For the last issue before the holidays, there are important announcements. The
report of the San Sebastian Plenary meeting with the list of
plenary speakers, and the
letter addressed by the new ECTNA President;
The 12th ACC in Kuala Lumpur and The Internationalisation of ECTN with the Erasmus
Mundus project; A Post-doctoral
research position and conference announcements such as the 20th ICCE next year in Mauritius where the
French speaking community will be very welcome, and the one-day CRC Symposium next
October 2007;
Working Group Reports
(Innovative Methods and Chemistry Cultural Heritage) and a first quick
feedback after the
Second Summer School held in Malta ;
and the recent EChemTest updates with
the inauguration of the Testing Centre in Krakow PL.
On behalf of the ECTN/ECTNA I wish to
cordially thanks all the NewsLetter contributors, either from the ECTN
community, or from outside ECTN and outside Europe, all contributing
with valuable information for the benefit of all of us.
As a reminder the NewsLetter is your media, and you are very welcome to
submit your material and it would also be greatly appreciated to receive
your suggestion to improve the service. Thank you very much in advance.
Enjoy your reading and your holidays, and
see you back online next October.
ECTNA Administrative Council & ECTN Management Committee
The next
ECTNA Administrative Council meeting and ECTN Management
Committee meeting will take place
on October 2007 in Palermo IT.Please contact Antonio Lagana (ECTNA) or
Anthony Smith (ECTN) if you
wish to make any suggestions concerning the 2008 Plenary meeting or
if you have any items you wish the Management Committee to discuss.
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General Chemistry 1&2: thanks
to the Helsinki team, the Swedish demo version is now ready to
be published
Greek demos are currently under
work double-checking process
Testing centres:
I had the great pleasure to
officially launch the Testing Centre at the Jagiellonian
University of Krakow on June 18th 2007 during the first ICT 2007
symposium. Prof. Artur Michalak will be in charge of the
supervision. It has been decided to translate into Polish the
main information pages on echemtest.net - will be soon
available online.
The university of Reading has now
started his activity (first trial tests with classrooms ran end
of April and in May 2007)
The EChemTest committee approved
the use of the full database not only in the EChemTest Testing
Centres, but also during all events organized by ECTN/ECTNA, or
on behalf of its approval.
Received from:
Paul Yates,
Keele UK (EU), June 22, 2007
This ran from 12th to 16th June, once again in
Malta, and was attended by 30 staff from Austria, Bulgaria, the
Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. Participants attended
interactive workshops on a range of topics which included pedagogy,
e-learning, assessment and group work. A "survival guide for new
lecturers" was also provided by Annamaria Lilienkampf and
Constantinos Athanassopoulos, who had both been delegates at the
first summer school. Delegates also took advantage of the networking
opportunities in the time between workshops. They are currently
writing a set of proceedings which will be available in due course.
IECTN
- Internationalisation of the European Chemistry Thematic Networks
The overall aim of this project is to enhance the
attractivity of chemistry higher education in Europe. The objectives
are to facilitate the recognition of chemistry degrees throughout
the world; to disseminate the work done and the work in progress of
the ...
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/ 61 Kb) Email the author:
The 12th Asian Chemical
Congress (12th ACC)
- Kuala Lumpur, August 23-25, 2007
As part of the preparation of new ECTN4 Erasmus
Mundus project, ECTNA approched several Asian partners and two
organizations: ACEN(Asian Chemical Education Network), FACS (Federation of Asian Chemical Society).
ECTNA was invited to attend the conference and 2 of our members will
join the 12th ACC to present and promote the
European Activities.
Ph.D. in Chemistry from Poland seeking for a post-doctoral position
abroad, in the following field: “Molecular spectroscopy,
preferably dealing with Raman and IR techniques connected with
quantum chemical calculations.”
Candidate Background: A wide experience in organic compounds
modelling and their metal complexes, especially with DFT and ab
initio methods. A good background in IR, Raman, NMR and UV-VIS
instruments, and multidisciplinary team working ability to interact
and collaborate easily with a team composed of both experimentalists
and theorists.
If you need a new collaborator or have a research topic dealing with the
domain,
please forward your proposal under the reference “ECTN PP070620” to:
Received from:
David Barr, London UK (E.U.) -
June 8, 2007
Report presented at the Annual Conference of ECTN at San Sebastian
ES last April 2007.
