Laboratory Automation Conference welcomed 4,600 registrants.
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Held from January 27-31 at Palm Springs Convention Center, LabAutomation2007 featured 100 podium presentations organized in 5 educational tracks, 19 short courses, 172 poster presentations, 27 academic travel awards, 22 industry-sponsored workshops, more than 35 new products, and 217 exhibitors in 397 booths. Three special sessions included "Can Technology Save Drug Discovery?", "Laboratory of the Future", and "Technology for Managing Hospital-Acquired Infections".
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Scientific Innovation Sets The Stage For An Outstanding LabAutomation2007
CHICAGO - LabAutomation2007, the world's leading conference and exhibition on laboratory automation and emerging technologies, welcomed 4,600 registrants to the Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA, January 27-31.
LabAutomation2007 continued its tradition of delivering high-quality education and innovation featuring the top 100 podium presentations organized in five educational tracks, 19 short courses, 172 poster presentations, 27 academic travel awards, 22 industry-sponsored workshops, more than 35 new products, and 217 exhibitors in 397 booths. Registrants traveled to Palm Springs from 39 countries around the world.
"What is truly exciting is watching how each year LabAutomation grows in its mission to drive education and innovation in laboratory science," said ALA President Reinhold Schäfer, Dr. rer. nat. "Everything about LabAutomation2007 underscores this statement. The plenary sessions, short courses, industry-sponsored workshops, podium presentations and posters all featured some of the best minds in laboratory automation; LabAutomation's ability to advance our industry is beyond measure," continued Schäfer.
Spearheading this year's conference was an outstanding line-up of plenary speakers, including Norman Dovichi, Ph.D., University of Washington; Eugene F. Kranz, NASA Mission Control Flight Director - Project Gemini and Project Apollo 13; and Daniel H. Wilson, Ph.D., M.S., an American writer and robotics engineer.
In addition, the comprehensive conference curriculum included three special sessions:
o Can Technology Save Drug Discovery?
o Laboratory of the Future
o Technology for Managing Hospital-Acquired Infections
LabAutomation2007 also featured a highly innovative exhibition with more than 35 new product launches. More over, exhibitors conducted 22 industry-sponsored workshops and several special evening events. New this year, eight start-up companies from around the world in the fields of laboratory automation and life sciences were selected to participate and exhibit in Innovation AveNEW. These companies included: Ardenno Solutions; Cellix Ltd.; DiagnoSwiss; genapta Limited; BioCell Cubed, Inc.; IonGate Biosciences GmbH Raindance Technologies; and Sirius Automation, Inc.
Recognizing the best new products on the exhibit floor, ALA's first-ever New product Award (NPA) Designation was awarded to three outstanding companies:
o Corning Incorporated - Corning® Spie® System
o Symyx Technologies - Symyx Benchtop Systems
o QIAGEN -- QIAcube
With the overwhelming success of LabAutomation2007, ALA Executive Director Greg Dummer,
CAE, is already looking forward to LabAutomation2008 in Palm Springs, January 26-30, 2008.
"We measured the success of LabAutomation2007 in a variety of ways. The numbers showed that we had more people, from more countries, attending our conference than ever before," said Dummer. "But we feel the true measure of success was the energy and excitement surrounding all aspects of the conference and exhibition. In addition, we could not have delivered such an outstanding poolside celebration for our attendees without the generous support of our Premier Sponsor, Velocity 11, the Palm Springs Convention and Visitors Authority and the Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel. We'll be back to Palm Springs next January for another outstanding conference with LabAutomation2008."
For more information on LabAutomation2008, visit labautomation.org, or call 888.733.1ALA (1252).
The Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA) is a worldwide organization representing leaders in all aspects of laboratory automation. ALA seeks to provide a greater understanding of the importance and value of automation technologies in laboratory settings, to advance science and promote education related to laboratory automation by encouraging the study, advancing the science and improving the practice of medical and laboratory automation.
ALA thanks Velocity11 for their premier sponsorship contribution to LabAutomation2007.
LabAutomation2008, January 26-30, Palm Springs Convention Center, is a five-day event
bringing together laboratory automation business leaders and scientists from around the globe in conjunction with the world's largest exhibition of laboratory technologies.
