Opening addresses
Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO
Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, President, International Council for Science

Keynote address – The importance of the effective dissemination of information for science - Philippe Busquin, EU Commissioner for Research

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. Session II. General issues
Chair: Victor Nwankwo, Fourth Dimension Publishing, Nigeria

Principles for a new system of publishing for science - David Shulenburger, University of Kansas, USA

The contribution of electronic communication to science – has it lived up to its promise? - Ana Maria Cetto, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico

The changing role and form of scientific journals - Michael Keller, University Librarian, Stanford University, USA

2.15 p.m.-3.45 p.m. Session III. Responses from the scientific community
Chair: Glyn Jones, The Biochemical Society/Portland Press

The physics experience - Paul Ginsparg, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA

E-BioSci: a Europe-based platform for e-publishing and information integration in the life sciences - Les Grivell, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Germany

The response of a regional community - Abel Packer, Director, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) Project, Brazil

4.00 p.m.-5.30 p.m. Session IV. Economic issues
Chair: Narasimhaiengar Mukunda, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Economic models for the electronic publishing of scientific journals - Pieter Bolman, President, Academic Press

Science Publishing in Asia - Phua Kok Khoo, Chairman, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore

Financial considerations for science publishing in developing countries - Steven K. Luk, Director, The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, P.R. China

The role of non-profit organizations such as learned societies in Japan - Kunio Tada, Yokohama National University, Japan

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9.45 a.m.-11.15 a.m. Session V. Legal and ethical issues
Chair: Mark Frankel, Directorate for Science and Policy Programs, AAAS

The impact of the electronic environment on public involvement in scientific issues - Sir John Maddox, former Editor, Nature, UK

New legislation on copyright and databases and its impact on science - Thomas Dreier, Professor of Intellectual Property, Karlsruhr Technical University, Germany

Ethical and privacy issues – particularly in the biomedical sciences - Richard Smith, Editor, British Medical Journal, UK

11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. Session VI. Issues in electronic publishing
Chair: Graciella Muñoz, Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile

Neuroinformatics: a new enabling field of neuroscience research in the IT area - Stephen Koslow, National Institute of Mental Health, USA

Impact on the publication and use of large data sets - John Rumble, President, ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA)

Best practices for electronic publishing, including standardization, peer review and integrity - Joost Kircz, KRA Publishing Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2.15 p.m.-5.30 p.m. Breakout sessions

2. The functions and purposes of scientific journals Room III Chair: Martin Blume
(Rapporteur: Hilda Cerdeira)

3. The behaviour and expectations of scientists Room VIII Chair: Sally Morris
(Rapporteur: Aldyth Holmes)

4. Initiatives and developments in developing countries and countries in transition
Room VI Co-chairs: Lishan Adam, Carol Priestley (Rapporteur: Praditta Siripan)

5. Legal issues Room VII Chair: Ferris Webster (Rapporteur: Kai-Inge Hillerud)

The role of abstracting services - Simon Inger, CatchWord Ltd., UK Referencing and retrieval of scientific articles - Eric Swanson, John Wiley

Metadata for referencing and archival use - Juha Hakala, Helsinki University Library, Finland

The changing role of Learned Societies -Anthony Durniak, Staff Executive, Publications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

The changing role of the librarian – a virtual library and a real archive - Alex Klugkist, Chief Librarian, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

1. Economic issues (contd) Room XI

2. The functions and purposes of scientific journals (contd) Room III

3. The behaviour and expectations of scientists (contd) Room VIII

4. Initiatives and developments in developing countries and countries in transition
(contd) Room VI

5. Issues relating to public involvement in scientific matters Room VII

Reports from Breakout sessions and consideration of Conference recommendations

The scientist’s view - Steve Berry, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, USA

The publisher’s view - Derk Haank, Chief Executive Officer, Elsevier Science