AAMSDG "Summer in November" Symposium

Dear Colleagues:

This is a reminder that titles are needed for talks at the up coming 
AAMSDG Summer in November Symposium.  

I also need to know how many people are planning on attending so that I 
can make sure I have sufficient food.  Please E-mail me this information 
by Friday 10/31.

The sixth Atlanta-Athens Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group "Summer" 
Symposium will be held on Wednesday-Thursday November 5-6, 2003.  We are 
maintaining the two-day format started last year.  The first day will 
focus on proteomics/protein characterization, and the second day will be 
our normal general session.  This meeting will start sometime after 
lunch on 11/5 and will be held in the auditorium of the new Complex 
Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC) at the University of Georgia, Athens 
GA.  The new CCRC is located approximately a quarter of a mile passed 
the old CCRC.  It is the first building on the left side of the 
Riverbend Rd (address 315).

We expect topics to range over all aspect of mass spectrometry.  Our 
goal is to provide a friendly environment for researchers to present 
their data and to promote interactions between MS groups in the 
Southeast.  Last year approximately 80 scientists attended.  

You are invited to make a 20 minute oral presentation at this meeting.  
Time allotments will depend upon on the number of speakers.  Although we 
welcome presentations by everyone, we would particularly like to 
encourage "younger" mass spectrometrists (i.e., students, post-doctoral 
fellows, etc.).  If you would like to contribute we would appreciate a 
response (title and authors) by October 30.  

This symposium is free of charge to participants and includes meals 
(coffee/donuts in the morning, lunch, snacks at the afternoon break, and 
post-meeting reception).  All of the expenses for this meeting are being 
paid for by AAMSDG from money acquired through our corporate sponsors: 
Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Applied Biosystems, Thermo Finnigan 
Corporation, Micromass, Inc., JEOL USA, Inc., Bruker Daltonics, Genomic 
Solutions, and Alcott Chromatography.

Corporate sponsors of AAMSDG are also welcome to participate in this 
symposium (free of charge) through poster and oral presentations. Please 
contact me if you would like to reserve space for a poster.

Please pass information on to fellow coworkers.

If you have any questions, comments, or need help with travel plans 
(directions, hotel reservations - I can get a special UGA discount on 
your hotel, etc.) please feel free to contact me by telephone, fax or 
E-mail.  

Sincerely,
Ron Orlando