We are pleased to announce that the 2021 Yearbook is now available for download on the EuChemS website!

The 2021 Yearbook is EuChemS annual report which looks back at the activities and achievements carried out by the European Chemical Society and its Professional Networks over the year. The Yearbook explores from every angle the relevant and impactful initiatives and actions of EuChemS in 2021 in policy areas, meetings, events, as well as awards and other science communication accomplishments. This publication was coordinated by the EuChemS Secretariat team. Floris Rutjes, EuChemS President, offers in his editorial an overview of the activities of the year, highlights the many successful collaborations that ensued and gives insights on the direction to follow for the months ahead.

We invite you to read and download the EuChemS Yearbook 2021 here.

 

David Spichiger, SCS
16.02.2022

We are pleased to invite you to the SCS Fall Meeting 2022, one of the largest annual research conferences held in Switzerland. For decades, the SCS Fall Meeting has been a great platform for young chemists trained in Switzerland to present their research - often for the first time ever at a major conference - and to be inspired by the people they meet there.

SCS Fall Meeting 2022 
Irchel Campus, University of Zurich
Thursday, 8. September 2022, 09:15 – 18:30

The Scientific Program offeres Award Lectures presented by leaders in their respective fields, as well as invited and contributed lectures in nine thematic sessions covering all fields of chemistry. For each of the nine topics, there is also a virtual poster session with an expected total of more than 400 posters.

Program Highlights

  • Two plenary sessions with lectures of SCS price winners 2022
  • Poster Session during Lunch Break
  • Nine thematic parallel sessions with key note lectures and 15min PhD presentations
  • Best oral and best poster presentation award ceremony
  • Commercial Exhibition

Topics of the parallel sessions are

  • Analytical Sciences
  • Catalysis Science & Engineering
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry
  • Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Polymers, Colloids & Interfaces
  • Chemistry and the Environment 


Registration is now open and is free for SCS Members.
https://fm22.scg.ch 

  register to the conference    

 
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Zurich
Prof. Roger Alberto, University of Zurich (Chairman)
Dr. Hans Peter Lüthi, ETH Zurich / SCS Foundation (Chairman)
David Spichiger, Swiss Chemical Society (SCS Head Office)

Céline Wittwer, SCS
15.02.2022

Together we can make a difference and get our voice heard across Europe, making the case that Switzerland’s and the UK’s association agreements to Horizon Europe must be concluded as swiftly as possible. The Swiss Chemical Society encourages all its members to sign the campaign on https://stick-to-science.eu

The Stick to Science campaign is initiated as a pan-European effort to expedite the association of Switzerland and the United Kingdom (UK) to Horizon Europe. The signatories believe that collaboration in science, research and innovation in Europe is more important than ever as we face some of the world’s greatest challenges. At present, the association of the UK and Switzerland to Horizon Europe has been delayed and there is no clear vision of the eventual outcome. Europe’s position in the world would be stronger with robust research collaborations that contribute to a prosperous European research and innovation landscape.

The Stick to Science campaign brings together the voice of researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators, research funding/performing bodies, umbrella organisations, etc. for an open R&I landscape in Europe and at international level, without political barriers. First supporters have produced videos  explaining why they are supporting the #StickToScience campaign. Watch them here.

Horizon Europe’s  first grants are presently being signed; therefore, it is important to secure the association of long-standing partner countries such as Switzerland and UK, in order not to ensure continuity of existing partnerships and projects and the continued strength of Europe as a whole.  Since the EU finalised the association of numerous countries at the end of 2021, there is no time to waste for the association of the UK and Switzerland. 

What does the initiative request?

The Stick to Science campaign calls for an open and barrier-free R&I collaboration among Europe’s research and innovation actors, via the association of the UK and Switzerland to Horizon Europe. 

The signatories urge the EU, the UK and Switzerland to rapidly reach association agreements so that the two countries can contribute scientifically and financially to the strength of Horizon Europe and to a truly open, inclusive and excellence-driven European Research Area.

The campaign aims to consolidate the voice of European scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs and innovators, umbrella organisations and funding bodies for an open science and innovation landscape.

Who launched the initiative?

The initiative is a pan-European endeavour, with the support of prominent representatives from a wide range of EU Member States, the UK and Switzerland. The campaign is set in motion by the Presidents of ETH Zurich (Prof. Joël Mesot), EPFL (Prof. Martin Vetterli), ETH Board (Prof. Michael Hengartner), Universities UK, the umbrella organisation of 140 UK universities, Wellcome and the Royal Society. The initiative is funded by the 6 co-initiator institutions. 

Further Information: https://stick-to-science.eu

 

David Spichiger, SCS
14.02.2022

In 2020, CHIMIA became a platinum Open Access journal. By doing so the Swiss Chemical Society, as the publisher of CHIMIA, and the CHIMIA Editorial Board stated their support to the growing movement across Europe towards Open Access and Open Science.

In a further move to establish CHIMIA as a modern, accessible journal both in print and online, the https://chimia.ch website has been redesigned to provide all CHIMIA offerings from submission to pdfs of published articles, based on the OJS system. The previous partnership with IngentaConnect.com as content host has been discontinued and no CHIMIA articles will be available anymore as of March 2022. You will find direct free access to all past content going back to 1990 and a link for online manuscript submission on the new website https://chimia.ch.

Pdfs of the full issues are also available to SCS members. Simply login to your member account and download issues going back to 2016.

The huge task of programming and migration of over 30 years of digital content was undertaken by Editorial Board member Martin Brändle, to whom we are very grateful.

Gillian Harvey, CHIMIA / David Spichiger, SCS
25.01.2022

The Board of Directors invites all members of the Swiss Chemical Society and the delegates of its associated societies to join the 32nd General Assembly.

SCS General Assembly 2022
April 22, 2022, 13.30–14.00h (Lunch break of the SCS Spring Meeting 2022).
University of Geneva, Science II, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, Geneva

Agenda GA 2022 (providional)

  1. Welcome and approval of the agenda
  2. Election of the vote counters
  3. Minutes of the 31st General Assembly from April 15, 2021 (published in CHIMIA 5/2021, A459)
  4. Annual report 2021 (published in CHIMIA 1-2/2022)
  5. Financial statement 2021 incl. audit report (a summary of the financial statement 2021 and the asset allocation per network and funds is available for members on the website after the formal audit (login required)
  6. Discharge the Board
  7. Elections for the ExB and the BoD
    Election of the auditors
  8. Membership fees 2023
  9. News and strategic projects
  10. Outlook 2022/2023
  11. Varia

Motions to the assembly can be submitted until April 1, 2022 to .

Swiss Chemical Society (SCS)
Prof. Christian Bochet, President 
David Spichiger, Executive Director

 

David Spichiger, SCS
24.01.2022

  1. Virtual CHIMIA Issue: ‘A Perspective on Chemistry and Society’
  2. Welcome Message 2022 from the New SCS President: Prof. Christian Bochet
  3. Overview of the SCS Scientific Events 2022
  4. Season's Greetings from the SCS Head Office Team

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