Sample treatment is, without any doubt, the backbone of chemical analysis. Always underestimated, many times neglected, sample treatment needs to be recalled from the limbo in which it has been thrown during the last decades. With this aim the Caparica Christmas Conference on sample treatment has been created. The idea is to join all of us working with sample treatment in a 4 day conference, in a nice place (Caparica) during one of the most beautiful periods of the year: December.

As for the obvious question you already have in mind, but what is sample treatment? the following answer is proposed: any tool that helps to interrogate any measurable matter. Thus, ultrasonic energy or microwave energy can be used to extract analytes from solid substances; the use of such energy can be considered sample treatment. However, to interrogate the analytes we need analytical devices, such as atomic absorption spectrometry, RMN or mass spectrometry. The correct application of such devices or the development of new ones is also sample treatment. But there is more to tell. Many times a large number of samples need to be interrogated. Data compiled after extracting analytes and after analyzing them is nothing if we do not use chemometrics to understand all the information we have retrieved. This is also sample treatment.

The organizing and scientific committee is proud to welcome you to the Third Caparica Christmas Conference on Sample Treatment.

And last, but not least, we have some of the best in the arena:

Plenary Speakers

	Manuel Miró, PhD University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) Automated flow-based sample prepration exploting 3D printed fluidic platforms
		Jacek Wisniewski, PhD Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry (Germany) FASP and related methods: 10 year development and experience
			Janne Lehtiö, PhD Cancer Proteomics| Mass Spectrometry Dept. Oncology-Pathology | Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) Fractionating complex proteomes by High Resolution Isoelectric Focusing for MS-analysis
				Marja-Liisa Riekkola, PhD Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland) Solid-Phase Microextraction Based Sampling Systems – Great Potential
				Rosa Maria Marcé Recasens, PhD Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain) Exploring the capabilities of mixed mode ion-exchange sorbents in environmental analysis
				Steven J. Lehotay, PhD Lead Scientist USDA Agricultural Research Service Eastern Regional Research Center 600 East Mermaid Lane Wyndmoor, PA (USA) Overview of QuEChERS at Age 15
				Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard, PhD School of Pharmacy University of Oslo P.O. Box Blindern, Oslo (Norway) Liquid-phase microextraction – recent trends and perspectives

Keynote Speakers

	Rafael Lucena, PhD Analytical Chemistry Department,University of Córdoba, Córdoba (Spain) Sorptive phases based on coating conventional paper with polymer/nanoparticles composites
		Guillermo Grindlay, PhD Universidad de Alicante, Alicante (Spain) Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: a powerful tool for inorganic and organic analysis in life sciences
			Mariela Pistón, PhD Universidad de la Republica, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Montevideo (Uruguay) Standard methods versus alternative methods that use mild conditions in the preparation of samples for trace element determination in food
				Zhen Liu, PhD State Key Lab of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University (China) Boronate affinity materials for –omics, disease diagnosis and single-cell analysis
				Dalibor Satinsky, PhD Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University (Czech Republic) Nanofibers as promising sorbents for on-line solid phase extraction in chromatography systems
				Jose Luis Gomez Ariza, PhD Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva (Spain) Critical aspects of sample treatment in metallomic and metabolomic profiling
				Mohamed Abdel-Rehim, PhD Materials and Nanophysics-Applied Physics Department, KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (Sweden)

Be aware of cold calls from Convention Hotel Services (CHS) or from someone named Adam Max! A company called CHS (Convention Hotel Services) is calling or e-mailing attendees of conferences worldwide, claiming to work for the conference organizers and asking for credit card details to finalize the booking of accommodation. If you receive such a call or e-mail, do not give away any personal information or credit card details! None of the parties involved in the organization of SAMPLE TREATMENT 2018 is working with CHS. 

We look forward to seeing you soon.

With kindest regards

The BIOSCOPE Team

MIND!!: Booking must be done directly with the HOTEL. Internet or travel agency bookings do not included meals and social events. See the Venue Registration section for more information.

