We invite you to join us at the very first ChemWeb virtual lecture,
"Great attractors in the chemical chaos of the Internet",
which will be given by Dr. Henry Rzepa, from
Imperial College, London, UK. The lecture will take place on
Wednesday December 3rd, 1997, at 16:00 - 18:00 GMT in
ChemWeb's Chemistry Auditorium [http://www.vei.co.uk/chemweb/].
Registration is required. The lecture is free to ChemWeb
members.
Henry Rzepa comments:
"In my talk, I will introduce what I believe are some of
the innovations over the last four years which the
infra-structure of the Internet has spawned. These
include electronic discussion lists, "active" conferences,
new "third generation" electronic journals , impressive
resources seen particularly in the area of bio-informatics,
the fruits of the substantial labours in preparing new pedagogic
materials and virtual courses, the new genre of "one-stop"
chemical malls or clubs which attempt to integrate all these
resources, and perhaps the experiment which we are all
about to participate in of virtual talks.
Important questions remain. How can we index and search for
the seam of quality, with some 3000+ chemical web sites now
operating? Is there yet an accepted mechanism for peer review
and scholarly recognition in this medium? With an estimated
half-life of a URL being around 6 months, are there not serious
concerns about the permanence of materials? Copyright remains
an almost intractible issue. Privacy is another thorny problem.
The bottom line is can we do our science better with the help of
the Internet or does it simply represent a source of global information
pollution? Perhaps after a global brain-storming session, we can
begin to see how the structure behind the chaos can be teased
out, if we think it exists at all!"
The format for the lecture is as follows:
16.00-16.30 Presenter - Henry Rzepa
16.30-17.00 Panel Member Presentations
17.00- 17.30 Presenter/Panel Discussion
17.30- 18.00 Open discussion
(18.00- Discussion continues in Virtual Bar ...)
Dr Wendy Warr will be moderating the lecture, and
will be available to answer any questions you may have
throughout the lecture.
Panel members are:
Oliver Kappe
Peter Murray-Rust
Mike Hann
Steven Bachrach
Steve Heller
Chris Adams
I look forward to meeting you at the lecture,
Best regards
Bill Town
Chief Operating Officer
ChemWeb, Inc.
http://ChemWeb.com
PS: don't forget to invite your colleagues to join us!
PPS Apologies for multiple postings to discussion lists