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Optical methods comprise the majority of FIA research and applications A report on the 13th International Conference on Flow Injection Analysis (ICFIA 2005), held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, 24–29 April 2005
G.D. Christian* 1. Introduction ICFIA 2005 was organized by Gary Christian (Program Chair) and Sue Christian (Secretariat), following the 12th ICFIA held in Me´rida, Venezuela, December 2003. The conference was held jointly with the Japanese Association for Flow Injection Analysis (JAFIA). There were 105 participants from 20 countries, representing five continents. 2. Social events An opening reception was held Sunday evening when arriving participants greeted one another. Wednesday was free for informal discussions, touring, and relaxation. Most participants enjoyed a bus tour to the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. They were all invited, at the suggestion of Elias Zagatto, to bring a representative drink from their countries to share in an evening cup. All enjoyed ‘‘happy hours’’ on Monday and Tuesday, following the scientific sessions. The conference banquet was held on Thursday evening, and international guests enjoyed a flavor of the Old West with a Southwest Stampede Buffet. 3. Scientific program 3.1. Oral presentations Oral presentations were on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Invited Session Chairs were Jose´ Luis Burguera, Marcela Burguera, Orawon Chailapakul, Wolfgang Frenzel, Kate Grudpan, Vinod Gupta, Toshihiko Imato, Spas Kolev, Ian McKelvie, Shoji Motomizu, Duangjai Nacapricha, Mirek Polasek, Tadao Sakai, Petr Solich, and Elias Zagatto. There were 52 lectures covering a range of flow injection (FI) and related techniques, including novel instrumentation, software and database developments, and spectrophotometric, luminescence, atomic spectrometric, and electrochemical Department of Chemistry, Laboratory for Chemometrics, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. * Tel.: +1 206 543 1635; Fax: +1 206 685 3478; E-mail: [email protected]
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advances and applications to environmental, pharmaceutical, biological and biotech samples. The conference was opened with a presentation by G. Christian on a brief history of ICFIA and its impact on the FIA community. The conference is known for its informality and relaxed atmosphere, which catalyze close interactions among FIA practitioners from around the world. It has been held jointly with the JAFIA since 1995. The conference attracts a number of regulars as well as welcome newcomers, and numerous international collaborations have resulted from these meetings. 3.1.1. Spectrophotometry/luminescence. Optical methods continue to represent the majority of FIA-based research and applications. K. Tsunoda (Gunma University) presented studies on several types of liquid-core waveguides, including microchips, for use in flow analysis. V. Cerda (University of the Balearic Islands) used an optical fiber diffuse reflectance detector coupled to in-line gas diffusion separation to determine trace analytes in suspended solids. K. Toda (Kumamoto University) reported on the field measurement of ppb levels of arsenite and arsenate by means of a vaporization-collection in-line preconcentration flow system. T. Sakai (Aichi Institute of Technology) described a reagent-regeneration system for the determination of methamphetamine in urine, and colleague N. Teshima used a single injection-single detector ‘‘oneshot’’ FI system with a quadruple flow cell for the simultaneous determination of Cu, Fe, and Zn in serum. M. Zenki (Okayama University of Science) determined lead with arsenazo III by cyclic FI, and K. Oguma (Chiba University) determined lead leached from china using a Pb-Spec column to adsorb the lead, followed by elution and reaction with PAR. L. Cruz-Coo (University of the Philippines) developed an on-line microwave-assisted digestion method for the determination of dissolved organic nitrogen and phosphorus in seawater.
