Dear All:
We will hold an OpenTox workshop near Berlin on the 30 May aimed to 
discuss developments and progress new actions on the interoperable 
development of predictive toxicology resources and applications 
including the importance of Open Standards, Interfaces, Data, Schema and 
Ontologies.

The workshop will include a variety of perspectives, a Knowledge Cafe 
discussion and a boat trip around the lakes to network and chat in a 
relaxed setting.

There is no registration fee to participate but places are limited to 
invited participants in the developer and user communities that we can 
accommodate. Please contact me between now and May 12 at the latest if 
interested in requesting a place.

In addition to presenting and demonstrating on recent OpenTox 
developments, representatives from many leading international projects 
will participate to provide perspectives including Robert Kavlock, 
Director, National Center for Computational Toxicology (US EPA); Carl 
Westmoreland, Director, Science & Technology, Unilever Safety & 
Environmental Assurance Centre (Unilever); Emilio Benfenati, Professor 
and CAESAR Project Coordinator (Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 
Mario Negri); Stephen Bryant, Senior Investigator and PubChem Leader, 
National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of 
Medicine (National Institutes of Health, USA); Jeffrey S. Wiseman, CEO 
(Pharmatrope); Egon Willighagen, Project Leader, Bioclipse and the CDK 
(University of Uppsala); Michael Schwarz, Professor and Coordinator of 
ReProTect (University of Tuebingen); Juergen Hescheler, Professor and 
Coordinator of ESNATS (University of Cologne); Horst Spielmann, 
Professor for Regulatory Toxicology (Freie Universität Berlin).

The draft program and schedule may be viewed at:
http://www.opentox.org/data/blogentries/public/opentoxworkshoppotsdam2010

best regards
Barry

Barry Hardy PhD
Director, Community of Practice & Research Activities
and OpenTox Project Coordinator (www.opentox.org)
Douglas Connect
Baermeggenweg 14
4314 Zeiningen
Switzerland
Tel: +41 61 851 0170