Register now for ChemWeb's first virtual lecture! 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 chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)