The 38th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations

The 38th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase Separations and Related Techniques (HPLC 2012) will be held on June 16-21, 2012 in Anaheim, California, USA. This year’s conference continues the tradition of visiting celebrated cities. Although HPLC Symposium has previously visited the West Coast of the United States– landing three times in San Francisco (1986, 1996, and 2006) and once in Seattle (2000) - it has never been held in Southern California. Thus, HPLC 2012 Anaheim marks the symposium’s Southern California debut. While some may consider this city a suburb of Los Angeles, Anaheim is an easy-to-reach world-class destination in its own right, welcoming 40 million visitors each year. It is well known for its theme parks, two professional sports teams - major league baseball’s Angels and the NHL Ducks – and proximity to world-famous Southern California beaches. The conference venue, the Marriott Anaheim hotel, is conveniently located in the heart of the Anaheim Resort District, offering excellent meeting and exhibition space together with unrivaled amenities and services. Thus, HPLC 2012 provides an ideal opportunity to come to Southern California with the entire family. While one parent attends the symposium, family members are free to enjoy the local thrills. Kids of all ages can discover the magic at Disneyland Park® and Disney California Adventure™ Park. Others will enjoy shopping in the nearby Anaheim Garden Walk or taking in a ballgame at Angels stadium. Anaheim also offers an endless variety of restaurants, bars, and wineries serving an enticing menu of dining and nightlife options.

The HPLC 2012 conference provides a superb venue for learning the latest advances in liquid phase separations, interact with colleagues and renew old friendships. The conference features plenary and keynote lectures, short courses and workshops to get the attendees acquainted with current separation techniques and technologies. Among the many topics to be discussed are sessions on newest developments in chromatographic column technologies including monolithic columns, small and core-shell particles, fundamentals of chromatographic separation methods, high temperature, high speed and high resolution separations, HPLC in systems biology, microfluidic and nanofluidic systems, as well as new instrumentation and detection schemes. In addition, applications in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, environmental and food safety analysis, in life sciences and polymer characterization will also be featured. The wide-ranging vendor exhibition will include a plethora of companies showing their latest innovations in instrumentation for chromatographic separation and related research. Conference proceedings will be published in regular issues of the Journal of Chromatography A and also collected in an internet-only special issue. All presenters at the symposium are invited to contribute.

The multiplicity of components of the HPLC symposia make it a valuable resource for analytical chemists, biochemists, molecular biologists, as well as those interested in the separation science seeking practical solutions to their problems. In addition to the extensive technical program full of lectures and poster presentations, the symposium addresses the diverse challenges faced by today's scientists in half and full day short courses. These courses are designed for attendees to gain insight into the latest advancements in liquid phase separations – and this year one short course is bringing it back to the basics by advising how to prepare perfect manuscripts, attractive PowerPoint presentations and award winning posters. The tutorial sessions and educational lectures are popular among students, postdocs, and newcomers and provide opportunities to broaden your understanding of specific parts of chromatographic science and technology. A novelty introduced in this year’s program is panel discussion entitled "What are Today’s Grand Challenges in Chromatography?"

The social program is always a favorite among attendees. This year it includes opening and closing receptions, and the symposium dinner at the Disney California Adventure™ Park and World of Color.

Before or after the conference there are many excellent choices to extend the visit in the city or the nearby scenic areas.

Please join us in Anaheim in June for another exciting version of the outstanding HPLC symposium series.
For more detailed information, visit our website at www.hplc2012.org