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EDITORIAL FOCUS

2019:ayear to celebrate EuChemSatIYPT2019 Chemistry Opening Ceremony

As we celebrateanewyear, ourfirst thoughts On 29 January2019, EuChemS immediatelyturntothe commemoration of PresidentPilar Goya,togetherwith theInternational Year of thePeriodicTable theEuChemS Secretariatmade (IYPT2019),awonderfuland significant theirway to Parisfor theopening worldwidecelebration andofparticular ceremony of theInternational Year relevancetoEuChemS.Thisinitiativewhich of thePeriodicTable (IYPT2019). alreadybegan in 2017 is theresultofthe Thecelebrationsdrewover700 participants from around theworld, effortsofseveral associations,including IUPAC, IUPAP, ICSU,IAU, andincludedanoutstanding line-up IUHPSand of course EuChemS. From theverybeginning,wehave of speakers,led by BenFeringa, played an active part in promotingthe IYPT,recognising it as agreat ChemistryNobel Laureate 2016, opportunitytotransmittosociety theimportanceofchemistry,and to Yuri Oganessian,bestknown for highlight itsroleinproviding solutionstothe many challenges discoveringelement 118, andSir humankindisfacing, andwillcontinuetofaceincomingyears. Martyn Poliakoff,who delivered an As we celebratethe Periodic Table, atruly iconic symbol in science, entertaining andeducational talk EuChemSdecided that it wouldbeinteresting to design andprovide on thevarious Periodic Tables in his ourown icon.The result is auniqueand differentperiodictable that office –including therecent aims to be thought-provokingand stimulatedebateonsustainability. EuChemSPeriodicTable of element If we want future generationstostudy aperiodictable as we have scarcity.Inthe exhibition area,our knownit, we need to be very carefulwithhow we use, misuse and latest initiative,the videogame recyclethe 90 elements that make up everything.Thisisthe message ‘Elemental Escapades!’was behind ourtable.Wewishtohighlight therealthreatfor many availabletotry out, whilstaframed elements andinaddition,showthe unsustainableuse of endangered EuChemSPeriodicTable wason elements in oursmartphones. display. Themanyinspiring discussionsthattook place, andthe This tableofelement scarcity hasbeen very well received by our numerous upcoming activities to member societies, andwecan alreadyboast of having hadittranslated celebratethe IYPT2019, bode well in over 20 languages, with more expected soon.The EuChemSPeriodic formakingthisyearanespecially Tablewas officially launched on 22nd January2019 at theEuropean importantone forChemistry and Parliament. scienceinthe world. EuChemSis oneofthe founding partners of the Anotherimportant initiative to promotethe Periodic Tableand in IYPT2019. particular to reachyounger generationsisthe very recent videogame we have developed. Thetargetaudienceis11-15-year-old children and theaim is to explainthe basisofthe periodic tableand compound formationwhile engaging in afun andotherworldlyadventure. Everything youneedtoknowabout thegamecan be found here.

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PilarGoyaLaza President, European Chemical Society 2 CHIMIA 2019, 73, No. 3 A227

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POLICY 2019-1

EmploymentSurveyfor European 63% of allanswerscame fromchemists whograduated Chemists(ESEC2):abriefoverview within thelast15years,hence thereport illustratesthe current employment conditionsfor Europeanchemists Employmentconditionsand career opportunitiesare in very well. Theparticipation of industry employees thefocus of therecentEmployment Surveyfor accounted for38% of theresponses. Thetotal share of EuropeanChemists.The questionnaireonemployment women in thesurveywas 41 %. conditionsfor Europeanchemists in Europe was developed andthe survey executed by the European Youcan read thefullarticleonline: ChemistryThematic NetworkAssociation andthe https://www.euchems.eu/newsletters/chemistry-in- EuropeanChemical Society. EuChemSand the europe-2019-1/policy/ American Chemical Society(ACS) agreed to harmonise theirrespectivesurveys as thefirst step towardsa Reiner Salzer, future cooperationinthisfield. ECTN andTUDresden

Thereport is freely accessible online here.

