Old notices
These pages collect together notices posted on the IUCr web site in past years. They are retained for archival interest, but there is no guarantee (or likelihood) that many of the web links found in these notices will still be active.
IUCr news digest 29 August 2014
Over 2200 delegates from around the world came together in Montreal, Canada earlier in August to take part in the 23rd IUCr Congress and General Assembly. After years of planning and countless hours of work from the crystallographic community, the local organising committee and the international programme committee, delegates enjoyed a fantastic programme of lectures, meetings, workshops, poster sessions and other activities. Over eight packed days of events delegates were able to explore the latest advances in crystallography covering a broad range of scientific disciplines, from material and life sciences to chemistry and engineering. With an opening ceremony that included performances by Cirque Eloize, a Canadian entertainment company, the Congress was certainly a meeting we will all remember. A more detailed report will appear over the coming weeks on the IUCr website; we will notify all World Directory of Crystallography users who have opted in for alerts when it becomes available. Take this opportunity to sign up or refresh your account by visiting http://www.iucr.org/people/wdc so you will be one of the first to read the in-depth report. The 24th Congress and General Assembly will be held in Hyderabad, India from 21 to 29 August, 2017; you can visit the website http://www.iucr2017.org for further information. If you have any comments or ideas for the meeting, please get in touch - we’ll be pleased to hear from you.
A Little Dictionary of Crystallography, edited by André Authier and Gervais Chapuis, was available for sale at the Congress and sold out within a few hours of the exhibition opening. Copies are now available at the special discounted price of 9 GBP, 11 EUR, 13.80 USD or your equivalent local currency. You can place your order by visiting http://tinyurl.com/little-dictionary. The 40% discount on the list price will remain for the duration of the International Year of Crystallography 2014.
One of the many exciting developments announced at the Congress was the launch of the IYCr2014 Legacy Fund. This fund will ensure that many of the activities taking place during the year such as initiatives in Africa, IUCr-UNESCO OpenLabs, summit meetings and other IYCr outreach events continue into 2015 and beyond. More information about the IUCr Legacy Fund and how you can contribute will be announced shortly on our website.
The First European Crystallography School is currently taking place in Pavia, Italy. The number of places available for students wishing to learn about the different facets of crystallography had to be more than doubled to cater for the unprecedented demand, you can find out more about the school by visiting the website http://ecs1.azuleon.org/ .
Finally for this digest, during the month of August our managing editor responsible for Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry ( http://journals.iucr.org/c/ ) attended the 248th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition in San Francisco, CA, USA. It was an excellent meeting and we look forward to attending future events.
