SCS Partnerships: five 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 24 partner as of February 2023.
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 12 months five companies signed the partnership agreement and joined the program. We are happy an proud to welcome the following companies:

- Arxada AG, Basel: global specialty chemicals business
- Bachem AG, Bubendorf: manufacture of peptides and oligonucleotides
- Carbogen Amcis, Bubendorf: drug development and commercialisation services
- Firmenich SA, Satigny: fragrances, flavors and ingredients 
- IBM Research Europe, Zürich: cutting-edge research for tomorrow's information technology

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 Partnership Companies 2023

David Spichiger, SCS
07.02.2023

ChemistryEurope, is now open for submissions with APCs waived until 2025!

We are very excited to announce that our new open access flagship journal, ChemistryEurope, is now open for submissions with APCs waived until 2025!

About ChemistryEurope

ChemistryEurope is the flagship journal of Chemistry Europe. We publish high-impact, authoritative research on all aspects of chemistry and work from adjacent scientific areas that showcases chemistry’s role as a central science. We serve the entire community by bringing together the brightest minds in chemistry and by providing a platform for original and inspirational work from across the discipline.

We understand the huge pressures the scientific community is facing every day and we want to support you. Chemistry Europe is an association of 16 chemical societies from 15 European countries, representing over 75,000 chemists. Run by chemists, for chemists—we evaluate, publish, disseminate, and amplify the scientific excellence of chemistry researchers from around the globe.

Contact
Alena O’Dell
Assistant in the Chemistry Journals Department
WILEY-VCH GmbH
Boschstraße 12
69469 Weinheim

David Spichiger, SCS
24.01.2023

Welcome Message 2023 from the New SCS Academy Manager Sarah Schmitz

Dear members of the SCS,

Having now worked as an assistant in the SCS Head-Office for over 10 years, I am looking forward to a new additional challenge by taking over the management of the SCS Academy from Esther Wolff as of the beginning of 2023. The SCS Academy of the Swiss Chemical Society (SCG) is a very important part of the education courses in various fields of chemical and pharmaceutical sciences. 

We do not only offer established courses in analytical sciences (spectroscopy, separation techniques, quality assurance and information management), but also new courses in the fields of laboratory basics and environmental sciences. From beginners to experts, all level of users are within our target group. We offer our courses in collaboration with industrial partners to ensure the relevance of application.

I’m really look forward to this new challenge and I hope I’ll be able to expand the Academy’s activities in numerous directions.

 Sarah Schmitz
Management SCS Academy
 

Sarah Schmitz, SCS
Bern, January 19, 2023

Become a Volunteer for the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), Zürich, in July 2023!

From 16 - 25 July 2023 more than 900 participants, mentors and volunteers from approximately 90 countries and areas are expected to attend the International Chemistry Olympiad 2023. Besides two chemistry exams the young talents will experience a wide range of cultural activities, Swiss business and lifestyle as well as the picturesque landscape of Switzerland.

More information about IChO 2023 in Zürich: https://www.icho2023.ch/

We are looking forward to your volunteering application!
There is no age limit, the most important is your motivation to make the IChO 2023 a success.

Contributing your time and energy to the IChO will also bring you in touch with dozens of co-minded volunteers and up to 350 brightest minds in Chemistry. It will be rewarded by team building activities for volunteers and a work certificate you can use for your CV.
Your expenses like accommodation, meals, and transport expenses will be covered. Above all, it will be ten days of fun and science feasts organized by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – ETH Zurich and its partners.
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Please register here, if you want to be a part of IChO 2023

If you have any questions, send us an email to

The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) is an annual international competition for talented young students in secondary schools and colleges. The first IChO took place in Prague in 1968. Since 1987, Switzerland has sent delegations to more than 30 IChOs but has never been a host country itself. The time has come in 2023! The Swiss Chemistry Olympiad Association (SwissChO) and ETH Zurich have been awarded the contract to host the event in Switzerland.

David Spichiger, SCS
17.01.2023