Statement of the SCG on the conflict in Ukraine

The Swiss Chemical Society is horrified by the invasion of Ukraine and is deeply moved by what the population is enduring. We urge all the members of the SCS community in Switzerland and throughout the world to do whatever they can to make this tragedy stop and to show solidarity. Every gesture counts!

The impact of this war will be profound and long lasting at all levels, and also on education and research. The Swiss academic authorities already have expressed their support for Ukrainian professors, researchers and students. The Board of the SCS considers it self-evident that we make our contribution where possible as well. We are therefore offering free SCG membership 2022 to all refugee Ukrainian scientists who have come to Switzerland, in the hope that we can provide networking and integration opportunities for these individuals. 

To become an SCG member please go to https://scg.ch/membership and add in the comment field that you are a Ukrainian scientist who would like to benefit from the special offer.

The Board is carefully following what is happening and will communicate further support measures when we see the opportunity to do so.

We also strongly pledge to continue providing support to all scientists, as long as they are not directly involved in this conflict. It is more than ever important to let scholars do their work and express their opinions without fear of retribution, independently of their nationality and affiliation.

In the name of the SCS and the Board or Directors
Prof. Christian Bochet, President
Dr. Yves Auberson, Vice-President
David Spichiger, Executive Director

David Spichiger, SCS
12.03.2022

8th EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC) 2023: Call for Abstracts

8^th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress
August 28 - September 1, 2023
Lisbon, Portugal
https://euchems2022.eu

The 8^th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress is being built under the unifying theme of Chemistry the Central Science, focusing on the central role of chemistry at the interfaces with biology, material and environmental sciences, both for the progress of humankind and for the solution of fundamental problems of modern societies. An exciting scientific program led by world class experts will develop around seven main scientific topics:

• Advances in Synthetic Organic Methodologies
• Metal Containing Compounds and Solids: Properties and Applications
• Chemistry meets Biology
• Colloids and Materials
• Biomaterials and Medicinal Chemistry
• Catalysis
• Spectroscopic and Analytical Tools / Advanced Physical Chemistry

accompanied by three sessions devoted to topics of particular relevance to join scientists from different areas:

• Chemistry and Society
• Functional Materials
• Food Chemistry

and the final one organized by EYCN, the EuChemS European Young Chemists´ Network of EuChemS The program will be completed by three general and particularly important themes, which will run every day and provide a general view of the field, going beyond the view from each classical area:

• Molecules in Motion
• Energy, Environment and Sustainability
• Imaging

This conference will be the 8^th in a series that started in Hungary, and was held in several cities before reaching Lisbon. All of them reached very high scientific levels, giving to all the participants the opportunity of listening to the most celebrated world speakers presenting state of the art advances in chemical sciences and to discuss openly with the chemistry community.

CALL for ABSTRACT Deadlines

Oral Communications Presenters: 30^th March, 2022
Poster Communications Presenters: 29^th April, 2022

REGISTRATION Deadlines

Standard Registration deadline: 17^th June, 2022
Late registration deadline: 5^th August, 2022

WEBSITE

https://euchems2022.eu

David Spichiger, SCS
11.03.2022

SCS Annual Report 2021

«2021 has been another very successful and active year for the SCS. Despite the difficult pandemic situation, we were able to have as many as reasonable live meetings with our Teams and SCS members. These events had a very special flavor in our constrained lives, and I really felt happy to finally meet and discuss with colleagues and friends. I wish that 2022 will allow SCS members to share and enjoy science together» 
Dr. Alain De Mesmaeker, President of the SCS 2016-2021

With pleasure we look back on a very interesting and active year. After 2020 and a year dominated predominantly by COVID-19 measures and restrictions, everyone hoped that 2021 would bring more normality. Unfortunately, the uncertainties surrounding the pandemic continued to prolong and affected also the SCS activities. Some events were again held as virtual events with online lectures, video presentations and innovative online platforms for networking, but others had to be postponed again and will hopefully now take place in 2022. However, there were also bright spots in the SCS calendar and in late summer and autumn the SCS organized seven events as face-to-face events.

One of the highlights was the first Swiss Chemistry Science Night, which was held at the Casino Bern in September 2021 after its cancellation in 2020. Even though the event had to be implemented somewhat smaller than originally planned, more than 80 invited guests enjoyed the evening and celebrated the implementation of this new, annual gala evening of the SCS.

The most important, new initiatives in 2021:

• organization of the 1st Swiss Chemistry Science Night in Bern;
• intensifying the collaboration with LS2 to participate in and further develop a seminar program in the field of IP and patents;
• establishing a task force to address the structural deficit between Universities, Government and Industry to offer adequate career entry opportunities;
• creating a special virtual issue of CHIMIA to celebrate the 75th anniversary of our membership journal;
• migrating all CHIMIA content to a single platform based on OJS with go-live date in early 2022;
• providing event organization services for third parties and support HRMS 2021 and NPC 2021 to implement their virtual international conferences; further developing the SCS event IT infrastructure including a video archive for short scientific communications (virtual posters);
• extending the SCS Partnership program to 18 companies.  

Please enjoy reading through the 2021 annual report that shows again a very active and lively society.

Dr. Alain De Mesmaeker              David Spichiger
President                                              Executive Director

The SCS Annual Report is also published in CHIMIA Volume 76, No 1-2/2022

Céline Wittwer, SCS
02.03.2021

Sponsoring Possibilities at SCS Events 2022

Please contact David Spichiger or Céline Wittwer () if you are interested in a collaboration.

Collaboration packages for sponsors and exhibitors at events of the Swiss Chemical Society 2022 (PDF)

SCS Event Calendar

European Young Chemists Meeting 2022 (EyCheM22)
Jan 19-21, 2022, Online Conference (Uni Fribourg)

DMCCB Basel Symposium 2022
«Intrinsically Disordered Proteins as Drug Targets»
Jan 31, 2022, Online Conference (Uni Basel)

SCS Spring Meeting 2022
«Biosupramolecular Chemistry»
Apr 22, 2022, University of Geneva

Section Chemistry and the Environment (SCE) Young Scientist Event 2022
May 3, 2022, Syngenta Research Center, Stein (AG)

SCS Bürgenstock Conference 2022
May 1-5, 2022, Hotel Waldstätterhof, Brunnen

CHanalysis 2022
May 19-20, 2022, Dorint Blüemlisalp, Beatenberg

Swiss Photochemistry Symposium 2022
Jun 17, 2022, HEIA Fribourg

SCS Seminar on Flow Chemistry 2022
Jun 27-29, 2022, Villars-sur-Glâne

Swiss Catalysis Symposium 2022 (SwissCat)
Jun 30, 2022, University of Bern

Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2022
Aug 25-26, 2022, University of Basel

SCS Fall Meeting 2022
Sep 8, 2022, Irchel Campus, University of Zürich

SCS Summer School on Chemical Biology 2022
Sep 11-15, 2022, Les Diablerets

Swiss Chemistry Science Night 2022
Sep 16, 2022, Casino Bern

ILMAC Lausanne 2022
Sep 28-29, 2022, Beaulieu, Lausanne

14^th Swiss Course on Medicinal Chemistry 2022
Oct 9-14, 2022, Alpine Classic Hotel, Leysin

SCS Seminar on Intellectual Property 2022
Advanced course with focus on industry
Nov 7-8, 2022, Seminarzentrum Schloss Gerzensee

➤ More events will be announced as soon as dates and locations are confirmed

Event Series 2022

• Casale Mini-Symposia
• SCS Lectureships
• Corporate Insights by youngSCS
• SWC Mentoring Program

David Spichiger, SCS
17.02.2022