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                   UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
                             UMIST
                  MANCHESTER COMPUTING CENTRE


        ***********************************************
        *          INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE           *
        *                                             *
        *                    for                      *
        *                                             *
        *         CHEMICAL INFORMATION USERS          *
        *                                             *
        *                                             *
        *  PRESENT SITUATION AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS  *
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        Tuesday 30 November   Wednesday 1 December 1993

                        MANCHESTER,  UK

The purpose of the Conference is to address the needs of users
of chemical information from both the academic and industrial
sectors.  It will provide an opportunity for users to meet with
other users, researchers and information providers in order to
exchange views and to discuss problems, with the aim of
influencing future provision of chemical information.

The Conference which is to be chaired by Dr Diana M Leitch
(University of Manchester) comprises of five sessions.

                     
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
Session 1 - Needs of the Chemist:
Key Requirements and Expectations from Database Suppliers; Overview of
Current Chemical Information Systems;
	Problem Areas.
Session 2 - New Developments:
	SuperJANET; Daresbury-Enhanced Service;
	Beilstein-The Future; Demonstrations.
Session 3 - Meeting the Needs:
Chemical Abstracts Service and STN International; Royal Society of
Chemistry; Chapman & Hall Ltd; 
	Derwent Publications Ltd;  MDL Information Systems Inc; 	Chemical Design
Ltd;  BIDS & CHEST.
Session 4 - Ongoing Projects and Research:
Overview; Document Delivery;  The Learning Process.
Session 5 - The Way Forward:
Interactive Discussion led by a Panel of Speakers
KEY SPEAKERS
Speakers who have already agreed to contribute are:
Professor Sir Geoffrey Allen, F.Eng FRS  (Kobe Steel Ltd); Dr A Armstrong 
(University of Bath);
Dr J Barnard  (Barnard Chemical Information Ltd);     
	Dr W T Hewitt  (Manchester Computing Centre);
Mr D Hounshell  (MDL Information Systems Inc); Professor K R Jennings 
(University of Warwick); Dr M O Johnson  (CHEST);
	Mr A Latham  (Chemical Design Ltd);
Professor A J Lawson  (Beilstein Institute, Frankfurt-am- Main);
	Dr Jane Macintyre  (Chapman & Hall Ltd);
	Dr R McMeeking  (Darebury Laboratory, SERC);
	Ms H Schofield  (UMIST);
Dr J H Scrivens  (ICI Chemicals and Polymers); Professor Janet M Thornton 
(University College, London); Dr W G Town  (Derwent Publications Ltd);
Dr Wendy A Warr  (Wendy Warr & Associates) Dr A Whiting  (UMIST);
	Dr E Zass  (ETH Zurich).

                       
				JOINT ORGANISERS

Dr J M Bruce (Chemistry Department, University of Manchester),
Dr Diana M Leitch (John Rylands University Library of
Manchester), Dr A F Neville (John Rylands University Library of
Manchester), Ms H Schofield (Joule Library, UMIST),  Mr R J
Stephenson (Manchester Computing Centre),Dr A Whiting (Chemistry
Department, UMIST).

          
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Chemistry Department, UMIST, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, UK
              Tel 061 200 4491, Fax 061 228 1250
                 Email M.P.Coward ^%at%^ umist.ac.uk 

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