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CHIMIA 2012, 66, No. 4 A269
EuCheMS
N E W S L E T T E R
February 2012
General Assembly 2011 Evelyn McEwan receives
EuCheMS Award
in Belgrade It was with immense gratitude that the dele-
gates wished Evelyn McEwan goodbye at the
EuCheMS General Assembly in Belgrade. After
Luis Oro (EuCheMS President) chaired • to strengthen the EuCheMS science base 16 years as EuCheMS General Secretary, she
the EuCheMS General Assembly hosted by through fostering active divisions and leaves EuCheMS, having also retired from the
the Serbian Chemical Society in Belgrade interdisciplinary actions, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
on 13 to 14 October. About 60 participants • to improve decision making in govern- In appreciation of her contribution to EuCheMS,
included the Presidents and other repre- ance and finance through employing helping to steer its development from a net-
sentatives of EuCheMS member societies, permanent staff, work of friends to a professionally managed
the Chairs of the EuCheMS Divisions and • to enhance communication and recogni- association recognised across Europe, Luis Oro
Working Parties and representatives of as- tion via European Sustainable Chemistry presented Evelyn with the EuCheMS Award for
sociated organisations and sister federa- Award, Brussels News Update and EuCheMS Service and a commemorative plate.
tions. Guests who gave interesting presen- Newsletter. Evelyn joined the Royal Institute of Chemistry
tations on current and future activities in- Viviana Fluxa (Chair of the European (RIC, a predecessor of RSC) in 1975. At that
cluded Long Lu (editor of publications of Young Chemists Network, EYCN) comple- time, the RIC played a leading role in the Fed-
the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies), mented the report on EuCheMS past eration of European Chemical Societies (FECS,
Nancy Jackson (President of the American achievements by giving update on recent the predecessor of EuCheMS) and in the Euro-
Chemical Society), Anthony Smith (Coordi- activities and future aims of the EYCN. pean Communities Chemistry Council (ECCC).
nator of the European Chemistry and After introductory presentations on pol- As Secretary of ECCC from 1980, Evelyn pro-
Chemical Engineering Education Network), icy issues, given by Jose Labastida (Head of moted ECCC/FECS collaboration and their
Stefan Ladeburg (General Secretary of the the Department at the European Research eventual merger. In 1996 she was appointed
European Federation of Managerial Staff in Council Executive Agency), Rudolf FECS General Secretary – a role with which she
the Chemical and Allied Industries), Ger- Strohmeier (Deputy Director General at the identified herself completely. In 2000, the idea
hard Ecker (President of the European Fed- Directorate General Research and Inno- of a European Chemistry Congress was born,
eration of Medicinal Chemistry), Antonia vation of the European Commission), Ulrich alongside the need for legal status.
Morales (European Chemical Industry Schubert (EuCheMS President Elect) and After the launch of EuCheMS in 2006, Evelyn’s
Council Cefic), Kathrin Winkler (ERA-Chem- Nineta Majcen (Secretary General of role continued to grow. From the Brussels
istry) and the President of the hosting so- EuCheMS), topical issues were debated, News Updates and hiring of policy advisors to
ciety, Ivanka Popovic. namely: chemistry and the European Re- the European Sustainable Chemistry Award –
Luis Oro drew the attention to the significant search Council, chemistry and Horizon countless were the initiatives that Evelyn took
EuCheMS achievements during the year, in 2020, funding for EuCheMS, and open on, while ensuring effective governance and
addressing the vision of being a single voice access publishing. financial stability. She was a decisive and im-
for chemical and molecular sciences in At the end of the meeting Luis Oro re- aginative driving force behind EuCheMS –
Europe presenting chemistry as an essential tired as President and became Immediate what it is and stands for today!
and indispensible provider of solutions to Past President for the next two years and We wish Evelyn all the best for her future.
