Welcome Message 2022 from the New SCS President: Prof. Christian Bochet

Dear members of the SCS,

It is a great honor for me to be able to wish all of you a very happy and fruitful year 2022. Once again, it will be a year full of challenges, but also full of hopes. After nearly two years of pandemic, let’s use what we have learned from it to be stronger, more efficient and, above all, happier.

First, for both industry and academia, it has been amazing to see how fast we all could adapt our way of working to resume our professional activities past the first shock. There are times where too much retrograde or forward thinking is not the best way to go, as it may lead to either nostalgia or exaggerate optimism (or pessimism!). Focusing on immediate actions to allow the proper functioning of our institution, company and even civilization was necessary, and we all succeeded in doing that at our own individual and humble scale.

Second, it has also been amazing how fast science could provide valuable data to properly respond to the situation, ranging from developing vaccines and treatments to modeling aerosol dispersion and filtering capacity of materials, without forgetting high-throughput testing and multiple other, less visible but nevertheless important, aspects.

Third, sorting facts from myths, identifying syllogisms and sophisms and admitting that acquiring knowledge doesn’t necessarily take the straightest path are our collective responsibility, as scientists. We may have underestimated how important it is to communicate to people from other horizons what we do, and it is precisely in turbulent times that rigorous thinking is of the highest importance.

Finally, we may have taken for granted that interaction with friends, colleagues or random individuals is easy and can be replaced by chat messages and video meetings. After multiple events that had to go online, the Swiss Science Night was definitely a huge success, and the pure joy of seeing each other in person was a live proof of the necessity of direct human contacts.

I am deeply grateful to my predecessors, who years after years built the SCS into what it is now: a vibrant society, able to cross through the last two years with a remarkable resilience and playing its role as the hub linking chemists of Switzerland. In fact, despite all the difficulties, it was able not only to run, but also to expand its activities in numerous directions while maintaining healthy finances. I already look forward to report on our new activities at the next General Assembly (save the date: April 22nd, 2022 !), and in the meantime I wish you all the best and I hope to have the pleasure of meeting many of you at all possible occasions.

Prof. Christian Bochet, SCS President 2022
University of Fribourg

Christian Bochet, SCS
Fribourg, January 14, 2022

Overview of the SCS Scientific Events 2022

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
15.12.2021

Season's Greetings from the SCS Head Office Team

Many thanks to all our members, partners, board members and co-workers who have supported us over the past year. Merci!

We hope that this Christmas season may sparkle and shine, that all your wishes and dreams may come true and that you may feel this happiness all year round.

All the best for 2022 and Happy New Year!

Your team from the SCS Office
Sarah, Gillian, Esther, Céline,  
Robert, Hans Peter & David

SCS Partnerships: three companies joined the program in the past months

In 2020 the SCS implemented the SCS Partnership program as a new strategic tool to strengthen the collaboration with industrial partners and to align the Society’s activities to the community’s requirements. Starting with 13 partner companies in spring 2020 the program includes 19 partner as of December 2021.
Please contact the SCS Head Office if you are interested in a SCS Partnership as well (CHF 3’000 p.a.).

Recent SCS Parnerships Assignments

In the past two months three companies signed the partnership agreement and joined the program. We are happy an proud to welcome the following companies:

- Chemspeed Technologies AG, Füllinsdorf: gamification of R&D
- SpiroChem AG, Basel: Get inspired. Innovate.
- Büchi AG, Uster: Büchiglasuster, Pilot Plant & Reactor Systems

SCS Partnership Program

Make the difference as an Institutional Partner through
> Active involvement in the strategic alignment of the society (board-, committee- and jury-membership)
> Becoming Industrial Science Award Program Stakeholders (former SISF Program)
> VIP Guests/Delegates at the Swiss Chemistry Science Night

… and also enjoying the benefits of a “classical” corporate membership:
> Free CHIMIA subscription, publication of Company Reports in CHIMIA, advertising at reduced rates, and logo presence on SCS documents (print, digital)

SCS Partnerships 2021/22.

David Spichiger, SCS
21.12.2021