PittCon 2000 Report

摘要

What do nearly 30,000 analytical chemists and New Orleans, La., have in common? PittCon 2000. The 51st Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy was held in New Orleans, March 12-17, 2000. PittCon is a meeting of analytical chemists that includes technical sessions and an exhibitor exposition. More than 1,000 exhibitors of analytical instrumentation, laboratory supplies, and services touted their wares at this year's meeting. According to the official summary statistics for the conference, there were 2,198 technical papers presented, 3,304 exhibitor booths, 1,280 exhibiting companies, and 27,670 attendees at this year's PittCon. Next year's PittCon 2001 will be held March 4-9, 2001 in New Orleans.