global challenges. He reported on the success Ulrich Schubert was welcomed as new Reto Battaglia, rb@battaglia-gmbh.ch
of EuCheMS strategic objectives President. Both thanked the Serbian society
• to encourage professional development for excellent hosting of the EuCheMS Gen-
and networking by developing EuCheMS eral Assembly and the associated meetings.
networking schemes, Nineta Majcen
• to promote effective partnership through
fostering links with the European Chemis- Changes in EuCheMS Executive Board
try Thematic Network Association and Reto Batagllia has retired as appointed
other strategic partners, Executive Board member. Two new Execu-
• to substantiate policy development tive Board members were elected: Igor
through establishing and implementing Tkatchenko (French Chemical Society) and Luis Oro presented Evelyn McEwan with the
sustainable policy development activities, Ehud Keinan (Israel Chemical Society). EuCheMS Award for Service.
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The European Association
for Chemical and Molecular
Sciences
Chemistry connections Euroanalysis 2011 in Belgrade
Did you know that through connections be-
tween researchers and their supervisors, Marie Belgrade was the meeting place for al-
Curie and Cyril Hinshelwood could both link their most 600 analytical chemists from 57
scientific lineage back to Justus von Liebig? But countries from all over Europe and over-
where do you fit in? Can you trace your chemis- seas. The 16th European Conference on
try connections to any renowned chemist? The Analytical Chemistry held in September
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has launched an was organised by the Divisions of Analyti-
online tool to build a global and historical picture cal Chemistry of the Serbian Chemical So-
of chemical scientists. Please get involved and ciety (SCS) and EuCheMS. Chairpersons of
take your place in chemistry history at the Euroanalysis 2011 were Slavica Ražic
http://my.rsc.org/chemistryconnections. and Ivanka Popovic.
Sheena Elliott, ElliottS@rsc.org Ten plenary lectures built the framework
of the conference. The plenary sessions
were complemented by 21 keynotes pro-
New GDCh website ceeding sessions and three poster sessions. Poster session as an excellent networking place.
The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (Ger- All in all, the 135 oral and 560 poster pres-
man Chemical Society, GDCh) is pleased to an- entations featuring core topic areas of companies and scientific organisations
nounce the re-launch of its website. The new analytical chemistry (and especially the presented their novel concepts of smarter
website at www.gdch.de delivers timely, well- impressive number of young scientists) to- technologies and the latest innovations
organised information to the chemical com- gether created an excellent atmosphere for and solutions. This exhibition, the Euro-
munity. It is easier to navigate and allows enthusiastic discussions on cutting-edge analysis party and several excursions all
greater interaction with the GDCh network analytical chemistry. provided an excellent opportunity for net-
and its variety of structures. gk Two prestige awards were given: the working and creating new contacts and
Robert Kellner Lecture (sponsored by friendships.
Springer) to Jonas Berquist and the EuCheMS A special issue in the context of the
Career Days 2012 in Prague Lecture 2011 to Alfredo Sanz-Medel. Euroanalysis 2011 will be published in
Preparations for the EuCheMS Chemistry Con- Moreover, six posters were selected as the Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry with
gress 2012 in Prague are in full swing. As in best in terms of scientific originality and full research papers.
Nuremberg, the European Young Chemists overall presentation. The conference was Slavica Ražic
Network (EYCN) and GDCh Career Service will accompanied by an exhibition in which slavica.razic@pharmacy.bg.ac.rs
combine their ideas, experience and enthusi-
asm to organise Career Days for undergrad-
uate and graduate students. “Based on past
Environmental chemistry: ICCE 2011 in Zurich
experience, we want to help young scientists The 13th EuCheMS International Conference and chemical transformation processes,
to improve their career possibilities. Job-inter- on Chemistry and the Environment (ICCE model evaluation and prediction for the envi-
view trainings, CV workshops and seminars 2011) took place on 11 to 15 September at the ronmental fate of chemicals, and effects to or-
about development of soft skills will guide ETH in Zurich, hosted by the Division of Ana- ganisms and ecosystems. Four satellite events
them to an outstanding career,” says Viviana lytical Chemistry of the Swiss Chemical So- took place on 11 September dealing with per-
Fluxa, Chair of EYCN. A preliminary pro- ciety in cooperation with the Division of Envi- and polyfluorinated compounds, good mod-
gramme will be published soon on EYCN and ronmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of elling practice, non-target analysis, and nano-
GDCh Career Service pages. ks the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker. regulation.
