LIMSource Calendar of LIMS, Informatics and Lab Data Automation Conferences and Trade Shows

AUGUST

The International Association for Food Protection's IAFP 2008 Annual Food Safety Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Columbus in Columbus, OH from August 3-6. For details, visit http://www.foodprotection.org.

Enterprise-Wide LIMS for Pharmaceutical/Biotech Manufacturing will be held in Philadelphia, PA on August 4. Pharmaceutical laboratories must manage a huge amount of data, meet regulatory requirements, track schedules, assess QA/QC guidelines and manage complex batches. In the lab, they have to manage diversified lab work flows, such as: combinatorial chemistry, screening, pre-clinical and clinical bioanalysis, analytical chemistry, manufacturing R&D and production quality control. Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) build a paperless environment for pharmaceutical labs, allowing for greater integration with other existing data systems and sustenance of the demands of a global enterprise This one-day LIMS Summit, targeted specifically for the life sciences industry, will be co-located with the 4th Annual Pharma/Biotech MES Conference, which attracts 200 executives. Attendees hear industry case studies of enterprise-wide LIMS implementations and validation strategies. For details, visit http://cbinet.com/show_conference.cfm?confCode=PC08044L.

The 13th Annual Drug Discovery & Development Conference will be held at the World Trade Center Boston and The Seaport Hotel in Boston, MA from August 4-7. The conference will emphasize themes related to the application of translational research and technologies across therapeutic areas, to help move drugs to clinical proof-of-concept (POC) as quickly as possible. The program will also feature special in-depth concentration sessions on strategic applications and transforming technologies in discovery and development that are cross-functional regardless of disease areas. Sessions on pipeline strategy and partnering will complement the scientific sessions to provide a well-rounded perspective on both scientific and business approaches to accelerate drug discovery and development. For details, visit http://www.drugdisc.com.

Hosted by HUPO (Human Proteome Organization, HUPO 2008 will be held at the Amsterdam RAI in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from August 16-20. The theme of the meeting is "Proteome Biology" or details, visit http://www.hupo2008.nl/index.php.

The 236th ACS National Meeting & Exposition will be held in Philadelphia, PA from August 17-21. For details, visit http://www.acs.org.

SEPTEMBER

JAIMA SHOW 2008 will be held at the Makuhari Messe inToyyo, Japan from September 3-5. Japan's premier exposition of Analytical Instruments and Solutions, the 2008 show will focus on "Protecting the Earth, Creating the Future with Analytical Technology". For details, visit http://www.jaimashow.jp/english/index.html.

3rd E-Discovery for Biotech, Pharma and Medical Devices will be held at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, PA from September 8-10. With the global economy developing continuously, the evolving electronic discovery arena presents numerous challenges for everyone associated. To counter these needs, the International Quality & Productivity Center (IQPC) has put together the E-Discovery Conference. For details, visit http://www.iqpc.com/us/3edisco.

Developing & Implementing HACCP for the Meat & Poultry Industry will be held in Athens, GA from September 9-10. For details, visit http://www.efsonline.uga.edu.

2008 RAPS Annual Conference & Exhibition will be held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA from September 14-17. The conference explores topics of interest to the global regulatory profession and ways regulatory professionals can further establish and grow the regulatory profession, advance scientific and technological innovation, enable conflict resolution and much more. For details, visit http://www.raps.org.

ELN’s Advanced Lab Solutions 2008 will be held at the Crowne Plaza in Brussels, Belgium from September 15-17. A leading event for Electronic Laboratory Notebooks and closely associated technology, ELNs Advanced Lab Solutions provides a complete update on the bioinformatics and data management field. Co-hosted with Discovery Knowledge Informatics event, attendees will have the opportunity to switch between both events.
Presentations, end-user case studies, panel sessions and interactive round table discussions will be presented. For details, visit http://www.iqpc.co.uk.

IQPC will be hosting Discovery Knowledge & Informatics at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Brussels in Brussels, Belgium from September 15-17. This 3rd annual DKI event will present a platform at which to discuss and draw new inspiration from the most time specific, innovations in knowledge and data management within the pharmaceutical industry. For details, visit http://www.iqpc.com/ShowEvent.aspx?id=105616.

IQPC's Pharma IQ's Biobanking 2008 conference will be held at the Thistle Marble Arch, London from September 17-18. The conference will show professionals working in Labs, Biorepositories, Bioanalysis and R&D how to set up productive biological sample management efforts; including assessing the latest automation systems; how to accurately assess samples including DNA, Blood and Human tissues; understand and work with Regulations and Bioethical challenges; and effectively collect and manage patient information. For details, visit http://www.iqpc.com/UK/biobanking/ediary.

CHI'S Drug Development China will be held at the Fairmont San Francisco in San Francisco, CA from September 17-18. Sought by most international pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, China has become a partner of choice for international biopharmaceutical companies. In order to minimize unnecessary expenses, time and risk involved in R&D, companies have found an effective solution and worthy partner in this low-cost region populated by a highly-skilled drug discovery and development talent pool. In addition, due to its growing western-educated middle class, China presents valuable commercial opportunities for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. For details, visit http://www.healthtech.com/pcc/overview.aspx?c=547.

