Events
Copies of past presentations are available for download in our Media & Resources section.
Upcoming events for 2008
| 16th – 18th June 2008 |
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Conference:
Amphora has been invited to speak at IQPC’s IP Protection Strategies in Frankfurt, and will be presenting a talk on “Harnessing your scientists in an electronic world” which will answer many questions that we encounter during implementations!
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| 15th – 17th Sept. 2008 |
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Conference:
IQPC, Lab Solutions in Brussels. Amphora will be a Session Sponsor of this well established annual event. Simon will be addressing the subject of “Walking the tightrope between scientists and lawyers” which is a subject close to his heart.
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Events in 2008
| 15th & 16th April 2008 |
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Conference:
Simon Coles attended BioTrinity in Oxford, England, which was particularly aimed at emerging Biotechs and BioPharmas and presented a talk on “I.T and I.P in Biotechs”
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| 31st March-2nd April 2008 |
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Conference:
Simon Coles presented a talk on “Chemist vs. Biologist and their needs for Electronic Solutions” at the the IQPC Lab Informatics Conference in California, the slides for which can be downloaded from here.
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| 10th-12th March 2008 |
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Conference:
Simon Coles was asked to host a workshop at the IQPC ELN Conference in Frankfurt with Colin Sandercock, a partner in the US Law Firm Proskauer Rose US on the subject of “Ensuring admissibility, credibility and reliability of your ELN records in court”. In addition Simon will be presented a talk on “Lessons Learned in ELN Implementation across Different Industries”, the slides for which can be downloaded from here.
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| 6th – 7th February 2008 |
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Workshop Session/Presentation:
Simon Coles gave a session at the IQPC SmartLab in London. Due to a change in some of the other sessions, Simon’s was the only one running so the audience was larger and more diverse than originally planned, resulting in a slight change of plan. The audience were given a choice between two presentations, and several people asked for both to be made available. They are ‘Differences the Make A Difference’ and ‘ELNs beyond Chemistry’.
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| 30th – 31st Jan 2008 |
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Conference:
Amphora participated in the SMI ELN conference in London. As well
as a number of Amphora’s customers presenting, Simon Coles chaired
one of the conference days, as well as giving a presentation on ELNs and Compliance
which can be downloaded from here.
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| 26th – 27th Jan 2008 |
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Workshop:
Amphora and PhaseFour Informatics gave a well-received all-day workshop on ELNs
at the Association for Laboratory Automation conference in Palm Springs, CA.
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Events in 2007
| 28th September 2007 |
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| Conference Presentation:
Simon Coles delivered a presentation on ELNs and Patent Evidence at the IQPC 2007 ELN Conference in Brussels.
A PDF of the presentation is available.
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| 26th September 2007 |
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| Conference Presentation:
Simon Coles and John Trigg (from PhaseFour Informatics) delivered
a presentation on Best Practices on ELN Implementation at the IQPC 2007 ELN Conference in Brussels.
A PDF of the presentation is available.
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| 25th July 2007 |
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| Award:
Amphora win coveted Frost & Sullivan Market Penetration Leadership award, confirming
Amphora as the leading supplier of ELN solutions. For more information see the
award write up and press release.
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| 27th & 28th July 2007 |
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Simon Coles and John Trigg (of PhaseFour Informatics) delivered a well-received workshop
at the ALA conference in Palm Springs, CA.
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Events in 2006
| 26 Sept., 2006 |
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Simon Coles gave a presentation entitled “ELNs Beyond Chemistry” at the IQPC
ELN conference in London, Sept. 26th 2006(download the presentation here). In addition, Cat Tarlton from Array gave a presentation on their use of PatentSafe with their CambridgeSoft ELN, and Katrien Lorre gave a talk on Innogenetic’s use of PatentSafe with their in-house ELN.
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| 28th Feb, 2006 |
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Simon Coles of Amphora gave a presentation on “Cutting the Cost of ELNs”
at the SRI ELN conference Feb 28th 2006 in Philadelphia, PA. You can download
the presentation here. |
| 27th Feb, 2006 |
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Simon Coles of Amphora and John Trigg from PhaseFour gave a joint workshop on
“ELN Implementation – Strategies for Success”
at the SRI ELN conference Feb 27th 2006 in Philadelphia, PA. Workshop
materials are available to participants. |
| 22nd Jan, 2006 |
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Simon Coles of Amphora and John Trigg of PhaseFour gave a well-received 1-day
short course on ELNs at the LabAutomation 2006 conference in Palm Springs, CA. |
Events in 2005
| 20th October |
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At the IVT ELN conference in Dublin, Ireland,
Simon Coles of Amphora a presentation on “Cost Effective ELNs”, a copy of which
can be downloaded from here.
