Past Events

Conference with Posters and Exhibition organised by the Automation and Analytical Management Group - Royal Society of Chemistry

This is the fourth annual AAMG conference on monitoring and analysis using sensor technologies. The conference follows the same format as in preceding years with presentations by invited speakers; however, the majority of papers and posters are presented by young researchers.

As human breath analysis further develops as a multi-disciplinary field, it is clear that sensor development, instrumentation systems and algorithms play critical roles within this research area.

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology for Trace Level Detection

4-7 June 2012 - Tarragona, Spain

The Short Course will cover basic concepts of nanomaterials and Microsystems technologies for a successful integration in functional devices. It will review state of the art technology and methods for trace level detection. An introduction to growth and characterisation of nanostructures will deliver hands on experience.
Students may show their own results since a poster session will be organised. This will give an opportunity to build personal networks and meet active researchers, both from academia and industry, who are advancing in the field.

The Short Course is residential and the programme allows plenty of scope for networking with lecturers and attendees. Lectures take place in the morning and afternoon with the evenings free to network, consolidate their knowledge or enjoy the outdoors (Roman and Medieval Tarragona or its beaches).

The venue is the Science and Technology Campus of the University of Tarragona, and the price includes all accommodation, breakfast, coffee breaks and lunch.

Registration is closed!

Download the flyer: isocs_short_course_summer_2012_flyer.pdf (164kB)

Download the program: isocs_short_course_summer_2012_programme.pdf (472kB)

Downlad travel directions: isocs_course_summer_2012_practical_information.pdf (173kB)

Dear ISOCS members,

Many of you are attending the International Meeting on Chemical Sensors in Nuremberg next week. We would like to take this opportunitty to get together and debate about the current status of ISOCS, future events, and overall strategy.

We have reserved a room for Tuesday at 15:30, Room Basel at the Nuremberg Convention Center Mitte next to the IMCS conference room Athen.

Topics of the agenda are:

• Information about the short course "Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology for chemical trace detection" in Tarragona 4-7 June 2012.
• Recap of ISOCS-IMCS meeting
• Future events in USA-Asia-Europe
• Status ISOEN'2013
• Changes in ISOCS constitution
• Open discussion 

Please due to the short notice, distribute this information among your contacts.

Santiago Marco

ISOCS President

20 - 23 May 2012 - Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany

The 14th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS-14) is the world`s largest interdisciplinary forum on all aspects of chemical sensors encompassing physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering disciplines including biomedical engineering.

In 2012, IMCS-14 is held jointly with the world`s largest sensor fair, the SENSOR+TEST 2012 in Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany. The IMCS-14 is organized by the University of Bayreuth and Supported by the Association for Sensor Technology (AMA, DE).

Data Analysis, Robotics and Mobile Applications of Chemical Sensors

12-17 January 2012 - Kühtai, Austria

The ISOCS Short Course Winter 2012 was held in Kühtai, the highest ski resort in Austria just 30km west of Innsbruck.

The school took place at Sporthotel Kühtai: http://www.sporthotel-kuehtai.com

Download the flyer:  isocs_short_course_winter_2012_flyer.pdf (696kB) updated!

Download the program:  isocs_short_course_winter_2012_programme.pdf (370kB)

Lecture notes, pictures and videos are now available!

Monitoring the Aquatic Environment using Sensor Technologies

19 October 2011 - London, UK

Organised by the Automation and Analytical Management Group at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BA

International Conference on Breath Research

11-14 September 2011 - Parma, Italy

This summit is jointly organized by the International Association for Breath Research (IABR) and the University and Municipality of Parma.

The Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester, UK, Sept 7 -10, 2011

Conference Chairpersons: Prof. Krishna Persaud, Prof. Matthew Cobb

The 21st ECRO Congress hosted in Manchester UK, addresses research in the field of chemoreception, spanning all aspects from invertebrates to humans. The expected audience is formed by scientists, students, young researchers and industrialists from a wide variety of disciplines with interests in chemoreception.

The format of the congress includes oral presentations in the form of organised symposia,  thematically organised oral sessions of voluntary papers, as well as poster sessions. 

More information is available at: www.ecro-online.info

Gas sensors based on semiconducting metal oxides: basic understanding & applications

6-7 June 2011 - Tübingen, Germany

Please register at: www.gospel-network.org

Workshop organizers:

Nicolae Barsan(1), Kengo Shimanoe(2) and Udo Weimar(1)

1. University of Tübingen, Germany;   2. - Kyushu University, Japan

ISOEN 2011 - International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose

Rockefeller University, New York City, USA, May 2 - 5, 2011

This event was organised by Dr Perena Gouma with the help of ECI.

The key themes of the conference were:

• nanomedicine and selective chemo-sensing,
• artificial olfaction in quality control
• applications of sensor arrays in safety and defence.
  Date: 

  Monday, May 2, 2011 (All day) - Thursday, May 5, 2011 (All day)

Avignon, France, March 14 -16, 2011

The European Commission has adopted an action plan on enhancing the security of Explosives.

