CCL: ICQC shame

 Sent to CCL by: "Breton, Gary" [gbreton*o*berry.edu]
 Perhaps one should first look into the matter more carefully rather than just
 assuming that all of the facts have been presented.  The initial email provided
 very few details.  It simply stated that from the roster of names, none were
 female.  Maybe female participants were invited but none accepted?  It certainly
 seems unlikely, but collecting pitchforks and torches before all of the facts
 have been laid upon the table may be premature.  Perhaps someone with a strong
 interest should very simply quiz the organizer and get their side of the story?
 Gary Breton
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 [owner-chemistry+gbreton==berry.edu++ccl.net] on behalf of Ulrike Salzner
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 Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 4:19 AM
 To: Breton, Gary
 Subject: CCL: ICQC shame
 Dear SIRS,
 How can we talk about theoretical chemistry when we are ignored by the
 gentlemen? And please do not confuse gender issues with sex.
 Ulrike Salzner
 On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 3:12 AM, zborowsk zborowsk-*-chemia.uj.edu.pl<http://chemia.uj.edu.pl>;
 <owner-chemistry|*|ccl.net<mailto:owner-chemistry|*|ccl.net>> wrote:
 Sent to CCL by: zborowsk [zborowsk]![chemia.uj.edu.pl<http://chemia.uj.edu.pl>;]
 Well,
 could we talk about theoretical chemistry, not about sex....??
 Please
 W dniu 2014-02-16 01:10, Salter-Duke, Brian James
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 I fully agree that this is not acceptable. I trust that the three poeple
 sponsoring this, particularly Prof. Emily Carter, who is a member of the
 Academy, have made their views known to the Academy directly. Major
 international conferences should make sure there is a reasonable balance
 between men and women as well as from all countries in the world when
 selecting speakers.
 Brian Duke
 On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 02:57:48PM -0800, Kadir Diri
 dirikadir[a]gmail.com<http://gmail.com>; wrote:
 Sent to CCL by: Kadir Diri [dirikadir ~ gmail.com<http://gmail.com>;]
 Dear Colleagues,
 I am posting this message on behalf of professor Anna Krylov -one of
 the many outstanding women in theoretical chemistry- regarding the
 choice of speakers for the upcoming ICQC conference.
 I would always like to think of us, scientists, as some of the
 leading figures in the fight for gender equality. I wish the choice
 of speakers for this conference was just a statistical abnormality.
 Even that would be unacceptable...
 Professor Krylov's message follows below.
 Best regards,
 Kadir
 ---
 Dear Colleague:
 It happened again ---  another major theoretical chemistry
 conference features an all-male program. One of us began boycotting
 such conferences 14 years ago and can't believe that 14 years later
 we are still seeing such overt discrimination. This time it is the
 15th International Congress of Quantum Chemistry (ICQC,
 http://www.icqc2015.org)
 conducted under the auspices of
 International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science
 (http://www.iaqms.org), which
 will be held in Beijing, China. As of
 02/15/2014, the program features 24 invited speakers and 5 chairs
 and honorary chairs and does not include a single woman.
 Are there no women in theoretical chemistry? Hardly. The Women in
 Theoretical Chemistry web-directory (http://iopenshell.usc.edu/wtc)
 lists more than 300 female scientists holding tenured and tenure
 track academic positions or equivalent positions in industry and
 other research establishments pursuing research in theoretical and
 computational chemistry, biochemistry, material science, as well as
 theoretical molecular/atomic physics and biophysics. Many of these
 women are far more distinguished than many of the men being invited
 to speak at these conferences.
 Feeling as fed up and frustrated as we do? Add your voice to ours by
 signing this open letter (http://chn.ge/NQGKUc) denouncing this
 biased practice, which we had hoped would be obsolete long ago (it
 will take less than a minute).
 Thank you for your for your support.
 Prof. Emily Carter, Princeton University
 Prof. Laura Gagliardi, University of Minnesota
 Prof. Anna Krylov, University of Southern California>
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             Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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