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Register for our 2025 ChemSpider webinars
06 Aug 2025
Our webinars will showcase current and planned initiatives to develop standards and tools, research infrastructures, and developing cultures to support FAIR chemistry data preparation, publication, and reuse, and explore what’s needed to evolve a better future using chemistry data. Our speakers represent the wider chemistry community, with representatives from academia, industry, as well as national and international initiatives.
Webinar 1: AI in chemistry – Watch the recording
Tuesday September 23rd 2025, 3 pm (BST)
Speakers
- Jacob Al-Saleem, Data Science Manager, CAS, USA – SLIDES
- Bea (Birgit) Braun, Research Fellow, Dow Chemical Company, USA – SLIDES
- Garrison Cottrell, Professor for Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA – SLIDES
Click here to find out more about this webinar.
Webinar 2: Data standards in chemistry – Watch the recording
Tuesday October 21st 2025, 3 pm (BST)
Speakers
- Kamil Dziubek, University Assistant, University of Vienna, Austria – SLIDES
- Robert Hanson, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, St. Olaf College, USA – SLIDES
- Wendy Patterson, Scientific Director, Beilstein-Institut, Germany – SLIDES
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Webinar 3: Data management – Watch the recording
Tuesday November 18th 2025, 3 pm (GMT)
Speakers
- Jonathan Hirst, Professor of Computational Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK – SLIDES
- Oliver Koepler, Head of Lab Linked Scientific Knowledge, TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, Germany – SLIDES
- Nicolas Triballeau, Director Drug Discovery Chemistry, Revvity Signals, France – SLIDES
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About ChemSpider
Explore more than 128 million structures on the ChemSpider database. Including over 200 data sources, ChemSpider is a valuable source of information for chemical scientists working with data.
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Webinar 3: Data management
06 Aug 2025
In this webinar, our panellist will share their thoughts about data management, which tools to use, what standards to follow and how to get everyone involved. We will touch on the value of good data management, as well as benefits of data reuse.
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Speakers
Oliver Koepler, Head of Lab Linked Scientific Knowledge, TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, Germany
Dr. Oliver Koepler is head of the Lab Linked Scientific Knowledge at TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, where he leads research and developments at the intersection of chemistry, data science, and knowledge engineering. Since 2005, he has been instrumental in transforming chemical research through digital innovation, developing e-infrastructures and research data management services that support scientists throughout the entire data lifecycle. He is a spokesperson of NFDI4Chem which has developed innovative tools like the SmartLab environment with Chemotion electronic lab notebook, the federation of Data repositories, the Terminology and Search Service that promote FAIR data principles across the chemistry community.
Talk title: Unlocking Chemical Research Data – The NFDI4Chem Service & Infrastructure Federation – SLIDES
Jonathan Hirst, Professor of Computational Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK
Jonathan Hirst is Professor in Computational Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. In 2020, he was awarded a Chair in Emerging Technologies by the Royal Academy of Engineering, focusing on research that will empower the development of next-generation molecules that chemical engineers and chemists make, by using machine learning to augment human decision-making. His tenure as Head of School (2013-2017) saw some significant transformations under his leadership, including the building of the GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratory and a successful bid for an Athena Swan Silver Award.
Talk title: AI4Green: Empowering scientists to make sustainable choices – SLIDES
Nicolas Triballeau, Director Drug Discovery Chemistry, Revvity Signals, France
Nicolas Triballeau is Director – Drug Discovery Chemistry at Revvity Signals. With 17 years of experience in drug discovery, he has not only provided direct project support and led teams but has also played a significant role in establishing scientific standards and ontologies. Nicolas holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering with a specialization in organic chemistry, a Pharm.D. and a Ph.D. in Drug Design from the University of Paris.
Talk Title: Importance of Good Data Management – SLIDES
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About ChemSpider
Explore more than 128 million structures on the ChemSpider database. Including over 200 data sources, ChemSpider is a valuable source of information for chemical scientists working with data.
