Frontiers in Visualisation and Human-Computer Interaction '97 ------------------------------------------------------------- at The European Bioinformatics Institute, The Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK. 10th and 11th December, 1997. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/fiv97/ Introduction: This two day conference will provide an outstanding opportunity to hear some of the world's leading speakers in the related areas of human- computer interaction and visualisation. It will also provide an arena for professionals in the biosciences and pharmacology to meet with the leading graphics and interaction experts and to develop new ideas and synergies. The meeting will take place in the newly completed conference facilities at the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus in the grounds of Hinxton Hall, Cambridge, UK. The campus is the site of The European Bioinformatics Institute, The Sanger Centre and the UK MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre. The two keynote speakers are: Professor Andries van Dam, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., University Professor of Technology and Education and Professor of Computer Science, Brown University, Providence, RI (http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/avd/home.html) and Prof. Dr. José Luis Encarnação, Professor Technical University of Darmstadt and Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics in Darmstadt (http://www.crcg.edu/Staff/enc.html). Both have been visionary pioneers in establishing the discipline of computer graphics, Van Dam being a co-founder of SIGGRAPH and Encarnação being the driving force behind the founding of EUROGRAPHICS. The conference program will cover: Frontiers in 3D Human Interactions Applications of Virtual Reality Distributed Computer-Supported Collaborative Working, CSCW-VR Visualisation in the Biosciences There will also be an opportunity for poster submissions and a trade show. Registration Fee: Before November 10th, the registration fee for the conference is 150 GBP -- Standard Rate 100 GBP -- EBI Industry Affiliates 75 GBP -- EBI BioStandards Partners 75 GBP -- Full-time employees of government, universities, and university-affiliated hospitals The cost of lunches is included in the registration fee. The conference banquet is an additional 35 GBP and will be in The Great Hall of King's College in Cambridge. The closing date for early registration and submission of abstracts is 10th November, 1997. Further information on speakers, hotel accommodation and registration may be found at: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/fiv97/ Yours sincerely, Alan J. Robinson. -- ============================================================ Alan J. Robinson Tel:+44-(0)1223 494625 EMBL Outstation Fax:+44-(0)1223 494468 European Bioinformatics Institute Email: alan@ebi.ac.uk Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1RQ, UK http://industry.ebi.ac.uk/~alan/ ============================================================ 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)