The conference emphasis was on emerging is- The conference was attended by about 460
sues in environmental chemistry: from basic participants from 52 countries from all conti-
10 years TrainMIC research to implementation. During three nents. Thanks to the financial support by the
The Joint Research Centre recently released a days 116 talks and 220 posters were pres- Swiss National Science Foundation and the
video about the 10th anniversary of TrainMiC, ented covering the following eight topics: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical
the European life long learning programme on emerging organic and inorganic contami- Weapons it was possible to award travel and
metrology in chemistry (MIC). ks nants, nanomaterials, drinking water quality conference grants to 24 junior and three sen-
www.youtube.com/user/JRCaudiovisuals#p/ and treatment including groundwater con- ior scientists from eleven Eastern European
a/u/0/BiN4mvvTmYw tamination, atmospheric chemistry and aero- countries.
sols, soil and sediment pollution, biochemical Walter Giger, wgiger@hispeed.ch
CHIMIA 2012, 66, No. 4 A271
3 www.euchems.org
Roadmap for chemical sciences New chemistry EuroLabels
Two new quality labels for chemistry edu-
Ulrich Schubert (EuCheMS President cational programmes were recently added to
Elect) presented the EuCheMS roadmap for the European Chemistry Thematic Network
chemical sciences (“Chemistry: Developing Association’s portfolio: the Chemical Technol-
solutions in a changing world”) at the ogy EuroMaster and the Chemistry Doctorate
workshop “Where do comfort, health, con- Eurolabel. Together with the Chemistry Euro-
nectivity, efficiency and innovation meet?” Bachelor and the Chemistry EuroMaster the
in Brussels on 6 September. The workshop three-tier Bologna scheme now has a quality
was organised by the European Commis- label for every level. On the bachelor level one
sion Directorate General Enterprise and In- Tomorrow starts with chemistry: Ulrich Schubert general label for all chemical educational in-
dustry, the European Chemical Industry gave a talk at the opening of the exhibition. stitutions was established, whereas on the
Council Cefic and EuCheMS. The workshop master level the labels shall be diversified ac-
was followed by opening of the exhibition nised by the non-profit platform Knowl- cording to the specialisation.
“Tomorrow starts with chemistry”, where edge4Innovation (K4I). Ulrich Schubert em- Pavel Drašar
opening speeches were given by Antonio phasised the importance of challenges and Pavel.Drasar@vscht.cz
Tajani (EC Vice-President in charge of Indus- opportunities that are lying ahead in these www.eurolabels.eu
try and Entrepreneurship), Giorgio Squinzi areas, namely sustainable energy technol-
(Cefic President) and Ulrich Schubert. The ogies, more efficient chemical processes,
distinguished speakers continued the dis- resource substitution, reduced quantities,
EuCheMS promotes the
cussion in the context of the European par- and recycling and recovery. European Chemist designation
liament during the working dinner, orga- Nineta Majcen, nineta.majcen@euchems.eu EuCheMS Executive Board recently submitted
to the European Commission (EC) a comment
to the “Green paper on modernising the pro-
Chemistry for life sciences Safety of nanomaterials fessional qualification directive”. The idea of
The 4th European Conference on Chemistry In October 2011 the European Commission’s the EC to have a sort of professional card is
for Life Sciences (ECCLS) was held on 31 Au- Joint Research Centre and the European Acad- welcomed by the EuCheMS Board as EuCheMS
gust to 3 September 2011 in Budapest, Hun- emies Science Advisory Council presented the promotes the European Chemist (EurChem)
gary. It inspired an interdisciplinary audience joint report “Impact of engineered nano- professional designation.