Freely accessible and comprehensive, this rich source of structure-based chemistry information is a fundamental resource for chemical scientists working with data everywhere.
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Webinar 2: Data standards in chemistry
06 Aug 2025
In this webinar, our panellist will discuss aspects related to developing and implementing standards, as well as showcasing success stories and how these are accepted by the community and further scientific advances. In addition, we will explore how projects can be supported and what structures are in place to work towards sustainable standards.
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Speakers
Kamil Dziubek, University Assistant, University of Vienna, Austria
Kamil Dziubek is a University Assistant in the Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography at the University of Vienna. Kamil also serves as the IUCr Representative to CODATA and is a member of the IUCr Committee on Data (CommDat), which advises the IUCr on various aspects of crystallographic data, focusing on policy and necessary actions regarding data publishing, the preservation of raw data and its associated metadata, as well as the management of databases and repositories. Besides, CommDat maintains a formal relationship with the IUCr Committee for the Maintenance of the CIF Standard (COMCIFS), which oversees the CIF standard and leads the active development of the CIF specification and related dictionaries.
Talk title: Championing data standards in chemical crystallography with CIF SLIDES
Robert Hanson, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, St. Olaf College, USA
Robert Hanson, Professor of Chemistry (Emeritus) at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, USA, serves as chair of the IUPAC Project Development of a Standard for FAIR Data Management of Spectroscopic Data (IUPAC project page or github page). The objective of this project is to apply FAIR data principles to spectroscopic data in the field of chemistry building on IUPAC’s extensive expertise in this area. Project publications to date include IUPAC specification for the FAIR management of spectroscopic data in chemistry (IUPAC FAIRSpec) – guiding principles and FAIRSpec-Ready Spectroscopic Data Collections – Advice for Researchers, Authors, and Data Managers (IUPAC Technical Report).
Talk title: The IUPAC FAIRSpec Project FAIR Management of Spectroscopic Data in Chemistry SLIDES
Wendy Patterson, Scientific Director, Beilstein-Institut, Germany
Wendy Patterson is a member of the Board of Management of the Beilstein-Institut where she serves as Scientific Director. She is also a board member of Crossref and the InChI Trust, in addition to other non-profit organizations serving the community. The Beilstein-Institut supports the scientific community in communicating and disseminating high-quality information in chemistry and related sciences through open science practices. In addition, they support the scientific community by funding educational and cultural projects. The Beilstein-Institut recently established the Beilstein ChemInfo Labs, a project area supporting community-led digital infrastructure and standards projects in chemistry.
Talk title: Chemistry Data Standards supported by the Beilstein-Institut SLIDES
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Revvity Signals Software delivers AI-enhanced solutions to accelerate R&D workflows and enable data-driven innovation. Trusted by pharma and biotech, our portfolio includes ChemDraw®, Signals Notebook, Signals One, Signals Synergy, Signals Clinical, and Spotfire®, empowering scientists with predictive analytics, seamless collaboration, and interactive visualizations for groundbreaking discoveries.
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About ChemSpider
Explore more than 128 million structures on the ChemSpider database. Including over 200 data sources, ChemSpider is a valuable source of information for chemical scientists working with data.
Freely accessible and comprehensive, this rich source of structure-based chemistry information is a fundamental resource for chemical scientists working with data everywhere.
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Webinar 1: AI in chemistry
06 Aug 2025
In this webinar, our panellist will speak about their experience with applying and developing AI. We look forward to exploring our speakers best practise tips and how to successfully work across disciplines.
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Speakers
Jacob Al-Saleem, Data Science Manager, CAS, USA
Dr. Jacob Al-Saleem, a Data Science Manager at CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, leads a team working to develop novel bioinformatic solutions using artificial intelligence to extract and connect scientific knowledge. He led the data science efforts for a team that developed a heterogeneous knowledge graph-based approach to identify repositionable therapeutics for COVID-19. His knowledge graph work is the foundation for the Life Sciences Knowledge Graph that is featured in CAS BioFinder. Dr. Al-Saleem earned his B.S. in Molecular Genetics and Ph.D. in Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology from The Ohio State University, where his work focused on the molecular virology of Human T cell Leukemia Viruses.
