ILMAC 2016: September 21-23, 2016, Messe Basel

ILMAC, the Swiss fair for Process and Laboratory Technology

20 to 23 September 2016,
Messe Basel, www.ilmac.ch

Matchmaking made easy: whether research and development, piloting, engineering, production or disposal – ILMAC 2016 is the interactive network platform where you can present your process and laboratory technology solutions in a highly efficient manner.

Laboratory technology and process technology are being presented together for the first time instead of in separate sections: at ILMAC 2016, you can showcase your competences and solutions as an overall package. This will ensure you attract greater attention from the growing number of professional visitors who plan and implement their company processes holistically rather than individually 

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Focal Topics

ILMAC 2016 is being staged under the motto “ILMAC 4.0” with two focal topics that you, as an exhibitor, can take up in a targeted manner. The ILMAC Forum will be looking at these topics from different perspectives during the fair. And, at the popular Lunch&Learn events, recognised experts from industry will be having their say. Our communication in the run-up to ILMAC will similarly be highlighting the following central themes.

ILMAC 4.0: Boosting efficiency – an economic necessity

If the chemical and life sciences industry is to meet up to the economic requirements in future too, it will need to boost the efficiency of its processes and continually step up productivity while observing the highest quality standards. This will increase demand for new approaches, including particularly flexible processes and systems, automation solutions for the laboratory and for plant operation, and comprehensive global advice. And comprehensive product and employee safety must be guaranteed at all times.

ILMAC 4.0: Trends in state-of-the-art medicine call for new approaches in R&D and production

The trend in the health sector is towards personalised medicine with the corresponding diagnostic agents and specially-targeted individual therapy with highly potent drugs. The pharmaceutical industry and its suppliers must pay due heed to this situation. The research and production of powerful active ingredients and biopharmaceuticals calls for the appropriate safety precautions and high-precision processes. Present-day laboratories must be configured and equipped with the latest generation of information technology in such a way as to permit interdisciplinary cooperation across all the different boundaries. Producing personalised, highly-active drugs in a suppliable form requires flexible, readily adaptable production lines for small batches and frequent format changes.

http://www.ilmac.ch

David Spichiger, SCS
27.11.2015

Ausschreibung der SPG Preise für 2016

Auch im Jahr 2016 sollen wieder SPG Preise, die mit je CHF 5000.- dotiert sind, vergeben werden.

• SPG Preis gestiftet vom Forschungszentrum ABB Schweiz AG für eine hervorragende Forschungsarbeit auf allen Gebieten der Physik
• SPG Preis gestiftet von der Firma IBM für eine hervorragende Forschungsarbeit auf dem Gebiet der Kondensierten Materie
• SPG Preis gestiftet von der Firma OC Oerlikon für eine hervorragende Forschungsarbeit auf dem Gebiet der Angewandten Physik
• SPG Preis gestiftet vom METAS für eine hervorragende Forschungsarbeit mit Bezug zur Metrologie
• SPG Preis gestiftet von der Firma COMSOL für eine hervorragende Forschungsarbeit auf dem Gebiet der computergestützten Physik

Die SPG möchte mit diesen Preisen junge PhysikerInnen für hervorragende wissenschaftliche Arbeiten auszeichnen. Die eingereichten Arbeiten müssen entweder in der Schweiz oder von SchweizerInnen im Ausland ausgeführt worden sein. Die Beurteilung der Arbeiten er folgt auf Grund ihrer Bedeutung, Qualität und Originalität.


Der Antrag für die Prämierung einer Arbeit muss schriftlich begründet werden. Die Arbeit muss in einer renommierten Zeitschrift publiziert oder zur Publikation angenommen sein. Wenn mehrere Publikationen eingereicht werden, um die Leistungen des Kandidaten umfassender darzustellen, muß genau gesagt werden, welche Publikation für die Preisvergabe im Betracht gezogen werden soll.
Der Antrag muss die folgenden Unterlagen enthalten:

• Begleitbrief mit Begründung,
• Lebenslauf des Kandidaten mit Publikationsliste,
• die zu prämierende Arbeit,
• und ein Gutachten.

Diese Unterlagen werden elektronisch im "pdf"-Format direkt an das Preiskomitee eingereicht (große Dateien bitte komprimieren (zip)):

Einsendeschluss: 29. Februar 2016
 
Die Preise werden an der Jahrestagung 2016 in Lugano überreicht.

Das Preisreglement befindet sich hier.

David Spichiger, SCS
25.11.2015

Novartis Chemistry Lecture Day, February 4th, 2016

Novartis Chemistry Lecture Day

Thursday, February 4, 2016
Horburg Auditorium, WKL-430.3.20
Müllheimerstrasse 195
4057 Basel

Novartis Celebrates Frontiers in Chemistry and is pleased to announce a day of excellent lectures on “Total Synthesis of Natural Products” and on “Late Stage Functionalization”.

Program

Morning Session: Total Synthesis of Natural Products
Chair: Dr. Peter von Matt
08:30h   Opening Remarks
08:45h   Prof. Mohammad Movassaghi, MIT Cambridge, USA
09:45h   Coffee Break
10:15h   Prof. Tohru Fukuyama, Nagoya University, Japan
11:15h   Prof. Brian M. Stoltz, CIT Pasadena, USA

Afternoon Session: Late Stage Functionalization
Chair: Dr. Fabrice Gallou
14:00h   Prof. Varinder K. Aggarwal, University of Bristol, UK
15:00h   Prof. Cristina Nevado, University of Zürich
16:00h   Coffee Break
16:30h   Prof. Eric N. Jacobsen, Harvard University, USA
17:30h   Apéro

Please note that seating capacity in the Horburg Auditorium is limited. Therefore, if you plan to attend, please register by sending an email by Friday, January 15th, 2016 to .
 
Organizing committee:
Guido Koch, Fabrice Gallou, Florian Kleinbeck, Peter von Matt

David Spichiger, SCS
25.11.2015

The promotion programme for cutting edge innovators

The SwissInnovation Challenge takes a holistic approach to realising innovative business ideas

The eight-month-long competition offers attractive awards and tailored education and mentoring programmes, as well as access to sponsors and potential business partners. The challenge is open to businesses and individuals who wish to introduce and implement an innovation or who have undertaken an innovation within the last two calendar years. It can take the form of a product innovation, a new business idea, an organisational innovation or an innovation in management. We will guide and support you along the way.

SwissInnovation an overview

The competition lasts eight months and is divided into three phases. There will be a selection process at the end of each round. Participants who reach the final round have the opportunity to win prize money amounting to 30,000 Swiss Francs. The winner will be awarded 20,000 Swiss Francs and two runners up will each be awarded 5,000 Swiss Francs.

Benefit from

• personal coaching
• a mentoring programme
• consultations with experts in the field
• workshops
• training und motivation events
  
  

Registration

Registering for the competition. Deadline is December 31, 2015!

Contact

Stefan Philippi, M.A. (lic. phil), Administrative Head

Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Reineke, Business and Academic Head

University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
School of Business
Institute of Management
Bahnhofstrasse 6
5210 Windisch

David Spichiger, SCS
18.11.2015