and attracted young researchers to this highly materials on health: considerations for bene- Anyone may apply for EurChem through the
flourishing field of chemistry and biology. fit-risk assessment”. It summarises the state- EuCheMS national chemical society, or (in the
Nearly 400 participants from 37 countries par- of-the-art knowledge on the safety of nano- case where the society does not participate in
ticipated in four plenary sessions and eleven materials and concludes that there is to-date the scheme) directly through the European
keynotes, almost 90 other oral presentations only limited scientific evidence to suggest Chemist Registration Board (ERCB) at www.
and more than 170 poster presentations. that nanomaterials present a risk for human euchems.eu/about/executive-board/european
The conference was supported by IUPAC and health. -chemist-registration-board.html.
EuCheMS and numerous national institutions, The report identifies key recommendations to The EurChem designation fulfils the EU idea
organisations and enterprises. Poster prizes stakeholders and policy makers. The authors of a card and has been awarded since 1992. It
were awarded to four young scientists by the call for the harmonisation of test protocols parallels the professional designations Char-
New Journal of Chemistry and the Royal So- and the need for regulators and researchers to tered Chemist (CChem) and Chartered Scien-
ciety of Chemistry. During the conference work together in identifying priorities. Knowl- tist (CSci) that are popular in the UK. More-
short courses of selected topics in biology and edge on nanospecific properties should be over, on the basis of mutual agreement of
four “Tutorials towards biology” were offered. used to minimise risk by applying the prin- EuCheMS and the Royal Society of Chemistry
Two satellite meetings preceeded the confer- ciple of safety-by-design. (RSC), EurChem and CChem are considered to
ence: the 13th Central European NMR Sympo- The publication of the report coincided with be of equal value allowing the bearer of
sium and 13th Central European Bruker Users adoption by the European Commission of a CChem to be very simply processed for Eur-
Meeting & East-NMR Workshop on the one recommendation on a definition of nanoma- Chem and vice versa. It seems that such a
hand and a workshop on metal- containing terials. The report can be downloaded at quality label for professionals is also gaining
drugs on the other. The 5th ECCLS is planned http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/ihcp interest in the US.
for fall 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. -reports. Pavel Drašar, ERCB Chair
András Perczel, Tamás Kiss Barbara Piotrowska Pavel.Drasar@vscht.cz
tkiss@chem.u-szeged.hu Barbara.Piotrowska@ec.europa.eu
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Chemistry for a better life Events 2012 Events 2014
On 9 November, the Science and Technology 05 – 11 August 2012, Wales, UK
Options Assessment (STOA) group of the EUCHEM Conference Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids 31 August – 4 September 2014, Istanbul, Turkey
European Parliament, in conjunction with www.euchem2012.org 5th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress
EuCheMS and the European Chemical Indus- 26 – 30 August 2012, Prague, Czech Republic www.euchems-istanbul2014.org
try Council CEFIC, organised a workshop en- 4th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress
titled “Chemistry for a better life” to highlight www.euchems-prague2012.cz
the crucial contribution of chemistry to im-
proving the quality of life for mankind.
Teresa Riera Madurell (Member of the Euro-
That was the International Year of Chemistry 2011 in Israel
pean Parliament, MEP) opened the workshop The Israel Chemical Society (ICS, founded in scientific equipment and instrumentation
by quoting Marie Sklodowska Curie: „Nothing 1933) celebrated the International Year of with close to 3000 participants. Other events
in life is to be feared, it is only to be under- Chemistry (IYC) 2011 with over a dozen orig- included the International Conference on Art,
stood. Now is time to understand more, so inal endeavors, all aiming at increasing the Science and Technology in Carmiel, and the
that we may fear less“. After the keynote public appreciation of chemistry and, in par- Researchers’ Night at the National Science
speech of Avelino Corma (Instituto de Techno- ticular, increasing the interest of young Museum in Haifa. Further details are pub-
logía Química, Valencia), Ulrich Schubert people in chemistry and chemical education. lished in the Israel Journal of Chemistry (Israel
(EuCheMS President) introduced the EuCheMS The Launch Ceremony in the Knesset, the Is- J. Chem. 2011, 51, 688-697).
