Meeting report – CECE2008
Date: 17.1.2009
The fifth international conference CECE 2008 was held in Brno, the Czech Republic on November 24th and 25th, 2008. The multidisciplinary meeting, with focus on bioanalytical technology and applications was organized by the Institute of Analytical Chemistry in Brno. Seventeen invited lectures were presented by distinguished scientists from Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ireland, Germany, Poland, Spain, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden and USA. This year’s meeting, held in the conference center of the hotel Continental, was sponsored by local and international companies including Applied Biosystems, Ecom, Genomac, Heidelberg Instruments, Merci, Microfluidic ChipShop, Siemens, Villa Labeco, Waters and Watrex. The presentations and related poster sessions covered important topics such as capillary separations, mass spectrometry, microfluidics, DNA, protein and carbohydrate analysis, surface plasmon resonance and nanotechnologies. The meeting attracted over 100 participants including a strong group from the nearby Universities of Bratislava and Innsbruck. The scientific as well as evening social program with traditional cymbal music helped stimulating informal scientific and personal discussions. The next CECE conference will move to Hungary in 2009 and will be organized by Prof. Ferenc Kilár from the University of Pécs. Additional information can be obtained from Franta Foret at the Institute of Analytical Chemistry in Brno - foret@iach.cz, www.iach.cz and Ferenc Kilár - University of Pécs, ferenc.kilar@aok.pte.hu, www.ttk.pte.hu/analitika/e-index.html.
