SCS Fall Meeting 2021: Again a successful online event with more than 400 participants

The SCS Fall Meeting 2021, one of the largest annual research conferences was held in Switzerland. For generations of young chemists educated in Switzerland, the Fall Meeting has been a great platform to present their research – often for the first time ever at a major conference - and to be inspired by the people one gets to meet. After a successful event last year, we were using the same platform again for this edition due to the uncertain situation with the ongoing pandemic. For the second time the Fall Meeting took place as an online conference to fulfill the regulations of the government and to facilitate safe exchange of scientific information. 

SCS Fall Meeting 2021
Online Conference
Friday, 10. September 2021, 09:15 – 18:30
fm21.scg.ch

Despite the special circumstances we received about 422 contributions from all over the globe for a talk or poster presentation in one of the 9 parallel sessions:

Analytical Sciences 40
Catalysis Science & Engineering 56
Chemistry and the Environment 31
Computational Chemistry 40
Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry 56
Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology 44
Organic Chemistry 67
Physical Chemistry 44
Polymers, Colloids & Interfaces 44

Instead of displaying a (static) image of a classical poster, we decided to grant the presenters a three-minute slot to showcase their research in the form of a video. These videos were on display for the entire week. For the Commercial Exhibition we also created a virtual room through which the participants could enter and view the online booths of the exhibitors. Interactivity, i.e. the exchange between presenter and viewer, was granted through Gather.Town, a virtual platform where you could move around with your avatar and get in 1:1 interaction with other conference participants, the speakers and exhibitors.

The attendance, in terms of sessions established, was very good. Peak attendance was reached with more than 400 participants. The actual number of participants will be higher (estimated over 500 participants)  as some shared the screen with their research group or institute, . 

Program Highlights:

• Two plenary sessions with lectures of SCS price winners 2021
• Virtual Poster Session during the whole week
• Nine thematic parallel sessions with key note lectures and 15min PhD presentations
• Best oral and best virtual poster presentation award ceremony

Topics of the parallel sessions were

• Analytical Sciences
• Catalysis Science & Engineering
• Computational Chemistry
• Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry
• Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology
• Organic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry
• Polymers, Colloids & Interfaces
• Chemistry and the Environment 

Céline Wittwer, SCS
13.09.2021

Winners of the Best Poster Presentation Awards at the SCS Fall Meeting 2021

In collaboration with DSM Nutritional Products, SCS offered again the very attractive and prestigious Fall Meeting Best Poster Award program. Combined with the Best Oral Presentation Awards program this is probably the most highly remunerated award program in the field, and we are very proud and happy to cooperate with our sponsoring partners. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to DSM Nutritional Products Ltd for their generous support and congratulate all winners for their fantastic contributions.

Roman Imhof awarded a total of 23 winners at the end of the SCS Fall Meeting online on September, 2021.

Winners of the Best Poster Presentation Awards 2021

Céline Wittwer, SCS
11.09.2021

Winners of the Best Oral Presentation Awards at the SCS Fall Meeting 2021

In collaboration with Metrohm, SCS offered again the very attractive and prestigious Fall Meeting Best Oral Presentation Award program. Combined with the Best Poster Presentation Awards program this is probably the most highly remunerated award program in the field, and we are very proud and happy to cooperate with our sponsoring partners. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to Metrohm for their generous support and congratulate all winners for their fantastic contributions.

Markus Steinke, representative of Metrohm, awarded a total of 17 winners at the end of the SCS Fall Meeting online on September 10, 2021.

Winners of the Best Oral Presentation Awards 2021

Analytical Sciences
Winner: Robin Nussbaum, University of Geneva
Runner-up: Thomas Vonderach, ETH Zurich

Catalysis Sciences & Engineering
Winner: Emanuele Moioli, PSI
Runner-up: Arik Beck, ETH Zurich

Computational Chemistry
Winner: Amol Thakkar, University of Bern
Runner-up: Eric Heller, ETH Zurich

Chemistry and the Environment
Winner: Neeru Mittal, ETH Zurich
Runner-up: Mattia Cerri, ETH Zurich

Inorganic Chemistry
Winner: Dieuwertje Modder, EPFL Lausanne
Runner-up: Liam Grunwald, ETH Zurich

Medicinal Chemistry
Winner: Jade Nguyen, EPFL Lausanne

Organic Chemistry
Winner: Stephanie Amos, EPFL Lausanne
Runner-up: Marius Lutz, ETH Zurich

Physical Chemistry
Winner: Valentina Zhelyazkova, ETH Zurich
Runner-up: Gonzague Rebetez, University of Bern

Polymers, Colloids & Interfaces
Winner: Richard Whitfield, ETH Zurich
Runner-up: Hanna Traeger, AMI

Céline Wittwer, SCS
11.09.2021

Chemistry Europe Fellow Program: Call for nominations

The Chemistry Europe Fellows Program was established in 2015 by the Chemistry Europe Presidents and Representatives to recognize members of the Chemistry Europe societies for their outstanding achievements and contributions to Chemistry Europe and their service to at least one member society. The Chemistry Europe Fellows Program is established to foster the identity of Chemistry Europe within continental Europe but is not limited to that continent. It is the highest honor given by Chemistry Europe.

 

Nomination Process

The Chemistry Europe Fellows will be announced and honored at the biannual EuChemS conference or during appropriate national meetings in the years in-between. Nominations should include the name, educational background, professional history (no more than 200 words), as well as contributions to Chemistry Europe (no more than 300 words). The submission must document that the nominee’s accomplishments, excellence, and leadership are having a lasting impact on Chemistry Europe and its member societies. Nominations for the Chemistry Europe Fellows 2020/2021 must be sent to Dr. Vera Koester, Secretary General Chemistry Europe.

 

Fellows Program, by December 3, 2021 ().

The new Fellows Class 2020/2021 will be announced in spring 2022

More information: chemistryviews.org/view/fellows.html

 

 

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Céline Wittwer, SCS
02.09.2021