Later that day Simon also delivered a 3.5 hour workshop on Records Management. |
| 18th October |
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Simon Coles of Amphora and John Trigg from Kodak are gave a joint workshop on
“ELN Implementation – Strategies for Success”
at the IVT ELN conference in Dublin, Ireland. |
| 26th-27th September |
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David Brittain from Oxford Biomedica spoke about their successful
implementation of Amphora’s products at the IQPC ELN Conference in London.
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| 25 – 27 July |
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Simon Coles from Amphora gave a workshop
“Successful ELN Implementation Strategies” at the IQPC Electronic Laboratory Notebooks conference in Boston.
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| 18 – 21 July |
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Simon Coles from Amphora gave a workshop
“Successful ELN Implementation Strategies” at the IVT ELN Conference in Philadelphia, and a presentation on
“ELN Integration Techniques”. A PDF of the presentation slides is available
here. |
| 4-5 April |
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Simon Coles from Amphora gave a workshop
“Successful ELN Implementation Strategies” and a general presentation on
"ELN Architecture" at the SRI Electronic Laboratory Notebooks conference in Boston.
Simon’s ELN Architecture presentation is now
available. |
| 24th-26th January |
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Simon Coles from Amphora gave a workshop
“Implementation strategies: Format a tailored strategy for your project rollout”
at the 2005 IQPC Electronic Laboratory Notebooks conference in Atlanta.
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Events in 2004
| 22nd – 24th September |
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Amphora participated in the IQPC Electronic Laboratory
Notebook conference in London. Some of the talks were by Amphora’s customers,
and at exhibition a number of vendors demonstrated their ELN products working
with Amphora’s Patent Evidence Creation & Preservation solutions. As
a last minute change, Simon Coles delivered the Keynote address to open
the conference, as well as delivering a well-received workshop (with John
Trigg of Kodak) on ELN Implementation. |
| 5th May |
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Amphora participated in the CENSA Quarterly meeting
in West Virginia. Simon Coles spoke on Amphora’s unique offerings for Patent
Evidence Creation & Preservation, our experiences and successes in the Biotech
market, and partnerships with other CENSA members. CENSA members can get
a copy of Simon’s presentation from the CENSA members-only Teamrooms. |
| 31st March |
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Simon Coles spoke on "ELN perspectives: from
the multinational to the startup" at the 227th ACS National Meeting,
Anaheim, CA (Download
a copy of this talk) |
Events in 2003
| 5th November |
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Simon Coles participated in the Laboratory Informatics Expo. |
| 22nd-24th September |
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Simon Coles spoke on “Strategies to assess your corporate needs and select the most appropriate vendor for your ELN project” at the 2003 IQPC ELN conference in London. As well as chairing the second day of the full conference, Simon also gave a pre-conference workshop “Implementation Masterclass: Proven strategies to ease ELN implementation in your own company”.
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| 26th & 27th June |
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Simon Coles spoke on “Electronic Laboratory Notebook Architectures: Designing Comprehensive R&D Enterprise Systems” at the Barnett conference in Philadelphia, Electronic Laboratory Notebooks:
Comprehensive Strategies & Technologies for
Managing Research Knowledge. |
| 11th & 12th June |
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Simon Coles spoke on “Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Information Management and Electronic Records” at e-Lab 2003: The 17th International LIMS Conference in London. |
| 10th-14th March |
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Simon Coles
spoke on "ELNs: Turning the Promise into Reality" at Laboratory
Informatics 2003, part of PITTCON 2003 |
| 26/27th February |
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Amphora attended
the quarterly CENSA meeting in New Jersey to update CENSA members on our
latest organisational developments |
| 13th February |
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Simon Coles spoke
on "Electronic Lab Notebooks and e-Archiving: a Timebomb?" at
Infotech Pharma 2003. |
Events in 2002
| 20th – 22nd November |
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Simon Coles led a
workshop on "Easing the Transition from Paper to Electronic Notebooks
– Strategies to Ensure Successful Culture Change" at the IQPC
Laboratory Notebooks 2002 conference at The Cafe Royal, London, and
also spoke on "Confounding myths: What is an ELN?"
