From chemistry-request@www.ccl.net Fri Oct 11 02:35:00 EDT 1996
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 18:24:59 +0500
From: gadre@unipune.ernet.in (Faculty)
Message-Id: <9610102324.AA01028@unipune.ernet.in>
To: CHEMISTRY@www.ccl.net
Subject: 98.01.05 XII Int. Conf. Comp. in Chem. Res. and Educ.
XII International Conference on Computers
in Chemical Research and Education
(XII ICCCRE)
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
It is our pleasure to invite you to the XII International Conference
on Computers in Chemical Research and Education (ICCCRE) which is
being organised at University of Pune, India from January 5 to 9,
1998. We are happy to inform you that we have received excellent
response from all over the world and many eminent scientists have
agreed to participate in the conference. Some of the speakers who
have already accepted our invitation are :
Professor/Dr. A. L. Parrill-Baker, S.P. Bhattacharyya, C.J. Cramer,
E.R. Davidson, M.J. Field, S.R. Gadre, F.A. Gianturco, K. Hirao,
S. Iwata, R.S. Lamba, H.P. Luthi, P. Lykos, A.R. Moll, M. Marsili,
C. Middlecamp, K. Raghavachari, M. Rami Reddy, A.P. Rendell,
S. Ramasesha, H.F. Schaefer III, N. Sathyamurthy, J.J.P. Stewart,
W. Torop, I.K. Ugi, R. Viswanathan, N. Yathindra, S.E. Yoo,
M.C. Zerner et al. The list is still expanding !
The tentative program of the conference is given below.
Date 9.00-12.00 13.00-15.00 15.30-18.00
Invited + Contributed Poster Session Invited + Contributed
Lectures Lectures
Jan 5 T1 P1 T2
Jan 6 T2 P2 T3
Jan 7 T3 P3 Excursion
Jan 8 T4 P4 T5
Jan 9 T4 P5 T6
The topics listed above are as follows.
T1 : Semi-Empirical, Ab initio and Density Functional Methods
T2 : Electronic journals, Publishing, Conferencing and Networks
T3 : Molecular modeling, Quantitative structure-Activity Relationship
T4 : Computers in Chemical Education
T5 : Artificial intelligence, Chemometrics, Neutral networks and
their chemical applications
T6 : New Algorithms and Techniques in computational chemistry and
parallel computing
P1 : Topics covered under T1.
P2 : Topics under T3.
P3 : Topics discussed in T2 and T5.
P4 : Topics under T6.
P5 : Topics covered in T4.
On three days, there may be evening lectures from 19:30 to 20:30.
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Award Announcement :
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To commemorate the Golden Jubilee of India's Independence we are pleased
to announce TWO prizes, one each in the category of contributed lectures
and posters for the best presentation.
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Information on Abstracts :
Abstracts for invited talks/contributory presentations/posters should
be submitted not later than July 31, 1997 to
Dr. Shridhar R. Gadre
Department of Chemistry
University of Pune
Pune-411 007. (INDIA)
fax : 0091-212-351728
e-mail : gadre@unipune.ernet.in
The printed area must be contained within a rectangle of size 234 x
156 mm (9.2" x 6.1"). Top 50 mm should be used only for title and
Authors' name/s and address/es. For title, a font size of 14 in bold
face is recommended. The name and address may be done in font size
12. Abstract should be preferably written in MS WORD or Mac WORD
software (1.5 line spacing) using Times font with a font size of 10.
In case of unavailability of WORD the abstract may be written using
any software. The abstract should fit in one A4 size page.
References denoted by superscript numbers in the text and
should be listed at the end of the text using standard Chemical
Abstracts Source Service Index (CASSI) terminology, followed by YEAR,
VOLUME AND PAGE. Please note that abstracts will be reproduced
directly from the authors' originals and hence 2 copies should be
mailed without folding the paper. A book of abstracts of all oral and
poster contributions will be distributed at the meeting.
The registration fees for the participants from abroad are :
US$ 300 for non-students and US$ 150 for students. The
registration fees should be paid before July 31, 1997. The late
registration fees are US$ 400 (non students) and US$ 200
(students) only upto September 30, 1997. Equivalent amount in British
pounds, Deutsche marks or Japanese yens or of course, Indian Rupees is also
acceptable. The fees are non-refundable.
The registration fees should be paid by demand-draft /banker's draft
in the name of "The Registrar, University of Pune" payable at the
State Bank of India, Pune. Payment is also acceptable by visa and master
card. Please contact us for fuller details before effecting the
payment.
The current exchange rate is approximately Rs.36 per US$.
Travel :
The participants are requested to book their flight arriving at Mumbai
(Bombay) International airport. There are some domestic connecting
flights from Mumbai to Pune. You should try to get such connecting
flight (if available) to reach Pune. Upon your arrival at Pune
(domestic) airport, arrangements will be made to carry you upto your
Hotel/conference site. For the participants who do not have connecting
flights from Mumbai to Pune, special arrangements may be made to
provide ground transportation upto Pune. Our volunteers will be
available on the airport to receive you if you send us your arrival
schedule in advance (at least 30 days before the conference).
For further information on Pune University and Pune city, you may
visit the web site
http://www.unipune.ernet.in
http://www.unc.edu/~pune
For travel information around Pune you may visit
http://iucaa.iucaa.ernet.in/~snk/place1.html
http://iucaa.iucaa.ernet.in/~snk/place2.html
For travel with in Maharashtra State visit web sites
http://spiderman.bu.edu/misc/india/places/indiastates/maharashtra.html
http://www.clemson:edu/~nsankar/india/states/maharashtra.html
http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~savkar/rashtra.html
Weather in Pune
The maximum and minimum temperatures in Pune in January are around
27 and 7 degrees Celsius respectively. Normally there are no rains
around this time and relative humidity is normally less than 40%.
Hotels :
The accommodation is arranged in various hotels in Pune. Your room
may be booked in any of the following hotels. Please tell us your two
preferences and we shall be happy to do the room booking for you. All
hotels accept credit cards( at least VISA and MASTER CARD ).
1. Hotel Span Executive ; Revenue Colony, Shivaji Nagar,
Pune-411005, India.
(Facilities : Luxury rooms, hot and cold water with showers,
channel music, television, round the clock service, pure
vegetarian breakfast)
Rates : about Rs.400/- or US$12 per person per day(with double
occupancy)
2. Hotel Pride Executive ; 5, University Road, Shivajinagar,
Pune-411005, India.
This hotel belongs to a higher class.
(Facilities : Excellent quality luxury rooms, hot and cold water
with showers, channel music, television, round the clock
service, breakfast, fruit basket, swimming pool)
Rates : about Rs.2000/- or US$60 per person per day
(with double occupancy).
3. Hotel Sahara ; Senapati Bapat Road, Pune-411 007, India.
(Facilities : Luxury rooms, hot and cold water with showers, free
shoe polishing, laundry service, channel music, television, round
the clock service, pure vegetarian breakfast).
Rates : about Rs.350/- or US$11 per person per day (on double
occupancy basis).
4. Hotel Ranjit, 870/7 Bhandarkar Institute Road, Deccan Gymkhana,
Pune-411 004.
(Facilities : Round the clock service, laundry service, cold and
hot water, doctor on call, breakfast, car rental, two-channel
music)
Rates : Rs.400/- or US$12 per person per day (with double occupancy).
Sponsors for the Conference :
University of Pune
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
Co-sponsors :
National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC), Pune
HOPE TO SEE YOU IN PUNE
IN JANUARY 1998 !
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