The ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) will host four invited symposia, four contributed sessions, and an undergraduate poster session at Pittcon 2007
"Since Pittcon is the big meeting for analytical chemists, we've wanted to have a bigger presence there and be able to go where the majority of our membership goes," stated Laurie Locascio of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the DAC chair-elect.
This experimental venture, a one year trial, is expected to be a mutually beneficial arrangement between the DAC, ACS, and Pittcon.
The DAC executive committee believes its members would be better served if the DAC hosted sessions at Pittcon instead of the 233rd ACS National Meeting and Exposition.
In 2007, the two meetings (ACS and Pittcon) will be held three weeks apart in the same city (Chicago); therefore, after several years of debating the idea, the DAC committee has decided this year would be a good time to give this partnership a try.
According to Pittcon publicity chairman Adrian Michael, "The benefit of this partnership is it will allow analytical chemists to attend Pittcon and the ACS-DAC Meeting at once".
"Exhibitors should also experience an increase in traffic to their booths due to the additional conferees who would normally attend ACS instead of Pittcon.
Abstracts are being solicited for the ACS contributed symposia and poster session through the Pittcon website.
Members of the ACS-DAC programme committee will handle the review of these abstracts.
