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TECHNICAL PROGRAM
As Pittcon 2009 is currently in progress, plans for the Pittcon 2010 Technical Program have already begun. As Chair of the
2010 Program Committee, I urge you to start planning now for next year’s Conference in Orlando, Florida. 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 2010
Program and the new submission process. During the Conference Week in Chicago, please feel free to stop by the
Program Office in Room S403A in McCormick Place 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 2009.
Therefore, please submit your proposals by the deadline of April 3, 2009.
Most Pittcon program elements consist of half-day sessions. In 2010, the Invited Symposia and Workshops will involve
four or five speakers whereas Organized Contributed Sessions will consist of eight 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.
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 3, 2009. Once again, abstracts must be submitted electronically via the Pittcon website in order to be considered
for the 2010 Technical Program. Please feel free to contact the Program Committee, if you have any comments or
questions about the 2010 Technical Program. We can be reached by email 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!
Janeth K. Pifer
Pittcon 2010 Program Committee Chair
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