lims⁹⁹ (International LIMS Conference & Exhibition), 23–25 June 1999, Basel, Switzerland

Conference Announcements

lims99 (International LIMS Conference & Exhibition), 23–25 June 1999, Basel, Switzerland

This biennial European Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Conference and Exhibition, with the theme "Crossing the Millennium", is sponsored by The Royal Society of Chemistry, Scientific Computing World, Eurachem, the AOAC International European Section, and the New Swiss Chemical Society (NCS). In addition to its traditional core LIMS focus, the meeting will highlight integration strategies, re-engineering, human issues, web-based operation, and updates from regulatory agencies. Attendees are expected to include IT policymakers, laboratory and QA managers, LIMS users, MIS/IT staff, and software engineers.

Each day of programs will be directed at a slightly different target group. On Wednesday, the focus will be on radical changes that are affecting industry and the strategic thinking needed to deliver business benefits; on Thursday, integration and optimization of MES, SAP, MIS, and codependent LIMS systems; and on Friday, total and distributed laboratory automation and the LIMS response. Each day will feature plenary lectures by experts in LIMS, laboratory computing, and analytical measurement and will cover a variety of industrial applications ranging from biotechnology, environmental, clinical, food, pharmaceutical, and petrochemical applications through a series of intensive parallel sessions, two of which will be presented in French (on Wednesday) and German (on Friday).

Specific presentations will include the following topics:

• External factors shaping the analytical and IT environment

• Concept and implementation of a company-wide LIMS package

• FDA update-regulatory requirements into the next millennium

• TABAK consortium-towards a standard pharmaceutical LIMS

• Knowledge management-a role for LIMS

• FDA 21 CFR part 11-electronic signatures applied to LIMS

• Quality management-its key role in business integration

• Globalization and validation

• From operational to strategic LIMS in drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

• SAP-ERP systems and LIMS are coming together

• Modeling the laboratory

• Workflow and optimization

• Integration of LIMS across research, development, and manufacturing

• LIMS and robotic applications

• LIMS-the next generation

• What is the next step after the fully automated system in the clinical laboratory?

• "Lab in the bag": automated continuous yield of chemical information

• LIMS in a distributed environment

• Bioanalytical LIMS

• New approaches to LIMS and instrument interfacing

• Portable systems

• Using LIMS to monitor and control workflow and production

• Internet/intranet applications

• LIMS and total automation

For information, contact Conference Secretariat, lims99, 45 Hilltop Avenue, Hullbridge, Hockley, Essex, SS5 6BL, United Kingdom, E-mail: jay@limsconf.com; Tel: +44 1702 231268; Fax: +44 1702 230580; Web site: http://www.limsconf.com.

Conference Announcements

lims⁹⁹ (International LIMS Conference & Exhibition), 23–25 June 1999, Basel, Switzerland

This biennial European Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) Conference and Exhibition, with the theme "Crossing the Millennium", is sponsored by The Royal Society of Chemistry, Scientific Computing World, Eurachem, the AOAC International European Section, and the New Swiss Chemical Society (NCS). In addition to its traditional core LIMS focus, the meeting will highlight integration strategies, re-engineering, human issues, web-based operation, and updates from regulatory agencies. Attendees are expected to include IT policymakers, laboratory and QA managers, LIMS users, MIS/IT staff, and software engineers.

Each day of programs will be directed at a slightly different target group. On Wednesday, the focus will be on radical changes that are affecting industry and the strategic thinking needed to deliver business benefits; on Thursday, integration and optimization of MES, SAP, MIS, and codependent LIMS systems; and on Friday, total and distributed laboratory automation and the LIMS response. Each day will feature plenary lectures by experts in LIMS, laboratory computing, and analytical measurement and will cover a variety of industrial applications ranging from biotechnology, environmental, clinical, food, pharmaceutical, and petrochemical applications through a series of intensive parallel sessions, two of which will be presented in French (on Wednesday) and German (on Friday).

Specific presentations will include the following topics:

• External factors shaping the analytical and IT environment

• Concept and implementation of a company-wide LIMS package

• FDA update-regulatory requirements into the next millennium

• TABAK consortium-towards a standard pharmaceutical LIMS

• Knowledge management-a role for LIMS

• FDA 21 CFR part 11-electronic signatures applied to LIMS

• Quality management-its key role in business integration

• Globalization and validation

• From operational to strategic LIMS in drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

• SAP-ERP systems and LIMS are coming together

• Modeling the laboratory

• Workflow and optimization

• Integration of LIMS across research, development, and manufacturing

• LIMS and robotic applications

• LIMS-the next generation

• What is the next step after the fully automated system in the clinical laboratory?

• "Lab in the bag": automated continuous yield of chemical information

• LIMS in a distributed environment

• Bioanalytical LIMS

• New approaches to LIMS and instrument interfacing

• Portable systems

• Using LIMS to monitor and control workflow and production

• Internet/intranet applications

• LIMS and total automation

For information, contact Conference Secretariat, lims99, 45 Hilltop Avenue, Hullbridge, Hockley, Essex, SS5 6BL, United Kingdom, E-mail: jay@limsconf.com; Tel: +44 1702 231268; Fax: +44 1702 230580; Web site: http://www.limsconf.com.