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GreenFacts workshop: How to write a scientific article.
Brussels, 03 November 2004. On November 15, 2004, GreenFacts and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) will be holding a presentation and workshop entitled: How to write a scientific article. The speaker is Margery Watson, president of INTECOM, the association of technical writers, and the director of Documentation Online Consultancy Services Ltd in New Zealand. The event is aimed at scientists, researchers, technical writers and doctoral students publishing scientific articles. “While GreenFacts main role is to disseminate clear, impartial scientific information to non-specialists,” remarked Jacques de Selliers, GreenFacts General Manager, “one of the objectives within our scientific stewardship programme is to promote means for scientists to communicate better to a wider audience.” Margery Watson’s visit to Brussels is part of a month-long European speaking tour. The event will take place between 12:00 and 14:00 on November 15 in the VUB Etterbeek campus in Brussels, in room D 2.01. A light lunch will be served. The event is free for VUB faculty and students, INTECOM members and GreenFacts members and partners. For more information, contact GreenFacts asbl. About Margery Watson and INTECOM : Margery Watson, president of INTECOM, founded the Technical Communicators Association of New Zealand. She has been a technical communicator since 1986, working mainly in software documentation, and is the director of Documentation Online Consultancy Services Ltd. INTECOM is the International Council for Technical Communication, representing around 30,000 communicators worldwide. For more information and details of Ms Watson’s European speaking events, see www.intecom.org. The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is a Belgian university with some 9000 registered students. Around 50% of its student body are studying in various fields of scientific research. For information on this event from within VUB, contact the Central PhD Support Department. GreenFacts asbl is a non-profit organization based in Brussels that publishes on the Internet unbiased, faithful summaries of authoritative scientific documents on various environment and health matters. It was formed in December 2001 by stakeholders from the academe, industrial groups and environment and health NGOs concerned about the need for more impartial scientific information for non-specialists on these issues.
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