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Preview of Pittcon 2008 LIMS & Informatics Events

Forums, Symposia, Short Courses. Workshops, and Tutorials to Attend

The Pittsburgh Conference, aka Pittcon, is the premier conference and exposition on laboratory equipment and chemical analyses. This year it will be held at the Ernst Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA from March 2-7.

Once again, there are a number of LIMS and Informatics sessions, short courses, workshops, and tutorials available to bring you up to date on the latest in LIMS, informatics, laboratory automation, and laboratory regulations.

To assist you in making the rounds of LIMS and Informatics events and exhibitors, this article highlights the details at press time.

At a Glance: LIMS and Laboratory Informatics Sessions

• LIMS Beyond the Analytical Laboratory (Mon conferee networking session)
• Laboratory Informatics (Mon pm poster session)
• Information Management and Data Handling in the Laboratory (Tues conferee networking session)
• Lab Informatics I (Tues am oral session)
• Laboratory Management (Tues pm poster session)
• Lab Automation (Wed am new product forum)
• Software for Analysis (Wed am new product forum)
• Lab Informatics II (Wed am oral session)
• Lab Management (Wed pm oral session)

Monday, March 3

Session Type: Conferee Networking Session Number: 920 Room:
1:30 PM (#5) LIMS Beyond the Analytical Laboratory

Session Type: Poster Session Number: 910 Room:
Session Title: Laboratory Informatics

(#1) Intelligent and Reliable Identification of Chromatographic Peaks
(#2) Advantages of Conducting a Laboratory Automation Needs Assessment
(#3) How Secure Is Your Data
(#4) Advanced Automated Reporting Techniques
(#5) Identification Method for Potential Peptide Biomarkers from Sub-microliter Biological Samples Using MALDI-TOF-MS
(#6) Deconvolving GC-MS Data Using Functional Data Methods
(#7) Efficient Use of Peptide Mapping for Characterizing Native Protein Structure and Structural Variants
(#8) An Integrated Solution for Calculating Results from Dissolution Testing According to the United States Pharmacopeia
(#9) Picture of an Integrated Pharmaceutical Laboratory Using LIMS
(#10) Machine Learning Techniques in Mass Spectrometry, Automated Interpretation of Mass Spectra in Pharmaceutical Analysis
(#11) Product Patent for the Pharmaceutical Sector: The Indian Perspective Medicinal Drug Discovery
(#12) Laboratory Informatics System Deployment Decisions: What’s Best for You?
(#13) New Functionality in Software for Lab Managers

Tuesday, March 4

Session Type: Conferee Networking Session Number: 1300 Room: 225
8:30 AM (#1) Information Management and Data Handling in the Laboratory

Session Type: Oral Session Number: 1140 Room: 274
Session Title: Lab Informatics I

8:30 AM (#1) Tools for Designing a FDA 21 CFR Part 11 Compliant Application
8:50 AM (#2) Thin LIMS: An IT Infrastructure for 21st Century cGMP Quality Operations
9:10 AM (#3) New Part 11 Guidance for Clinical Investigations
9:30 AM (#4) Laboratory Informatics as a Tool for Tracking ISO 17025 Requirements
9:50 AM (#5) Recess
10:05 AM (#6) Analytical Instrument Integration to LIMS Using an Electronic Laboratory Notebook System Interface Technology
10:25 AM (#7) Focusing on the Analytes in Complicated Mixtures by Componentization and Filtering of LC/MS Data
10:45 AM (#8) Analyzing Your Options for Analysis
11:05 AM (#9) Integrating Informatics into Everyday Laboratory Procedures

Session Type: Poster Session Number: 1640 Room:
Session Title: Laboratory Management

(#1) Instrument Integration and Laboratory Information Management Systems
(#2) Marketing High Technology Service Aspects and Considerations: Part III
(#3) Developing a LIMS Request for Proposal
(#4) Pollution Monitoring and Waste Management of Dyestuff and Dyes Intermediates Effluent of Selected Industrial Estates

