SCS Annual Report 2017
Introduction and Strategy
In the first quarter of 2016, the SCS Board of Directors, along with a group of experts representing the our key stakeholders, reviewed the SCS strategy and its portfolio of activities. As a result of this discussion, and in response to the increasing need for multidisciplinarity, the SCS started a number of initiatives that go beyond the focus of one of the five SCS divisions and that link traditional fields with emerging trends.
As part of the revised strategy, the society not only further developed existing offerings but also integrated a number of events formerly organized by third parties. As a consequence, the society’s portfolio of activities was significantly enriched and the following list shows our new accomplishment in 2017. We have:
- Broadened the scope of the Society with two new organizational entities which were approved at the General Assembly in April 2017: the Division of Chemical Education and the Section of Catalysis;
- Implemented the SCS Seminars series with a first event on process chemistry in Fribourg in January 2017;
- Integrated the Conference on Stereochemistry (Bürgenstock Conference) into the SCS portfolio;
- Established Bern, in addition to Zürich and Lausanne, as third location of the SCS Fall Meeting and successfully organized a 1.5-days Fall Meeting for the first time since many years;
- Stimulated the formation of an active community on PAT (Process Analytical Technology) in Switzerland with a parallel session at the SCS Fall Meeting;
- Successfully partnered for the first ILMAC Lausanne and put a cornerstone for future editions;
- Initiated an in-depth analysis of the need/opportunity to form interest groups on ‘green and sustainable chemistry ’,‘environmental sciences’ and ‘IP in chemical sciences’.
To manage the additional workload, we hired a director for the SCS Foundation as well as an accountant, both on a part-time basis (40%). At the same time, we also made investments in our office and IT infrastructure
Please enjoy reading through the 2017 annual report that shows a very active and lively society.
| Dr. Alain De Mesmaeker President |
David Spichiger Executive Director |
David Spichiger, SCS
25.01.2018
SCNAT Newsletter, January 2018
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David Spichiger, SCS
25.01.2018
Chemistry industry innovators from 27 countries will meet at the 2nd European Chemistry Partnering
- More than 160 companies and investors
- More than 90 Chemistry Start-ups and SMEs will present themselves
- Keynote Speaker is Marius Rosenberg from Adhesys Medical
- More than 600 Partnering meetings are expected
Following the success of the first event in 2017, the 2nd European Chemistry Partnering which takes place on 23rd February, 2018 will be on a much larger scale. The Venue is the Kap Europa, a state-of-the-art location in close proximity to Frankfurt’s Main Station. The organizers expect more than 500 decision-makers from the chemical industry and its user industries. Already 27 nations are represented. One third of all participants come from chemistry Start-ups. The share of innovative industrial enterprises amounts to 80 per cent, from Start-ups to mid-sized companies to large enterprises and corporations.
The format of the event makes the European Chemistry Partnering unique: three parallel activity streams determine the course of events: (1) Short presentations (Pitches) lasting six minutes, (2) 20-minute partnering meetings and (3) The exhibition. After the Keynote address, the partnering meetings start at 11 o'clock at more than 60 individual tables. The appointments are arranged by participants in advance via a special internet-based tool. At the same time, entrepreneurs introduce themselves in short presentations (pitches) in two parallel rooms. The organizers expect more than 500 partnering meetings, over 90 pitches and over 50 exhibitors.
The Keynote address will be given by Marius Rosenberg, founder and Managing Director of Adhesys Medical GmbH, an international success story. At the interface between materials science and medicine, the company quickly developed into a market leader. The product: a surgical adhesive. The company's history fascinates inventors, investors, Start-up entrepreneurs and large corporations alike.
A productive day
The focus of the one-day European Chemistry Partnering is on innovation. Dr. Holger Bengs, initiator of the ECP and Managing Director of BCNP Consultants says: "97 percent of the products around us contain at least one chemical process step. Trends and topics drive progress, things like renewable resources, digitization and big data; new substances and materials, new methods, better processes and apparatus from chemistry, nanotechnology or industrial biotechnology are changing our processes and products."
