Subject: International symposium CACR96 in Russia

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 22:48 +0000 (MSK)

Dear computational chemists,

     I'm glad to propose you the announcement of
 conference we'll organize at Dec. 17-18 in Moscow.
 Below you'll find first announcement. You may find it also
 at our WWW server (URL is peresented in the body of
 this announcement itself).

 Dr. Mikhail Kuzminsky,
 N.D.Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry
 Moscow

                           First Announcement

                 COMPUTER ASSISTANCE TO CHEMICAL RESEARCH
                    International Symposium, organized
           by Computer Assistance to Chemical Research Center
                     of Russian Academy of Sciences,
                          Silicon Graphics,Inc.
                                  and
                  Russian Foundation for Basic Research

                  Moscow, Russia, December 17-18, 1996

The Organizing Committee is pleased to inform you that the symposium
"Computer Assistance to Chemical Researches" will be held on December
17-18 in Moscow, Russia. The aim of the conference is to present a state-
of-the-art description and critical examination of all aspect of the
applications of computers in chemistry. You are cordially invited to
participate in the Conference and submit papers.

1. PREFACE
Molecular modeling and simulation techniques play an important role in
development of affordable chemicals and materials with novel or enhanced
performance characteristics by helping to provide a more focused,
molecular-level understanding of chemical products and processes, which
in turn can help to guide future experimental work. In correlation with the

exponential growth of computer power availability, molecular modeling
methods impose themselves nowadays as unique tools in all areas of
chemical and physico-chemical research. These methods encompass
computational quantum chemistry as well as force field-based molecular
dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations of statistical ensembles.

The purpose of the symposium is to gather academic scientists and
representatives from industrial research and educational institutions, in
order to review the state of the art in the computational methodologies in
all aspects of chemistry and chemical engineering and to identify promising

opportunities as well as present limitations. Emphasis will be made on the
problems that arise when the studied systems are large or when chemically
accurate calculations are desired, and when attempts are made to include
in the calculations most of the effects (solvent, electric fields, etc.)
that
surround a molecule or system in a real situation, molecular visualization
and interactions, database searching and management, and specialized
applications. The presentations by experts from Silicon Graphics - the
world leader in development scientific hardware and software for
chemistry - which will be devoted to computational chemistry,
bioinformatic, databases, molecular graphics, collaborative environments,
etc., will stimulate understanding of current and future trends in methods
and technologies in chemistry.

We hope that this event will offer an opportunity for a critical review of
the most recent advances in quantum chemistry and modeling
methodologies as well as help to provide orientation in the search for
guidelines and future trends in the field.

2. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

The main topic of the conference are
(1)  Computer Aided Chemical Education
(2)  Information Resources for Chemists
(3)  Visualization of Chemical Information
(4)  Molecular Modeling
(5)  Semi-Empirical and ab initio Quantum Chemistry, Density  Functional
Methods.
(6)  New Algorithms and Techniques in Computational Chemistry

        Besides 10 plenary lectures of 40 minutes the scientific
program will include two poster sessions. The plenary lectures will
be delivered by leading Russian experts in different branches of
computational chemistry and by specialists of scientific department
of Silicon Graphics.
The poster sessions will be emphasized to stimulate
closest interest and active discussion. All the authors of poster
presentations will have 3-5 minutes at their disposal for oral
announcement of their contributions using transparencies. There
will be also good opportunities for small group and one-to-one
discussions.

3. CALL FOR PAPERS
        All authors are requested to submit a one-page abstract in camera
ready form to
                Dr. Ivan N. Senchenya
                Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry
                Russian Academy of Sciences
                Leninsky pr., 47
                Moscow B-334,
                117913 Russia
                e-mail: [email-masked]
        The abstracts should be on white A4 paper with free
margin of 2.5 cm around. They should start with title (bold
capitals, 14 points) followed by the name(s) of the author(s) and
affiliation(s) (bold). The text should be typed 1.5 spaced with use
of Times Roman, Helvetica or a similar type face of 12 point
size. All abstracts submitted by November 25, 1996 and accepted
for presentation will be included into booklet of Abstracts which
will be distributed to the participants at the conference
registration desk. We consider also the possibility to publish full
text papers in leading scientific Russian journals. Additional
information will be provided in the second announcement.
Note: In addition to 3 hard copies please provide us also a file
prepared as winword document on a floppy 3.5'' disk or send it
via e-mail as an attached .doc file. It is also possible to upload a
binary winword document via ftp. Additional information on the
latter will be provided in the second announcement.

4. CONFERENCE FEE
        There will not bee any conference fee for this conference.

5. LOCATION
        The conference will take place in Moscow, at
N.D.Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy
of Sciences, Leninsky prospect, 47.
The conference venue can be reached easily by public transport:
>From metro station "Leninsky prospect:
10 minutes by foot or take any kind of public transport (bus 111,
tr. 4, 33, 62) till stop "VKP" (Institute is located on the opposite side
of
the street).

6. WEATHER
        The weather forecast will be send in a week prior the conference.

7. SPONSORS

The Organizing Committee acknowledges financial support from:
- Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research
- N.D.Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Russian Academy of Sciences

8. REGISTRATION
Please fill the attached form in, and return it by E-mail. Please complete
in
BLOCK CAPITALS:
___________________________________________________________
Last Name:
First Name:
Position:
Organization:
Address:
City and Postal Code:
Country:
Phone:
Fax:
e-mail:
___________________________________________________________

Deadline for registration is November 20, 1996.

9. HOUSING:
The organizers will not make housing reservations. Information
about the hotels located at a walking distance from the conference will be
send to interested persons after request.

10. MAILING ADDRESS

                Dr. Ivan N. Senchenya
                Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry
                Russian Academy of Sciences
                Leninsky pr., 47
                Moscow B-334,
                117913 Russia

Abstracts are due by November 25.  To help with our planning, however,
we need to know by the middle of November if you are planning to submit
an abstract.

11. LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE :
Evgeny Agarkov                  [email-masked]
Mikhail Kuzminsky               [email-masked]
Andrey Mendkovich               [email-masked]
Ivan Senchenya                  [email-masked]

12. CONFERENCE PROGRAM

The programme consists of four sessions of oral presentations. A detailed
provisional programme will be send in two weeks prior the conference. On
both days there will be a session of about three hours which will include
poster session and a round table discussion all in the same location.

13. CONFERNCE WWW PAGE:

   http://www.ioc.ac.ru/Chemistry/Conf/Dec96/cacr96.en.html

14. FURTHER INFORMATION

The second announcement will be send in the middle of November.

Please forward this information to all interested persons. Thank you.