Wednesday, March 5

Session Type: New Product Forum Session Number: 1936 Room: 341
Session Title: Lab Automation

10:05 AM (#1) TurboTube Sample Vial Distribution System for the Entire Lab
10:25 AM (#2) Easier, Faster and Reliable Sample Preparation
10:45 AM (#3) CDS and LIMS Integration: The Next Generation
11:05 AM (#4) Brady IP Printers: Using SMART-CELL for Superior Printer Performance

Session Type: New Product Forum Session Number: 1931 Room: 235
Session Title: Software for Analysis

8:30 AM (#1) Introducing MassWorks Software Version 1.2 for Mass Spectrometry with Accurate Line-Shape Calibration for Improved Formula ID from Ion Trap and High Resolution MS Systems
8:50 AM (#2) Unassigned
9:10 AM (#3) New STARLIMS Content Manager: A Unique Integrated Platform for Lab Informatics
9:30 AM (#4) "Configurable Off The Shelf" Enterprise Laboratory Informatics

Session Type: Oral Session Number: 1890 Room: 274
Session Title: Lab Informatics II

8:30 AM (#1) Going Paperless: Converting from Paper Forms to an Electronic Laboratory Notebook
8:50 AM (#2) Streamlined Sample Workflow and Information Management for the Routine Chromatography Laboratories
9:10 AM (#3) Calculating the Benefits for the Introduction of Laboratory Informatics Solutions
9:30 AM (#4) Lessons Learned from Global Laboratory Informatics Projects
9:50 AM (#5) Recess
10:05 AM (#6) Justifying a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Purchase
10:25 AM (#7) Building an Electronic Laboratory Notebook for Routine Analyses
10:45 AM (#8) Enterprise-Wide Data Management Connects People, Places and Data
11:05 AM (#9) Achieving Great Science Bringing Together Physical Measurements and Chemical Analysis

Session Type: Oral Session Number: 2210 Room: 241
Session Title: Laboratory Management (Half Session)

3:05 PM (#6) What Is On and Over the Horizon for Informatics?
3:25 PM (#7) Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS): The Secret Weapon to Regulatory Compliance
3:45 PM (#8) Enhancing Your Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) with a Mobile Device
4:05 PM (#9) Find Chromatography Applications Quickly with a Web-Based Tool for Searching and Viewing AnIML Data

From A to Z: LIMS and Informatics Vendors Exhibiting at Pittcon

The Exposition floor will be open from Monday, March 3 to Wednesday, March 5, 9:00-5:00 and on Thursday, March 6 from 9:00-3:00. Vendors marked in blue are new to Pittcon this year.

Accelerated Technology Laboratories, 5455
Accessible Information Solutions, Inc. (AIS), 6819
Advanced Chemistry Development, 5456
Agilent Technologies, 4635
Ampersand International, 5360
Applied Biosystems, 3255, 5155
Artel, 4303
Astrix Technology Group, 5358
Autoscribe / Zumatrix, 5554
Baytek International, 5255
Bio-Rad Labs, Informatics, 4247
Caliper Life Sciences, 3530
CambridgeSoft Corporation, 5265
Cerno Bioscience, 2202
ChemWare, 5154
CSOLS, Ltd, 5162
ELICO Ltd, 1551
H&A Scientific, 5454
iCD Vertriebs GmbH, 5459
IQC-International Quality Consulting LLC, 5461
Laboratory Automation Solutions, 5168
LabPlus Technologies,
Labtronics, 5655
LabVantage Solutions, 5555
LabWare, 5159
Moda Technology Partners, 5160
National Instruments, 4955
Patni Life Sciences (Taratec), 5359
PerkinElmer, 2555
Promium, 5564
Quality Systems International, 5355
Rudolph Instruments, Inc., 2406
Siemens, 5940
STARLIMS, 5365, 5465
Systat Software, Inc., 5561
Thermo Electron, 1735
Varian, 4621
Velquest Corporation, 5259
Waters Corporation, 2639