And he adds: "With the European Chemistry Partnering, we bring together creative people, movers and innovators. It's all about the business of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The ECP offers a high level of productivity and business contacts in just one day. A day for all with a view across borders, disciplines, industries and regions ".
Initiator and organizer of the European Chemistry Partnering is BCNP Consultants. In this BCNP is supported by IHK Hessen innovative in addition to many other well-known international supporters. The event’s main sponsor is Technologieland Hessen (Hessen Trade & Invest).
Details of the Event
2nd European Chemistry Partnering
23rd February 2017, 9am till 6pm
Kap Europam Osloer Str. 5, 60327 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
www.ecp2018.com
www.facebook.com/EuChemPa
www.twitter.com/EuChemPa
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BCNP: A short profileBCNP Consultants is a Germany-based Consultancy that specializes in the areas of Biotech, Chemistry, Nanotechnology and Pharmaceuticals (BCNP). BCNP's core competences include scientific and technical expertise, strong networks and industry knowledge. The company provides Strategy, Communication and Sales consulting services via its divisions BCNP strategy, BCNP communications and BCNP connect. Specialist areas are Market and Technology analysis as well as Innovation scouting. Since 2016 BCNP has published the annual Compass to Europe´s Innovative Chemical Companies (www.chemistry-compass.eu), to encourage entrepreneurship in the chemical industry. Since 2017 the “European Chemistry Partnering“ market place, brings together, and engenders dialog among, creative minds and decision makers on an international stage. |
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David Spichiger, SCS
22.01.2018
SCS-MDPI Partnership: Profit from discounts for your OA publications
SCS entered a new partnership and is proud to announce a closer collaboration with MDPI in Basel. SCS members profit from discounts on open access (OA) publishing in the following MDPI journals:
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20% discount for publications in Molecules mdpi.com/journal/molecules |
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10% discount for publications in Catalysts mdpi.com/journal/catalysts |
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10% discount for publications in Polymers mdpi.com/journal/polymers |
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10% discount for publications in Pharmaceuticals mdpi.com/journal/pharmaceuticals |
When handing in your manuscript, please enter the SCS discount code.
Get the SCS-MDPI discount code (visible after the member login process only).
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About MDPIMDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) is an academic open-access publisher with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Additional offices are located in Beijing and Wuhan (China), Barcelona (Spain) as well as in Belgrade (Serbia). MDPI publishes 188 diverse peer-reviewed, scientific, open access, electronic journals. Our publishing activities are supported by more than 15,700 active scientists and academic editors on our journals' international editorial boards, including several Nobelists. More than 263,500 individual authors have already published with MDPI. MDPI.com receives more than 8.4 million monthly webpage views.
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David Spichiger, SCS
18.01.2017
Chemistry Travel Awards 2018
Through the «Chemistry Travel Award», contributions towards the cost of participation at an international conference in the chemical sciences are granted to selected PhD students. The award is sponsored by the «Platform Chemistry» of the SCNAT and the Swiss Chemical Society.
2018 «Chemistry Travel Award»
The award includes a contribution of CHF 1000 towards the cost of an active participation (poster or oral presentation) at an international conference of three days or more between 15 May 2018 and 14 May 2019 in any field of the chemical sciences. Up to 45 awards will be distributed to selected doctoral students from Swiss research institutions. Selection will be based primarily on scientific accomplishments and on the submitted conference abstract.
- Only applications in English will be considered.
- The award can only be won once in a lifetime – winners of previous years are excluded.
- There is no limitation of winners per research group.
- The award money will be paid upon presentation of a confirmation of attendance from the conference.
The deadline is: 31 March 2018 (23:59)
Application for the 2018 »Chemistry Travel Award» is now open.
David Spichiger, SCS
06.01.2017
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