Conference Report: Pittcon Conference and Expo 2011

Pittcon is the world’s largest annual conference and exposition for laboratory science, organized by The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. This year, for the first time since 1997, Pittcon was held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA, USA. The meeting that started as a humble gathering of analytical researchers more than six decades ago has become a central institution for an entire field. With more than 17,000 attendees from 90 countries, 1000 exhibitors and 2200 technical sessions on topics ranging from the latest techniques and applications in analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy to emerging...