irihe fifth International Congress of Biodhfemistry was held in Moscow during August 10-16. 1994 under the: presidency of Academician A.I. Oparin. The number of registered participants was about

irihe fifth International Congress of Biodhfemistry was held in Moscow during August 10-16. 1994 under the: presidency of Academician A.I. Oparin. The number of registered participants was about 2500, and it was larger than at any previous congress.: It £eems that each congress attracts more and more workers who are interested in one or many] aspects of the broad subject of biochemistry.

The congress held its.opening ceremony in the Palace of Sports and the session closed with a masterly lecture by! Professor G.E: Green. ',,.

The scientific program included a Scries of symposia, and about one thousand original contributions. The main congress Symposia were held in the large assembly hall of the University. The main speakers in these sessions were allowed up to 40 minutes to develop their subject and the subsequent speakers 15 minutes. A half to three quarters of an hour Were' set aside at the end of the session for discussion. The time provided to be adequate, and the discussions were; usually lively. The arrangements for simultaneous translation in these meetings were excellent. Pre-prints of the main congress lectures and of’the contributions to the symposia'were: available to participants before the meeting.

Probably-the largest part of the scientific program was associated with the activities of the 19 sections. Each section hjad its own interpreter, and language difficulties were thereby reduced to a minimum. Abstracts of the short: communications were available iii the form of a separate book.

There was a useful display of scientific apparatus and an attractive exhibition of modern books dealing with all aspects of biochemistry and published in many different countries.

Most of those attending the congress were accommodated in the student quarters of the University or in two of the largest hotels in the city. Transport between the University and Hotels was well maintained. Academician Oparin gave a series of deceptions to the participants Of the congress.

The Fifth International Congress of Biochemistry was the largest yet held in Russia. The closing plenary session was especially noteworthy Tor the outstanding and informative lecture on "Proteins, their Function and Structure" given by Prbfessoii F. Storm. This was followed by a number of short addresses of appreciation by delegates, after which the president!cldsedThe proceedings and¹ formally announced that the next congress would be held in New York in July Г996.'

£ The First British Insecticide and Fungicide Conference

■ The First British Insecticide and Fungicide Conference was held at Brighton under the presidency of Dr. Sanders, chief scientific Adviser, to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. It was truly an international gathering, for of 470. delegates nearly one-quarter came from fourteen countries overseas. The conference consisted often successive sessions devoted to important present-day problems in plant pathology and their possible solution by chemical means. Each session began with an introductory paper.by an authority on the subject under discussion. These were followed by brief reports- of jiisearch in - progfess# various ccnters; The morning 6ГШё'Ш1гсГс1ау was given over to the research reports on new insecticides and fin hovelTor+nulations. In the final session attention Was directed to the problems involved in translation research into practice and in introducing insecticides into agricultural practice. In all. more than fifty papers or reports were presented from the

research t	.lepartments of official agricultural institutions and industrial firms including a number from Flolland. Germany
and Italy.:
			Organizing a Scientific Conference

Hie scientific conference is generally convened by the organizing committee о fa national or international character. The course of the conference is directed by the chairman. The latter is usually elected by the participants of the conference by a.show of hands¹ or b\- paper vote.

It is the. capabilities of the chairman that the success of the conference depends considerably on. Flis words are expected tb be literally few. It is his duty to introduce each of the speakers on the list with a few personal remarks.

The chairman directs debates, maintains order, and closes the debates when necessary, puts questions to the vote, etc. in the absence of the chairman the vice-chairmairelected presides Over the conference.

When the meeting is _:opened. the first matter for the chairman is to read the agenda and explain the wOrk to be done by the conference. At the very beginning of the conference the chairman is obliged to announce the agenda. The agenda У the list of the subjects which the conference, is to consider. It must determine the order in which matters are discussed by the members.

■_; Anyone Who wants to take the floor, should ask the chairman beforehand or simply by raising his'hand after the chairman! Opens the discussion. Addressing the audience the speaker must begin in moderate tone pronouncing even word slowly and distinctly to attract initial attention. It is highly advisable to exercise the speech beforehand, in order to feel confident when presenting the report- Actually a report is not read but the speaker gives an account of the ideas on the subject his speech is devoted to. | _; V ■

The chairman may require every speaker to keep to the point at issue, to avoid repetition, to stick to the time-limit and to use the language of a respectable character.

A certain procedure must be followed in the course of the conference. Members stand when speaking and must preface their words with the proper formula: "Mr. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen" or “Mr. Chairman, dear Colleagues.” When a lady takes the chair, she should be addressed as Madam Chairman.

The organizing committee should tlx the time within the agenda for the members to know how many days the conference will last, how much time is allotted to the reports, general discussion, etc.

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After the jreport has been discussed by (he audience, the speaker makes his closing speech in which he is expected to express gratitude to the chairman, the audience and the services. After gll points in the agenda have been thrashed out, the Chairman ideclares the conference closed.:.40 ^

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Exercises

Clive English equivalents to the following Russian word combinations:

основной докладчик

2. Срдокладчик 4

3. достаточное время ~

4. Имеющиеся оттиски -

5. синхронный перевод

6. научная программа -

7. пленарное заседание -

8. примечательное заседание

9. выдающийся доклад -

10. краткое сообщение г

11. оживленная дискуссия. * i f ’

12. прЛезныи показ -

13. размещение участников

14. привлекательная выставка

15. оръявигь о проведении следующего кон: росса

16. краткое выступление

17. признательность/оценка -

2. Give Russian equivalents to. the following English word combinations:

1. to hold a conference -

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2. upijler the presidency

3. registered participants

4. opening ceremony

5. (6 close a session -

6. sjribntific program

7. symposium (pi. symposia)

8. tcj> include a series of symposia •

9. original cdntributioiis 10’. assembly.lutll_:

II. to develop one’s, subject 12: sjibseqiient speakers -

13. to set aside '

14. lively ci iscussions -

15. adequate time -

16. interpreter

17. abstracts of short communications

18. (ф give a reception

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a chairmaih a \ ice-chaj' an agenda; an audience _; j.

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4. Seiirch the text and vocabulary for the English equivalents of the sentences listed below:

lj.i Hit. конференции;председательствует!избранный председатель, а в его отсутствие - заместитель.

2. В обя:даЙНос1и председателя входит открывать конференцию, оглашать повестку дня, поддерживать порядок, ставить вопросы на голосование.

4.;Участники конференции шбирают председакмьсгвующего либо оi крытым, либо тайным голосование.

4. Повес|]<а дня, Помимо прочих вопросов, включает в себя положение о регламенте.

5. Чтфбь|j избе^гь неприятных неожиданностей во время конференции, рекомендуется заранее отрепетировать своё выступление.

6. Во; время доклада оратор не должен отклоняться от предмета обсуждения, ему также следует Избегать повторения.

7. В докладах и дискуссиях Допускается использование только нормативногЬ языка.

8 Если месю председателя занимает женщина, то рекомендуется.обращаться к ней со словами «Госпожа председатель».;

9. Bonpocj () том. сколько времени.отводится на доклады и дискуссии, определяется организационным комитент. £0. После гого.: как все вопросы повестки дня исчерпаны, председатель объявляет конференцию закрытой.

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