Chairman and local Organizer

Prof. Silvio Decurtins
Departement für Chemie und Biochemie
Universität Bern
Freiestrasse 3
CH - 3012 Bern
Phone: +41 (0)31 631 4255
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Web: http://decurtins.dcb.unibe.ch

Conference Secretariat

Swiss Chemical Society
Mr. David Spichiger and Ms. Sarah Schmitz
Haus der Akademien
Laupenstrasse 7, Postfach
3001 Bern
Phone +41 31 306 92 92
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Organizing Committee

Core team


  • Prof. Silvio Decurtins, University of Bern (Chairman)
  • PD Dr. Hans Peter Lüthi, ETH Zurich (Vice Chairman)
  • Dr. Alain De Mesmaeker, Syngenta Crop Protection AG (SCS President)
  • David Spichiger, Swiss Chemical Society (SCS Head Office)

Extended Committee (to be completed)

Analytical Chemistry

  • Dr. Stefan Schürch, University of Bern
  • Dr. Hanspeter Andres, Metas Bern

Catalysis Sciences & Engineering

  • PD Dr. Peter Broekmann, University of Bern
  • Prof. Matthias Arenz, University of Bern

Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry

  • Prof. Roger Alberto, University of Zurich
  • Prof. Katharina Fromm, University of Fribourg

Organic Chemistry

  • Prof. Pablo Rivera-Fuentes, ETH Zurich
  • Ass. Prof. Christof Sparr, University of Basel

Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology

  • Prof. Jean-Louis Reymond, University of Bern
  • Dr. Yves Auberson, Novartis Pharma AG

Physical Chemistry

  • Prof Stefan Willitsch, University of Basel
  • Prof. Andreas Züttel, EPF Lausanne

Polymers, Colloids & Interfaces

  • Dr. Matthias Schultz, Givaudan
  • Prof. Raffaele Mezzenga, ETH Zurich

Computational Chemistry (at STC in Basel)

  • Prof. Markus Meuwly, University of Basel
  • Prof. Anatole von Lilienfeld, University of Basel
  • Prof. Jürg Hutter, University of Zurich