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Annoucement
EMC 2016: The City of Lights!
Lyon, France, August 28 – September 2, 2016
The City of Lyon is not only a World Heritage
Site, it is also known as the City of Lights. Like
the yearly festival of lights, EMC2016 aims to
be innovative, startling and rich in experience.
Scientific Program Highlights
With a very successful abstract submission,
EMC2016 in Lyon promises to offer a
high quality selection of communications.
EMC 2016 will thus be one of the European
milestones in Microscopy! Starting
with 9 Pre–Congress Training Courses,
on 25 and 26 August, the EMC 2016 scientific
program will be dense and contain
no less than 47 scientific sessions:
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4 posters sessions
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2 EMS Meetings: General Assembly
and Council
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2 Award Ceremonies: European Microscopy
Award and a Micrograph
Contest Award
Spotlight on the Exhibition
3700 sqm exhibition and more than 85
exhibitors from Europe and beyond. EMC
2016 will support innovation and start–
ups by dedicating specific space to start–
ups companies. The objective is to provide
them an attractive showcase at a
cheaper price. The exhibition will also
keep space to welcome around 20 industry
workshops.
their first images in Lyon: “Workers leaving
the Lumière Factory”.
In order to echo the invention of cinema
in Lyon, EMC 2016 aims at highlighting
the world of imaging and its
close links with microscopy. Moreover
imaging will be honored not only through
a micrograph competition but also with
the development of videos on in situ microscopy
and many more initiatives to be
discovered onsite.
Don’t forget to register and book your
hotel from now on!
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6 Special Scientific Workshops
6 Plenary Lectures
9 Life Sciences Sessions
9 Materials Science Sessions
9 Instrumentation & Method Sessions
Luminous Ideas
Lyon is the city of the Lumière brothers,
the first filmmakers in history who made
More information:
www.emc2016.fr/en
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