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
