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Pittcon Editors’ Awards have honoured the best new products on show at The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, or Pittcon,〔http://www.pittcon.org/〕 since being established in 1996 by Dr Gordon Wilkinson, managing editor of ''Analytical Instrument Industry Report'' (later ''Instrumenta''). On 8th March 2015, the event returned to the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. The independent awards, which represent the results of an informal poll of leading editors, have become an important feature of the world’s largest trade show for the laboratory equipment industry. Pittcon organisers and media center support the scheme and provide details and photographs on the exhibition's Press and Media Information page.〔http://pittcon.org/press/〕 == History and organisation == The awards were started because of the challenge that editors faced of effectively covering the trade show, which in 2015 hosted 925 exhibitors. New exhibitors at the Morial Convention Center totalled 130 companies. Walking past every booth at an event such as this represents a trek of over .〔http://www.mccno.com/〕 Accredited media representatives, of whom there are more than 150 per year, are invited to list up to three new products on a nomination form provided on registration at the Media Center. Editors are invited to attend a judging session towards the end of the trade show. They review entries and vote on the nominated products. The only criterion is that products must appear at the exhibition for the first time, but winning products usually feature innovations in technology or industrial design, or may enable new analytical applications.〔http://www.instrumentnews.co.uk/2013/03/what-is-the-reason-for-the-pittcon-editors-award/〕 Gold, Silver and Bronze winners are determined and plaques are awarded to the booth personnel of the winning companies on the final morning of the four-day exposition. Other nominated products receive an Honourable Mention.〔http://www.americanlaboratory.com/913-Technical-Articles/160948-Pittcon-sup-sup-2014-Editors-Awards-Acknowledge-Innovations-in-Scientific-Instrumentation/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pittcon Editors' Awards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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