(apologies for multiple list postings) This is the first announcement of a Joint Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Information Group (RSC CIG) and the Chemical Structure Association (CSA) meeting The all-day meeting entitled: Chemical structures and networking - an overview of recent developments and trends is to be held on Thursday, October 16th 1997, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. Rapid development continues in the application of increasingly sophisticated computer technology, both hardware and software, to the location, retrieval, registration, manipulation and exploitation of chemical structure and related data. These developments are helping users cope with the new demands arising from the continuing growth in the volumes and complexity of data, especially from such techniques as combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening. All of this is taking place alongside the continuing growth in the use of Internet/Intranet technology. Most of the new developments allow the use of a browser interface, and many of them are accessible via the Internet. This meeting will review recent developments and trends in the availability of tools for manipulating chemical structure and related data. Key presentations will provide overviews which will be supplemented by presentations and demonstrations from major systems suppliers. After the presentations, there will be a (free) wine and cheese reception, which will provide a further opportunity to network and to view the various demonstrations. This one-day meeting presents a highly cost-effective way of keeping up to date with this fast-moving field. The cost is 20 to members of the RSC CIG or CSA and 25 to non-members. The number of attendees will be be limited to 50, so early booking is advisable. Further details and registration forms are available from: Doug Veal Doverton Ltd 46 The Knoll Hayes Bromley Kent BR2 7DHP Phone/fax 0181-325-7608 e-mail: doverton@compuserve.com announcement posted by john blackmore, RSC CIG johnb@infonol.demon.co.uk chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@ic.ac.uk)