HTSP 2012 - 2nd International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques for Sample Preparation (HTSP-2)

Hyphenated Techniques for Chromatography
(HTC-12)

Following the 11th HTC-symposium which was held in Bruges ( Belgium ) in January 2010, HTC-12 will again cover all fundamental aspects, instrumental developments and applications of hyphenated chromatographic techniques.

These include hyphenation between chromatography and detection systems (with focus on mass spectrometry), multi-column (multi-dimensional) chromatography, and the coupling between sample-preparation techniques and chromatographs.

Many aspects of chromatography will be addressed, including automation and robotization, miniaturization and microfabricated analytical devices, high-pressure and high-temperature LC, and new detection techniques.

There will be special focus on hyphenated sample-preparation techniques (HTSP-2 meeting, see below) and on the design of hyphenated on-line and at-line chromatographic process analyzers and hyphenated systems for high-throughput experimentation.

Application lines
The meeting will be organized along three lines, which are largely programmed in the form of three parallel sessions.
1. Life science, including pharmaceutical analysis, biosystems research, and bioanalysis;
2. Food science, including the analysis of contaminants and residues and of flavor and fragrances;
3. Sustainable society, including environmental science, the chemical and petrochemical industries, and polymers.

Hyphenated Techniques for Sample Preparation
(HTSP-2)

On Tuesday, January 31st and Wednesday, February 1st, 2012, a special meeting will be organized to emphasize the great importance of hyphenated systems for preparing and injecting samples. Focus will be on complete, automated systems, which provide solutions to real problems in industry, science and society.

Techniques covered will include extraction techniques (solid-phase extraction, SPE; solid-phase micro-extraction, SPME; liquid-phase micro-extraction, LPME; etc.), special injection devices (e.g. headspace methods; degradation methods, including pyrolysis; derivatization methods) and multi-column methods.

Couplings of sample-preparation devices to chromatographs (e.g. SPE-LC) and to hyphenated systems (e.g. SPME-GC-MS) will both be considered.

HTC Award

The most innovative paper or poster will receive the HTC-Award, sponsored by ELSEVIER SCIENCE. The jury will be chaired by Hernan Cortes, chairman of the Scientific Committee. The HTC-Award will be presented during the closing session of HTC-11 on Friday afternoon. Previous HTC-Award winners: Janusz Pawliszyn (1996), N. Semenov (1998), Heidi Goenaga-Infante (2000), Aviv Amirav (2002), Gert Desmet (2004), Luigi Mondello (2006), Rob Shellie (2008) and Oliver Trapp (2010).

Poster Award

During the symposium, the scientific advisory committee will select the most innovative poster contribution. The award will be presented during the closing session on the last symposium day.

Lifetime Achievement Award

During the HTC-Symposium, a "Lifetime-Achievement -Award", sponsored by LC-GC Europe will be presented. The criteria for the award will be "for outstanding achievements in hyphenated techniques in chromatography and for distinguished service to the international chromatographic community". The award will be presented by Hernan Cortes, president of the selection committee. Previous winners of the Lifetime-Achievement Award: Jim Jorgenson (2006), Robert Smits (2008) and Pat Sandra (2010)

Scholarships

A limited budget to cover part of the travel and accommodation costs will be available for students who have not yet obtained a Ph.D. degree. Candidates can apply by submitting an abstract and an application (consisting of a curriculum vitae, description of the research they want to present at the symposium, a short description of their institute, the reason why they apply and a statement of their head of department) before June 30th, 2011.