The 2006 UK Scanning Probe Microscopy Meeting is to be hosted by Microscience 2006, Europe's largest microscopy and imaging event organised by the Royal Microscopical Society (RMS)
The two-day meeting will take place at London's Excel Centre on 28-29 June in a coordinated event.
All registrants will also enjoy full access to Microscience's exhibition, learning zone and workshops and scientific programme.
The programme for UK SPM 2006 will include a series of plenary lectures together with company presentations, which will be complemented by a comprehensive programme of invited and contributed talks running in parallel streams throughout both days.
There will be a session dedicated to graduate student presentations, allowing younger scientists to inform the community of their recent achievements.
A significant number of SPM companies have either booked or reserved stands within the main Microscience exhibition hall to form an 'SPM Village'.
The main hall will also contain six lecture theatres and the exhibiting SPM companies are free to offer workshops and presentations.
The scientific organisers, Neil Thomson (University of Leeds) and Martin Castell (Oxford University) each have 15 years experience in their SPM sub-fields of atomic force microscopy and scanning tunnelling microscopy, respectively.
Thomson says "This is a departure from the annual university based meeting held at Easter time and will give the SPM community a chance to interact more directly with the general microscopy community, which could facilitate cross-over activities.
"We are expecting a high quality meeting, including high profile speakers, with a broad range of SPM techniques showcased".
Held every two years, Microscience is Europe's largest microscopy and imaging event devoted exclusively to the interests of microscopy and imaging equipment users.
Organised by the Royal Microscopical Society, it includes an extensive scientific conference with lectures, tutorials, poster sessions, seminars and workshops.
In the exhibition hall, visitors are able to see the latest advances in light microscopy, SEM, TEM, software and hardware for image processing and analysis, plus specimen preparation equipment and allied laboratory supplies from a wide range of manufacturers.
Microscience 2006 will be held at London's Excel conference and exhibition centre on 27-29 June 2006, and further details will be posted as they become available.
The Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) is an international organisation with members who are actively involved in all current and developing techniques of microscopy and image analysis drawn from over 53 countries.
A truly inter-disciplinary society, it promotes microscopy and its development and educates young people in the relevance and use of microscopical techniques in modern science.
This is achieved through regular meetings and courses, workshops, publications, specific qualifications and the sponsorship of light microscopy in primary schools.
