From June 2 to June 6, 2024, Signe Vahur and Anu Teearu-Ojakäär attended the 72nd ASMS conference on mass spectrometry and allied topics at Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, USA).
This year, the conference hosted almost 6800 attendees and 183 companies. During the four days there were 384 oral presentations that ran in 8 parallel sessions and 3288 poster presentations (more than 800 posters per day) on wide variety of topics related to mass spectrometry – developments in instrumentation, analysis of complex and problematic samples, using AI and software solutions to improve measurements, data handling, etc. In addition, there were 50 evening workshops and 49 breakfast seminars. From Monday to Wednesday evening, 15 daily corporate hospitality suits were hosted by some of the companies (e.g., Bruker, Agilent Technologies, Shimadzu, Thermo Scientific, etc.).
At the conference, Signe and Anu presented their poster “APCI-MS for the analysis of cultural heritage materials” during the Thursday (June 6) poster session. On Monday evening (June 3), Anu gave a 3-minute Flash talk at the evening workshop “Art, Museums, and Archaeology” for an audience of approximately 160 attendees.
The 72nd ASMS conference was a great experience by meeting old colleagues and fellow MS enthusiasts, making new connections, having great and fruitful discussions and networking opportunities. Thank you to the organisers of the conference for delivering yet another high-level event!