Call for nominations: GRAND PRIX of the Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie
We have the pleasure to call for nominations for the 2020 GRAND PRIX of the Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, which carries a monetary award of 35'000 Euros.
Purpose and Value
The prize is intended to reward original work in chemistry of benefit to mankind, society or nature. The GRAND PRIX will be awarded for the seventeenth time in 2020, to one or several persons, irrespective of nationality. The prize will carry a monetary award of 35,000 Euros.
Entries
All entries must imperatively be presented through a learned society or a national or international scientific organisation without any direct link with the nominee. Entry forms, together with a report detailing the arguments for the nomination, must be returned to the Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie by 30th April 2020. These documents should be sent by e-mail to the following address: . General information including entry forms are available on the Foundation’s website: https://maisondelachimie.com/, section “LES PRIX DE LA FONDATION”.
Jury
The international jury is composed of a Chairman, nine members recognized for their work in the different fields of chemistry, and the laureates of the two previous GRAND PRIX. Three jury members must be of a nationality other than French. The jury is assisted by a scientific coordinator. The Chairman of the Jury is the incumbent President of the Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie, the other members being appointed by the Board of the Foundation.
Examination of Entries
All entries will be submitted to the jury members for examination. After due deliberation, the jury members will choose the laureate by a majority vote.
Award Ceremony
The laureate will be invited to deliver a lecture on her/his work at an award ceremony that will take place at the Maison de la Chimie during the first quarter 2021.
Website
https://actions.maisondelachimie.com/les-prix-de-la-fondation/grand-prix-de-la-fondation/
According to the rules of the GRAND PRIX, nominations should be presented by a learned society, or a national or international scientific organization without any direct link with the nominee. The completed entry form must be accompanied by a report in French or English, detailing the arguments for the nomination. We would appreciate to receive these documents by e-mail.
EuChemS General Assembly 2019 took place in Bucharest
The General Assembly, the Executive Board, and Professional Networks meeting were kindly hosted by EuChemS Member Society the Romanian Chemical Society. The meetings took place at the Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania on the 3 – 4 October 2019.
This year’s General Assembly saw wide ranging discussions and developments. In the first instance, Floris Rutjes from the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV) was elected as EuChemS President-Elect. Eckart Rühl, of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry was re-elected as EuChemS Treasurer. Two new members of the Executive Board were also elected: Ioannis Katsoyiannis (Association of Greek Chemists) and Rinaldo Poli (French Chemical Society). The new roles will officially begin in January 2020.
The General Assembly also voted in favour of two new Supporting Members: the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3), and ChemPubSoc Europe.
Discussions also looked at EuChemS’ latest initiatives for the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT2019), policy work, communications and internal finances. Plans for events and activities for next year, in light of EuChemS’ 50-year anniversary were also presented, along with a new logo to celebrate the occasion. An ‘All You Want To Ask’ session with free discussion between representatives and the EuChemS secretariat were organised, allowing the sharing of ideas, comments and suggestions for optimising EuChemS’ work.
EuChemS was most pleased to welcome Bonnie Charpentier, President of the American Chemical Society (ACS) to the open session of the General Assembly, where, together with Pilar Goya, EuChemS President, a ‘Chemisty Enterprise Partnership’ was signed. The document reaffirms the commitment of both the ACS and EuChemS to work together to advance the chemical sciences, and to promote chemistry as a way of addressing global challenges, particularly as laid out in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
EuChemS warmly thanks the Romanian Chemical Society for hosting and welcoming all the participants. Commemorative medals of the centenary of the Romanian Chemical Society were handed out to EuChemS Member Society representatives during a dinner.
David Spichiger, SCS / EuChemS.eu
14.10.2019
Videos of the SusChem Evening Session @ILMAC, 26.09.19
From Wed, 25.09.2019 to Fri, 27.09.19, during the 2019 ILMAC, the Swiss Chemical Society and SusChem Switzerland organized the first Swiss SusChem Days. Three lunch symposia, two workshops one session with discussion roundtables and an evening session provided a fantastic program on the topic of green & sustainable chemistry. More than 400 participants visited one of the sessions and complimented the high value input the got. Experts from industry and academy gave lectures and answered questions during the networking events or the panel discussion.