Download the Acrobat document:
ACE2007 Conference DBarr
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Received from:
Tamotsu Takahashi, Hokkaido JP (World) and
Christophe Copéret, Lyon FR (E.U.), June 22, 2007
===== FRENCH =====
Chers collègues,
Nous vous invitons à participer au symposium d’un jour le 25
septembre prochain sur la réaction de couplage-croisé, une réaction
clef en science des matériaux et en chimie organique fine.
En effet, le Centre de Recherches sur la Catalyse de l’université
d’Hokkaido a décidé d’organiser son congrès annuel à CPE Lyon (Ecole
Supérieure de Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon), France. Venez
nombreux vous joindre à nous pour discuter des dernières avancées de
ce domaine au travers de conférences et de sessions posters, en
présence de : Dr. Calacot (Johnson-Matthey), Prof. Balmes (Univ. of
Lyon, FR), Prof. Baudoin (Univ. of Lyon, FR), Prof. Dixneuf (Univ.
of Rennes, FR), Prof. Fu (MIT, USA), Hiyama (Kyoto Univ., JP), Prof.
Negishi (Purdue Univ., USA), Prof. Suzuki (Hokkaido Univ., JP) et
Prof. Tamao (RIKEN).
Cordialement, Tamotsu Takahashi (CRC, University of Hokkaido), Chairman. Christophe Copéret (LCOMS, CPE Lyon, Université de Lyon),
co-Chairman.
===== ENGLISH =====
Dear Colleagues,
We kindly invite you to attend the
one day symposium to be held on September 25, 2007, focusing on the
cross-coupling reaction, a key reaction in material science and fine
organic chemistry. The Research Centre on Catalysis of the Hokkaido
University has decided to organize his annual congress at CPE Lyon (Ecole
Supérieure de Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon), France. Join us
and discuss the most recent trends and advanced knowledge in that
field with the conference speakers and around posters.
Announced speakers: Dr. Calacot (Johnson-Matthey), Prof. Balmes
(Univ. of Lyon, FR), Prof. Baudoin (Univ. of Lyon, FR), Prof.
Dixneuf (Univ. of Rennes, FR), Prof. Fu (MIT, USA), Prof. Hiyama
(Kyoto Univ., JP), Prof. Negishi (Purdue Univ., USA), Prof. Suzuki
(Hokkaido Univ., USA) and Prof. Tamao (RIKEN).
Best regards Tamotsu Takahashi (CRC,
University of Hokkaido), Chairman. Christophe Copéret (LCOMS, CPE Lyon, Université de Lyon),
co-Chairman.
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The 20th International Conference on Chemical Education (20th ICCE)
- Mauritius, August 3-8, 2008
Received from:
Ponnadurai Ramasami, Mauritius MU (World) - June 21, 2007
20th ICCE will be held on August 3-8, in Mauritius. The Organising
Committee would like to invite all academicians, science teachers,
and researchers to attend this biennial meeting.
The Organising Committee has adopted the theme “Chemistry in the ICT
Age” in line with the worldwide trend in Science and Technology
development. The program will feature a wide variety of plenary,
invited and contributed lectures, as well as poster sessions.
Participants can submit abstracts either in English or French. This
conference will provide a platform for participants to share and
discuss new ideas, techniques and strategies for involving students
in active learning of Chemistry.
It will also be an opportunity for participants to visit the island
of Mauritius, famous for its sun, sea and sand.
We look forward to welcoming you at this conference which is
sponsored by IUPAC.
There will also be a virtual conference in July 2008 and it will be
part of the 20th ICCE.
Ponnadurai Ramasami, Chairman of The Organising Committee
INVITATION to the 1st ThalesNano User Group Meeting - Budapest HU,
October 8-10, 2007
Received from:
Richard Jones, June 21, 2007
The ThalesNano User Group Meeting is held
conveniently before the ACS Hungarian Chapter's Frontiers in Organic
Synthesis Short Course October 10-12, 2007 (www.acshc.hu/frost),
featuring presentations from Prof. Steve Ley, Prof. Mark Bradley and
ThalesNano's president Dr. Ferenc Darvas.
Please find further details of the User Group Meeting here.
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