大连国际色谱学术报告会及展览会通知

   经中国科学院和中国化学会批准,在中国科学院、国家基金委、中国化学会色谱专业委员会、中国色谱学会的支持下，由中科院大连化学物理研究所和国际毛细管色谱会议组委会共同举办的大连国际色谱学术报告会及展览会（http://www.iscc.dicp.ac.cn）将于2007年6月4-7日将在大连世界博览广场召开，此次会议由下面三个会议组成：   第30届国际毛细管色谱学术报告会(30th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography) (30th ISCC) (2007 年6月5-7日)   第4届全二维气相色谱学术报告会 (4th GC×GC) (2007 年6月4-5日)   第16届全国色谱学术报告会及仪器展览会暨第1届大连国际色谱学术报告会及展览会（16th National Symposium and Exhibition on Chromatography &1st Dalian International Symposium and Exhibition on Chromatography） (NISEC) (2007年6月4-6日)      会议的主席由比利时的 Pat Sandra教授和我所的张玉奎院士担任；副主席由我所的许国旺教授和澳大利亚的Philip Marriott教授担任。      国际毛细管色谱会议是毛细管色谱领域最著名的学术会议，在国际上享有很高的声誉，被称之为“毛细管色谱和微柱分离技术的第一论坛”。自1975年在意大利的Hindelang举行第一届国际毛细管色谱会议以来，到今年为止已经连续举办29次。规模一直保持在350－750人。从1989年第10次会议开始颁发“Golay Award”以奖励毛细管色谱领域有突出发明创造的专家学者。该会议每年在美国或意大利交替举行，旨在反映国际上分离科学领域的最新动态，加强国际毛细管色谱研究者的交流，促进毛细管色谱的发展。“第30届国际毛细管色谱会议”是首次在美国和意大利以外的国家召开此系列的色谱专业会议。 鉴于目前全二维气相色谱领域的快速发展，第4届GC×GC 会议将同期举行。同时，为了增进更多的色谱工作者对全二维气相色谱的了解，会议在6 月3 日将举办全二维气相色谱和和气相色谱-质谱, 液相色谱-质谱学习班，对全二维气相色谱和和气相色谱-质谱的基础知识进行讲解。      每两年一次的全国色谱报告会一直是国内色谱领域学术水平最高、规模最大的学术报告会及展览会。根据中国色谱学会理事长张玉奎院士的指示，拟将全国色谱会议逐渐办成国际色谱会议，以加强与国际色谱界的交流和合作，进一步促进和推动国内色谱技术的发展、学术水平的提高。鉴于这一精神，第16届全国色谱学术报告会及仪器展览会暨第一届大连国际色谱学术报告会与第30届国际毛细管色谱会议同期举行。      会议从国外邀请了近50位、国内近40位特邀代表做色谱方面的最新进展报告。印弟安纳大学的Milos Novotny教授，美国Brigham Young大学Milton Lee 教授，意大利费拉拉大学的Francesco Dondi教授，国内卢佩章院士、陈洪渊院士、汪尔康院士均将到会。会议还从台湾邀请了色谱领域的7位著名教授参会。 到目前为止，组委会已接收到来自国内外的650篇投稿，预计参会代表人数将达600位，其中外宾有200多位。会议也引起了中国科学院、国家基金委及国内外相关部门的重视。ELSEVIER将在会议期间庆祝J. Chromatogr. A和J. Chromatogr. B成立50周年，并在大连召开编委会会议。同时会议还将颁发2007 年“Marcel Golay Award”。 会议也吸引了国内外50多家主要色谱和分析仪器公司参展，包括Pfizer，Shimadzu, Agilent, Waters, ThermoFisherScientific, LECO, Restek，P-E，GERSTEL GmbH &Co. KG，Eksigent，MERCK 等公司将展出最新的产品或对大会进行资助。    会议特设以下奖项： 1. Pfizer 公司优秀口头报告奖，资助一名35岁以下的中国优秀青年科学家参加明年在意大利召开的第32届国际毛细管色谱学术报告会。 2. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 杂志提供三个poster奖，以鼓励青年学者。每位获奖者可以自由挑选由Springer提供的价值200欧元的书籍。 3. 大会组委会设立15名“优秀poster奖”，颁发奖杯，并给予一定金额的奖金。 会议组委会秘书处设立在中科院大连化学物理研究所，由许国旺教授统一负责。日前，会议的各项筹备工作正在紧张有序地进行，相关的会议信息包括会议日程已在会议网站(http://www.iscc.dicp.ac.cn)发布。      我国作为目前亚洲经济发展和增长速度最快的国家，面临着资源、环境、人口与健康、社会可持续发展等诸多挑战，色谱技术在解决这些重大问题中正在发挥越来越重要的作用。近年来中国在基础研究和技术开发方面均取得了丰硕的成果，在这个时期，举办国际色谱学术系列会议，不仅能够促进我国色谱领域本身的快速发展，也必将带动和加速我国在各相关领域：石油化工、环境保护、基因组学、蛋白组学、代谢组学和系统生物学上的研究步伐，加强我国的科技竞争力，使我国在这些研究领域占一席之地。也有助于提升我国在国际色谱界的地位，将有利于我国色谱工作者与国际同行们的交流，进一步加强国际合作研究、开拓新的前沿科学领域的研究。     30 ISCC and 4^th GC×GC Symposium Meets in China, June 4-7 2007   <www.iscc.dicp.ac.cn>      In June of this year, the 30^th meeting in the International Symposium in Capillary Chromatography series will convene in Dalian, People’s Republic of China. The meeting promises to be a major celebration of separation science, and the separation science community has thrown its weight behind this initiative. The meeting is held under the auspices of the International Organisation for Promotion of Microcolumn Separations and the Chinese Academy of Science, with support of various organisations in China. Combined with the 4^th Comprehensive Two-dimensional Gas Chromatography symposium, and also the 16^th Chinese Symposium and Exhibition on Chromatography 2007, the conference will offer many opportunities to showcase both international and regional accomplishments in chromatography.    Dalian has won a well deserved reputation as a seaside destination for both local and international travellers. It is well connected through airline routes via Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and also via Japan. The internationally-acclaimed Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (a key Institute of the Chinese Academy of Science), which has arguably the highest concentration of chromatography and separation sciences researchers in China, is the home-Institute of the highly respected Professor Lu PeiZhang – the father of Chinese chromatography. The DICP is taking a leading role in organisation of the meeting and is well accustomed to this since DICP researchers play a key role in the logistics of the National chromatography meeting in China. So what makes Dalian and ISCC30, 2007, special? And more important, why should researchers attend this meeting?    Firstly, this is the first internationally scheduled chromatography meeting to be held in China. It should be seen not just as a convenient location and time to have a conference in China in the build up to the Olympics, but it should be seen as the natural progression of Chinese and regional separation science research as a vigorous and competitive player on the international scene. Science in general is respected as a valuable pursuit in China and in the wider Asian region, and so we can note the demographic shift in research publications towards this region.  