New ChromSoc Separation Science Book Series The ChromSoc Separation Science Series A new book series to be produced by science publisher ILM Publications will contain professional reference books endorsed by ChromSoc. The ChromSoc Separation Science Series will cover all areas of separation science and its applications, and the books will be aimed at academia and industry. The first book to be published in the series will be Monolithic Chromatography and Its Modern Applications, edited by Dr. Perry Wang, US FDA, which will be available in Spring 2010. We would love to hear from anyone who is interested in writing or editing a book for the series. For more information, please contact Lindsey Langston, Commissioning Editor ( contact details below), or John Lough at ChromSoc ( john. lough@ sunderland. ac. uk). Other proposed topics for the series include: . Practical sample preparation; . Multi- dimensional separations; . Hyphenated separations; . Advanced topics in bioanalytical separations; . Applications of separation science in different areas, e. g. environmental science, forensic science. Benefits to ChromSoc Members ChromSoc members will be able to buy books in the series at 25% discount. They will also be able to purchase any other books from ILM Bookstore at 15% discount. At www. ilmbookstore. com, you can order from a range of academic and professional books from different publishers in many areas of science, technology and engineering. There are also special offers and free shipping on UK orders. Lindsey Langston, Commissioning Editor ILM Publications, Oak Court Business Centre, Sandridge Park, Porters Wood, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6PH, UK Tel: + 44 ( 0) 1727 731948 . Fax: + 44 ( 0) 1727 833014 Email: lindsey@ ilmpublications. com . www. ilmpublications. com

48November/ December 2009 Separation Science / Spectroscopy Meetings Calender 2009/ 10/ 11 MeetingVenueDatesContacts 2009 Congress Sep 09Marseille, France30th Nov- 3rd Decwww. sep09. com LC- MS Course and SymposiumCambridge, UK14th- 17th Decemberwww. bmss. org. uk 2010 Environment, traces, REACHLyon, France14th Januarywww. afsep. com The biannual symposium The 19th Norwegian Chromatography Symposiumi Sandfjord, Norway17th- 19th Januarywww. Eusss. org Int. Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques for Sample Preparation Bruges, Belgium26th- 27th Januarywww. ordibo. be/ htc 11th Int. Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in ChromatographyBruges, Belgium27th- 29th Januarywww. ordibo. be/ htc Advances in Chromatography and Electrophoresis & Chiranal 2010Olomouc, Czech Republic8th- 11th Februaryhttp:// analytika. upol. cz/ chiranal Structure 2010Hinkley, UK24th- 25th Februarywww. bmss. org. uk Pittsburgh Conference Orlando, USA28th Feb- 5th Marchwww, pittcon. org Advances in High Resolution and High Speed Chromatography Macclesfield, UK18th Marchamjad. khan@ astrazeneca. com 25th Int. Symposium on Microscale Bio separationsPrague, Czech Republic21st Marchwww. MSB2010. org Analytica 2010 Munich, Germany23rd - 26th Marchwww, analytica. de 5th National Meeting on Environmental Mass SpectroscopyChester, UK24th Marchwww. analyticalmethodologycentre. co. uk 10th Csaba Horvath Medal SymposiumHartford, CT, USA13th- 15th Aprilwww. cssconline. org/ CSSC_ Symp/ Announcement_ 2010. asp Direct Analysis MS: Techniques and ApplicationsAlderley Park, UK21st April www. bmss. org. uk LC- MS Mariage ou Divorce? Analyse Quantitative en LC- MSLyon, France29th Aprilwww. afsep. com Prep 2010Philadelphia, USA9th- 12th Maywww. prepsymposium. org Curent Method Development Strategies in Separations ScienceHoddesdon, UK19th- 20th Maywww. chromsoc. com 58th ASMSSalt Lake City, UT, USA23rd- 27th Maywww. asms. org 4th Monolith Summer SymposiumOrtoroz, Slovenia30th May- June 2ndwww. monolith- events. com 34th Int. Symposium on Capillary Chromatography and 7th GCxGC SymposiumRiva del Garda, Italy1st- 4th Junewww. ric. ec/ iopms HPLC 2010Boston, USA19th- 24th June www. hplc2010. org 17th Int. Symposium on Capillary Electroseparation TechniquesBaltimore, USA29th August- 2nd Septhttp:// fp. okstate. edu/ 2010 10th International Nutrition & Diagnostics ConferencePrague, Czech Republic4th- 7th Septemberhttp:// www. vitamins. cz/ en/ www. indc2010. org BMSS 3 Day MeetingCardiff, UK5th- 8th Septemberwww. bmss. org. uk ISSS 2010, 16th Int. Symp. on Separation SciencesRome, Italy6th- 10th Septemberwww. imc. cnr. it/ chromatographycorradiniunit. html Drug Analysis 2010Antwerp, Belgium21st- 24th Septembersecretariat@ ldorganisation. com International Symposium on ChromatographyValencia, Spain12th- 16th Septemberwww. isc2010. es 4th International Conference on SFCStockholm, Sweden15th- 16th Septemberwww. greenchemistrygroup. org IBS 2010 14th Int. Biotechnology Symposium & ExhibitionRimini, Italy15th- 19th Septemberwww. ibs2010. org Application of Multivariate Analysis and Chemometrics to the Environment Taormina, Italy26th- 29th Septemberinfocma4ch@ uniroma1. it and Cultural Heritage in the eleven years of IIIrd millennium Préparation d'échantillon, Multi analysesLyon, France7th Octoberwww. afsep. com 2011 Pittsburgh Conference Atlanta, USA13th- 18th Marchwww, pittcon. org 59th ASMSDenver, USA5th- 9th Junewww. asms. org HPLC 2011Budapest, Hungary19th- 24th June www. hplc2011com Advertisers Index Chromatography Today would like to thank all its advertisers for their support, without which, it would not be possible to send you this publication. When Contacting Suppliers featured in this issue, please let them know where you found their information. 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