Pittcon, the nation’s premier annual convention and exposition on laboratory science, is happy to announce that the 77th Annual Pittcon, held in San Antonio, Texas, on March 7-11, 2026, was an unlimited success. Hundreds of educational and business leaders in analytical chemistry and spectroscopy convened on the Henry B. Gonzalez Conference Middle for every week of unparalleled scientific programming and an exposition ground teeming with exercise.
A whole bunch of exhibitors gathered on the expo ground to showcase their newest improvements in instrumentation, pattern preparation, and laboratory software program. Dozens of latest devices had been launched by a few of the heaviest hitters within the analytical chemistry and spectroscopy business, together with Shimadzu, Xylem, Waters, and lots of extra.
“It’s at all times a win for us to share our expertise and current new potentialities for individuals who might not have identified it existed,” mentioned Nicki Janus, Administrative Supervisor with Fritsch Milling & Sizing, Inc. “In my conversations with attendees at Pittcon 2026, it was particularly thrilling to fulfill so many first-time contributors. Their power and enthusiasm for what they had been seeing and experiencing made the occasion much more impactful.”
A spike in first-time attendees, in addition to undergraduate and graduate college students, added a youthful power to the convention. Tammy Yallum, Government Director of Pittcon, mentioned, “In the present day’s college students and early professionals are tomorrow’s consumers and leaders. Considered one of our targets is to protect and honor our historical past whereas bringing the following era into the Pittcon neighborhood.”
Some highlights from the Pittcon 2026 program embrace:
- The Wallace B. Coulter Lecture that includes 2018 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, Dr. Frances Arnold.
- The Waters Symposium, that includes 2025 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, Dr. Omar Yaghi.
- The Inaugural Mary Warga Symposium, celebrating girls’s management and innovation in science, that includes Anne Chow, former CEO of AT&T Enterprise.
On the expo ground, the intense enterprise of scientific inquiry was joined with quite a few enjoyable and entertaining actions, akin to:
- A mascot race that includes Pittcon’s personal Dr. Pete Conn
- The Pittcon Pets play space and adoption zone
- The science of Texas scorching sauce and whiskey with tastings
- A reside armadillo lecture and meet-and-greet
The following Pittcon shall be held in Pittsburgh, PA, on April 24-28, 2027. Pittsburgh is the house of the headquarters for Pittcon, and will probably be the primary time in 60 years that Pittcon shall be held in its residence metropolis. Further info for Pittcon 2027 may be discovered on pittcon.org.
