shanghai, China from September 23-25. For details, visit http://www.messe-muenchen.de.

The FACSS Annual Meeting will be held in Reno, NV from September 28 - October 2. For details, visit http://www.facss.org.

OCTOBER

The Gulf Coast Conference will be held on Galveston Island, TX from October 14-15. For details, visit http://www.gulfcoastconference.com.

The ASCP Annual Meeting will be held in Baltimore, MD from October 16-19. For details, visit http://www.ascp.org.

NOVEMBER

AAPS Annual Meeting will be held in Atlanta, GA from November 16-20. For details, visit http://www.aaps.org.

Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Fourth Annual Bridging Pharma and IT conference will be held in Boston, MA in November. For details, visit http://www.healthtech.com.

The 2008 Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) will be held at the Garden State Convention Center in Somerset, NJ from November 12-14. For details, visit http://www.eas.org.

DECEMBER

The American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting will be held in San Francisco, CA from December 13-17. For details, visit http://www.ascb.org.


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