Following the successful International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies annual conference in Cancun, Mexico the last week details have been released for the next edition.

The XXVIII IULTCS congress will be held March 9-12, 2005 at Fortezza da Basso near Florence, Italy.

Authors of presentations that are accepted will be notified by July 30, 2004 and extracts will be in Italian and English. Extracts should be submitted by May 30, 2004 and full texts of approved extracts should be submitted no later than October 15, 2004.

The event with be organised by the Italian AICC (Associazione Italiana dei Chimici del Cuoio).