History
The Workshop was first held in 1983 in Hamilton (Ontario, Canada), and has since grown to become a bi-annual forum that discusses modern aspects of theory and application of QSAR-s in various fields of science.
History of the Workshop is provided in the following publications:
K. L. E. Kaiser,
Evolution of the international workshops on quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) in environmental toxicology.
SAR QSAR Environ. Res. 2007,18, 3-20.
DOI: 10.1080/10629360601053927
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a769951749#FN0001
J. D. Walker,
International Workshops on QSARs in the Environmental Sciences – The First 20 Years.
QSAR Comb. Sci. 2003, 22, 415-421.
DOI: 10.1002/qsar.200390031
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qsar.200390031/abstract
A list of the former meetings, their location, organisers, and published proceedings:
| 1983 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Dr.Kaiser K. L. E) |
| Kaiser, K. L. E., (Ed.) QSAR in Environmental Toxicology. D. Reidel Publ. Co., Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1984, 406 pp. |
| 1986 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Dr.Kaiser K. L. E) |
| Kaiser, K. L. E., (Ed.) QSAR in Environmental Toxicology - II. D. Reidel Publ.Co., Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1986, 465 pp. |
| 1988 Knoxville. Tennessee, USA (Dr. Schultz T. W.) |
| Turner, J. E., England, M. W., Schultz, T.W., and Kwaak, N. J., (Eds.) Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) in Environmental Toxicology [CONF-880520-9DE88013180]. National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia (USA), 1988, 228 pp. |
| 1990 Eindhoven, The Netherlands (Dr. Hermens J.) |
| Science of the Total Environment, Volumes 109-110 |
| 1992 Duluth, Minnesota, USA (Dr. Veith G.) |
| SAR and QSAR in the Environmental Sciences, Volumes 2, 3, 4 |
| 1994 Belgirate, Italy (Dr. Karcher W.) |
| SAR and QSAR in the Environmental Sciences, Volumes 2, 3, 4 |
| 1996 Elsinore, Denmark (Dr. Chen F.) |
| Chen, F., and Schüürmann, G., (Eds.) Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) in Environmental Sciences - VII. SETAC Press, Pensacola, Florida (USA), 1997, 470 pp. |
| 1998 Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Dr. Walker J.) |
| Proceedings In Press |
| 2000 Bourgas, Bulgaria (Dr. Mekenyan O.) |
| SAR and QSAR in the Environmental Sciences, Volume 13, Issues 1 and 2 |
| 2002 Ottawa, Canada (Dr. Breton R.) |
| QSAR and Combinatorial Science, Volume 22, Issues 1, 2, and 3 and SAR and QSAR in the Environmental Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 7-8 |
| 2004 Liverpool, England (Dr. Dearden J. C. & Dr. Cronin M. T. D.) |
| SAR and QSAR in the Environmental Sciences, Volume 15, Issue 5-6 and Volume 16, Issue 1-2 |
| 2006 Lyon, France (Dr. Devillers J. & Dr. Capry A.) |
| SAR and QSAR in the Environmental Sciences, Volume 18, Issues 1-2 |
| 2008 Syracuse, New York, USA (Dr. Howard P. & Dr. Tunkel J.) |
| SAR and QSAR in the Environmental Sciences, Volume 19, Issues 7-8 |
| 2010 Montréal, Canada (Dr. K. Krishnan) |
| SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research, Volume 21, Issues 7-8, and Volume 22, Issues 1-2 |