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N. Tongtavee (Mahidol University) used continuous flow sequential extraction to study the association of lead with other elements in soils. P. Carrero (University of Los Andes) described the on-line generation and hydrolysis of methyl borate to determine boron in soil and plants. S. Motomizu (Okayama University) determined trace gaseous air pollutants by flow-based systems coupled with collection/enrichment procedures. S. Sultan (King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals) described rate-based determinations of aspirin and paracetamol in drug formulations from their reactions with permanganate. B. Horstkotte (University of the Balearic Islands) performed at-line determination of formaldehyde in bioprocesses using the Schiff and Hantzsch reactions. L. Fonseca (Instituto Superior Te´cnico) used a micellar system for the on-line monitoring of target enzyme activity during production and purification steps. Y. Iida (Kanagawa Institute of Technology) measured the activity of alkaline phosphatase immobilized in a column to measure the presence of co-factor zinc ion. N. Ratanawimarnwong (Mahidol University) described a pervaporation FI system for the determination of iodide by chemiluminescence. 3.1.2. Atomic spectrometry. H. Haraguchi (Nagoya University) used a CHAPS-coated ODS column to speciate trace metals in metallomics with ICP-MS measurement. C. Rondo´n (University of Los Andes) determined antimony by on-line preconcentration of the chloroanionic complexes, followed by FI hydride generation AAS. M. Fa´tima Silva (Universidade Cato´lica Portuguesa) described a single standard calibration using a multicommutation approach for the determination of mercury by AAS. J.L. Burguera (University of Los Andes) determined aluminum in lubrication oils by ET-AAS, using an emulsification system. 3.1.3. Electrochemistry. O. Chailapakul (Chulalongkorn University) used a nickel-implanted, boron-doped diamond thin-film electrode for the measurement of tetracyclines in an FIA-HPLC system. V. Gupta (Indian Institute of Technology) presented the preparation of ion-selective electrodes for potential use in flow systems. M. Burguera (University of Los Andes) used on-line electrochemical preconcentration of manganese in urine for measurement by flame AAS. M. Endo (Yamagata University) reported the on-line measurement of alcohols using sensors modeled after a polymer electrolyte fuel cell.
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M. Trojanowicz (Warsaw University) described stripping voltammetry in a ‘‘tubing-less’’ batch-injection system; cadmium was collected on a Chelex-100 column and eluted onto the electrode surface. T. Nagaoka (Osaka Prefecture University) described a gold-nanoparticle sensor for flow and batch analysis, and Y. Lin (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) developed amperometric biosensors based on carbon nanotube nanoelectrode arrays, coupled to a FI system. H. Hirakawa (Kyushu University) described the electrochemical sandwich immunoassay of vilellogenin in fish using magnetic microbeads. 3.1.4. Separations. W. Siangproh (Chulalongkorn University) described microchip capillary electrophoresis for fast detection of hydrazine compounds at a cobalt phthalocyanine-modified electrode. D. Davey (University of South Australia) performed speciation of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate in watertreatment plants, and free and total sulfite in wine, by microstill FIA. J. Simon (Free University of Berlin) used a chromatomembrane method for the analysis of pharmaceuticals. K. Grudpan (Chiang Mai University) described a sequential injection (SI) lab-at-valve system for solvent extraction. D. Sˇatı´nsky´ (Charles University) used solid phases in SI systems, including solid-phase extraction-sorbents, restricted access materials and monolithic sorbents, for the direct analysis of pharmaceuticals in biological matrices and analyte separations. P. Solich (Charles University) reported on SI chromatography using monolith columns. 3.1.5. Flow system and software developments. J. Jakmunee (Chiang Mai University) described a manually operated SI system based on hydrodynamic injection, requiring no computer control for timing and volume control. K. Grudpan reviewed the progress and recent developments in miniaturization in flow-based analysis. S. Stitzel (Dublin City University) reported on an autonomous microfluidics system for field phosphate measurement; the building blocks from sampling through wireless communication were integrated into a single system. I. McKelvie (Monash University) described a flowbased system for on-ship mapping of marine and estuarine systems. A photometric detection cell was designed to minimize Schlieren effects for high salt-containing estuarine and ocean samples. E. Zagatto (University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba) described experiments to study the two components of Schlieren effects. Loss of light by reflection at sharp liquid interfaces is noise that can be compensated for with
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dual-wavelength spectrophotometry (DWS). Refraction of light at regions of the sample zone with continuous refractive index gradients, which acts as a ‘‘lens’’, is more reproducible and, being wavelength-dependent, can be partially compensated for by DWS. D. Wolcott (Gobal FIA) described the use of zone fluidics for performing sovent extraction, PCR analysis, and bilirubin analysis, and his colleague G. Marshall described the interfacing of zone fluidics to a capillary electrophoresis chip. T. Imato (Kyushu University) reported a flow immunoassay based on surface plasmon resonance detection, and V. Cerda described the development of an instrument for multicommuted FI analysis (FIA) and multipumping procedures. H. Itabashi (Gunma University) developed an ‘‘all injection analysis’’ instrument, based on a circulation system to minimize reagent consumption and waste volumes. S. Chalk (University of North Florida) gave an update on his Flow Analysis Database, which incorporates features such as export of search results in RIS, PDF, and XML formats, links to abstracts, and a new URL format for searching the database. He also gave a presentation of the use of XML for representing FIA peak data and metadata. E. Paski (Analytical Innovations) gave an informative presentation of requirements for ensuring that FI technology complies with the ISO 1705 Standard. The conference concluded with a critical evaluation by W. Frenzel (Technical University of Berlin) of the role of FIA in tackling analytical problems in environmental research.
3.2. Poster presentations There were over 72 poster presentations by participants from Australia, Germany, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, and Venezuela. Session Chairs were Jose´ L.F. Costa Lima, Jose´ Martinez Calatayud, Victor Cerda, and Salah Sultan. The breadth of flow-based techniques was well illustrated by posters on automation, SI analysis and chromatography, all-injection analysis, multipumping systems, microfluidic reactors, liquid waveguides, reaction interfaces, zone fluidics, on-line preconcentration, dialysis, derivatization and extraction, membrane separations, microwave-assisted reactions, multicomponent analyses, chemometrics, catalytic and kinetic methods, stopped-flow measurements, electrochemical and biosensor detection, and detection by dynamic interfacial pressure, surface plasmon resonance, FTIR, chemiluminescence, fluorescence, spectrophotometry, and atomic spectrometry. 562
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Applications to a variety of samples were reported, such as pharmaceutical products, and environmental, fertilizer, food, gasoline, and biological samples.
4. Best presentation awards Certificates for best student posters for the two sessions were awarded to Natchanon Amornthammarong (Mahidol University) and Raquel Mesquita (Universidade Cato´lica Portuguesa), and for best general posters to Shoji Motomizu (Okayama University) and Dalibor Sˇatı´nsky´ (Charles University). A certificate for the best student oral presentation was awarded to Weena Siangproh (Chulalongkorn University), and for the best general presentation by a young scientist to Shannon Stitzel (Dublin City University).
5. Final comments 5.1. Special recognitions Strong leadership has brought international recognition to JAFIA and the Japanese Journal of Flow Injection Analysis (JFIA), published by JAFIA. Certificates of recognition were presented on behalf of the International Steering Committee of ICFIA to Shoji Motomizu and Tadao Sakai, respectively, for their outstanding service as Chair of JAFIA and as Editor of JFIA. Motomizu recently stepped down as Chair, and Sakai is the new Chair of JAFIA. Toshihiko Imato has been appointed as the new Editor of JFIA.
5.2. Publication of the Proceedings Papers from the conference will be submitted for a Special Issue of Talanta, edited by G. Christian.
5.3. Exhibitors eDAQ Pty Ldt (www.edaq.com) exhibited state-of-the-art data recording instruments, and FIAlab Instruments, Inc. (www.flowinjection.com) showcased flow and SI analysis systems.
5.4. ICFIA 14 Members of the International Steering Committee [G. Christian, M. Bloomfield, J. L. Burguera, K. Grudpan, T. Imato, T. Sakai, J. van Staden, and S. Christian (Advisor)] considered several excellent proposals for the venue for the next conference. They selected Berlin, 0165-9936/$ - see front matter
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Germany, with the conference tentatively to be held at the Technische Universita¨t Berlin in September 2007. It will be hosted by Wolfgang Frenzel and Ju¨rgen Simon.
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Details may be obtained by contacting Wolfgang Frenzel at [email protected]. A website will be available by the end of this year.
