Waters has opened registration for Inform 2008, its worldwide informatics users conference to be held 21-24 April 2008 at the Fairmont Monte Carlo in the principality of Monaco
The conference is open to scientists and IT professionals interested in learning about strategies for efficient scientific data management and for maximising workplace productivity.
Keynoting the conference will be professor Keith Campbell of the University of Nottingham School of Bioscienceswho, 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 organisations including GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson and 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 second annual Pioneer Award recognising organisational 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.
Other contributing sponsors of Inform 2008 include Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM.
Attendees who register before 15 February 2008 can receive a 20% discount on the cost of registration.