20 Dec 2012 - The presentations made at the ‘ Science, Ethics and the Law ’ Conference in Washington are available for download on the Past Events page.
Members are now able to access the following presentations made at the last Technical Activities Coordinating Committee Meeting :
‘Data Management in the Cloud’ – Dennis Gannon of Microsoft Research
‘The Technology behind IBM’s Watson – Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning’ – Frank Stein of IBM
‘Semantic Search in Energy Sciences’ – Lance Vowell of US DOE/OSTI
17 Dec 2012 - ICSTI’s Office will be closed from December 24th, 2012 to January 1st, 2013 inclusive. We wish you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year !
11 Dec 2012 - ICSTI’s 2013 Annual Members’ Meeting will be hosted by the German National Library of Science and Technology - TIB in Hannover on 16-17 March, in conjunction with a Conference organised by Goportis on Non-Textual Information on 18-19 March. The Conference programme will feature 7 prominent ICSTI member speakers and both events will take place at one of the most beautiful places in the center of the historic Old Town of Hannover, the Leibnizhaus. REGISTER NOW !
30 Oct 2012 - At the ICSTI General Assembly held in Washington two weeks ago, it was decided that the IPC, chaired by Jan BRASE of the German National Library for Science and Technology, would change its remit to become a Strategic Foresight Committee to be titled the Information Trends and Opportunities Committee (ITOC) ; future meetings of ITOC will follow a similar format to that of TACC, with presentations by experts on subjects of broader relevance to members that will complement the technology/innovation focus of TACC.
29 Oct 2012 - ICSTI’s 2012 Annual Conference ‘ Science, Ethics and the Law ’ was held on 15-16 October in Washington DC, hosted by the Library of Congress .
Preceded by the General Assembly meetings on 13-14 October for ICSTI members, the Annual Conference was followed on 17 October by a One-Day Elsevier sponsored Workshop themed ‘ Research Evaluation in Practice : Towards Sustainable Scientific Investments ’
15 Oct 2012 - The latest ICSTI Insight is now available in the Insights open page. Happy reading !
July 2012 - Brian HITSON, Chair of ICSTI’s Technical Activities Coordinating Committee shares an insight into the organisation’s work in the June 2012 issue of International Innovation. Read the interview...
Credit : International Innovation : North America, June 2012 (Research Media, UK, pp106-107) - Interview by Emma Thompson
In December 2011, ICSTI has officially been admitted as an observer to UNESCO. In this capacity, ICSTI’s Representative will attend forthcoming Intergovernmental Councils and Meetings of the Information for All Programme held at UNESCO.