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Optical methods comprise the majority of FIA research and applications A report on the 13th International Conference on Flow Injection Analysis (ICFIA 2005), held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, 24–29 April 2005
G.D. Christian* 1. Introduction ICFIA 2005 was organized by Gary Christian (Program Chair) and Sue Christian (Secretariat), following the 12th ICFIA held in Me´rida, Venezuela, December 2003. The conference was held jointly with the Japanese Association for Flow Injection Analysis (JAFIA). There were 105 participants from 20 countries, representing five continents. 2. Social events An opening reception was held Sunday evening when arriving participants greeted one another. Wednesday was free for informal discussions, touring, and relaxation. Most participants enjoyed a bus tour to the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon. They were all invited, at the suggestion of Elias Zagatto, to bring a representative drink from their countries to share in an evening cup. All enjoyed ‘‘happy hours’’ on Monday and Tuesday, following the scientific sessions. The conference banquet was held on Thursday evening, and international guests enjoyed a flavor of the Old West with a Southwest Stampede Buffet. 3. Scientific program 3.1. Oral presentations Oral presentations were on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Invited Session Chairs were Jose´ Luis Burguera, Marcela Burguera, Orawon Chailapakul, Wolfgang Frenzel, Kate Grudpan, Vinod Gupta, Toshihiko Imato, Spas Kolev, Ian McKelvie, Shoji Motomizu, Duangjai Nacapricha, Mirek Polasek, Tadao Sakai, Petr Solich, and Elias Zagatto. There were 52 lectures covering a range of flow injection (FI) and related techniques, including novel instrumentation, software and database developments, and spectrophotometric, luminescence, atomic spectrometric, and electrochemical Department of Chemistry, Laboratory for Chemometrics, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. * Tel.: +1 206 543 1635; Fax: +1 206 685 3478; E-mail: [email protected]
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advances and applications to environmental, pharmaceutical, biological and biotech samples. The conference was opened with a presentation by G. Christian on a brief history of ICFIA and its impact on the FIA community. The conference is known for its informality and relaxed atmosphere, which catalyze close interactions among FIA practitioners from around the world. It has been held jointly with the JAFIA since 1995. The conference attracts a number of regulars as well as welcome newcomers, and numerous international collaborations have resulted from these meetings. 3.1.1. Spectrophotometry/luminescence. Optical methods continue to represent the majority of FIA-based research and applications. K. Tsunoda (Gunma University) presented studies on several types of liquid-core waveguides, including microchips, for use in flow analysis. V. Cerda (University of the Balearic Islands) used an optical fiber diffuse reflectance detector coupled to in-line gas diffusion separation to determine trace analytes in suspended solids. K. Toda (Kumamoto University) reported on the field measurement of ppb levels of arsenite and arsenate by means of a vaporization-collection in-line preconcentration flow system. T. Sakai (Aichi Institute of Technology) described a reagent-regeneration system for the determination of methamphetamine in urine, and colleague N. Teshima used a single injection-single detector ‘‘oneshot’’ FI system with a quadruple flow cell for the simultaneous determination of Cu, Fe, and Zn in serum. M. Zenki (Okayama University of Science) determined lead with arsenazo III by cyclic FI, and K. Oguma (Chiba University) determined lead leached from china using a Pb-Spec column to adsorb the lead, followed by elution and reaction with PAR. L. Cruz-Coo (University of the Philippines) developed an on-line microwave-assisted digestion method for the determination of dissolved organic nitrogen and phosphorus in seawater.
