IAESTE – Your partner for international exchange

The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) is an organization for the exchange of students at higher education institutions wishing to obtain technical experience abroad.

The aim of IAESTE is:
to provide science & engineering students with training experience abroad that is relevant to their studies to offer Swiss employers well-qualified and motivated foreign trainees to be a source of cultural enrichment for trainees and their host employers

Interested in a traineeship abroad?
Are you enrolled at a Swiss university or an institute of applied science? Would you like to gain international work experience? Are you open-minded and interested in intercultural exchange? If this applies to you, an IAESTE traineeship is exactly the right choice for you.

Interested in foreign interns?
By employing a foreign trainee…
…you enlarge your international network.
…you strengthen the intercultural competence of your team and enrich your daily working life.
…you contribute to the promotion of Swiss students as young professionals, as for each internship in Switzerland, one internship abroad will be available for a Swiss student.

More information on https://www.iaeste.ch/en/

David Spichiger, SCS
26.10.2018

"Visit each other" at Swiss Universities: EPFL, Nov 17, 2018

Dear all,

While performing your research in Switzerland, what do you know about other Swiss research institutes and their locations?

If the answer is “not a lot”, then we are happy to invite you to an event, organized by the Swiss Young Chemists’ Association (SYCA). It will take place in Lausanne, November 17th (Saturday) at 11 a.m.

The program includes a brief exploration of the EPFL campus followed by a visit of the center of Lausanne and (optionally) having a beer/dinner together closer to the evening.

All of you are very welcome to join us! In this case please do not forget to fill in your name in a Doodle form to facilitate our planning. Please write there your email address (for the feedback) and your name.
https://doodle.com/poll/9miuaidab8dt2uef

In case of any questions do not hesitate to contact me by

Looking forward to seeing you!

Best,
Dmitry Vasilyev,
SYCA president

David Spichiger, SCS
24.10.2018

SwissSnowSymposium 2019, Saas-Fee, 25.-27.01.2018

We are delighted to welcome you on the website of the SwissSnowSymposium 2019, which will take place from 25^th to 27^th January 2019. The 17^th edition of this traditional symposium will be hold in once more in Saas-Fee and provides a innovative platform for young chemists to present their work and to exchange their experience.

A well balanced mix between lectures, short talks and poster session as well as get-togethers at the hotel bar and snow fun activities on the slopes of the Allalin-Mountain guarantee a unique experience of science and fun.

The number of participants is limited to 60 and we confirm the participations on a first-come-first-serve basis.

We hope to see also you in Saas-Fee in late January!
In the name of the organizing committee
Dmitry Vasilyev, EPF Lausanne

• Program
• Location: Hotel Alphubel, Saas-Fee
• Registration

Deadlines:

• 14.12.2018: Deadline for a poster and/or oral presentation application (upload of abstract while registration process)
• 21.12.2018: Registration deadline (might be earlier if we got the maximum of 60 registrations)

Video Contest in honor of the IYPT 2019

The European Young Chemists’ Network (EYCN), in collaboration with EuChemS and IUPAC, is organizing the second edition of the video contest Chemistry Rediscovered in honour of the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT) in 2019. Young chemists (12-35 years old) are invited to send in creative videos of maximum 90 seconds on the theme “In Your Element”.

Interested in participating? It’s simple! Follow this procedure step-by-step:
Step 1. Choose one element or get creative with the entire Periodic Table!
Step 2. Use your imagination and make a 90 second video. Need help? Team up with up to four people.
Step 3. Send your video no later than 31st of January 2019 to using WeTransfer.

Important to know:

• The competition will be split into two groups: pupils (12-18) and early career chemists (19-35);
• All submitted videos will be assessed by an international judging panel (non-spoken video or English subtitles are suggested);
• Results will be published in March 2019 and the winners will be awarded amazing IYPT-related prizes. The overall winner(s) will receive an invitation to Paris!
• All participants to the competition will receive a certificate of participation as well as a copy of the 2019 special edition EuChemS Periodic Table.

Before taking part in the competition, please make sure to read carefully the Rules and Regulations of the video contest on our website: http://www.euchems.eu/chemistry-rediscovered/

David Spichiger, SCS
01.10.2018