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April 23-25, 2013. LFI stands for LightFair International, and it brings you “the future, illuminated”. LFI purports to be the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, attracting over 23,000 design, lighting, architectural, design, engineering, energy, facility and industry professionals from around the world. It is dedicated to bringing together top international and domestic professionals in Architecture, Design, Engineering, Energy and Lighting, pairing them off with lighting exhibitors fromthe global market. 500 of the world’s leading manufacturers showcased products in over 200,000 square feet of exhibits, including Specialty Luminaires, Daylighting products & services, Lampholders and Switches, Meters, Mounting Devices, Light Sources, Exterior Luminaires, Lighting Control components and Solar products & solutions. No-one was left in the dark…
March 17-21, 2013. Pittcon is the world’s largest annual premier conference and exposition on laboratory science. It is organized by The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, a Pennsylvania not-for-profit educational corporation comprised of the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh (SSP) and the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP). Pittcon typically attracts more than 17,000 attendees from industry, academia and government, from 90 countries worldwide. Proceeds from the show fund science education and outreach at all levels, from kindergarten through adult. The organization donates more than a million dollars a year to provide financial and administrative support for various science outreach activities, including science equipment grants, research grants, scholarships and internships for students, awards to teachers and professors, and grants to public science centers, libraries and museums. Educational…!
February 2-3, 2013. So what do they actually talk about at an annual biophysical meeting? Well, a sample of the sessions that biophysical types could attend included “Imaging from Molecules to Organisms”; “From Molecules to Tissues: How Forces are Transduced in Biology”; “Viral Entry, Budding and Replication at Membranes”; “Frontiers in Electron Microscopy”; and “Flagella and Motility”. If those topics didn’t scratch your itch, there were still symposia available on The Synapse, Protein Synthesis, Electrostatics, Proton Channels, Genomics and Biophysics, and Biological Circuit Design. Our favorites were “The Interface of Brain and Machines”, and “Counting Atoms in Big Machines”. The trouble was, counting the atoms turned out to have the same effect as counting sheep. Wake me when my brain starts interfacing with the machine, please…
February 5-7, 2013. The PVAE initials mean that this is PV America East. The PV part indicates Photo-Voltaic Solar Energy, and this here is the industry’s conference and exhibition. The event brings PV solar manufacturers and service providers together with installers, contractors, engineers and policy makers from the Eastern U.S. Some big questions were being asked. Why is it that 80% of Americans say they want solar power, yet less than 3% actually buy it? What will it take to effectively bring solar power into mainstream America? What do current trends in solar energy mean for the PV Solar business? What’s all this about Disruptive Innovation? Attending the seminars enabled delegates to gain perspective on how to use new technologies to find, sell and build relationships with customers in the perpetually changing landscape of the solar energy industry. You can do this even when the sun isn’t actually shining….
Aug. 19-23, 2012. ACS stands for American Chemical Society, and the words they live by are “Chemistry for Life”. ACS is a congressionally chartered independent membership organization which represents professionals at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry and sciences that involve chemistry. With more than 164,000 members, it is apparently the world’s largest scientific society, and one of the world’s leading sources of authoritative scientific information. A nonprofit, ACS is at the forefront of the evolving worldwide chemical enterprise, and positions itself as the premier professional home for chemists, chemical engineers and related professions around the globe. You can just feel the chemistry…..
June 24-28, 2012. DIA is all about healthcare, though you would never know that except by knowing it. (It’s one of those acronyms that no-one ever tells you what it stands for). There were 22 Tracks Featuring 280+ Educational Opportunities, a New White Paper Showcase, and Executive Program for Pioneering Partnerships, and 500+ Exhibiting Companies. A prominent speaker was Stephen Spielberg. Say what? What’s a Hollywood movie legend doing at a healthcare talkfest? Wait, THIS Stephen Spielberg (MD) is Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco in the Office of the Commissioner of the FDA, not the “ET phone home” guy. Anyway, if you were there, you apparently “played your part in fostering innovation to facilitate health and well-being worldwide”. Good for you…! (And it was good for you…).
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Show Floor DIA 2012
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Show Floor ground view 2012
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Robotics arrives at DIA 2012
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Exhibitor OpenQ
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NextDocs Exhibitor had great information
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BioClinica provided free wifi
June 24-28, 2012.
DIA is all about healthcare, though you would never know that except by knowing it. (It’s one of those acronyms that no-one ever tells you what it stands for). There were 22 Tracks Featuring 280+ Educational Opportunities, a New White Paper Showcase, and Executive Program for Pioneering Partnerships, and 500+ Exhibiting Companies.
A prominent speaker was Stephen Spielberg. Say what? What’s a Hollywood movie legend doing at a healthcare talkfest? Wait, THIS Stephen Spielberg (MD) is Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco in the Office of the Commissioner of the FDA, not the “ET phone home” guy. Anyway, if you were there, you apparently “played your part in fostering innovation to facilitate health and well-being worldwide”. Good for you…! (And it was good for you…).  Welcome & reminder that Copenhagen is coming soon
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