This year we are celebrating 20 years of the online ConfChem conference. The first ConfChem (ChemConf) predated the World Wide Web, with papers distributed as ASC II text files over gopher or ftp servers, and discussed over the ConfChem listserv. The second ConfChem used web 1.0 technologies (complete with instructions on the use of Netscape), while current ConfChems utilized web 2.0 technologies. In the world of the internet there are few online entities that have survived two decades of the changes induced by evolving technologies. Yet throughout this time the core ConfChem model of internet mediated social interaction has essentially remained a constant. What can we learn from two decades of ConfChem? With an eye on the future, we will look at both the evolution of ConfChem, and the constants that have enabled it to survive the ephemeral landscape of the internet.

ChemConf to ConfChem: Twenty years and counting

246th National Meeting (2013)

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