NB: a representative from DuPont – one of Amphora’s customers – spoke
about their ELN experiences at this conference. |
| 15th October |
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Simon Coles delivered
a talk on "What is an ELN?" at the 2nd Royal Society of Chemistry
ELN conference in London, and also spoke on on "A Cultural Revolution
in the Laboratory" |
| 17th – 19th September |
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Amphora attended the
Barnett International LIMS conference in Philadelphia and Simon Coles spoke on "Using
XML to interface LIMS and ELNs". |
| 20th August |
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Amphora exhibited with CENSA at the 224th
ACS National Meeting in Boston. |
| 14th – 15th August |
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Simon Coles spoke
on “Cultural issues in ELN adoption” at the re-run of the Barnett International
“Laboratory Notebooks 2002” conference in Philadelphia This was a re-run of the conference in May as
the original sold out and a number of people had to be turned away. |
| 6th June |
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Simon Coles attended
the Knowledge Management conference in Twin Cities, Minneapolis, and spoke
on “ELNs and Research Information”. |
| 21st – 22nd May |
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Amphora attended the
IQPC “Creating Value from Knowledge in R&D” conference in London and Simon Coles spoke on “Managing the cultural impact
of Electronic Lab Notebooks”. |
| 16th – 17th May |
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Amphora attended the
Barnett International “Laboratory Notebooks 2002” conference in Philadelphia
and Simon Coles spoke on “Addressing Cultural Issues when Adopting Electronic
Laboratory Notebooks”. This conference was so successful it was repeated
in Philadelphia that August. |
| 14th – 15th May |
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Amphora attended the quarterly CENSA meeting. |
| 29th April |
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Simon Coles spoke
on “Combining technologies to offer a structured framework for innovation
and creativity in the lab” at the Spring PASG Conference in Coventry. |
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5th – 6th March |
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Simon Coles spoke
at the 2002 European LIMS forum on “Combining technologies to offer a structured
framework for innovation and creativity in the laboratory”. |
Events in 2001
| 27th – 29th November |
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Simon Coles spoke at the November CENSA meeting in New Jersey. |
| 10th October |
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Simon Coles spoke at the Royal Society of Chemistry ELN conference in London, delivering
a talk on “Electronic Lab Notebooks – the State of the Art”. |
| 10th – 11th July |
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Simon Coles presented at the CENSA meeting in Chicago, on Amphora’s work with XML and ELNs |
| 10th – 11th May |
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Simon Coles spoke at Barnett International’s
conference “Laboratory Notebooks – Paper & Electronic”; in Washington, on
“Lessons from Electronic Lab Notebook implementations”. |
| late April |
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Amphora participated in the CENSA meeting in New Jersey
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| 1st – 5th April |
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Amphora exhibited at the ACS meeting in San Diego with CENSA |
Events in 2000
| 6th December |
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Amphora attended the CENSA meeting in Cincinnati. |
| 15th – 16th November |
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Simon Coles spoke
at the 3rd Annual European LIMS forum
in Waltham Abbey, London. Sheila Davis of Kodak also spoke about Kodak’s
use of their ELN, and John Trigg of Kodak chaired the session.
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| 22nd – 25th October |
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Amphora and Accelrys
presented at the Chemical Information Conference in Annecy, France.
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| 16th – 18th May 2000 |
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Simon Coles spoke at the LIMS2000 – International Conference
and Exposition in Atlantic City, New Jersey on the relationship
between LIMS and ELNs.
A number of other
talks at the conference were related to our work with ELNs:
- Kevin Smith from LabSystems is talked on XML
interfacing to LIMS, which is how we prefer to
link ELN and LIMS systems (it was the project with Kodak and that
got us both into XML in a serious way).
- John Trigg from Kodak also spoke on "LIMS, Electronic Lab Notebooks and Knowledge Management"
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| 27th & 28th March 2000 |
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John Trigg discussed
Kodak’s ELN at the Knowledge Management in R&D conference in London. |
| 26th – 30th March 2000 |
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With Sheila Ash of Accelrys, Simon Coles spoke at the 219th ACS
National Meeting in San Francisco, California, on Integrating
electronic notebook systems with traditional databases. |
| 8th March 2000 |
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Simon Coles discussed the Lab Notebook at the Second Annual e-Law Symposium
on the 8th March in London with Richard Brockbank of Oxford Law & Computing. |
| 7th March 2000 |
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Simon Coles spoke on ‘Chemistry Aware Laboratory Workbook’ at the2nd
Annual Electronic Records Event with Sheila Ash of Accelrys. |
| 28th February – 3rd March 2000 |
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John Trigg of Kodak
(one of our ELN customers) spoke on the XML interface developed by Kodak,
Amphora and Lab Systems for integrating Kodak’s LIMS to their ELN, at the Lab
Systems European user group meeting, >Lab
Systems World in Holland. |