Oct. 20–23, 15th International Symposium on Chirality. Shizuoka, Japan. Contact iscd15@chiral.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

Oct. 21–22, Chiral USA 2003. Chicago. Contact Scientific Update.

Oct. 23–24, Outsource USA 2003. Chicago. Contact Scientific Update.

Oct. 27–29, CPhI Worldwide 2003. Frankfurt, Germany. Information at http://www.cphi.com.

Nov. 3–5, Drug Discovery Technology. Singapore. Information at http://www.lifesciencesinfo.com.

Nov. 6–7, CombiCat2003 North America. Philadelphia. Contact Catalyst Group, phone (215) 628-4447; e-mail: tf@catalystgroup.com..

Nov. 11–12, Polymorphism & Crystallization Forum 2003. Philadelphia. Information at http://www.cptpharma.org.

Nov. 25–26, Fine Chemicals Conference 2003. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Information at http://www.finechemicalsconference.com.

Dec. 8–10, ChiraSource 2003 Europe. Barcelona, Spain. Contact Catalyst Group.

Jan. 19–22, 2004, Informex 2004. Las Vegas. Information at http://www.informex.org.

Feb. 1–5, 2004, LabAutomation 2004. San Jose, Calif. Information at http://www.labautomation.org.

March 17–19, 2004, Forum on Asymmetric Synthesis & Technologies. Cambridge, England. Contact fred_hancock@matthey.com.

March 22–23, 2004, 5th International Symposium on Polymorphism & Crystallization. New Orleans. Contact Scientific Update.

April 19–20, 2004, 9th International Conference on Organic Process Research & Development. Osaka, Japan. Contact Scientific Update.

May 5–6, 2004, BioFine 2004. Berlin, Germany. Contact avakado; phone 44 1403 220760; fax 44 1403 220761; e-mail: mark@sp2.uk.com or jaymin@sp2.uk.com.

May 6–7, 2004, Modern Synthetic Methods. Berlin, Germany. Contact Scientific Update.

May 18–20, 2004, Optimizing Organic Reactions & Processes. Bergen, Norway. Contact Scientific Update.

June 14–16, 2004, Chiral Europe 2004. Mainz, Germany. Contact Scientific Update.

June 23–24, 2004, ChemSpec Europe 2004. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Information at http://www.dmgworldmedia.com.

July 11–14, 2004, 16th International Symposium on Chirality. New York City. Contact Janet Cunningham, phone (301) 668-6001; fax (301) 668-4312; e-mail: janetbarr@aol.com.

July 13–16, 2004, 10th International Conference on Organic Process Research & Development. Vancouver, British Columbia. Contact Scientific Update.

Sept. 23–24, 2004, 7th International Symposium on Laboratory Automation in Process Development. Contact Scientific Update.

Oct. 4–5, 2004, Chiral USA 2004. Boston. Contact Scientific Update.

Oct. 6–7, 2004, Outsource USA 2004. Boston. Contact Scientific Update.

Nov. 1–4, 2004, 6th International Conference on the Scale-up of Chemical Processes 2004. Dublin, Ireland. Contact Scientific Update.

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