Login About TecanInvestor RelationsProductsApplicationsSupportEventsCareersContacts Tecan Events Tecan Webinars Tecan Symposium Tecan Symposium 2012 Tecan Symposium 2011 Tecan Symposium 2010 Tecan Symposium 2008 Tecan Symposium 2007 Events » Tecan Symposium » Tecan Symposium Our passion for life drives our vision of transforming the scientific expertise of our employees and customers into effective developments for healthcare. As a world leader in the life sciences supply industry, our technology plays a crucial role in a broad range of projects at the cutting edge of science. This section provides some examples of how Tecan is contributing towards major developments and events that will impact the lives of people around the world. Mass Spectrometry Boston, October 2012 Tecan is proud to announce its fifth Tecan Symposium to be held this year from October 23-25 in Boston, USA. This year's topic will be "Mass Spectrometry – the expanding role in Life Sciences and Diagnostics" and will cover topics including; applied use in diagnostics and other fields, role of mass spectrometry in basic research, sample collection and preparation, and novel and emerging technologies. As in past years, attendance at the symposium is limited to a small cohort of scientists in order to encourage plenty of networking opportunities among thought leaders in the area of mass spectrometry. Click here for more information. Translational Medicine Shanghai, November 2011 Tecan is proud to announce its fourth Tecan Symposium to be held this year from November 2-4 in Shanghai, China. This year's topic will be "Translational Medicine: From bench to bedside and back" and will cover topics including biological sample collection and banking, emerging trends in translational research, applications for diagnostics and therapeutics, and impact of technology on basic and applied research. As in past years, attendance at the symposium is limited to a small cohort of scientists in order to encourage plenty of networking opportunities among thought leaders in the area of translational medicine. Click here for more information. Applied Genomics Salzburg, October 2010 Tecan is pleased to host its third annual scientific symposium in Salzburg/Austria. The Tecan Symposium offers an intimate opportunity for leading scientists and Tecan customers to meet and discuss emerging scientific issues related to Tecan’s fields of interest.This year, leading scientists from a variety of life sciences research organizations have joined to discuss: The next era in Genomics. Click here for more information. Biologics - From Benchtop to Production Zurich, September 2008 Tecan has been pleased to host its second annual scientific symposium in Zürich Switzerland. The Tecan Symposium offers an intimate opportunity for leading scientists and Tecan customers from a variety to meet and discuss emerging scientific issues related to Tecan’s fields of interest. This year, leading scientists from a variety of life sciences research organizations have joined to discuss “Biologics: From Benchtop to Production. Enabling technologies for a new era.” It covered areas including biotherapeutics, stem cell research, and regenerative medicine. Click here for more information. International symposium for systems biology Zurich, September 2007 In 2007, Tecan hosted a prestigious symposium that was attended by researchers representing many of the world’s major research institutes. Several prominent scientists gave presentations on their current and future initiatives in the fast-moving field of systems biology, and the event was chaired by Alan Sawyer, who was the former director of the Monash Antibody Technologies Facility (MATF) in Australia. Click here to find out how Tecan is helping the MATF to develop one of the largest monoclonal antibody production systems in the world. Click here for more information.