roadmap for chemical sciences (see page 3). raeli Parliament, in January 2011, was at- Ehud Keinan, keinan@technion.ac.il
Both introductory presentations set up a tended by hundreds distinguished guests, in-
framework for the three panels. “Innovation cluding Ulrich Schubert (EuCheMS President
Union, chemistry and Horizon” was chaired by Elect), Nicole Moreau (IUPAC President), Gov-
Dieter Jahn (BASF) who moderated an inter- ernment Ministers, Knesset Members, Presi-
esting discussion between the panel speakers dent of the Israel Academy of Sciences, profes-
Maria da Graça Carvalho (MEP), Christopher sors, teachers, and students.
Allen (EC), Gabor Mihaly Nagy (ERC), Nineta Two Israeli stamps commemorated the IYC
Majcen (EuCheMS) and Gernot Klotz (CEFIC). 2011, depicting scientific achievements for
Nicola Armaroli (CNR Bologna) introduced the which Nobel prizes in chemistry were
topic of the panel “Chemistry for resource effi- awarded to Israeli scientists in 2004 and 2009.
ciency”, to which Søren Bøwadt (EC) and Klaus Two teams of eight runners represented the
Sommer (Bayer, SusChem) respectively added ICS in the Mountain to Valley relay race in May
the views of the European Commission and a 2011. Both teams completed the challenging
stakeholder. In the third panel, “Chemistry for route of 212 kilometers in about 20 hours.
smart living” was discussed by Edit Herzog A Chemistry Week held in Tel Aviv in February
(MEP), Krzysztof Maruszewski (EC), Johannes 2011 included the 76th ICS meeting, the 14th Israeli stamps commemorated the IYC 2011.
Spork (CEFIC) and Aurora Walshe (EYCN). This Isranalytica and the largest ever exhibition of
panel was chaired by Richard Allan (Scottish
Water Horizons).
To coincide with the workshop, the European EuCheMS Newsletter Publisher: Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker on
Young Chemists Network organised a poster Newsletter coordinator: Karin Schmitz behalf of EuCheMS
exhibition showing many abstract images re- Please send all correspondence and manuscripts Postfach 900440, D-60444 Frankfurt am Main
lated to chemistry, each one chosen to dem- to k.schmitz@gdch.de euchems@gdch.de
onstrate the varied impact of chemistry on Editors: Wolfram Koch (responsible), EuCheMS General Secretary:
our day-to-day lives. The images were taken Karin Schmitz, Uta Neubauer, Frankfurt am Main Nineta Majcen, Avenue E. van Nieuwenhuyse 4,
from the huge library of photos that had been Advisory board: Wolfram Koch (Chair, B-1160 Brussels
collected as part of an “Everything is Chemis- Germany), Luis Oro (Spain), Giovanni Natile secretariat@euchems.org
try” photography competition – the twelve (Italy), Nineta Majcen (EuCheMS Secretariat), www.euchems.org
winning photos becoming a calendar for the Marie-Claude Vitorge (France), Paola EuCheMS is registered as “Association internatio-
International Year of Chemistry 2011. Turano (Italy), Viktor Milata (Slovakia). nale sans but lucratif” (AISBL, international non-
Aurora Walshe, Nineta Majcen Layout: Jürgen Bugler, Frankfurt am Main profit association) AISBL-Registered office: Ave-
nineta.majcen@euchems.eu Production: Nachrichten aus der Chemie nue E. Van Nieuwenhuyse 4, B-1160 BrusselsYou can also read
