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

Nomination process for IUPAC's Periodic Table of Younger Chemists running

In celebration of the 100^th anniversary of IUPAC and the International Year of the Periodic Table, IUPAC and IYCN announce the creation of a Periodic Table of Younger Chemists. Beginning in July 2018 and ending in July 2019 at the World Chemistry Congress and IUPAC General Assembly, we will honor a diverse group of 118 outstanding younger chemists from around the world who in embody the mission and core values of IUPAC. The resulting periodic table will highlight the diversity of careers, creativity, and dedication of the young chemists leading us into the next century. Winners will be profiled on the IUPAC100 website and will receive a certificate from the IUPAC. Nominations are now being accepted.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE & NOMINATE A CHEMIST!

Initiative co-sponsored by the International Younger Chemists Network (IYCN) 
@IUPAC #IUPAC100 #YoungerChemists

Review Swiss Snow Symposium 2018

From January 26-28, members of the Swiss Young Chemists’ Association came together in Saas Fee for the 16^th SwissSnowSymposium. After the participants’ registration and a following up Apéro, the welcoming dinner took place. Thereafter, two invited speakers shared their experience in two one-hour talks. First to present was Prof. Peter Chen (ETH Zürich), granting insights into his current research in a lecture titled «Bond strengths in the gas phase, in solution, and in silico: dispersion effects and big molecules». After his excellent presentation, Delia Mihaila (Publishing Director, MDPI AG) discussed the advantages of open access publishing and also explained how publishing might be done in the future. Next, a new concept was introduced to the SwissSnowSymposium by holding a panel discussion entitled «Career perspectives with a PhD degree». Four young PhDs, namely Dr. Sviatlana Siankevich (CTO & Co-founder, Embion Technologies SA), Dr. Matthew Wise (Corporate Strategy, ABB), Dr. Justus Tönnemann (Chemist Quality Assurance & Quality Systems, Carbogen Amcis), Dr. Gerald Bauer (Postdoctoral researcher, PSI) with distinctly different career path after their graduations gave a short presentations about their professional background and how their choices led to their current employment. Subsequently, the audience had the opportunity to ask questions and take actively part in the discussion to learn more about their possibilities when concluding university with a PhD degree. The day closed with two talks from PhD students.

On Saturday, the participants enjoyed the wonderful slopes of Saas Fee under a blue sky and bright sunshine. As a special bonus, Dr. Kathrin Brun (Wiley-VHCA), an accomplished ski instructor, offered ski lessons to interested participants for free. The scientific program continued in the late afternoon with the lecture of Dr. Dmitry Perekalin from the Russian Academy of Sciences headed «Cyclobutadiene complexes of platinum metals». The dinner helped everyone to regain strength for the upcoming poster session, which allowed each attendant to display his own research and moreover to discuss it with experts from various fields of chemistry. Afterwards our last invited speaker, Mag. Matthias Rizzi (Expert Process Safety, Consulting International), reported on «Quantitative ATEX-HAZOP - A holistic Approach tackling Process Safety by combining Risk and Ignition Source Analysis with Numerical Methods». The oral session proceeded with the six PhD students’ talks. Finally, the evening peaked in the award ceremony, where the winners of the poster session and best oral presentation were announced. The jury had by all means no easy task since all young scientists presented excellent research results in a professional manner. Lastly, Linda Bannwart (best oral presentation), Rachel Hevey (best poster) and Martha Zoumpoulaki (best poster runner-up) were awarded for their outstanding achievements. Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to everybody who contributed to the success of the event.

More information about the event is available on the website: scg.ch/sss/2018

Cornel Fink, SYCA
02.02.2018