march

• March 12-17 — Pittcon 2006, 2006 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Orlando, Fla. (www.pittcon.org).
• Mar. 15-18 — GrindTec, International Trade Exhibition for Grinding Technology, Augsburg, Germany (www.grindtec.afag.de)
• March 19-21 — Compressed Gas Association Annual Meeting Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (www.cganet.com)
• Mar. 20-23 — Regional Metalform, stamping and fabricating exposition and conference, Nashville, Tenn. (www.metalform.com)
• March 21-23 — Medtrade Spring conference, Las Vegas (www.med tradespring.com)
• Mar. 27-30 — Westec 2006, annual manufacturing technology conference , Los Angeles (www.amtonline.org) or (www.amtda.com) or (www.sme.org)
• March 29-30 — Automotive Laser Welding workshop, sponsored by the Edison Welding Institute, The Inn at St. Johns, Plymouth, Mich. (www.ewi.org)

april

• April 9-11 — Gases & Welding Distributors' Association Spring Management Conference, Chicago (www.gawda.org)
• April 5-6 — Resistance Welding Manufacturers Association Spring Welding School, Chicago (www.rwma.org)
• April 20-22 — General Aviation Technology Conference & Exhibition, sponsored by the SAE for aircraft design, development, operations, manufacturing and research, Wichita, Kan. (www.sae.org/events/gat)
• April 28-30 — Resistance Welding Manufacturers Association spring meeting, Detroit (www.rwma.org).
• April 30-May 4 — SAMPE 2006 Symposium & Exhibition, annual conference on technology, applications and materials for the advanced manufacturing, Long Beach, Calif. (www.sampe.org)

may

• May 3-5 — Metallurgy Certificate Program, Holiday Inn, Independence, Ohio (www.sme.org)
• May 9-12 — Sheet Metal Welding Conference XII, VisTaTech Center, Livonia, Mich. (http://aws. kukausa.com/SMW_Website/index.htm)
• May 11-14 — AWS Sheet Metal Welding Conference, with a focus on high performance steels covers technical breakthroughs in welding, Detroit (www.aws.org)
• May 15-18 — 5th International Surface Engineering Congress, focuses on technology of heat treatment and surface engineering, Seattle (www.asminternational.org)
• May 23-25 — EasTec 2006 Exposition and Conference, annual manufacturing conference and exposition, West Springfield, Mass. (www.sme.org)
• May 24-26 — Lightweight Materials for Auto and Aerospace, Alexandria, Va. (www.aws.org)

june

• June 7-10 — Aeromat, Advanced Materials and Processes for Aerospace Applications conference, Seattle (www.asminter national.org/seattle/)
• June 13-17 — NumiForm, 8th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes, Columbus, Ohio (www.numiform.osu.edu)

october

• October 15-18 — Gas & Welding Distributors Association 62nd Annual Convention, Walt Disney World Swan Dolphin, Orlando, Fla. (www.gawda.org)
• October 31-Nov 2 — FabTech International & AWS Welding Show, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Ga. (www.sme.org/fabtech)

september

• Sept. 6-13 — IMTS 2006, International Manufacturing Technology Show, Chicago (www.imts.com)
• Sept. 19-20 — AWS Welding in Aircraft and Aerospace Conference, Dayton, Ohio (www.aws.org)

november

• November 4-8 — International Oxygen Manufacturers Assocation Annual Meeting, Los Cabos, Mexico (www.iomaweb.org)