Details about the event and the program
Webcast: SusChem Evening Session, Thu, 26.09.19
- Prof. John Warner, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry (USA)
«Green Chemistry: The Molecular Mechanisms of Sustainability and Innovation» - Dr. Rafael Cayuela, Dow Chemicals
«The Chemical Industry under the 4th Industrial Revolution»
Panel Discussion
John Warner, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry
Rafael Cayuela, Dow Chemicals
Nicoletta Piccolrovazzi, Dow Olympics
Martin Vollmer, Clariant
Juan Gonzalez-Valero, Syngenta
James Clark, University of York and entrepreneur
Moderator: Bérangère Magarinos-Ruchat, Global Head Sustanabillity, Firmenich
Webcasts: SusChem Lunch Symposia, Wed, 25.09.19 and Thu, 26.09.19
These webcasts are for SCS members and ILMAC participants only. Please login to your SCS account to get the link to the two lunch session webcasts.
Lunch Symposium, Wed, 25.09.2019
- Prof. John Warner, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry (USA)
«Green Chemistry: The Molecular Mechanisms of Sustainability and Innovation» - Prof. Matthias Beller, University of Rostock (GER)
«Precious Catalysis with Non-Noble Metal Catalysts» - Prof. Rebecca Buller, ZHAW Wädenswil
«Harnessing Nature: Biocatalysis for Industrial Applications» - Prof. Jeremy Luterbacher, EPFL Lausanne
«Renewable Chemicals from Plants» - Dr. Benjamin Martin, Novartis Pharma AG
«Continuous Manufacturing as an Enabling Tool with Green Credentials in Early-Phase Pharmaceutical Chemistry»
Lunch Symposium, Thu, 26.09.2019
- Prof. James Clark, University of York (UK)
«Setting the Scene, the 12 Principles of G&SC» - Dr. Georg Wuitschik, F. Hoffmann- La Roche AG
«ChemPager: Greener Processes through Data Analysis» - Dr. Martin Vollmer, Clariant
«Sustainability fuels Innovation» - Dr. Nicoletta Piccolrovazzi, Dow Olympics
«Sustainability Application concepts» - Hazal Ustundag George / Dr. Gilles Oddon, Firmenich SA
«Firmenich EcoScent Compass™: First Holistic Fragrance Sustainability Measurement»
Link to the lunch Symposia webcasts (SCS member login)
David Spichiger, SCS
30.09.2019
Pictures of the Swiss SusChem Days 2019 @ILMAC
From September 24-27, 2019, the Swiss Chemical Society and SusChem Switzerland organized the first Swiss SusChem Days at Messe Basel. The SusChem activities took place during to the ILMAC fair. For more details about the event please visit the corresponding website on https://scg.ch/ilmac
Pictures of the Swiss SusChem Days
Tue, September 24, 2019
Wed, September 25, 2019
- Exhibitor Talks: Digitalization and Industry 4.0 (15)
- SusChem Lunch Symposium (21)
- Swiss Women in Chemistry Inauguration Gala Night (24)
Thu, September 26, 2019
- SusChem Lunch Symposium (19)
- Exhibitor Talks: Resource efficiency (13)
- Discussion Roundtables (9)
- SusChem Evening Session: Lectures and Panel Discussion (35)
Fri, September 27, 2019
- Universities of Applied Sciences Highlights (6)
- SwissBiotech Success Stories, Dr. Michael Altorfer (3)
- Ceremony and Lecture of the Dr. Max Lüthi Award 2019 (21)
- SVC Lecture, Yves Santa-Eugenia (4)
Photos: Hans Peter Lüthi and David Spichiger, SCS
David Spichiger, SCS
30.09.2019
CHIMIA will become a Platinum Open Access journal starting January 2020
The Swiss Chemical Society as the publisher of CHIMIA, and the CHIMIA Editorial Board are very pleased to inform you that CHIMIA will become a Platinum Open Access journal from the beginning of 2020.
Platinum Open Access means permanent and free access to published scientific works for readers and no publication fees (i.e. no article publishing charges (APCs)) for authors)
This change will apply to the scientific, peer-reviewed, special topic articles. All articles will be published under the CC_BY license. Authors retain copyright of their work and allow it to be shared and reused provided that it is correctly cited. Readers may download, share or reuse the work, free of charge.
Website: chimia.ch
Gillian Harvey, CHIMIA
21.09.2019
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