PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It’s like the Auto Show or the Flower Show, but for scientists!
Thousands of people will be coming from around the world to Philadelphia later this month for the world’s premiere annual conference and exposition on laboratory science.
“When these kinds of conventions come to town, the expo floor is an amazing place to see medical equipment, the operating rooms of the future, the research of the future,” notes Bonnie Grant, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Congress.
“We’re a city of medical history,” she says. “We have the first hospital, the first medical school, the first children’s hospital, the first medical library, and so much more.”
The Pittcon conference (which started in a Pittsburgh hotel in 1950) is put together by volunteers, and Philadelphia gets more out of it than just visitors.
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Post Time March 14, 2013 at 3:02 pm -
[...] Heading to Philly: Cole-Parmer Packs Up for PITTCON The world’s largest annual conference and exposition on laboratory science is only a few days away. From March 17-21, PITTCON™ will populate the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia with scientists, students, exhibitors, and other industry professionals. “It’s like the Auto Show or the Flower Show, but for scientists!” writes CBS Reporter Lauren Lipton. [...]