Abstract: The United Nations designated 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) with the theme “Chemistry-our life, our future.” Events have been coordinated by UNESCO and IUPAC, and now that IYC 2011 is over we wish to reflect upon IYC projects in a way that allows us to learn from and sustain these initiatives into the future. This special preconference virtual colloquium will allow global participants to share their experiences in, or learn of these projects, and discuss them in an online environment. There will be two formats to the presentations, formal project papers and national initiative sessions; both of which can be discussed through the colloquium website. This preconference colloquium will be run in May and June of 2012, with a follow-up symposium session occurring in Rome during the July ICCE-ECRICE 2012 conference (http://www.iccecrice2012.org/).
For additional information contact the Conference Organizers
Liberato Cardellini
Dipartimento SIMAU
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Via Brecce Bianche, 12
60131 Ancona, Italy
libero@univpm.it
Mustafa SOZBILIR
K.K. Education Faculty
Dept. Sec. Sci. & Math. Educ
Ataturk University
25240-Erzurum, Turkey
sozbilir@atauni.edu.tr
Robert E. Belford
Department of Chemistry
UALR
2801 S. University Ave
Little Rock, AR 72022, USA
rebelford@ualr.edu
Consult the CONFCHEM website for additional information:
http://www.ccce.divched.org/2012spring