Talk title: The importance of data quality in scientific AI SLIDES
Birgit (Bea) Braun, Research Fellow, Dow Chemical Company, USA
Birgit (Bea) Braun, Ph.D., is an R&D/TS&D Fellow for Digital Innovation in the Packaging, Specialty Plastics & Hydrocarbons R&D organization at Dow. She has held diverse roles across R&D and M&E, and for more than a decade, Bea has focused on applying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to chemical manufacturing and materials research. She has led the development and deployment of numerous data science solutions across Dow, and today her work centers on unlocking value through holistic digital transformation. Bea earned a Dipl.-Ing. in Process Engineering with a specialization in Industrial Environmental Protection from Montanuniversität Leoben in Austria, she holds an M.S. in Environmental Science & Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
Talk title: AI in Chemistry – An Industry Perspective SLIDES
Garrison (Gary) Cottrell, Professor for Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA
Garrison W. (Gary) Cottrell is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego. He co-founded the Perceptual Expertise Network, and directed the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center, an NSF-sponsored Science of Learning Center spread across four countries. Gary’s research is strongly interdisciplinary. He is interested in Cognitive Science and Computational Cognitive Neuroscience and in applying AI to problems in other areas of science or engineering. Most recently he has been using deep learning to elucidate the structure of small (natural product) molecules from their NMR spectra in collaboration with Bill Gerwick at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He received his PhD in 1985 from the University of Rochester and did a postdoc at the Institute of Cognitive Science at UCSD until 1987, when he joined the CSE Department.
Talk title: SPECTRE: A Spectral Transformer for Molecule Identification SLIDES
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Revvity Signals Software delivers AI-enhanced solutions to accelerate R&D workflows and enable data-driven innovation. Trusted by pharma and biotech, our portfolio includes ChemDraw®, Signals Notebook, Signals One, Signals Synergy, Signals Clinical, and Spotfire®, empowering scientists with predictive analytics, seamless collaboration, and interactive visualizations for groundbreaking discoveries.
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About ChemSpider
Explore more than 128 million structures on the ChemSpider database. Including over 200 data sources, ChemSpider is a valuable source of information for chemical scientists working with data.
Freely accessible and comprehensive, this rich source of structure-based chemistry information is a fundamental resource for chemical scientists working with data everywhere.
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2025 ChemSpider webinars
16 May 2025
Helping you embrace digital chemistry data with expert insights
Following a successful pilot in 2023 (watch the recordings here), this autumn ChemSpider and the Royal Society of Chemistry are hosting another miniseries of three free, data-themed webinars.
We will showcase current and planned initiatives to develop standards and tools, research infrastructures, and developing cultures to support FAIR chemistry data preparation, publication, and reuse, and explore what’s needed to evolve a better future using chemistry data. Our speakers will represent the wider chemistry community, with representatives from academia, industry, as well as national and international initiatives.
This year we are looking to cover the following topics:
- Chemistry data and AI
- Data standards in chemistry
- Data management
Please check back in with us soon to find out more about the webinars, speakers and topics covered in 2025.
About ChemSpider
Explore more than 128 million structures on the ChemSpider database. Including over 200 data sources, ChemSpider is a valuable source of information for chemical scientists working with data.
Freely accessible and comprehensive, this rich source of structure-based chemistry information is a fundamental resource for chemical scientists working with data everywhere.
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Webinar 3: Chemistry data: Challenges and opportunities. Watch the recording
18 Nov 2023
We will explore ongoing and planned initiatives developing standards and tools, research infrastructures, and cultures to support FAIR chemistry data as well as its preparation, publication, and reuse.
