Please Note the unusual time and location

Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702

Joint meeting with the Joseph Priestley Society at the Chemical Heritage Foundation

TOPIC: KNOWLEDGE COMPANIES

PROGRAM: 10:00 am to 11:15 am: PANEL DISCUSSION: A group of experts will discuss and illustrate when it does (or does not) make sense utilize outside resources to gather information in various areas (technical expertise, legal support, industry/academia collaborations, mergers and acquisitions contract research, market research).

11:00 am to
12:00 am		 NETWORKING HOUR AND CCN MEMBER EXHIBITS
12:00 am to
1:00 pm		 LUNCH
1:00 pm to
2:00 pm		 FEATURED PRESENTATION: "Chemical Information Entrepreneurship"
Eugene Garfield, Chairman Emeritus, Institute for Scientific Information

Dr. Garfield will present an autobiographical account of his involvement in chemical and pharmaceutical information systems, tracing his personal transformation from laboratory chemist to information entrepreneur. Beginning as a consultant to pharmaceutical firms, he developed information services such as Current Contents, Index Chemicus, and the Science Citation Index. As these databases grew, they led to systems for monitoring and forecasting science technology. More recently, he has been developing systems for historiographic analysis.

Location: Thursday, December 9, 2004, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2702

Reservation: There is no charge to attend. Reduced-rate parking is available at the Bourse garage on 4th street between Market and Chestnut and at the Ritz garage on 2nd street between Chestnut and Walnut. Get a parking voucher when you register. To RSVP, send an E mail to eventregistration@chemheritage.org or call Dan Harriman at 215 925 2178, ext. 481.