In this context, a 1st International Conference EUCDE is organised in March 2011 to increase the exchanges between the actors involved in the detection of explosives.

The conference is dedicated to scientists, industrials and end users.

Barcelona, Spain,  March 9-11, 2011

Organized by the University of Barcelona (UB)  and the Institute for BioEngineering of Catalonia (IBEC).

The main goal of this workshop is to raise awareness of the ability of bioinspired signal processing methods to target real-world problems.

The focus of the workshop will be on signal processing techniques inspired on the olfactory system and on the computational models of the biological olfactory pathway.

Important dates:

Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2011

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 2011 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium.

CALL FOR PAPERS
2011 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium
22-24 February 2011
Hyatt Regency San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

The Ninth International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA'10) will be held at Washington D.C., USA on
December 12-14, 2010.

The aim of the conference is to bring researchers working in the areas of machine learning and applications together. The conference will cover both theoretical and experimental research results. Submission of machine learning papers describing machine learning applications in fields like medicine, biology, industry, manufacturing, security, education, virtual environments, game playing and problem solving is strongly encouraged.

Modulation of Physiological Responses

4-5 November 2010 - Paris, France

Applications in the Pharmaceutical, Food & Cosmetic Industries

Last Advances & Directions

Session Themes

General Announcement and Call for Abstracts

Exhaled Breath Analysis 

From Sensors to Applications

0ctober 24 - 29, 2010

Il Ciocco Hotel and International Conference Center

Barga, Italy

The Royal Society of Chemistry, London, United Kingdom, October 14,  2010

Organised by the Automation and Analytical Management Group at The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London

VII International Workshop on Semiconductor Gas Sensors

Kraków, Poland, September 12 - 16, 2010

organized by the European Centre of Excellence CESIS and the National Centre of Excellence NANOMET at the Institute of Electronics Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland under the auspices of the Polish Vacuum Society

World Conference on Computational Intelligence, 

July 18-23, Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 

 Related Conference: International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2010

Call for papers for Special Session: 

Computational Intelligence for Artificial Sensing: Olfaction and Touch

First call for Abstracts,First call for Abstracts, International Workshop on Dynamical
Olfaction, 30 June - 2 July, 2010, Brighton, UK

Animals are able to experience complexly structured plumes of
different combinations of chemicals as individual olfactory percepts.
It appears that the olfactory system utilizes rich temporal dynamics
to achieve this goal but exactly how is still an open challenge for

The exhibition Forum LABO & BIOTECH hosts this year

the first European Congress on Micro-Technologies: IMTeC.

Forum LABO & BIOTECH will take place from 1 to June 4, 2010 in Paris. IMTeC: 2nd and 3rd June.

For the 2010’ edition, the Interprofessional Committee of Laboratory Suppliers - /Comité Interprofessionnel des Fournisseurs du Laboratoir/, CIFL, the owner of this event, has decided to expand the supply of goods and services sector to the process sector in order to meet the changing demand within the profession, always seeking new ways and solutions to gain speed and productivity.

The Sensor + Test 2010 is a trade show and conference covering the entire spectrum of measureing and testing system expertise.

Free admission passes are available via the website of JLM Innovation: http:www.jlm-innovation.de

MOX Semiconductors Gas Sensor Technology - From basics to application

Joint School of ISOCS and the S3 research project,  10-14 May 2010 - Rimini, Italy

Registration is closed!

The venue is the Hotel Sporting in Rimini.

Download the flyer: Flyer_SpringSchool_Rimini.pdf (2.62MB)

Download the draft time table: Timetable_SpringSchool.pdf (432.46KB)

Smart Circuits, Systems and Micro-technologies for Chemical and Biological Sensing

25-30 March 2010 - Selva di Val Gardena, Italy

The ISOCS Winter School will be held in Selva di Val Gardena, in the middle of the well known skiing area Dolomiti Superski in Italy.

The school will take place at Hotel Oswald: http://www.hoteloswald.it/eng/index.html

Download the flyer: ISOCS_Winter_School_2010_flyer.pdf (1.28MB)

Download the programme: ISOCS_Winter_School_programme_2010.pdf (432.46KB)

This workshop brings together researchers interested in the fields of molecular interaction & chemical communication at different levels of organisation in both biological and technological systems, i.e the development of new infochemical communication technologies.

The first ISOCS Summer School was held in Barcelona from 28th September to 2nd October 2009.

School Organizer: Prof. Santiago Marco.

Downloads:

Flyer: programe_summer_school_2009_pagina_delantera_new.pdf (252.28 KB)

Programme: school_programme_isocs_2009.pdf (185,97 KB)

Multivariate Data Anaylsis for Chemical Sensing

1-6 February 2009 - Alpbach, Austria

The ISOCS Winter School 2009 was held in the beautiful village Alpbach in Austria.