Jed, interesting. I have been focusing on future organizational aspects of cold fusion.
What would inhibit the cold fusion 'community' from indeed organizing itself along these or comparable lines? Cheers, Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 9:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC In Vitro Meat Consortium Somewhat off topic, I guess. See: http://www.invitromeat.org/ I wish that people would organize cold fusion initiatives like this. Establishment of the In Vitro Meat Consortium The In Vitro Meat Consortium was established at a workshop held at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences June 15, 2007 (see meeting report). It is an international alliance of environmentally concerned scientists striving to facilitate the establishment of a large-scale process industry for the production of muscle tissue for human consumption through concerted R&D efforts and attraction of funding to fuel these efforts. The consortium is currently led by an interim steering committee with a specific mandate. The interim phase will end with the consortiums first international symposium April 9-11, 2008, where (i) the consortium's organizational structure will be determined, (ii) the scientific and industrial challenges will be examined and defined, and (iii) strategies will be consolidate The First In Vitro Meat Symposium The first In Vitro Meat Consortium Symposium will be held at Ås, Norway, 9-11 April, 2008. The two main goals of the symposium are to identify and discuss the key scientific challenges that need to be solved and to formalize an organizational structure capable of binding together the various efforts as well as facilitating the funding of necessary activities. There is no conference fee, but we ask participants to cover their own travel and accommodation costs. The symposium provides a unique opportunity to make strategic contacts and to influence the direction of future work and activities. Indeed, we hope that one day it will be viewed as a historic meeting. . . .