Sample treatment is, without any doubt, the backbone of chemical analysis. Always underestimated, many times neglected, sample treatment needs to be recalled from the limbo in which it has been thrown during the last decades. With this aim the Caparica Christmas Conference on sample treatment has been created. The idea is to join all of us working with sample treatment in a 4 day conference, in a nice place (Caparica) during one of the most beautiful periods of the year: December.

As for the obvious question you already have in mind, but what is sample treatment? the following answer is proposed: any tool that helps to interrogate any measurable matter. Thus, ultrasonic energy or microwave energy can be used to extract analytes from solid substances; the use of such energy can be considered sample treatment. However, to interrogate the analytes we need analytical devices, such as atomic absorption spectrometry, RMN or mass spectrometry. The correct application of such devices or the development of new ones is also sample treatment. But there is more to tell. Many times a large number of samples need to be interrogated. Data compiled after extracting analytes and after analyzing them is nothing if we do not use chemometrics to understand all the information we have retrieved. This is also sample treatment.

The organizing and scientific committee is proud to welcome you to the Third Caparica Christmas Conference on Sample Treatment.

And last, but not least, we have some of the best in the arena:

Plenary Speakers

	Manuel Miró, PhD University of the Balearic Islands (Spain) Automated flow-based sample prepration exploting 3D printed fluidic platforms
		Jacek Wisniewski, PhD Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry (Germany) FASP and related methods: 10 year development and experience
			Janne Lehtiö, PhD Cancer Proteomics| Mass Spectrometry Dept. Oncology-Pathology | Karolinska Institutet (Sweden) Fractionating complex proteomes by High Resolution Isoelectric Focusing for MS-analysis
				Marja-Liisa Riekkola, PhD Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland) Solid-Phase Microextraction Based Sampling Systems – Great Potential
				Rosa Maria Marcé Recasens, PhD Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain) Exploring the capabilities of mixed mode ion-exchange sorbents in environmental analysis
				Steven J. Lehotay, PhD Lead Scientist USDA Agricultural Research Service Eastern Regional Research Center 600 East Mermaid Lane Wyndmoor, PA (USA) Overview of QuEChERS at Age 15
				Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard, PhD School of Pharmacy University of Oslo P.O. Box Blindern, Oslo (Norway) Liquid-phase microextraction – recent trends and perspectives

Keynote Speakers

	Rafael Lucena, PhD Analytical Chemistry Department,University of Córdoba, Córdoba (Spain) Sorptive phases based on coating conventional paper with polymer/nanoparticles composites
		Guillermo Grindlay, PhD Universidad de Alicante, Alicante (Spain) Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: a powerful tool for inorganic and organic analysis in life sciences
			Mariela Pistón, PhD Universidad de la Republica, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Montevideo (Uruguay) Standard methods versus alternative methods that use mild conditions in the preparation of samples for trace element determination in food
				Zhen Liu, PhD State Key Lab of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University (China) Boronate affinity materials for –omics, disease diagnosis and single-cell analysis
				Dalibor Satinsky, PhD Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University (Czech Republic) Nanofibers as promising sorbents for on-line solid phase extraction in chromatography systems
				Jose Luis Gomez Ariza, PhD Faculty of Experimental Sciences, University of Huelva, Huelva (Spain) Critical aspects of sample treatment in metallomic and metabolomic profiling
				Mohamed Abdel-Rehim, PhD Materials and Nanophysics-Applied Physics Department, KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (Sweden)

Be aware of cold calls from Convention Hotel Services (CHS) or from someone named Adam Max! A company called CHS (Convention Hotel Services) is calling or e-mailing attendees of conferences worldwide, claiming to work for the conference organizers and asking for credit card details to finalize the booking of accommodation. If you receive such a call or e-mail, do not give away any personal information or credit card details! None of the parties involved in the organization of SAMPLE TREATMENT 2018 is working with CHS. 

We look forward to seeing you soon.

With kindest regards

The BIOSCOPE Team

MIND!!: Booking must be done directly with the HOTEL. Internet or travel agency bookings do not included meals and social events. See the Venue Registration section for more information.