«2022 represented for most of us the so much expected light at the end of the tunnel! After two years of cancelled or virtualized events, we finally could proceed with most of our activities the way they should have been. In particular, the Spring meeting and the general assembly (in Geneva), on one hand, and the Fall meeting (in Zürich) were a formidable opportunity to reconnect with each other. The joy that could be read on everyone’s face was a clear testimony of the necessity of human interactions in our activity. And this is an important message for us at the SCS, that we should continue to promote the organization of many meetings, a strategic orientation what was taken some years ago and recently intensified.» 
Prof. Christian Bochet, President of the SCS

After two years of limited opportunities to hold on-site events due to the COVID pandemic restrictions, the SCS was finally able to return to normality with its activities. After two online events in the beginning of the year, we had the opportunity to successfully hold close to twenty on-site symposia and congresses respectively and were able to generate an important contribution to the exchange between academia and industry.

One of the highlights was the second Swiss Chemistry Science Night at the Casino Bern, where more than 120 invited guests enjoyed the evening and celebrated the SCS Award Winners 2022.

In addition to the well-established activities that are part of the SCS program for years and are mentioned later in this annual report, we focused on the following, new or specific initiatives in 2022: 

  • provide event organization services for third parties and support partners to implement onsite or virtual conferences.
  • further develop the IT infrastructure for SCS events.
  • extend the SCS Partnership program to 23 companies.
  • collaborate with LS2 to expand the intellectual property and patent seminar program to include industrial participants.
  • establish of a task force to address the structural deficit be-tween Universities, Government, and Industry to offer adequate career entry opportunities

The Swiss Chemical Society is a not-for-profit organization. Its programs are financed through sponsoring contributions, publishing, revenues from activities, and the membership-fees. Part of the programs of the society receive support from the SCS-Foundation. The foundation accepts financial contributions from institutional and private donors for activities exempt from taxation. We would like to thank all our members, sponsors and partners who supported us financially and logistically in 2022.

Furthermore, we related to many organizations to support and implement all the interesting projects and initiatives.

Please enjoy reading through the 2022 annual report that shows again a very active and lively society

Prof. Christian Bochet                  David Spichiger
President                                              Executive Director

 

 

The SCS Annual Report is also published in CHIMIA Volume 77, No 1-2/2023

 

Céline Wittwer, SCS
22.02.2023

On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee of the IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, we want to remind you that it is still possible to submit abstracts of lectures and poster abstracts for IUPAC|CHAINS 2023 in The Hague from 20 till 25 August.
We received already a lot of input but the submissions from the European countries are somewhat behind compared to the rest of the world.

Abstract Submission
Deadline for submission is Wednesday 15 February 2023. All information regarding submission guidelines and (sub)themes, can be found in this link: www.iupac2023.org/abstracts

Registration Discount for SCS Members
Also please keep in mind that the registration will open on Wednesday 15 February 2023! Click here to directly put a reminder in your agenda.
As a partner society of the KNCV, we would like to invite you and all your members to join us in Connecting Chemical Worlds. We aim to connect disciplines of chemistry and getting academia, industry, junior and senior researchers to share what they love most about this beautiful science and help chemistry in answering the problems of tomorrow.
Members of the SCS can register with a 10% discount of the regular prize (not applicable in combination with other discounts). The discount code will be available in the SCS members portal when the registration opens!

Apply for a travel grant
To cover your travel costs, you can apply for a Swiss Chemistry Travel Award. Deadline to submit your application is March 31, 2023: https://scg.ch/scg-news/2816-chemistry-travel-award-2023

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us via .

Best regards,
Local Organizing Committee IUPAC|CHAINS 2023

 

David Spichiger, SCS
08.02.2023

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

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

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

  1. Become a Volunteer for the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), Zürich, in July 2023!
  2. Join IUPAC|CHAINS 2023 and submit your abstract!
  3. Publish Open Access at no charge with Wiley's Hybrid Journals
  4. Chemistry Travel Award 2023: Call for Applications

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