Conference down under issues call for papers.

* The 8th Joint Conference of Australian & New Zealand Societies of Cosmetic Chemists, A Sea Change in Personal Care, will be held March 22-25, 2007, Novotel Northbeach, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. Submissions for papers and workshop presentations are now being accepted with preference given to relevant and original work in the personal care field that relates to the theme of the conference. All submissions and abstracts must be received by September 21, 2006.

Two awards will be presented at the conference: the Lester Conrad Award for best paper presented at the conference and the Jack Jacobs Memorial Trophy for best paper based on original research conducted in Australia or New Zealand. More info: www.ascc.com.au/news/conferences.