- Click here to View a Panoramic Photo of the Exhibition Hall (3Mb)
- Click here to watch a Music Video made by Bryan Rabatic of the LAC (130 Mb)
- Click here to view a selection of static images of the meeting many
contributed by attendee's
- Click here to submit an image to be added to the image collection
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Welcome to the WWW site for the Microscopy & Microanalysis 2006 Conference, which is the Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America and the Microbeam Analysis Society and is this year Co-sponsored by the International Metallographic Society and Microscopical Society of Canada/Societe de Microscopie du Canada.
The Web pages located herein, should provide all the information needed to register for the MM 2006 Meeting as well as general details of the scientific program, information on how to prepare and submit manuscripts for platform or poster presentation,
details on how to apply for student and professional technical staff awards and travel support, the contact information for the conference hotels to book rooms, as well as how to enter the
various award competitions. Please use the active links at the left hand side of
this page to access the appropriate documentation.
Need Help with Registration etc? Contact the Meeting Manager
| Meeting News |
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 | August 4, 2006 |
The MM2006 Meeting has closed. It was a successful meeting by all accounts and we broke all documented attendance records
for the last 10 years, even though abit of warm weather hit Chicago during the meeting. Many thanks to
all our attendees, exhibitors and especially to all the LAC volunteers who helped make this meeting a success.
| Preliminary Meeting Statistics |
| Total Number of Topical Sessions, Symposia & Tutorials: | 55 |
| Number of Presentations: | 938 |
| Number of Student Attendees: | 198 |
| Number of Scientific Attendees: | 1873 |
| Number of Exhibitors & their Staff: | 1155 |
| Total Number of all Attendees: | 3173 |
| Total Number of Countries Represented: | 33 |
See you all next year in Ft. Lauderdale Florida for MM2007.
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| July 24, 2006 |
The updated program for the Pre-Meeting Congress on Materials Research in an Aberration Free Environment is now on-line.
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| July 23, 2006 |
The list of Late Breaking Posters is now available on-line. This poster session is scheduled for Monday July 31.
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| July 15, 2006 |
Once again the MSA Education Committee is organizing Exhibitor Demonstrations and Tutorials on Tuesday, August 1 starting at 5:00 pm in the Exhibit Hall. These mini-seminars or tutorial demonstrations are held in the booths of the participating companies after the Hall is closed to non-participants.
Reservations sheets with titles and descriptions will be at the MSA Education table in the MSA Mega Booth. When you sign up you will be issued a ticket, which you will need to renter the Hall after it is closed. You need to sign up no later than noon on Tuesday. The number of attendees is limited, so visit the MSA MegaBooth soon, since the demonstrations get filled up quickly!
You may download a PDF file with an extended outline of the participating Exhibitors and titles
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| June 29, 2006 |
Rooms at the two Conference Hotels are filling quickly in the event that all group rate rooms become sold out here are links to
serveral Hotel Reservations Services. Please note that these services are not affiliated with the meeting in any way.
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| June 29, 2006 |
The 2006 Expo Issue of the journal Microscopy and Microanalysis is now available for free viewing on-line. This issue provides important meeting information and the daily schedule for the Microscopy & Microanalysis 2006 meeting in Chicago, IL. You may also download
copies of the detailed program and events using this link.
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| June 11, 2006 |
The On-Line Program Search Engine is now operational. You can use it to print out a customized list of the
detailed program tailored to your individual scientific interests.
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| June 8, 2006 |
Details of the Golf Tournament are now on-line. See the Social Events Page.
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| June 5, 2006 |
The Program for the Pre-Meeting Congress on Materials Research in an Aberration Free Environment are now on-line, see Pre-Meeting Page.
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| June 1, 2006 |
The Meeting Information Pamphlet (Week at a Glance) is now available on-line. It has also been mailed to all society members
and those receiving Microscopy-Today.
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| June 1, 2006 |
One of the Conference Hotels ( Holiday Inn Chicago Center) is now sold out. Please contact the remaining hotel (Sheraton-Chicago) to
book your lodging.
