About This Conference
This meeting will bring industry executives, entrepreneurs, and investors together with scientists, engineers, environmentalists, and clinicians to discuss key trends, future directions, and upcoming technologies in breath analysis applications including: medical, environmental, and bioterrorism / security issues.

Conference Organization
Chair:
Dr. Raed A. Dweik, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Co-chairs:
Dr. Claire Gmachl, Princeton, NJ, USA
Dr. Gary Hunter, NASA Glen Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Dr. Cristina Davis, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

Organizing Committee:
Dr. Anton Amann, Innsbruck, Austria
Dr. Prabir Dutta, Columbus, OH, USA
Dr. Michael Epton, Christ Church, New Zealand
Daniel Laskowski, Cleveland, OH, USA
Dr. Terence Risby, Baltimore, USA
Dr. Metin Aytekin, Izmir, Turkey
Dr. Joachim Pleil, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

Peliminary Program:
The preliminary program, as now visualized, will include keynote speakers, other invited and submitted papers, posters, and open discussions.

The threads of interest include:
Monday: Overview
AM: History and current status of the breath analysis field, opportunities and limitations;
PM: Lessons from the nitric oxide story

Tuesday: Sensors and Sensitivities
AM: Mass spectrometry;
PM: Sensors: old and new

Wednesday: Applications, Standards, and Collection Methods
AM Medical applications: asthma, cancer, infections, other;
PM: environmental and security applications

Thursday: From Sensors to Devices
AM: Newer technologies, electronic nose and sensor arrays, real nose, nanotubes, lasers, single molecule detection, etc.
PM: Miniaturization, hand held devices, sensing networks, wireless transmission, etc

Friday: The Future
AM: Roundtable discussion: future direction, physician acceptance, regulatory approval, re-imbursement, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration

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