The 12th Annual SBS Conference and Exposition will be held in Seattle, WA from September 17-21. The theme of the conference is "Advancing Drug Discovery: From Better Hits to Better Candidates". For details, visit http://www.sbsonline.org.

The 27th International Symposium on Chromatography ISC 2008 will be held at the University of Muenster in Muenster, Germany from September 21-25.ISC 2008 will cover all methods of chromatography in their various forms, along with complementary techniques like electrodriven separations, coupling techniques with mass spectrometry or NMR, and the field of microscale separations. For details, visit http://www.isc2008.de/welcome.htm.

6th Annual Cold Chain Distribution for Pharmaceuticals will be held at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA from Septmber 22-25. The theme of the conference is "Gaining greater control of your global Cold Chain and ensuring international regulatory compliance". For details, visit http://www.coldchainpharma.com.

The 122nd Annual AOAC Meeting & Exposition will be held in Dallas, TX from September 21-24. For details, visit http://www.aoac.org.

CHI'S Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI from September 22-23. As new sequencing platforms are capable of generating gigabytes of data in a single sequence run - leading to terabytes of data in an experiment; data storage, transfer, and analysis will unquestionably be the rate limiting steps in turning the new sequence data into knowledge. CHI's Inaugural Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis convenes engineers who are developing the sequencing platforms, biological researchers who are designing and running the experiments, biosatiations who are analyzing and interpreting the data, and software developers who are managing and storing the data. Each specialty provides perspectives and must be integrated into a cohesive, comprehensive team to decipher the sequencing data deluge. For details, visit http://www.healthtech.com/dtd/sda/overview.aspx?c=648.

Computerized Systems Auditing and Software Validation will be held in Toronto, Canada from September 22-23. This two-day workshop addresses topics from Regulatory Expectations for Computer System GxP Compliance to Requirements for a Successful Validation Project to Validation for Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). For details, visit http://www.ipacanada.com/cvs_0908.html.

Drug Discovery 2008 will be held at the Bournemouth International Conference Centre in Bournemouth, UK from September 23-24. Theconference will encompass six sessions in two days. Each will focus on a different area of Drug Discovery from selecting compounds for the corporate collection, liquid handling and detection technologies, plus advances in assay development and screening. Two sessions will address the biochemistry of two important different target classes: Enzymes and G-protein coupled receptors. Biopharmaceuticals will form the sixth session. For details, visit http://www.zingconferences.com/index.cfm?page=conference&intConferenceID=23.

The 12th Annual KMWorld & Intranets Conference and Exhibition will be held at the San José McEnery Convention Center, in San Jose, CA from September 23-25. The KMWorld & Intranets Conference and Exhibition offers a wide-ranging program especially focused to meet the needs of executives and strategic business and technology decision makers. For details, visit http://www.kmworld.com/kmw08.

Analytica China 2008 will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Pudong, Shanghai, China from September 23-25. For details, visit http://www.messe-muenchen.de.

CHI'S Integrative Data Analysis will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI from September 24-25. Genomic research has become a discipline to be integrated with clinical medicine. Currently, genomic technologies allow for the simultaneous quantification of gene activity in tissues/cells from patients. Will these genomic technologies make it possible to develop personalized medicine leading to a more accurate diagnosis and prognosis for every patient and subsequently a tailored treatment strategy? With the addition and linkage of clinical parameters disparate data points are created. All agree data integration is crucial. Join innovators from technological platform development, biostatistical analysis, biological, pharmaceutical, and clinical research as they share their experiences and insights. For details, visit http://www.healthtech.com/dtd/mda/overview.aspx?c=649.

Innovator's Summit, the knowledge exchange for analytic excellence, will be held at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay in South San Francisco, CA from September 24-26. For details, visit http://www.jmp.com/about/events/summit2008/?utm_source=rdmag&utm_medium=bnr&utm_campaign=summit.

Process Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry will be held in in Cambridge, MA from September 28-30. The conference will provide case studies from big pharma, sessions on: what pharma can learn from crop protection process R&D; the engineering aspects of process R&D, including kinetics, process parameters, process analytical technology, and green chemistry; and recent advances from academia. For details, visit http://www.acs.org.

The FACSS Annual Meeting will be held in Reno, NV from September 28 - October 1. For details, visit http://www.facss.org.

AgriGenomics World Congress 2008 will be held at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from September 29-30. Alongside an exhibition of selected scientific posters and service providers, this two day event gathers some of the most influential players in the field from Europe, America and across the globe, including speakers from Mendel Biotechnology, University of Reading, Bayer CropScience and CNRS, Rothamsted Research, the Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Dow AgroSciences, the National Centre for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, and more. Experts from both academia and commerce will present timely information from current research through to commercial implementation of new technologies. For details, visit http://www.selectbiosciences.com.

Biomarker Discovery Summit will be held at the Lowes Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, PA from September 29 - October 1. For details, visit http://www.healthtech.com/bmks/br+dl.aspx.

OCTOBER

The Gulf Coast Conference will be held on Galveston Island, TX from October 14-15. For details, visit http://www.gulfcoastconference.com.

