LabAutomation 2006 - SLAS

Where Laboratory Technologies Emerge and Merge
LabAutomation2006 Celebrates 10 Years
of Education and Advancement
Welcome to LabAutomation2006 and beautiful Palm Springs! Each year the ALA LabAutomation Scientific Committee sets out
to meet and exceed a reputation as the world’s leading conference and exhibition on emerging laboratory technologies. As we
celebrate our 10th year, we are confident that 2006 will continue the trend. You will experience education and groundbreaking
advances in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, clinical, agricultural and food, forensic and security, and energy sciences through
cutting-edge laboratory technologies and automation.
The LabAutomation2006 Scientific Committee has been diligently working on planning this year’s event. You will see their efforts
come to fruition through 16 short courses, more than 100 provocative educational sessions and 191 poster presentations. Woven
throughout every educational touch point is this year’s curriculum, which features timely and rich tracks:
• Detection & Separation • Emerging Technologies
• Frontiers Beyond BioPharma • High-Throughput Technologies
• Informatics • Micro- and Nanotechnologies
• Molecular Diagnostics • Systems Integration
Leading an outstanding line-up of Plenary Speakers is 2002 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry Kurt Wüthrich, Ph.D. of the Federal
Institute of Technology in Zürich, Switzerland, and The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA.
LabAutomation2006 also features an expansive exhibition with more than 350 booths. Hailed as the world’s largest exhibition
focused only on laboratory automation, you will learn about and see automation technologies spanning multiple scientific
disciplines and industries.
To recognize innovative laboratory technologies or highly useful technology advances and applications, the second annual ALA
Innovation Award will be presented during the conference. A winner will be chosen from among 10 finalists based upon the most
exceptional podium presentation and will receive a $10,000 monetary award.
Finally, be sure to visit the ALA Career Connections career fair we are launching at LabAutomation2006. This fair, and its
corresponding web site, is a new member service geared to both job seekers and human resources professionals and recruiters.
LabAutomation2006 is an important event that facilitates collaboration and valuable relationships. Collectively, we all gather the
tools and information we need for continued learning and immediate applicability. Enjoy.
Sincerely,
The LabAutomation2006 Scientific Committee
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Premier Showing
ALA will unveil our 10th
Anniversary Video at the
Opening Plenary Session
Monday morning,
January 23, at 8:00 am