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TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Plans for the Pittcon 2009 Technical Program have already begun. As Chair of the 2009 Program
Committee, I urge you to start planning now for next year’s Conference in Chicago. We are currently
accepting proposals for the Plenary Lecture, Invited Symposia, Workshops, and Organized Contributed
Sessions. We are changing our procedure for proposal submission. Paper submissions will no
longer be accepted. Please visit the Pittcon website (www.pittcon.org) and look under the Technical
Program menu for the link to the 2009 Program and the new submission process. During the
Conference Week in New Orleans, please feel free to stop by the Program Office in Room 238 in the
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to discuss your ideas with us in person. To allow the organizers
enough time to arrange the sessions, the Program Committee will review all symposia proposals by
mid to late April 2008. Therefore, please submit your proposals by the deadline of April 4, 2008.
Most Pittsburgh Conference program elements consist of half-day sessions. In 2009, the Invited
Symposia and Workshops will involve 4 or 5 speakers whereas Organized Contributed Sessions will
consist of 8 speakers. Alternative formats, such as panel or roundtable discussions, may be requested
for workshops. The number of Invited Symposia that Pittcon can host is limited. If your proposal cannot
be included as a Symposium, the Program Committee may ask if you would consider rearranging it into
an Organized Contributed Session instead.
Proposals are being sought in all areas of analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy. In addition to
the classical analytical and spectroscopic topics, areas such as bioanalytical chemistry,
nanotechnology, environmental analysis, food analysis, forensics, pharmaceutical analysis, and life
science technologies in genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, high throughput
screening, and drug discovery, as well as chemical applications on art objects and energy research will
also be solicited.
The general Call for Papers will be sent out in May, and the deadline for contributed oral and poster
abstracts will be August 1, 2008. Once again, abstracts must be submitted electronically via the
Pittcon website in order to be considered for the 2009 Technical Program. Please feel free to contact
the Program Committee if you have any comments or questions about the 2009 Technical Program.
We can be reached by e-mail at program@pittcon.org; or by telephone at (800) 825-3221 or (412) 825-
3220, Ext. 219.
Thank you in advance for your suggestions and contributions to Pittcon. We hope that you will continue
to enjoy the technical program and one of America’s really great cities!
Mitchell E. Johnson, Ph.D.
Pittcon 2009 Program Committee Chair
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