Eastern Analytical Symposium: “Analyze This!”

I was pleasantly amazed at how willing everyone at every booth was to take the time to explain the principles and applications of their equipment. I wasn't even a potential customer.

As promised, From November 12th to the 15th 2007, the Eastern Analytical Symposium “Opened Up the World of Analysis” to 3,578 attendees at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, New Jersey.

With 1,028 individuals supporting 225 booths, there was no shortage of helpful advice and information available to those who attended just the exhibits. And with 673 papers and poster presentations, four five-hour seminars, nine two-day short courses, 14 one-day short courses, and seven half-day workshops available for full conferees, I don’t think anyone left empty handed.

Posters were presented in the exhibition area throughout each day, with the authors available from noon until 2:00 p.m., while seminars (free with registration), short courses, and workshops were held at the Doubletree Hotel, just behind the exhibit center.

Once again, it appeared that the majority of those that attended the Symposium (more than twice those that came for only the exhibits) spent their money to attend the paper presentations, courses, and workshops. And because the exhibits were in a separate location, it’s a good bet that many passed on the booths, unless their interest was sparked by a paper presentation or lecture from an exhibiting company.

Most of those attending the EAS were chemists, scientists, and lab managers (end users), followed by students (future end users). The main topics of interest appeared to be chromatography, HPLC and mass spectrometry. I think everyone went home, or back to work, with something new.

Having little experience in the specialty gases industry, but with 20 plus years as an automotive technician, I was fascinated with the analytical equipment exhibited at EAS; i.e., the bells and whistles, and I like anything that will make my job easier without compromising the quality of my work. I was pleasantly amazed at how willing everyone at every booth was to take the time to explain to me the principles and applications of their equipment. I wasn’t even a potential customer! Seems they take pride in their work, their equipment and their companies, and are pleased that someone else finds these things interesting.

EAS 2008 will be held at the Garden State Exhibit Center from November 17th to 20th, 2008.

For more information, go to www.eas.org.

Following is a list of the exhibitors whose booths we visited, and thought would be of interest to our readers.