THE PUBLIC IMAGES OF CHEMISTRY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
			Conference to be held in Paris, France
				Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, September 17, 2004
				Maison de la chimie, September 18, 2004
				
				Organized by the Commission for the History of Modern Chemistry,
				Division of the International Society for the History of Science
		
		
		
			
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					Last change: Monday, September 06, 2004
				
		 
		
		
			
Prelimary Program
		
		
			Download pdf file (last update June 10, 2004)
			Abstracts
			List of abstracts (last update September 6, 2004)
			General Information
			Registration and Conference Fees
			There is a limited number of places availabe for participants. If you wish to participate, send an email to Brigitte Van Tiggelen <vantiggelen@memosciences.be> and pay your conference fee not later  than August 15, 2004.
			Conference fee 
			
				
					 | 
					Registration by July 31, 2004 | 
					Registration after July 31, 2004 | 
				
				
					| Regular fee | 
					EUR 200 | 
					EUR 250 | 
				
				
					| Members of the Commission for the History of Modern Chemistry | 
					EUR 80 
						(EUR 35, without dinner & lunch) | 
					EUR 100 
						(EUR 50, without dinner & lunch) | 
				
				
					| Students (without dinner & lunch) | 
					free (registration by August 15 required) | 
				
			
			If not otherwise indicated above, conference fees cover lunch, dinner, and conference folder.
			Payment:
			Send your conference fee by bank transfer to the following account
			
				IBAN: BE66 2710 3178 8043
					SWIFT BIC: GEBABEBB
					Account holder: Memosciences
					Note: CHMC2004
			
			For questions, contact vantiggelen@memosciences.be.
			Conference Venues
			Note that the Conference will take place in two different locations:
		 
		
			
				- Friday, September 17: Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Salle Jean Painlevé
					30 avenue Corentin Cariou, 75930 Paris cedex 19
					located in the north of Paris in La Vilette
					take Metro: Line 7, "Porte de la Villette" station, or Bus: 75, 139, 150, 152, PC, "Porte de la Villette" stop (see Paris Metro Map, pdf)
					
				 - Saturday, September 18: Maison de la Chimie, Salle 262
					28, rue Saint-Dominique 75007 Paris
					located in downtown Paris
					take Metro Line 8, 13 to "Invalides" station (see Paris Metro Map, pdf)
					
			  
		
		
			Social Program
			
				- Friday, September 17, ca. 13:00h: Lunch (details to be announced)
				
 - Friday, September 17, ca. 20:00h: Conference Dinner, at the hotel
					Forest Hill Paris la Villette (close to the conference venue on Friday)
					28 Avenue Corentin Cariou
					75019 Paris
					Tel : 33 1 44 72 15 30
					Fax : 33 1 44 72 15 80
					http://www.foresthill-hotels.com/paris-villette/home.html
					General directions: Metro station: Porte de la Villette - Ligne 7, Bus: lignes 75, 139, 150, 152 and PC
				 - Saturday, September 18, ca. 13:00h: Cocktail at the Maison de la Chimie
				
				
			 
			
				
			
			
			Accommodation 
			For invited speakers, hotel reservations have been made by the Conference Organizers in either of the two following neigboring hotels, which are close to Gare du Nord and Gare de l'Est, and easily accessible by metro (see metro map in pdf). 
			
				Hotel Appia Lafayette
					13 Rue des Deux Gares
					75010 Paris
Phone: 00 33 1 42 09 72 99
Fax: 00 33 1 42 09 72 80
					http://www.hotelappialafayette.activehotels.com/ICA
				Hotel d'Amiens
					11 rue des 2 Gares
					75010 Paris
					Phone: 00 33 1 40 37 02 20
					Fax: 00 33 1 40 36 26 40
					(no web site). 
			
			Other participants are adviced to make there reservation as soon as possible, since September is a very busy month in Paris. Here are some further hotel recommendations.
			Useful Links
		 
		
		
			
Local Organization Committee
		
		
			
				
- Fred Aftalion (Maison de la chimie, Paris)
				 - Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Université Paris X)
				 - Pietro Corsi (CRHST, Paris)
				 - Gérard Emptoz (Université de Nantes)
				 - Brigitte Van Tiggelen (Louvain-la Neuve)
			 
		
		
			
Program Committee
		
		
			
				
- Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Université Paris X)
				 - Gérard Emptoz (Université de Nantes)
				 - Joachim Schummer (University of South Carolina & University of Darmstadt)
				 - John Van Ness (Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia)
				 - Brigitte Van Tiggelen (Louvain-la Neuve)
			 
		
		
			Sponsors
			With the support of the following institutions and associations: 
			
				- CEFIC, Brussels
				
 - Centre François Viète, Nantes
				
 - Centre d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences, Paris X
				
 - Centre de recherche en histoire des sciences et des techniques (Cité des sciences et de l'industrie)
				
 - Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia
				
 - CNRS, Service des archives
				
 - Commission Chimie et Société
				
 - Hyle
				
 - Maison de la chimie
				
 - Mémosciences, Belgium
				
 - Société française de chimie
				
 - Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale, Comité des arts chimiques
				
 - Société de Chimie Industrielle
				
 - Union des industries chimiques
			
 
			And the sponsors
			
				- Atofina 
				
 - BASF 
				
 - Degussa
				
 - Dow Chemical
				
 - Dupont
				
 - Saint-Gobain
				
 - Solvay France
				
 - SNPE
			
 
			Contact
			Brigitte Van Tiggelen <vantiggelen@memosciences.be>
			
		 
		
			Last updated 9/6/2004 by Joachim Schummer <js@hyle.org>