The deadlines for the submission of oral presentations for HTC-11, the 11th International Symposium on Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography and a special two-day symposium on Hyphenated Techniques for Sample Preparation are approaching and any scientists active in these fields are invited to submit abstracts by 1 September 2009.

The symposia will take place in Bruges, Belgium between 26–29 January 2010, with the two-day symposium on the first two days and the main symposium beginning on 27 January. The organizers have described the lecture programme as strong and report that there will be nearly 50 invited speakers from around the world at the event.

Scientists in the field are also invited to submit posters; the deadline for which is 1 December 2009.

A full list of invited presentations and more information can be found on-line at www.ordibo.be