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N. Tongtavee (Mahidol University) used continuous flow sequential extraction to study the association of lead with other elements in soils. P. Carrero (University of Los Andes) described the on-line generation and hydrolysis of methyl borate to determine boron in soil and plants. S. Motomizu (Okayama University) determined trace gaseous air pollutants by flow-based systems coupled with collection/enrichment procedures. S. Sultan (King Fahd University for Petroleum and Minerals) described rate-based determinations of aspirin and paracetamol in drug formulations from their reactions with permanganate. B. Horstkotte (University of the Balearic Islands) performed at-line determination of formaldehyde in bioprocesses using the Schiff and Hantzsch reactions. L. Fonseca (Instituto Superior Te´cnico) used a micellar system for the on-line monitoring of target enzyme activity during production and purification steps. Y. Iida (Kanagawa Institute of Technology) measured the activity of alkaline phosphatase immobilized in a column to measure the presence of co-factor zinc ion. N. Ratanawimarnwong (Mahidol University) described a pervaporation FI system for the determination of iodide by chemiluminescence. 3.1.2. Atomic spectrometry. H. Haraguchi (Nagoya University) used a CHAPS-coated ODS column to speciate trace metals in metallomics with ICP-MS measurement. C. Rondo´n (University of Los Andes) determined antimony by on-line preconcentration of the chloroanionic complexes, followed by FI hydride generation AAS. M. Fa´tima Silva (Universidade Cato´lica Portuguesa) described a single standard calibration using a multicommutation approach for the determination of mercury by AAS. J.L. Burguera (University of Los Andes) determined aluminum in lubrication oils by ET-AAS, using an emulsification system. 3.1.3. Electrochemistry. O. Chailapakul (Chulalongkorn University) used a nickel-implanted, boron-doped diamond thin-film electrode for the measurement of tetracyclines in an FIA-HPLC system. V. Gupta (Indian Institute of Technology) presented the preparation of ion-selective electrodes for potential use in flow systems. M. Burguera (University of Los Andes) used on-line electrochemical preconcentration of manganese in urine for measurement by flame AAS. M. Endo (Yamagata University) reported the on-line measurement of alcohols using sensors modeled after a polymer electrolyte fuel cell.
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M. Trojanowicz (Warsaw University) described stripping voltammetry in a ‘‘tubing-less’’ batch-injection system; cadmium was collected on a Chelex-100 column and eluted onto the electrode surface. T. Nagaoka (Osaka Prefecture University) described a gold-nanoparticle sensor for flow and batch analysis, and Y. Lin (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) developed amperometric biosensors based on carbon nanotube nanoelectrode arrays, coupled to a FI system. H. Hirakawa (Kyushu University) described the electrochemical sandwich immunoassay of vilellogenin in fish using magnetic microbeads. 3.1.4. Separations. W. Siangproh (Chulalongkorn University) described microchip capillary electrophoresis for fast detection of hydrazine compounds at a cobalt phthalocyanine-modified electrode. D. Davey (University of South Australia) performed speciation of ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate in watertreatment plants, and free and total sulfite in wine, by microstill FIA. J. Simon (Free University of Berlin) used a chromatomembrane method for the analysis of pharmaceuticals. K. Grudpan (Chiang Mai University) described a sequential injection (SI) lab-at-valve system for solvent extraction. D. Sˇatı´nsky´ (Charles University) used solid phases in SI systems, including solid-phase extraction-sorbents, restricted access materials and monolithic sorbents, for the direct analysis of pharmaceuticals in biological matrices and analyte separations. P. Solich (Charles University) reported on SI chromatography using monolith columns. 3.1.5. Flow system and software developments. J. Jakmunee (Chiang Mai University) described a manually operated SI system based on hydrodynamic injection, requiring no computer control for timing and volume control. K. Grudpan reviewed the progress and recent developments in miniaturization in flow-based analysis. S. Stitzel (Dublin City University) reported on an autonomous microfluidics system for field phosphate measurement; the building blocks from sampling through wireless communication were integrated into a single system. I. McKelvie (Monash University) described a flowbased system for on-ship mapping of marine and estuarine systems. A photometric detection cell was designed to minimize Schlieren effects for high salt-containing estuarine and ocean samples. E. Zagatto (University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba) described experiments to study the two components of Schlieren effects. Loss of light by reflection at sharp liquid interfaces is noise that can be compensated for with
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dual-wavelength spectrophotometry (DWS). Refraction of light at regions of the sample zone with continuous refractive index gradients, which acts as a ‘‘lens’’, is more reproducible and, being wavelength-dependent, can be partially compensated for by DWS. D. Wolcott (Gobal FIA) described the use of zone fluidics for performing sovent extraction, PCR analysis, and bilirubin analysis, and his colleague G. Marshall described the interfacing of zone fluidics to a capillary electrophoresis chip. T. Imato (Kyushu University) reported a flow immunoassay based on surface plasmon resonance detection, and V. Cerda described the development of an instrument for multicommuted FI analysis (FIA) and multipumping procedures. H. Itabashi (Gunma University) developed an ‘‘all injection analysis’’ instrument, based on a circulation system to minimize reagent consumption and waste volumes. S. Chalk (University of North Florida) gave an update on his Flow Analysis Database, which incorporates features such as export of search results in RIS, PDF, and XML formats, links to abstracts, and a new URL format for searching the database. He also gave a presentation of the use of XML for representing FIA peak data and metadata. E. Paski (Analytical Innovations) gave an informative presentation of requirements for ensuring that FI technology complies with the ISO 1705 Standard. The conference concluded with a critical evaluation by W. Frenzel (Technical University of Berlin) of the role of FIA in tackling analytical problems in environmental research.
