EPM News Update
analytica will feature a new attraction when it opens in April 2014. For the first time, there will be a special show on occupational health and safety in the laboratory. Successful concepts such as Live Labs and the renowned analytica Conference will also be continued.
Susanne Grödl, Exhibition Director for analytica, explained: “Whether in research or industry, the safety of laboratory employees is extremely important. Until now, none of the world’s trade fairs for analysis and laboratory technology featured a special show on the topic.” But the 2014 fair will cover it in live demonstrations that are part of Live Labs. With some 3,000 visitors, they were the highlight of last year’s fair. In 2014, the Live Labs will be located in Halls B1, B2 and A3 again and will focus on topics such as food and water analysis, plastics analysis and the life sciences.
Currently, 580 companies have registered for the fair (compared with 553 in 2011) and nearly two-thirds of the space in the five halls is occupied. Those companies include industry leaders such as Agilent, Analytik Jena, Beckman Coulter, Becton Dickinson, Bruker, Büchi, Carl Zeiss, Eppendorf, GE Healthcare, Horiba, Julabo, Metrohm, Perkin Elmer, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Shimadzu and VWR International.
The analytica Conference boasts 22 symposia, full lecture halls and 1,700 participants, which is an increase of 40% compared with 2010. Well-known scientists from Germany and abroad will report on the current state and growth potential of the analysis sector again. Presentations will revolve around innovative methods and techniques as well as new potential applications and processes. Analysts from nearly every application sector will present their findings, from pharmaceutical analysis, bioanalysis and food analysis to clinical and medical diagnostics and environmental, water and material analysis. The conference is organized by Forum Analytik, Germany’s three leading scientific associations — the German Chemical Society (GDCh), the Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) and the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL).
Owing to strong demand in the past, training and consulting company Klinkner & Partner will offer an expanded programme of seminar events. Besides scientific know-how, participants can discover the latest knowledge in laboratory and quality management. As in the past, organisers are also planning to hold analytica Job Day, Finance Day and practice-oriented lectures for laboratory users in analytica’s Biotech and Laboratory & Analytics Forums.
Messe München GmbH, analytica, +49 89 949 114 88, info@analytica.de, www.analytica.de.