Webinar 3: Challenges and opportunities
Webinar recorded on 7 December 2023 – watch the recording here
Speakers
“How to initiate the cultural change towards digital chemistry” SLIDES
Sonja Herres-Pawlis
Chair of Bioinorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen
“How can we combat heterogeneous, unfair and disparate data in digital chemistry? ” SLIDES
Samantha Kanza
Senior Enterprise Fellow, University of Southampton
Pathfinder Lead, Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI)
“How data journals can support (chemistry) data sharing and discovery” SLIDES
Guy Jones
Chief Editor of Scientific Data, Springer Nature
Sponsored by Revvity
Revvity Signals Software, formerly PerkinElmer Informatics, has over three decades of experience providing support for scientific workflows.
Our powerful informatics solutions are used in R&D across disciplines from drug discovery to materials development. Now under our Signals Research Suite, our end-to-end SaaS solution integrates workflows to accelerate innovation and help scientists collaborate. In addition, our solution powered by TIBCO® Spotfire® can transform clinical trials.
From our flagship ChemDraw® and E-Notebook applications, to our Signals Research Suite, to our TIBCO® Spotfire® partnership for data analytics, Revvity Signals offers a powerful suite of scientific solutions.
Supported by
About ChemSpider
Explore more than 128 million structures on the ChemSpider database. Including over 200 data sources, ChemSpider is a valuable source of information for chemical scientists working with data.
Freely accessible and comprehensive, this rich source of structure-based chemistry information is a fundamental resource for chemical scientists working with data everywhere.
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Webinar 2: What does the future hold? Watch the recording
17 Oct 2023
We will explore ongoing and planned initiatives developing standards and tools, research infrastructures, and cultures to support FAIR chemistry data as well as its preparation, publication, and reuse.
Webinar 2: What does the future hold?
Webinar recorded on 17 November 2023 – watch the recording here
Speakers
“Data explosion in chemistry: what are we going to do with all the data, and what will it do to us?” SLIDES
Lynn Kamerlin
Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Vasser Woolley Chair in Molecular Design, Georgia Tech
“Will an AI win a chemistry Nobel Prize and replace us?” SLIDES
Simon Coles
Professor of Structural Chemistry, University of Southampton
“Data sharing at the RSC” SLIDES
May Copsey
Executive Editor, Chemical Science, RSC
Anna Rulka
Executive Editor, Digital Discovery, RSC
Sponsored by Revvity
Revvity Signals Software, formerly PerkinElmer Informatics, has over three decades of experience providing support for scientific workflows.
Our powerful informatics solutions are used in R&D across disciplines from drug discovery to materials development. Now under our Signals Research Suite, our end-to-end SaaS solution integrates workflows to accelerate innovation and help scientists collaborate. In addition, our solution powered by TIBCO® Spotfire® can transform clinical trials.
From our flagship ChemDraw® and E-Notebook applications, to our Signals Research Suite, to our TIBCO® Spotfire® partnership for data analytics, Revvity Signals offers a powerful suite of scientific solutions.
Supported by
About ChemSpider
Explore more than 128 million structures on the ChemSpider database. Including over 200 data sources, ChemSpider is a valuable source of information for chemical scientists working with data.
Freely accessible and comprehensive, this rich source of structure-based chemistry information is a fundamental resource for chemical scientists working with data everywhere.
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Webinar 1: Where are we with digital chemistry data? Watch the recording
09 Oct 2023
These webinars will explore how digital chemistry data is enabling research – existing models, current challenges and exemplars, and what’s needed to evolve towards a better future using chemistry data.
We will focus on how data is enabling research – existing models, current challenges and exemplars, and what’s needed to evolve a better future using chemistry data.
Webinar 1: Where are we with digital chemistry data?
Webinar recorded on 17 October 2023 – watch the recording here.
Speakers
“WANTED: standard notation for reusable chemical data” SLIDES
Leah McEwen
Chemistry Librarian, Cornell University
Kevin Jablonka
Research Group Leader, University of Jena
Pierre Morieux
Chemistry Product Marketing Manager, Revvity Signals
Sponsored by Revvity
Revvity Signals Software, formerly PerkinElmer Informatics, has over three decades of experience providing support for scientific workflows.
