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WCLM 2005
World Chemistry
Leadership Meeting
19 August 2005, Beijing, China
At each IUPAC General Assembly meeting, it has been the practice
to hold a World Chemistry Leadership Meeting (WCLM). The purpose
of this meeting is to bring together national and regional leaders
from chemical societies, chemical industry federations, and other
organizations that are attending the General Assembly and Congress,
to discuss current issues in chemistry that may have a potential
international impact. These discussions are intended to provide
a stimulus for future IUPAC involvement in issues where this organization
is in a unique position to provide support to the chemical community.
The discussions are intended to be largely informal; however,
to provide some focus for the discussions, each meeting has a
general theme.
For this year's WCLM, appropriately, the theme will be Chemistry
in Asia. The rapid growth of chemical research, development
and industry in Asia during the past decade is bringing both opportunities
and challenges to this region. However, it is also having an impact
throughout the rest of world on employment, education and the
manner in which work is carried out. These developments have obvious
implications for the future work of IUPAC and the WCLM discussion
is intended to identify what challenges it should be addressing.
To stimulate the discussion, Professor Goverdhan Mehta
of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India has accepted
our invitation to give a presentation on the topic of Chemistry
in Asia discussing the developments and challenges of the past
decade.
Professor Mehta is Professor of Organic Chemistry
and Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. In addition,
he is the President elect of the International Council for Science
(ICSU). ICSU was formed in 1931 with the mission of strengthening
international science for the benefit of society. Apart from his
research and administrative duties, he has delivered over 200
invited lectures/seminars at various national and international
meetings, Universities and Research Institutions in India and
overseas. He has received numerous honors for his contributions
to chemistry, the most recent being named a Fellow of the Royal
Society (2005). He is also an Honorary Professor at the Jawaharlal
Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. Prior
to joining IISc, Professor Mehta was the Vice Chancellor of the
University of Hyderabad (1994-1998).
After Professor Mehtas presentation, 90 minutes have been
set aside for short presentations (no more than 10 minutes each)
by participants in the meeting. These presentations are intended
to be on the same broad topic, but can reflect national and regional
perspectives on issues related to the theme of the meeting. For
example, educational issues in chemistry ranging from developing
interest in careers in science among young people to the education
of advanced degree candidates for a worldwide workforce in chemistry
are being impacted by the development of chemistry in Asia. Similarly,
sustainable development, public perception of chemistry and employment
issues are all areas influenced by what is going on in Asia.
The floor will then be open for discussion of the issues raised
during both Professor Mehtas presentation and the subsequent
short presentations. IUPAC President Leiv Sydnes will chair and
summarize the meeting that will be followed by a reception during
which informal discussions can continue.
We urge you and the leadership of your organization to participate
in this meeting. Particularly, if you have some issues to share
with the participants on this general theme please respond to
Dr. John Jost, Executive Director, with the name of the person
who will speak on behalf of your organization at this meeting
in order to assure that time will be set aside for those comments
to be heard. John will arrange the agenda of speakers following
Professor Mehtas presentation.
For reference, here is a selection of articles on chemical developments
in Asia from recent issues of Chemical and Engineering News
that highlight chemistry developments in Asia; reports by J.-F.
Tremblay, C&EN Hong Kong:
- HIGH-LEVEL ACS DELEGATION IN CHINA - Society
plans to waste no time in launching joint programs with emerging
scientific powerhouse, CEN May 16, 2005, pp. 47-48 > link
to full text
- INDIA IS AT CORE OF GE'S RESEARCH - New R&D
center in Bangalore is integral to corporate goal of growth by
innovation, CEN June 3, 2002, pp. 18-19
- GETTING TO KNOW INDIAN PHARMA - Conference and
trade fair reveal opportunities and limitations for India's pharmaceutical
sector, CEN March 14, 2005, pp. 27-28
- INDIAN FIRM PLAYS TO ITS STRENGTHS - Nicholas
Piramal strives to make custom manufacturing its core, not an
add-on to generics CEN April 4, 2005, pp. 21-24
The WCLM
will take place 19 August 2005, Beijing International Convention
Center, No. 8 Beichendong Road Chaoyan District, at 2 PM.
Pre-registration is required > email: [email protected]
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