BIOTECHNICA 2008 will be held at the Deutsche Messe Exhibition Grounds in Hanover, Germany from October 7-9. Turning ideas into values is both the motto and the aim of the new BIOTECHNICA, enabling the event to focus on research and product development in addition to the areas that have traditionally been well represented at the show. For details, visit http://www.biotechnica.de/homepage_e.

Computer Validation (West) will be held in San Francisco, CA from September 14-17. For details, visit http://www.ivtconferences.com.

3rd Annual FDA Inspections Summit will be held in Bethesda, MD from Oct 15-17. During this two-and-a-half summit, participants will engage in rigorous workshops that focus entirely on the latest inspection strategies, listen to keynote presentations by current and former FDA officials and experts, and choose from three specialized tracks — drugs/biologics, devices and clinical trials. For details, visit http://www.FDAInspectionsSummit08.com.

The ASCP Annual Meeting will be held in Baltimore, MD from October 16-19. For details, visit http://www.ascp.org.

Topics and Tactics in Current Drug Design will be held at the Boston Marriott Cambridge in Cambridge, MA from October 19-21. Session topics: optimizing drug-target interactions; reducing drug metabolism and avoiding metabolic activation; circumventing off-target sources of drug failure; and pharmaceutical properties and tactics for enhancing oral drug delivery. Each session will provide a comprehensive synopsis of the kinds of tactics and strategies that have led to the optimization of drug-target interactions against the backdrop of enhancing drug safety and compound delivery in vivo. For details, visit http://www.acs.org.

Discovery 2 Diagnostics will be held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego in San Diego, CA from October 20-22. The conference hs tracks for sequencing and detection technnologies, molecular diagnostics, and biomarkers. For details, visit http://www.discovery2diagnostics.com.

Validation Week will be held in Philadelphia, PA from October 21-23. For details, visit http://www.ivtconferences.com.

The Pharmaceutical Regulatory Compliance Congress and Best Practices Forum will be held at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC from October 27 - 29. For details, visit http://www.PharmaCongress.com.

Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Fourth Annual Bridging Pharma and IT conference will be held at the Renaissance Providence Hotel in Providence, RI from October 28-30. For details, visit http://www.healthtech.com.

NOVEMBER

Water Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring (WWEM 2008) will be held at the International Centre in Telford, UK from November 5-6. Conference themes will include MCERTS schemes for both water and soil sampling and analysis in the laboratory. For details, visit http://www.wwem.uk.com.

The Montreaux Symposium on LC/MS & Related Techniques will be held in Montreaux, Switzerland from November 12-14. For details, visit http://www.iaeac.ch/lcms-montreaux.html.

The 2008 Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) will be held at the Garden State Convention Center in Somerset, NJ from November 12-14. For details, visit http://www.eas.org.

AAPS Annual Meeting will be held in Atlanta, GA from November 16-20. For details, visit http://www.aaps.org.

The 2008 AICHE 100th Annual Meeting will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA from November 16-21. In celebration of AIChE's centennial, the AIChE Annual Meeting will feature special sessions that highlight chemical engineering innovations over the past 100 years, as well as a look into the future. It will also include 15 Core Programming Areas and 17 Topical Conferences focused on the latest developments in areas ranging from core chemical engineering fundamentals to emerging technologies in energy, sustainability, pharmaceuticals, bioengineering and nanotechnology. For details, visit http://www.aiche.org.

DECEMBER

Windhover Information & F-D-C Reports will present The 4th Annual FDA/CMS Summit at the The Westin Grand in Washington, DC from December 4-5. For details, visit http://www.windover.com/fda-cms.

The American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting will be held in San Francisco, CA from December 13-17. For details, visit http://www.ascb.org.

JANUARY 2009

LabAutomation2009 will be held at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, CA from January 24-28. For details, visit http://www.labautomation.org.

Informex 2009 will be held in San Francisco, CA from January 27-30, 2009. The Gala Dinner is a particular highlight. Themed Flavors of San Francisco: An Evening in Wine Country, the event, dressed will pay homage to the city and surrounding areas. Attendees will be transported into an "evening outing" in the wine country complete with sommeliers, wine tastings with local experts and a peek into the world of California wine-making. The highlight will be the keynote address by former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright. For details, visit http://www.Informex.com.

FEBRUARY 2009

Drug Discovery Latin America will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from February 26-27. The purpose of this meeting is to review the status of drug discovery activities in Latin America and to assist its future development. Business and research leaders from both developed markets and BRIC countries will bring their knowledge and experience to share. Participants will be encouraged to network and explore partnering opportunities. For details, visit http://www.selectbiosciences.com/conferences/DDLA2009.

MARCH 2009

Pittcon 2009, the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy will be held in Chicago. IL from March 9-12. For details, visit http://www.pittcon.org.

The 237th ACS National Meeting & Exposition will be held in Salt Lake City, UT from March 12-16. For details, visit http://www.acs.org.

APRIL 2009

CISILE, the largest Chinese laboratory exhibition, will be held at the Beijing Exhibition Centre in Beijing, China from April 9-11, 2009. For details, visit http://www.cisilecom.cn.


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