Pittsburgh, PA, January 8, 2011, Pittcon 2011 is pleased to announce its participation in  LabAutomation 2011, January 29 - February 2, 2011, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California. All conferees, exhibitors, and media are invited to visit the Pittcon booth, #494 to get the latest information about Pittcon 2011.

LabAutomation, sponsored by the Society for  Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), encompasses a diverse number of industries including: 

• Drug Discovery and Development
• Clinical Diagnostics
• Agriculture and Food
• Forensics and Security
• Energy Generation and Petrochemicals

Key education tracks include:

• Detection and Separation
• Micro- and Nanotechnologies
• High-Throughput Technologies
• Informatics
• Evolving Applications of Laboratory Automation, featuring Agriculture and Food


About LabAutomation

In January 2011, the LabAutomation Conference and Exhibition will celebrate 15 years of bringing science, technology and industry together. Beginning with the very first conference, a wide-ranging group of scientists, engineers and professionals have worked together to realize the promises of laboratory automation. Year after year, they have witnessed breakthroughs that continue to help push the boundaries of laboratory research and development across multiple disciplines and industries. LabAutomation2011 will continue this tradition, in the collaborative manner for which the premier event has come to be known.

About Pittcon 2011

This year, Pittcon, the premier annual conference and exposition on laboratory science, will be held on March 13-18, 2011, Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia World Congress Center.  Proceeds from Pittcon fund science education and outreach at all levels, kindergarten through adult. Pittcon 2011 will donate nearly a million dollars in the form of science equipment grants, research grants, scholarships, and internships for students, awards to teachers and professors, and grants to public science centers, libraries and museums. Visit www.pittcon.org for more information.

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