analytica 2014: More highlights, more exhibitors

Driven by innovations like the industry itself, analytica will feature a new attraction when it opens in April 2014: For the first time ever, there will be a special show on occupational health and safety in the laboratory. Successful concepts such as the Live Labs and the renowned analytica Conference will also be continued. While everyone waited with great anticipation for the innovative addition to last year's trade fair, i.e. the Live Labs, the new topic on the 2014 program of events is occupational health and safety. Susanne Grödl, Exhibition Director for analytica, explains: "Whether in research or industry, the safety of laboratory employees is extremely important. Until now, none of the world’s trade fairs for analysis and laboratory technology featured a special show on the topic." But the 2014 fair will cover it in live demonstrations that are part of the Live Labs. With some 3,000 visitors, they were the highlight of last year's fair. In 2014, the Live Labs will be located in Halls B1, B2 and A3 again and will focus on topics such as food and water analysis, plastics analysis and the life sciences.

At this point, 580 companies have registered for the fair (compared to 553 exhibitors in 2011), and nearly two-thirds of the space in the five halls is occupied. Those companies include industry leaders such as Agilent, Analytik Jena, Beckman Coulter, Becton Dickinson, Bruker, Büchi, Carl Zeiss, Eppendorf, GE Healthcare, Horiba, Julabo, Metrohm, Perkin Elmer, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Shimadzu and VWR International. As in the past, the share of international companies has also seen another increase - this time by 22 percent. A preliminary list of exhibitors is available here.

analytica Conference
22 symposia, full lecture halls and 1,700 participants, which is an increase of 40 percent compared to 2010: That was the record of success of the 2012 analytica Conference. Well-known scientists from Germany and abroad will report on the current state and growth potential of the analysis sector again in 2014. Presentations will revolve around innovative methods and techniques as well as new potential applications and processes. Analysts from nearly every application sector will present their findings: from pharmaceutical analysis, bioanalysis and food analysis to clinical and medical diagnostics and environmental, water and material analysis. The top elite will discuss the central meaning of analysis for research and, in doing so, underscore the international significance of the analytica Conference. The conference is organized by the "Forum Analytik" - Germany's three leading scientific associations, i.e. the German Chemical Society (GDCh), the Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) and the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL).

Related-events program
Due to strong demand in the past, the training and consulting company Klinkner & Partner will offer an expanded program of seminar events in 2014. Besides scientific know-how, participants can discover the latest knowledge in laboratory and quality management. As in the past, organizers are also planning to hold analytica Job Day, Finance Day and practice-oriented lectures for laboratory users in analytica's Biotech and Laboratory & Analytics Forums.

Additional information about analytica 2014 is available at www.analytica.de.