THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM WILL BE HOLDING ITS 1999 NATIONAL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 15-17 IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. The Advanced Technology Program will be holding its 1999 National Meeting on November 15-17 in San Jose, California. The conference will feature in-depth workshops along six technology and economic tracks including: biotechnology, chemistry, information technology, electronics, materials and manufacturing, and economic assessment. A description of each of the five technical tracks will be published in the CBD daily. The second track summary is Chemistry. The Chemistry track will focus on two areas of research identified by industry as being the most significant and path-breaking, that are currently being funded by the ATP -- combinatorial methods for advanced materials research, and membrane and separations technologies. The Workshop "Combinatorial and High Throughput Screening Methods for Catalysts and Advanced Materials" will discuss two convergence technologies for high throughput R&D methodologies. Informatics software integration and lab-on-chip developments will be explored in this full-day session. The Workshop on Membrane/ Separations Technologies will feature ten experts from industry and academia. The discussion will focus on critical "technology barriers" to wider application of membranes. The ATP 1999 National Meeting will be hosted by the San Jose DoubleTree Hotel. For more information and to track schedule updates, visit the meeting website at http://www.atp.nist.gov/nationalmeeting/ Meeting registration is on-line at https://sales.nist.gov/conf/secure/CONF87/conf_register.htm or call Lori Phillips, (301) 975-4513, fax: (301) 948-2067. Media Contact: Michael Baum (301) 975-2763 michael.baum@nist.gov WEB: Advanced Technology Program, http://www.atp.nist.gov. E-MAIL: Advanced Technology Program, atp@nist.gov. Posted 11/02/99 (W-SN397117).

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