The Inter-Society Color Council will hold its 2008 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland from Sunday, September 14 through Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Baltimore is a historic city known for its Inner Harbor, National Aquarium, and the resting place of Edgar Allen Poe. General Chairs Carl Andersen with the Federal Highway Administration and Cameron Miller with the National Institute of Standard and Technology will be organizing the meeting.
     Papers are being accepted for Interest Group I on Basic and Applied Color Research, Interest Group II on Industrial Applications of Color, and Interest Group III on Art, Design, and Psychology to be presented on Sunday and Monday. On Tuesday September 16, ISCC will sponsor a “Safety Color Expert Symposium.” This one day event will cover all facets of safety colors including the perception, measurement, and standardization of regular, fluorescent and photoluminescent materials, and safety light signaling. Authors are invited to submit abstracts to either the Interest Group Chairs or the General Chairs (details below).
    A poster session will be held covering general Interest Group topics and state-of-the-art safety color research. The poster session provides an excellent opportunity to meet and discuss innovative safety color work with other colleagues attending the ISCC Annual Meeting. During the poster session exhibitor space will be available for product and instrument manufacturers on a first come, first served basis.
    The ISCC Education Committee is providing a limited number of Student Travel Grants to assist students traveling to the ISCC 2008 Annual Meeting. Students should contact the ISCC office for information.
   If you have questions, please contact Cynthia Sturke at the ISCC Office
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The co-located topical meeting is on Perception and Measurement of Safety Colors, but topics for the Annual meeting are wide open! May 31, 2008 is the deadline to submit abstracts and brief author bios to one of the three Interest-Group chairs:

1. Basic and Applied Research: Jim Roberts, jim.roberts@altana.com
2. Industrial Applications of Color: Jaime Gomez, jaimeagomez@comcast.net
3. Art, Design, & Psychology: Marcia Cohen (mr.cohen@mindspring.com)

Each abstract should be 2-4 pages long, including figures, and preferably submitted in pdf format to facilitate printing of the Proceedings.

For further information about the meeting, contact Carl Andersen (carl.Andersen@fhwa.dot.gov) or Cameron Miller (c.miller@nist.gov )