FACSS 2009 Preview

The 36th FACSS conference, sponsored by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, will be held October 18–22, 2009, at the Marriott Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.

Plenary Sessions
The conference program will open with a plenary lecture by Carina Alles, DuPont Engineering Research & Technology (Wilmington, Delaware). Her lecture is titled Sustainable Growth Through Sustainable Solutions and will be presented on Monday morning, October 19. Monday afternoon’s plenary lecture, Quantitative Analysis Based on Imaging and Counting Single Molecules, will be delivered by Joel Harris, University of Utah (Salt Lake City).

During the remainder of the conference, each day will begin with a plenary session by internationally recognized speakers and FACSS award winners. After the daily plenary lectures, there will be eight concurrent sessions. Each of those sessions will be composed of poster and oral presentations. Prizes will be awarded daily for outstanding poster presentations.