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Symposium Commemorating the 150Th Anniversary of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker Symposium Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker 25 October 2017 London, UK Welcome Address It is our great pleasure to welcome you to this symposium When we celebrate the contribution of the GDCh and celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Gesellschaft Deutscher RSC, we celebrate the contribution of chemistry and its Chemiker (GDCh, the German Chemical Society) and its transformative power in tackling many of the global challenges longstanding relationship with the Royal Society of Chemistry we face today. In the second part of our programme, it is our (RSC), which celebrated its 175th Anniversary in 2016. pleasure to have speakers from Germany and the UK discuss four of these vitally important challenges (food, water, energy The GDCh brings together people working in chemistry and and sustainability). We very much look forward to hearing the molecular sciences and supports their striving for positive, from our expert speakers on how chemistry can play its part sustainable scientific advance – for the good of humankind in helping deliver solutions to these issues. and the environment, and a future worth living for. With this goal in mind, it promotes chemistry in education, research This is followed by a very special presentation. The Alexander and application, and seeks to deepen the understanding and Todd - Hans Krebs Lectureship in Chemical Sciences is a knowledge of the general public about chemistry and its reciprocal lectureship awarded alternately by the Gesellschaft relevance to the world they live in. The many facets of the Deutscher Chemiker and the Royal Society of Chemistry, GDCh’s promotion of chemistry find expression in the initiation for advances in chemistry made by a scientist while working and support of a number of projects and in the publication of and residing in Germany or the UK, respectively. It is our highly esteemed professional journals, such as the internationally great pleasure to present this award as part of our anniversary highly renowned journals Angewandte Chemie or Chemistry celebration to our 2017 winner, Professor Thomas Carell from - A European Journal. The organization also confers important Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, and to hear his talk on awards, such as the Karl Ziegler Prize and the Otto Hahn Prize DNA Bases beyond Watson and Crick. (jointly with the City of Frankfurt and the Deutsche Physikalische The final part of our programme looks forward, with a panel Gesellschaft), which are among the most highly endowed discussion on the future of the chemical sciences. Along with German prizes in the natural sciences. our fellow chemical societies, the GDCh and RSC believe that The GDCh has been marking their anniversary with a number of chemistry has a vital role to play in a rapidly changing world. celebratory activities. We are delighted to be joined by so many illustrious figures for this part of the day, and look forward to a fascinating discussion, Today we are marking this occasion by celebrating something full of different insights and perspectives. particularly special: the close relationship between our two societies and our respective chemistry communities. Bringing together such an interesting programme would An appropriate way to do so, which forms our programme for not be possible without the contribution of many people. the day, is to reflect on our shared history, celebrate the present, We would therefore like to thank our contributors, speakers and and look forward to the future. panellists, for contributing their time, knowledge and expertise. We are grateful to our publishing colleagues at Wiley-VCH and We are delighted to start the day with talks on our common the Royal Society of Chemistry for creating the joint collection history from two illustrious experts. It is appropriate that we do of 150 papers, freely available online until the end of 2017, that so in Burlington House, home of the Royal Society of Chemistry celebrates many of the critical scientific advances made by since the mid-19th century (when it was the Chemical Society German and UK chemists. In terms of the exhibition, the RSC of London). Our common history is especially marked by and GDCh historical groups and library staff provided valuable August Wilhelm von Hofmann, who was President of the expert advice and support, while many of the wonderful exhibits Chemical Society of London from 1861 to 1863 and, after his on display have been kindly lent to us by other institutions: return to Berlin, founding President of the Deutsche Chemische we are grateful to the staff at Rothamsted Research and Gesellschaft, in 1867. A marble bust of Hofmann welcomes you the Lawes Agricultural Trust for loan of the correspondence as you enter the doors of Burlington House, a photograph of between Justus von Liebig and Robert Warrington, and to him hangs on the wall of Past-Presidents of the Royal Society of the staff of the Royal Institution for loan of John Tyndall’s Chemistry, while a portrait of his mentor and supervisor, Justus notebooks, Hofmann’s model, and