Hence the engagement between researchers in Asia and the rest of the world is a natural and important development. Whilst the ISCC meetings are normally organised alternating annually between Europe (Italy) and the USA, they have been previously held in Japan, with the last in Gifu organised by Professor Jinno, the growth in chromatography in China has been nothing short of spectacular in recent years.      Second, the major journal in Chromatography – the Elsevier publications Journal of Chromatography A and Journal of Chromatography B – will be represented in full strength at this meeting. The Editorial Board meetings of these sister publications will be held during the Conference, and so the editors, who do so much to provide stewardship of the scientific communication of chromatography will be in attendance, and will make their input into the scientific program. But in addition, Elsevier has sponsored many leading scientists to present invited lectures during the program. This ensures that delegates will be able to enjoy a program that promises to be of the highest quality, and will have access to the leading minds who cover the widest spectrum of chromatography. But not only will these scientists offer state-of-the-art technical presentations, the program will offer ample opportunity to gain an overview of the broader practice of chromatography in the region, with all the personal exchanges that this can lead to.  Please refer to the conference website for a complete listing of invited speakers.      Third, the comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography part of the proceedings proved to incredibly popular during the Riva 2006 meeting. This was held a day earlier than the formal ISCC conference and many researchers came the day earlier, and stayed through the whole conference. In conjunction with the 30^th ISCC in China, the specialist GC×GC symposium will also be held, and as in Italy previously will include a GC×GC workshop prior to the meeting, the formal GC×GC program, and also we will hold a discussion session on one evening of the conference. To those who attended the previous discussion sessions, you will know that these vary in format, but are also events that have proved to be most entertaining! Whilst there is ‘some’ science included in the discussion, there is considerable levity provided to the organisers to stretch the definition of science, in the pursuit of a great social interaction! Enough said – you will have to wait for this years’ discussion session in Dalian! The GC×GC programs reflect the tremendous activity and progress being made in basic technology, fundamental knowledge, and applications of this powerful, new method. If you have wondered what all the excitement is about, or if you simply want to catch up with the latest developments in GC×GC, you MUST mark this in your diary.      Forth, a visit to China should not be just all hard work. Now, it is certainly a truism that a conference is an intense, and often draining period, where you work hard to discover new knowledge, and be enthused and re-invigorated in research. For the first-time visitor, China is there to also be ‘discovered’. If your flight brings you through Beijing, Shanghai or Hong Kong, spend a few days R&R to take back home more than just a few hints on improving your separation skills! Take a few minutes to browse a few China travel websites, and plan on a side trip to experience China – before the Olympics!      Where to from here? Well, there can be only one answer! The steps are relatively easy:

1. Check out the conference website – www.iscc.dicp.ac.cn.  Bookmark it and keep watch for developments.
2. Send in an abstract if you wish to present a last minute poster.
3. Fill out the registration form and get this to the organisers.
4. Contact your travel agent to book your travel plans – and ask about the options for side trips!
5. Book your accommodation – see the conference website for suggestions.
6. Draw a big circle in your diary for the days when you will be away from regular, routine work, but instead will be in China for 30ISCC, and the associated activities.
7. Check visa requirements, and if needed, get your letter of invitation from the organisers.
8. Anticipate eagerly your departure to Dalian, in June.
9. If you are a Company and wish to Exhibit, contact the organisers without delay!

     And DON’T FORGET THE RUN!! Peter Schoenmakers and Philip Marriott have offered (aching muscles and creaking joints notwithstanding) to lead a fun run (yes, an oxymoron!!) on the morning of Sunday 3 June at 7am, starting at the front of the conference venue – the Dalian World Expo Centre – in the magnificent Dalian Xinghai Square. There are no prizes, just the self-fulfilling satisfaction of an early morning jog!