it is also intetesting that a man who does not know the difference
between gender and sex can want to talk about theoretical chemistry!!!
16 Åub 2014 22:31 tarihinde "Ignacio
Nebot-Gil Ignacio.Nebot ..
uv.es" <
owner-chemistry-*-ccl.net> yazdÄ:
Sent to CCL by: Ignacio Nebot-Gil [Ignacio.Nebot . uv.es]
I fully support the boycott initiative, and we don't talk about sex but
about gender and equality in theoretical chemistry meetings
Ignacio Nebot-Gil
Institute for Molecular Sciences
University of Valencia, Spain
Enviado desde mi iPad
> El 16/02/2014, a las 02:12 a.m., "zborowsk zborowsk-*-chemia.uj.edu.pl" <owner-chemistry^^^ccl.net>
escribiÃ:
>
>
> Sent to CCL by: zborowsk [zborowsk]![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
Âbrian.james.duke|a|gmail.com napisaÅ(a):
>> Sent to CCL by: "Salter-Duke, Brian James "
>> [brian.james.duke---gmail.com]
>> 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 wrote:
>>>
>>> Sent to CCL by: Kadir Diri [dirikadir ~ 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 --- Âanother 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
CaliforniaConferences:
>>> http://server.ccl.net/chemistry/announcements/conferences/>
>>
>> --
>> Â Brian Salter-Duke (Brian Duke) Â Brian.Salter-Duke/a\http://monash.edu" target="_blank">monash.edu
>> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
ÂAdjunct Associate Professor
>> Â Â Â Â Â ÂMonash Institute of
Pharmaceutical Sciences
>> Â Â ÂMonash University Parkville Campus, VIC 3052,
Australia--
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKmW1cLzo8Q
>
>
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