Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1998

Th e International Symposium on Decisio n Science s O v e r 80 scholars f r o m t he U K , US, ma i n l a nd China, Taiwan, a n d H o n g K o n g a t t e n d e d t h e e v e n t w h i c h w a s o r g a n i z e d b y the D e p a r t me n t of De c i s i o n Sciences a n d M a n a g e r i a l E c o n om i cs o n 1 3 t h a n d 1 4 t h J u n e at t h e R e g a l R i v e r s i d e H o t e l . I t c o m p r i s e d s e s s i o ns o n m a n a g e m e nt i n f o r m a t i on s y s t e m s a n d d e c i s i o n sciences a n d wa s convened b y Prof. Ed en Yu . The N i n t h I n t e r na t i ona l Sympos i um on Novel Ar oma t ic Compounds ( I SNA - 9 ) S ome 250 expert s attended the s y m p o s i u m, the first i n t e r n a t i o n al conference h e ld i n H o n g K o n g that h a d been endorsed b y the International U n i o n of P u r e a n d A p p l i e d C h e m i s t r y ( I U P A C ) , w h i c h t o o k place at the H o n g K o n g C o n v e n t i on a n d E x h i b i t i o n Ce n t re f r o m 2 n d t o 7 t h A u g u s t . P r o f . L aw r e n ce T. Scott of Boston College d e l i v e r e d the first N o z o e M e m o r i al lecture entitled 'Geodesic Polyarenes w i t h E x p o s e d Concav e Surfaces' o n 3 r d A u g u s t. Plenary lectures, i n v i t ed lectures, a n d p o s t er session s w e r e g i v e n b y l e a d i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l chemists the w o r l d over. Prof, a nd Mrs. Scott 35th Anniversary Celebrations 27