INVITATION AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Ionization Principles in Organic and Inorganic Spectrometry March 2 -‐ 5, 2015, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway http://ipoims.com

The Analytical Section of the Norwegian Chemical Society invites scientists and users of to this first international conference on principles in mass spectrometry.

We sincerely hope that you will respond positively to this invitation and call for papers. Please inform your colleagues about this opportunity to share and discuss their recent experiences and to be scientifically updated. We look forward to your attendance at and participation in this scientific event. Objectives and Main Topics Mass spectrometry is, arguably the most important analytical spectrometric tool of modern times and the organic and inorganic mass spectrometry communities are probably the largest group of scientists working around a single tool. For both communities mass spectrometry concerns ion chemistry and physics with an emphasis on scientific instrumentation for mass separation. During the past several years, paralleling the growth of applications of the method, mass have, however, become a kind of black boxes for many users even through a variety of new principles of ionization have been developed and made commercially available. This conference is meant to provide an international forum by which organic and inorganic mass spectrometry researchers and users have the opportunity to share their knowledge and exchange ideas on ionization principles in particular. Fundamental aspects and recent advances in creating ions by: (ESI), matrix-‐assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI), electron impact ionization (EI), (CI), atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI), surface-‐enhanced laser desorption ionization (SELDI), soft laser desorption ionization (SLD), laser-‐induced acoustic desorption (LIAD), secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), ambient mass spectrometry (AMS) sources, inductively coupled (ICP), glow discharge (GD), microwave induced plasma (MIP), , (FAB), ionization, proton-‐transfer reactor (PTR), mass spectrometry (TIMS), resonance ionization mass spectrometry (RIMS) and many more... Application of ionization techniques and mass spectrometry in •Environmental studies •Industry •Geology •Proteomics •Genomics •Metallomics •Clinicaltesting and drugdiscovery •Pharmacy •Biology •Metabolomics •Nano-‐science •MaterialsScience •Medicine •Manufacturing •Process •Security and Defense An one-‐page abstract must reach the Chairman of the Organising Committee by November 21, 2015

Venue: The conference venue will be the Longyearbyen kulturhus, which is in short walking distance from all hotels. The participants are expected to arrive Monday, March 2 and to travel home after lunch at Thursday March 5.

Since there is limited number of hotel rooms reserved for the conference and limited number of air flights available, we strongly recommend you to register and book your accommodation at the conference home page as soon as possible and arrange your air travel accordingly with either SAS or Norwegian. Yngvar Thomassen Conference Secretariat Conference chairman Balazs Berlinger, National Institute of Occupational Health National Institute of Occupational Health P.O. Box 8149 Dep NO-‐0033 Oslo Norway; +47 23 19 53 20 Fax: +47 23 19 52 06 Tel: +47 23 19 53 53 Fax: +47 23 19 52 06 e-‐mail: [email protected] http://www.springer.com/journal/11356