Pedro writes: > very few people from Western > countries could attend (just 4)... > ... > the discussion of the institutional > aspects we have to cover, particularly > concerning the ISIS organization. As I questioned before, I see no problem in organizing a private party at Moscow. However, I see a big problem in taking this party as the forum in charge of deliberating and able to take important decisions in name of the FIS community.
---Julio Stern ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 17:07:08 +0200 > From: pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es > To: fis@listas.unizar.es > Subject: [Fis] News from Moscow > > Dear FISers, > > During the past days, 21 -24 May, the 5th FIS & 1st ISIS conference has > taken place in Moscow. As expected, very few people from Western > countries could attend (just 4), but an important Chinese delegation (9) > and a remarkable presence of the Russian Academy of sciences, research > and learning institutions, professional colleges, library science, etc., > made for a very relevant conference. We had intriguing presentations in > biomolecular matters, biological systems organization, neuroscience, > consciousness, socially oriented discussions, educational matters, etc. > as well as criticisms on the current techno-utopian orientations of IT. > The debates on what are the most important directions for info science > development were complemented by the discussion of the institutional > aspects we have to cover, particularly concerning the ISIS organization. > Thanks to Konstantin Colin (past ISIS President) for the excellent > organization work done, with the technical help of a number of parties, > among them Nick, Victoria, Boris, etc. A number of scholars and > researchers of the Organizing Committee and the Program Committee did > also contribute... The challenge now is for Wolfgang Hofkirchner, > elected ISIS President and organizer of 2nd ISIS & 6th FIS in Vienna > 2015 --good luck Wolfgang!! > > At FIS we should continue with our regular discussion sessions, better > organized... there will be news about that soon. Also we will receive > news from ISIS preparations, particularly concerning the organization of > info science research. Robert Jahn, current secretary, is working in > these matters. > > It was a great time in Moscow--best wishes to all > > ---Pedro > > PS. By the way, during these days I had no mail access and could not see > until now (amidst the cloud of several hundred messages) that some FIS > parties have ostensibly ignored the rule of two messages per week, and > indulged in say "personal" styles of discussion. Please, stop that. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------- > Pedro C. Marijuán > Grupo de Bioinformación / Bioinformation Group > Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud > Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Aragón (CIBA) > Avda. San Juan Bosco, 13, planta X > 50009 Zaragoza, Spain > Tfno. +34 976 71 3526 (& 6818) > pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es > http://sites.google.com/site/pedrocmarijuan/ > ------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > fis mailing list > fis@listas.unizar.es > https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > _______________________________________________ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis
