If you have recently completed or will shortly be completing research studies relevant to hide preservation, hide and leather defects, leather manufacturing technology, new product development, tannery equipment development, leather properties and specifications, tannery environmental management, or other related subjects, you are encouraged to present the results of this research at the next annual convention of the Association to be held at the Grandover Resorts and Conference Center, Greensboro, NC on June 19 - 22, 2008.

Abstracts must be submitted by January 30, 2008.  Abstracts should be sent to the Chair of the Technical Program:

Stephen S. Yanek

Seton Company

30445 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 255

Farmington Hills, MI 48334

USA

E-Mail:  stephen.yanek@setonco.com

Fax: 248-539-9083

Completed papers, in publication-ready form, are expected by June 1, 2008.  Manuscripts must be submitted in electronic format, either as an E-mail attachment or on a CD-R disc. These papers must be submitted in standard American English using the Windows format with Times New Roman or Ariel fonts preferred. E-mail versions are considered complete and require no submission of hard copies. CD-R submissions must be accompanied by two sets of hard copy. The manuscript should include copies of illustrative material and these copies need be reasonably close to reproduction quality.  Completed manuscripts can be emailed to the Journal Editor at jalcaeditor@prodigy.net.    

All correspondence with the editor should be mailed to the following address:

          Robert F. White

          c/o American Leather Chemists Association

          1314 50^th Street, Suite 103

          Lubbock, TX  79412-2940

          USA

The presentation of papers at the convention will be limited to 25 minutes.  In accordance with the Association Bylaws, all papers presented at the annual meeting will be submitted to the Journal of the American Leather Chemists for consideration for publication.  If accepted for presentation at the annual meeting, papers are not to be published elsewhere, other than in abstract form, without permission from the Journal Editor, Robert F. White.