his Royal Institution lectures. von Liebig, hangs in the Council Room. The Council Room is also where you can visit our special exhibition, with historical In closing, we would like to thank you again for joining us today artefacts and information on Hofmann, Liebig and other figures in celebrating this milestone in the history of our two societies. in our Anglo-German story. We hope that you enjoy the programme. Professor Dr. Thisbe K. Lindhorst Professor Sir John Holman CChem FRSC President President Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker Royal Society of Chemistry Professor Dr. Wolfram Koch Dr Robert Parker CSci CChem FRSC Executive Director Chief Executive Officer Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker Royal Society of Chemistry Programme Time Event Chairs European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences 9.00 Registration and coffee Rue du Trône 62 1050 Brussels Belgium 9.45 Welcome remarks Professor Dr. Thisbe K. Lindhorst Professor Sir John Holman CChem FRSC A Common History President President Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker Royal Society of Chemistry Anglo-German Chemistry 1821-1914 10.00 Professor Dr. Wolfram Koch Dr Robert Parker CSci CChem FRSC Professor William Brock Executive Director Chief Executive Officer Professor Dr. Wolfram Koch Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker Royal Society of Chemistry and Dr Robert Parker Searching for Traces of August Wilhelm von Hofmann 10.30 Dr. Brigitte Osterath 29 August 2017 Chemistry and Global Challenges Dear Thisbe, John, Wolfram and Robert Joint Anniversary Celebration, GDCh - RSC The Role of Chemistry in the Development of Materials for Efficient, Safe and 11.00 Low-Cost Rechargeable Batteries It is a great delight for us as President, Vice-President and General Secretary of EuCheMS to see that two of our largest Professor Dr. Philipp Adelhelm and most successful Member Societies, the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) and the Royal Society of Chemistry Dr Neville Compton and (RSC), are meeting together today jointly to celebrate significant milestones in their history. From the very earliest days Dr Anna Simpson post alchemy, the German and the British chemical communities have been connected. The most obvious link is provided The Role of Chemistry in Sustainable Wastewater Treatment by August Wilhelm von Hofmann, who having been the tenth President of the Chemical Society (1861-1863) returned 11.30 to Germany to be the Inaugural President of the Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft zu Berlin (1867). In addition, many Professor Elise Cartmell renowned UK chemists can trace their chemical ancestry back to the great German chemists such as Justus von Liebig. Likewise, many famous German chemists have carried out some of their training in the UK. EuCheMS looks forward to seeing this strong relationship between the GDCh and RSC continue to grow and develop in future years. 12.00 Lunch and exhibition Today’s world faces many serious challenges, such as feeding and providing clean water for the expanding population, controlling climate change, tackling antibiotic resistance and, more generally, addressing the UN’s 17 Sustainable Novel Developments in Food Chemistry to Ensure Safe, Healthy and Pure Food Development Goals. We as citizens, but especially as chemists, have a role to play in achieving each and every one of 14.00 these goals. Professor Dr. Monika Pischetsrieder Dr Neville Compton and Scientists from Germany and the UK have been particularly successful in building and leading collaborations to the mutual Dr Anna Simpson benefit of academia and industry in both countries. EuCheMS urges Germany and the UK, two of the greatest scientific Chemistry: Towards a More Sustainable Future? 14.30 nations in Europe, to continue their strong collaborations and together with our colleagues across Europe and around the Professor Pete Licence world to achieve our shared goals of supporting the next generation of researchers, and maximising the role that chemistry must play in scientific discovery to ensure a sustainable future for life on our wonderful planet, Earth. Alexander Todd – Hans Krebs Award and Lecture Many congratulations to the GDCh and the RSC on these most significant anniversaries. Professor Dr. Thisbe DNA Bases beyond Watson and Crick 15.00 Lindhorst and Professor Professor Dr. Thomas Carell Yours sincerely Sir John Holman 16.00 Coffee break Future of the Chemical Sciences David Cole-Hamilton Nineta Hrastelj Pilar Goya Laza Panel Discussion EuCheMS President EuCheMS General Secretary EuCheMS Vice-President 16.30 Professor Dr. Thisbe Lindhorst, Professor Sir John Holman, Professor Pilar Goya, Mr Adam Brownsell Dr Elizabeth Rowsell and Dr. Matthias Urmann 17.45 Closing remarks 18.00 Reception, including renewal of Memorandum of Understanding 20.00 Close A Common History August Hofmann and the ‘chemists factory’ by Brigitte Osterath Robert Warington, Justus von time who promoted chemistry on Liebig and the Chemical Society professional, educational and literary In the mid-19th century, two Germans drastically accelerated Britain’s development fronts.
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