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Return to Chicago Proves a Success for Pittcon 2014
Pittcon 2014, the 65th Conference and Exposition for Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, which this year returned to Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Centre, again proved a hugely successful event for more than 16,200 conferees and exhibitor personnel: those attending Pittcon for the first-time accounted for 36% of the conferee number. For the second year, the co-location of Food Labs Conference, organised by Innovative Publishing and Food Safety Tech, was held in conjunction with this major conference and exhibition.
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Marian Nardozzi, Pittcon’s marketing specialist commented, “Pittcon continues to expand into food science and offers a significant amount of innovations and technical sessions relevant to methodologies used in this industry. We believe that the co-location of Food Labs is a perfect complement and adds a tremendous amount of value for attendees.” She added, “We are looking forward to further developing this relationship in the future.”
“Rick Biros, president of Innovative Publishing and publisher of Food Safety Tech added, “The benefits to the attendees and sponsors of co-locating the Food Labs Conference within Pittcon are tremendous. After a very successful 2013 Food Labs Conference, we are very excited to be working with Pittcon again.”
Pittcon – An International Exposition Global attendance continued to remain strong with 26% of attendees being from outside the United States; top countries by attendance were Canada, China, United Kingdom, Japan, Mexico, and Brazil. Lab managers, scientists, chemists, researchers and professors, were said to represent an equally broad number of scientific disciplines including life science, food science, drug discovery, environmental, forensics, nanotechnology, water/wastewater, energy/fuel, agriculture and bioterrorism.
The venue hosted 935 exhibitors from 32 countries displaying the latest innovations in instrumentation and technology; there were also119 first-time exhibitors. It was estimated that key decision makers attending the conference accounted for 80% of the attendees who rely on the exposition to identify or finalise the purchase of laboratory products for their organisations.
Technical Sessions Pittcon offered more than 2,000 technical sessions presented in 73 symposia, 10 awards, 84 oral sessions, 4 workshops and 51 posters. Approximately 40% of the presentations focused on life science topics. The 31 Conferee Networking sessions provided a unique opportunity for conferees from around the world to meet in an informal setting to discuss topics of mutual interest.
The Short Course program again offered valuable opportunities for skill-building and continuing education for laboratory professionals. Participants have stated that these courses are another factor in selecting Pittcon as the one conference they attend every year. The 116 short courses, attended by more than 1,300 participants covered a wide variety of topics with a special emphasis on nanotechnology, specifically nanomaterials, health/safety, and nanotechnology in life science. Lab management courses, a significant part of the program also provided critical insight into the interpretation of the requirements of regulatory aspects, global guidelines, and laboratory standards.
Pittcon Editors Awards 2014
BRONZE GOLD Texas Instruments Inc. (Dallas, TX) for its DLP® NIRscan™
Congratulations to Texas Instruments, the winners of the 2014 Pittcon Editors’ Award Gold Medal for the most innovative product for their DLP4500NIR.
SILVER Waters Inc (Milford, MA) for its AQUITY® QDa™
Congratulations to Waters Corporation, for winning the 2014 Pittcon Editors’ Award Silver Medal for the most innovative product for their Acquity QDa mass detector. This represents the 4th time in the last 10 years that Waters has collected one of the Pittcon Editors’ Awards.
AB Sciex LLC (Framingham, MA) / Beckman Coulter Inc (Brea, California) for their CESI-MS
Congratulations to Sciex Separations (a division of AB Sciex), for winning the 2014 Pittcon Editors’ Award Bronze Medal for their CESI 8000 High Performance Separation-ESI Module.
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