*Apologies for duplicate postings.*
The next meeting of the Chemical Information and Computer Applications Group will be held on Wednesday 28th October 2009, at The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London.
The meeting is intended to provide a one day overview for librarians, information scientists, researchers and anyone with an interest in understanding the patent literature relevant to chemistry.
PROGRAMME
Meeting Chairman: Dr Diana Leitch, Information Consultant
10.30 to 11.00 Registration & Tea/Coffee
11.00 to 11.40 "An Overview of the Value of Patents" - Stephen Adams (Managing Director, Magister Ltd., Patents Documentation Consultancy)
11.40 to 12.20 "Presentation title to be confirmed" - Dr Nigel Clarke (Manager Online Products and User Support, European Patent Office, Vienna)
12.20 to 12.40 "I Should Really Be Searching Patents" - Yvonne Pope (CAS International Marketing Manager)
12.40 to 13.00 "Using Reaxys for Searching Chemistry in Patents" - Stefan Roller (Elsevier Information Systems GmbH, Frankfurt)
13.00 to 13.45 Lunch
13.45 to 14.15 "Markush Structure Searching" - Dr John Barnard (Scientific Director, Digital Chemistry Ltd., Leeds)
14.15 to 14.35 "Marpat Searching in Context: Creating the Ideal Answer Set and Beyond" - Stuart Newbold (Information Manager, Astex Therapeutics, Cambridge)
14.35 to 15.05 "Patent Analysis and Mapping" - Neil Edwards (Johnson Matthey, Forecasting and Information Department, Sonning Common)
15.05 to 15.15 Tea
15.15 to 15.45 "Freedom-to-Operate Searching" - Rohan Setna (Boult Wade Tennant, Patent Attorneys to the Science and Technology Facilities Council)
15.45 to 16.30 "Commercialising Chemistry" - Professor Graham Richards CBE (Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford)
This meeting represents extremely good value for money, as the cost is only £30 to members of the CICAG/USTLG and £40 for non-members, including coffee, tea and lunch.
The programme and booking form are now available from the CICAG webpage at: http://www.rsc.org/CICAG
or from the RSC Forthcoming Events page at: http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/conference/alldetails.cfm?evid=104638
(the booking deadline is October 20th).
Or contact:
Chris Evans
RSC-CICAG Treasurer
22 Coburn Gardens, Cheltenham, GL51 0GE
email: chrisevans72 at btinternet.com
tel. +44 (0)1242 510778
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