The broadly defined field of biochips is growing at a very rapid pace. To keep abreast of developments and to disseminate the results of ongoing research, the C3B organizes and participates in workshops for professional development and scientific symposia for technical dissemination and exchange. The Center supports programming of an annual international conference on biochip design, manufacture and applications.

SCHEDULED CONFERENCES

Polymers in Biosensors 232nd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition Organizing Chairman: Prof. Anthony Guiseppi-Elie September 10-14, 2006 San Francisco, CA  USA Talk: Biomimetic hydrogels for in vivo biosensor biocompatibility

Macromolecules for Sustainable, Safe and Healthy World June 10-14, 2007 New York City

PAST CONFERENCES
11th IUPAC International Symposium on Macromolecule-Metal Complexes 10-13 September 2005 Grand Hotel Golf, Tirrenia (Pisa), Italy Professor Guiseppi-Elie presented "“Microarray studies of the interaction of platinum drugs with DNA”
BIOCHIPS 2002 - Technology Development and Application March 18 -19, 2002 • Crowne Plaza Hotel, Richmond, VA • USA	BIOCHIPS Hands-on Workshop - Technologies for Producing and Analyzing High Density DNA Microarrays March 20, 2002 • VCU C3B Richmond, VA • USA
Frontiers of  Nanostructured Systems: Building Partnerships Across Virginia And Beyond Omni Hotel, Charlottesville, Virginia October 14th -16th, 2001	BioChips 2001 BIOCHIPS 2001 - Technology Development & Application. March 12 - 13, 2001 • Polytechnic University • Brooklyn, NY • USA
SEAM 2000 December 2, 2000 • Polytechnic University • Brooklyn, New York • USA	Molecular Bioelectronics and Hybrid Electronic Systems - Recent Advances in Engineering and Application of Molecular Electronic Devices October 19 - 20, 2000 • The Omni Parker House • Boston, MA USA
Transducer-active Polymers: Responsive Materials in Chemical and Biological Sensors, Actuators, and Controlled Release. August 20 - 25, 2000 • Fall ACS National Meeting • Washington DC • USA	BioMEMs & Biomedical Nanotechnology WORLD 2000
Plenary Address: Prof. Guiseppi-Elie delivered the Pleanary Address at the Sixth Annual Conference and Workshops on Advanced Technological Education in Semiconductor Manufacturing (ATESM 2000), Olando, Florida.	Prof. Dietmar H. Blohm, Visiting Scientist, C3B, presented three talks June 21, June 27 and June 29, 2000.
Seminar Series: Engineering The Future of Medicine February 18th, March 3rd, March 17th, March 31st, April 7th, and April 21st, 2000.	January 21, 2000: Workshop on Merging Microtechnologies: The Biochip and the Microchip
October 25 - 28th, 1999: International Symposium on Cluster and Nanostructure Interfaces (ISCANI'99)	October 20th, 1998: Workshop on Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips: Fundamentals, Technology and Applications