TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 2000 PLENARY SESSION (Room VENERE MARTE)
9.15- 9.55 Jost Bohlen     Scientific Databases and Education, A Revolution About to Happen
10.00-10.40 Mitchell Sogin The Universal Tree of Life: and the Origin of Eukaryotes-Will Genomics Get to its Roots?
10.40-11.00 COFFEE
                   
ROOM 1 (GIOVE)   ROOM 2 (SATURNO/NETTUNO)  
  TRACKS THEMES TRACKS THEMES
     
11.00-13.00 Knowledge Management /Visualisation and Internet Activities Theme 1-4 Information and Data / Theme I-5 Visualization and Discovery
Chairs: T. Catarci (Italy), N. Gershon (USA),J.-J. Royer (France)
11.00-12.15 Physical science and Engineering Theme III-6 Tools for Data Validation and Quality Control Section 1)
Chairs:  P. Mezey (Canada), D. Lide (USA)
     
  12.15-13.00 Biodiversity and Life  Sciences Theme II-1 Behavioural Science Databases: Cultural Revolution, Scientific Necessity
    Chair: David Johnson (USA)
     
13.00-14.00 LUNCH   13.00-14.00 LUNCH  
     
14.00-16.00 Visualisation and Internet Activites Theme 1-6  Innovative Web Design and Applications 14.00-16.00 Biodiversity and Life  Sciences Theme II-6 Biosafety and Risk Assessment: Ethical Systems and Use of Data
  Chairs: O. Signore (Italy), H.D. Flack (Switzerland) Chair: M.I. Krichevsky (USA)
     
16.00-16.15 COFFEE   16.00-16.15 COFFEE  
     
16.15-18.15 Physical Science and Engineering Theme III-6 Tools for Data Validation and Quality Control (Section 2) 16.15-18.15 Biodiversity and Life  Sciences Theme II-2 Biodiversity Information Systems
Chair: Lois Blaine (USA)
  Chairs:  P. Mezey (Canada), D. Lide (USA)  
             
ROOM 3 (TITANO)   ROOM 4 (PLUTONE/URANO)  
  TRACKS THEMES TRACKS THEMES
     
11.00-13.00 System Intelligence and Virtual Laboratories Theme I-10 Virtual Observatories in Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics - International and Interdisciplinary Aspects 11.00-13.00 Energy Inventories Theme IV-13 Renewable Energy and Environmental Issues: Needs, Opportunities and Perspectives of the New Millennium
  Chair: G. Oertel (USA) Chair: H. Ossenbrink ( JRCISPRA)
     
13.00-14.00 LUNCH   13.00-14.00 LUNCH  
     
14.00-15.00 System Intelligence and Virtual Laboratories Theme I-10 continues 14.00-16.00 Energy Inventories Theme IV-12 Geothermy: An Alternative Source of Energy
Chair: J.-J Royer (France)
15.00-16.00 Theme I-9 The Emergence of Virtual Laboratories: Towards New Policies and Strategies for Knowledge Handling  
  Chair: J. Rose (UNESCO)  
     
16.00-16.15 COFFEE   16.00-16.15 COFFEE  
16.15-18.15 System Intelligence and Virtual Laboratories Theme I-9  Continues 16.15-18.15 Energy Inventories Theme IV-11 Gas Hydrates: Role in Past and Future
Chair: F.A. Kuznetsov (Russia)