3.2. Poster presentations There were over 72 poster presentations by participants from Australia, Germany, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, USA, and Venezuela. Session Chairs were Jose´ L.F. Costa Lima, Jose´ Martinez Calatayud, Victor Cerda, and Salah Sultan. The breadth of flow-based techniques was well illustrated by posters on automation, SI analysis and chromatography, all-injection analysis, multipumping systems, microfluidic reactors, liquid waveguides, reaction interfaces, zone fluidics, on-line preconcentration, dialysis, derivatization and extraction, membrane separations, microwave-assisted reactions, multicomponent analyses, chemometrics, catalytic and kinetic methods, stopped-flow measurements, electrochemical and biosensor detection, and detection by dynamic interfacial pressure, surface plasmon resonance, FTIR, chemiluminescence, fluorescence, spectrophotometry, and atomic spectrometry. 562
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Applications to a variety of samples were reported, such as pharmaceutical products, and environmental, fertilizer, food, gasoline, and biological samples.
4. Best presentation awards Certificates for best student posters for the two sessions were awarded to Natchanon Amornthammarong (Mahidol University) and Raquel Mesquita (Universidade Cato´lica Portuguesa), and for best general posters to Shoji Motomizu (Okayama University) and Dalibor Sˇatı´nsky´ (Charles University). A certificate for the best student oral presentation was awarded to Weena Siangproh (Chulalongkorn University), and for the best general presentation by a young scientist to Shannon Stitzel (Dublin City University).
5. Final comments 5.1. Special recognitions Strong leadership has brought international recognition to JAFIA and the Japanese Journal of Flow Injection Analysis (JFIA), published by JAFIA. Certificates of recognition were presented on behalf of the International Steering Committee of ICFIA to Shoji Motomizu and Tadao Sakai, respectively, for their outstanding service as Chair of JAFIA and as Editor of JFIA. Motomizu recently stepped down as Chair, and Sakai is the new Chair of JAFIA. Toshihiko Imato has been appointed as the new Editor of JFIA.
5.2. Publication of the Proceedings Papers from the conference will be submitted for a Special Issue of Talanta, edited by G. Christian.
5.3. Exhibitors eDAQ Pty Ldt (www.edaq.com) exhibited state-of-the-art data recording instruments, and FIAlab Instruments, Inc. (www.flowinjection.com) showcased flow and SI analysis systems.
5.4. ICFIA 14 Members of the International Steering Committee [G. Christian, M. Bloomfield, J. L. Burguera, K. Grudpan, T. Imato, T. Sakai, J. van Staden, and S. Christian (Advisor)] considered several excellent proposals for the venue for the next conference. They selected Berlin, 0165-9936/$ - see front matter
doi:10.1016/j.trac.2005.05.003
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Germany, with the conference tentatively to be held at the Technische Universita¨t Berlin in September 2007. It will be hosted by Wolfgang Frenzel and Ju¨rgen Simon.
Meeting reports
Details may be obtained by contacting Wolfgang Frenzel at [email protected]. A website will be available by the end of this year.
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