ALCA issues call for papers
08/10/2009
The American Leather Chemists Association has issued a call for papers for its 2010 annual convention, which will take place at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, from June 10-13.
If you have recently completed or will shortly be completing research studies relevant to hide preservation, hide and leather defects, leather manufacturing technology, new product development, tannery equipment development, leather properties and specifications, tannery environmental management, or other related subjects, you are encouraged to present the results of this research at the event.
The association prefers potential speakers to send their abstracts by email. These must be submitted by January 31, 2010 to the chair of the technical programme, Craig Keyser (cgkeyser@gmail.com). He can also be reached at: 19 Lake Drive, North Brunswick, New Jersey 08902 USA and on cell phone number 732 213 7644.
Each abstract should begin with the title in capital letters, followed by the authors’ names. The name of the speaker should be denoted by an asterisk, and contact information should be provided that includes an email address. The abstract should be no longer than 300 words, in English and in the Microsoft Word format.
Presentations at the convention will be limited to 25 minutes. In accordance with the association's rules, papers covering such presentations are to be submitted to the Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association for publication consideration. Those papers are not to be published elsewhere, other than in abstract form, without permission of the Journal Editor, Robert F. White.
Manuscripts based on the presentation, in publication-ready form, are to be sent to the Mr White, in electronic format as an e-mail attachment by May 15, 2010. He can also be reached at: The American Leather Chemists Association, 1314 50th Street, Suite 103, Lubbock, Texas, 79412-2940 USA. His email address is jalcaeditor@prodigy.net, and his mobile phone number is 616 540 2469.
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