Our powerful informatics solutions are used in R&D across disciplines from drug discovery to materials development. Now under our Signals Research Suite, our end-to-end SaaS solution integrates workflows to accelerate innovation and help scientists collaborate. In addition, our solution powered by TIBCO® Spotfire® can transform clinical trials.
From our flagship ChemDraw® and E-Notebook applications, to our Signals Research Suite, to our TIBCO® Spotfire® partnership for data analytics, Revvity Signals offers a powerful suite of scientific solutions.
Supported by
About ChemSpider
Explore more than 128 million structures on the ChemSpider database. Including over 200 data sources, ChemSpider is a valuable source of information for chemical scientists working with data.
Freely accessible and comprehensive, this rich source of structure-based chemistry information is a fundamental resource for chemical scientists working with data everywhere.
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ChemSpider webinars – helping you embrace digital chemistry data with expert insights
22 Sep 2023
How can you learn about chemistry data trends and best practices happening right now? Elevate your knowledge for future success with leading experts in our three-part webinar series.
The webinar series will focus on how data is enabling research – the current challenges and examples and how a better future can be created using chemistry data. It will showcase current and planned initiatives to develop standards and tools, research infrastructures, and developing cultures to support Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable (FAIR) chemistry data preparation, publication and reuse.
**Elevate your data practices
Created as a free, three-part series for chemical scientists working with data, learn more about chemistry data today, what the future holds, and the current challenges and opportunities of digital chemistry data. Make the most of this opportunity to discover insights from the experts in the field – register for all three webinars.
Recordings of all webinars are available here
Webinar 1: Where are we with digital chemistry data?
Held on 17 October 2023.
Speakers
“Wanted – standard notation for reusable chemistry data” SLIDES
Leah McEwen
Chemistry Librarian, Cornell University
Kevin Jablonka
Research Group Leader, University of Jena
Pierre Morieux
Chemistry Product Marketing Manager, Revvity Signals
Webinar 2: What does the future hold?
Held on 17 November 2023
Speakers
“Data explosion in chemistry: what are we going to do with all the data, and what will it do to us?” SLIDES
Lynn Kamerlin
Professor and Georgia Research Alliance Vasser Woolley Chair in Molecular Design, Georgia Tech
“Will an AI win a chemistry Nobel Prize and replace us?” SLIDES
Simon Coles
Professor of Structural Chemistry, University of Southampton
“Data sharing at the RSC” SLIDES
May Copsey
Executive Editor, Chemical Science, RSC
Anna Rulka
Executive Editor, Digital Discovery, RSC
Webinar 3: Challenges and opportunities
7 December 2023
Speakers
“How to initiate the cultural change towards digital chemistry” SLIDES
Sonja Herres-Pawlis
Chair of Bioinorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen
“How can we combat heterogeneous, unfair and disparate data in digital chemistry?” SLIDES
Samantha Kanza
Senior Enterprise Fellow, University of Southampton
Pathfinder Lead, Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI)
“How data journals can support (chemistry) data sharing and discovery” SLIDES
Guy Jones
Chief Editor of Scientific Data, Springer Nature
Sponsored by Revvity
Revvity Signals Software, formerly PerkinElmer Informatics, has over three decades of experience providing support for scientific workflows.
Our powerful informatics solutions are used in R&D across disciplines from drug discovery to materials development. Now under our Signals Research Suite, our end-to-end SaaS solution integrates workflows to accelerate innovation and help scientists collaborate. In addition, our solution powered by TIBCO® Spotfire® can transform clinical trials.
From our flagship ChemDraw® and E-Notebook applications, to our Signals Research Suite, to our TIBCO® Spotfire® partnership for data analytics, Revvity Signals offers a powerful suite of scientific solutions.
Supported by
About ChemSpider
Explore more than 128 million structures on the ChemSpider database. Including over 200 data sources, ChemSpider is a valuable source of information for chemical scientists working with data.
Freely accessible and comprehensive, this rich source of structure-based chemistry information is a fundamental resource for chemical scientists working with data everywhere.
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