The Pittsburgh Conference announces the Society of Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) will host two special symposia added to the Pittcon 2008 technical programme
One symposium will focus on atomic spectroscopy and the other on vibrational spectroscopy.
50 Years of SAS: Looking to the future with atomic spectroscopy symposium.
The focus of this session will be the role of atomic spectroscopy to fulfill expectations and needs of the laboratory in the years to come.
Leading researchers in the field have been invited to provide their insight into developments taking place in this field, the evolution of instrumentation, and the impact upon the analytical laboratory.
Invited speakers include:.
Gary Hieftje, distinguished professor, Indiana University; Robert and Marjorie Mann chair, chemistry department.
Paul Farnsworth, professor and chair department of chemistry and biochemistry, Brigham Young University.
Bonner Denton, professor of chemistry, professor of geochemistry, University of Arizona.
JAC, Broekaert, professor, University of Hamburg, Germany.
James Holcombe, professor, University of Texas at Austin.
50 Years of SAS: Looking to the future with vibrational spectroscopy symposium.
This symposium will consider basic and applied research in infrared and Raman spectrometry.
Of particular note is that the session will include speakers from academia, industry, and government.
Invited speakers include:.
Bruce Chase, senior research fellow Corporate Center for Analytical Sciences, EI DuPont.
Peter Griffiths, professor University of Idaho.
Ira Levin, deputy director division of intramural research, Chief Molecular and Biophysics Section Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health.
Curt Marcott, research fellow, Procter and Gamble.
Neil Everall, business research associate, Intertek.
The Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, one of the sponsoring societies of Pittcon, is the local Pittsburgh chapter of the SAS.
Pittcon 2008 will be held 1-7 March 2008, in New Orleans, USA.
