Smart Biosensing at BBMEC 12, Rome

Dear Colleagues,

A selection of the best works presented during the 12^th International Workshop on Biosensors and BioAnalytical Microtechniques for Environmental, Food and Clinical Analyses (BBMEC12) will be collected in this Special Issue. The workshop, held in Rome on 25–29 September, 2017, has evolved since its inception in 1994, from a mainly European-based biosensor conference to a truly international world-wide gathering of our premier biosensor researchers. It ranks among the most important biosensor conferences world-wide. Researches from over 20 countries and typically all major regions of the world, including the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe gather here. In general, the conference is designed with single sessions, and targets the participation of about 150 researchers to provide good bases for in-depth discussions and networking, similar to the Gordon Conferences. BBMEC started in 1994 in Paris and was organized by Marie-Claire Hennion. It was held three times in North America (Las Vegas in 1998, Ithaca in 2001 and Montreal in 2009) and once in India (in 2007). Its associated organization is the International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry (IAEAC):

 

Historical Snapshot of location and chairs of BBMEC conferences
Year	Location	Chair
1994	Paris, France	Marie-Claire Hennion
1996	Lund, Sweden	Jenny Emneus, Lo Gorton
1998	Las Vegas, NV, USA	Jeannette van Emon
1999	Mao, Menorca, Spain	Damian Barcelo
2001	Ithaca, NY, USA	Antje J. Baeumner, Richard Durst
2004	Rome, Italy	Roberto Pilloton
2006	Kusadasi, Turkey	Azmi Telefoncu, Dieter Klockow
2007	Goa, India	Sunil Bhand, Roberto Pilloton
2009	Montreal, Canada	Jean-Francois Masson, Kevin Wilkinson
2011	Weimar, Germany	Karl-Heinz Feller
2015	Regensburg, Germany	Antje J. Bäumner

As for the previous edition in Regesburg (2015), the goal for the 2017 conference is to further develop the successful BBMEC series and implement valuable features from other conferences in order to further increase the conference’s quality and attractiveness. The 12^th BBMEC features, thus, include:

Many Invited and Keynote lectures by renowned researchers
Increases the impact on the presentation of cutting-edge ideas
Discussion of unpublished data is mandatory
Increases the importance and urgency of data provided
Increases the need and desire of lively discussions with audience
Increasing the prominence and importance of the poster session
Enables all attendees to prominently discuss their research
Best posters will be selected for prizes
A pre-conference graduate student/postdoc symposium is organized

Enables many young scientists to give oral presentations and discuss among their peers

Keywords: Novel Concepts in Transduction, Signal Amplification & Sample Preparation, Lab-on-a-chip, microTAS, Nanomaterials, Microtechniques, Surfaces & Interfaces, Label-free, Electrochemical, Optical, Mass-based, Magneto Transducers. Application to processing challenges.

Dr. Roberto Pilloton
Prof. Donatella Albanese
Guest Editors

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