Education,career planning,requestedqualification, importantemployersectors,job satisfaction,job success, andsalarieshave beenanalysedfor Europe as awhole as well as forall countries with astatistically significantnumber of responses.

RESEARCH

Listen to chemistsonthe EYCN YouTube Channel Do youwanttoknowthe favourite chemical reaction of this year’s ChemistryNobel Laureate?Orare you interested to hear aboutthe EuChemSPresident’s viewonwomen in science? If so,you absolutely need to watch theinterviews conducted with avarietyofresearchers duringthe 7th EuChemSChemistryCongress (7ECC)in Liverpool lastAugust.Keynote speakers,awardees, renowned researchers,Nobel Prizewinners, earlystage researchersand finalistsofthe EuropeanYoung ChemistAward (EYCA) took part in thenew webseries“EYCN Interviews”.The interviewees include well-known scientists,suchasPilar Goya (EuChemSPresident), David Cole- Hamilton(EuChemSVice-President), Peter Dorhout(ACSPresident), Dame CarolRobinson(RSCPresident) and Nobel PrizewinnersBen Feringaand FrancesArnold, among others.

Thequestions captureavariety of topics fromdiscussing importanttasks,suchasestablishing equal opportunities forwomen in science, to publicoutreach to build apositiveattitude towardschemistryinthe community. Additionally, ourinterviewees sharedseveral storiesand entertaining momentswithus. Highlights includeFrances Arnold’sinspiring opiniononthe future of scienceand thepositionofwomen therein, Ben Feringadiscussing better outreach to younger generations andPeter Stang’sand Peter Dorhout’s advice forearly career researchers.

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AntonioManuelRodríguez García, European Young Chemists’ Network A228 CHIMIA 2019, 73, No. 3 3

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MEMBERS’ PERSPECTIVES

125th Anniversaryofthe Norwegian Open Access: GDCh demands Chemical Society improvement in “PlanS”

In 2018 theNorwegianChemical Society(NorskKjemisk On 6December2018, theExecutiveBoard of the Selskap–NKS)celebrated its125th anniversary. TheNKS Gesellschaft DeutscherChemiker (German Chemical wasfounded on the2May 1893, in Oslo –known at the Society, GDCh)releasedastatement on theso-called time as Kristiania.Today, theNKS has10divisions “Plan S”.The GDCh supportsthe basicintentionofPlan S spanningmostsub-disciplines of chemistry, as well as 7 butcriticises some of thepointspresented. regionalgroups.Membershipnumbershave been slowly declining forthe lastdecadeand presentlythe Society ThecOAlition S, an association of eleven European hasapproximately1,700 members. In earlieryears research fundingorganisations,published PlanSon 4 several activities were to aconsiderable extent linked to September2018. This plan defines tenprinciples for chemical industry,but setbacks have ledtoalower publishing research resultsunder theconditionsofOpen numberofchemists in industry. Access. TheGDCh supportsthe basic intentionofPlan S andwelcomes some of theprinciples. Forothers, Thelarger share of meetings take placewithin the however, it fearsthatsomeofthe keypointswillhave regionalgroupsand divisions, andseveral divisions significant harmfuleffects on thescientistsconcerned organise annual national meetings. andonEuropeasaresearch location.

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HaraldWalderhaug KarinJ.Schmitz Secretary General, Norwegian ChemicalSociety Head of Public Relations, GDCh

MEET…

MarcTaillefer is thePresident IzabelaNowakisthe President of theFrenchChemical Society of thePolishChemical Society. andResearch Director at the She is Professoratthe Faculty Institut Charles Gerhardt de of Chemistryofthe Adam Montpellier. MickiewiczUniversityin Poznan.

NOTES

ThePeriodicTable of ChemicalElementsand us

TheEuChemS PeriodicTable depictingelement scarcity was unveiled anddiscussed at aEuChemSevent in theEuropean Parliamenton22January 2019. Theevent,chaired by MEPs CatherineStihler andClare Moody, presented an encompassing overview of what elementscarcitymeans forus: both on ascientific level, butalsoeconomicallyand politically.

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