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| April 11, 2006 |
On-line Meeting Registration Forms are now active (Select Registration/Forms Button).
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| Feb 24, 2006 |
Paper Submission is now closed. If you are interested in submitting a late breaking poster please contact the Program Chair Paul Kotual( pgkotul@sandia.gov ).
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| Jan 28, 2006 |
Reminder: Paper Submission Deadline is Feb 15, 2006!
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| Jan 28, 2006 |
Pre-meeting FIG Workshop: New Approaches to Marketing, Managing and Money for Maintaining a Core Facility, Saturday, 29 July 2006, 1-5 PM
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| Oct 23, 2005 |
The Call for Papers has gone to press and will be mailed out to all Society Members as well as attendee's of MM2005 in early November.
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| Aug 6, 2005 |
View a short (4 minute) Streaming Video about Chicago
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| August 5, 2005 |
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2005 has ended.
Some Meeting Statistics:
- Scientific registration: 1618
- Number of Topical Sessions: 73
- Number of Countries Represented: 41
- Number of Platform Presentations: 651
- Number of Poster Presentations: 465
We hope to see you all next year in Chicago.
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| August 4, 2005 |
The MM2006 LAC provided daily prizes of original Chicago Deep Dish Pizza each day during MM2005 in Hawaii.
The winners of these pizza's were:
- Arun Sreeranganathan - Georgia Institute of Technology
- Richard R. White - University of Virginia
- Lauraine Denault - GE Global Research
- Mike Tiner - University of Texas at Austin
- George A. Blann - Buehler Ltd.
The Award consists 2 frozen deep dish pizza's delivered to the winner's home or office by Federal Express.
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| Aug 1, 2005 |
- Preliminary Travel and Visitor Information for Attendees'
- Preliminary Information for Exhibitors
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| March 1, 2005 |
The date of the meeting has been changed by one week due to scheduling conflicts. We are now meeting July 30-Aug 3, 2006
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| Feb 5, 2005 |
The Microscopical Society of Canada is joining as a Co-sponsor of the MM2006 Meeting.
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| July 14, 2004 |
MM2006 Program Committee Information is on-line
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| July 1, 2004 |
MM2006 Local Arrangement Committee Information is on-line
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| July 1, 2004 |
The MM2006 meeting is being hosted by: The Midwest Microscopy and Microanalysis Society
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Important Meeting Deadlines
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Date
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Description
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| November, 2005 | Call for Papers Mailed to Microscopy/Microanalysis Community |
| Feb 15, 2006 | Paper Submission Deadline
Student & Professional Award/Support Deadlines |
| March 31, 2006 | Notifications of Paper Acceptance |
| May 15, 2006 | Author Notification of Presentation Time/Date |
| July 3, 2006 | Hotel Registration Deadline |
| July 5, 2006 | Last Date for Early Registration |
| July 14, 2006 | Last Date for Late Breaking Poster Submission |
| July 29, 2006 | Pre Meeting Workshop
Pre Meeting Congress (begins)
| | July 30, 2006 | Pre Meeting Congress (continues)
Pre Meeting Short Courses
Registration Hours |
| July 31, 2006 | MM2006 Conference & Exhibition Begins |
| August 3, 2006 | MM2006 Conference & Exhibition Ends |
To receive a printed (hardcopy) version of the Call For Papers document or any other information
about the Meeting please contact the Meeting Manager and/or a member of the LAC.
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2006
Meeting Manager
| Local Arrangements Committeee |
Attn: Phillip Ridley -Conference Manager
Bostrom Corp
230 East Ohio, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: 312-644-0828
Fax: 312-644-8557
Email:
pridley@bostrom.com
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Nestor Zaluzec
- Argonne Nat. Lab
Robb Mierzwa
- JEOL USA Inc.
Jim DiOrio
- Baxter International
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Graphics and images on this WWW site are courtesy of:
Alan Nicholls, Elaine Schumacher, Dale Anderson, Kurt Schenk and Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau.
SysOp of Microscopy.Com
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