Luis Oro, EuCheMS President, chaired the EuCheMS GA hosted by the Swiss Chemical Society on 15-16 October in Interlaken, Switzerland, with 70 participants from member societies and sister organisations.

Guests included Yonas Chebude, Treasurer of the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry, Nicole Moreau, Present Elect of IUPAC, Tom Lane, President of the American Chemical Society, Henryk Koroniak, President of ECTN, George Horvai, Chair of CERC3, Ger Spork from CEFIC and David Lee from the European Physical Society.

Topical issues for debate included: 

Topical issues were debated during breakout discussions on 

• European Chemistry Research and Funding, led by Dave Garner and Peter Kündig
• Sustainable Chemistry Education, led by Ilka Parchmann and Richard Pike
• International Year of Chemisry 2011, led by Igor Tkatchenko and Wolfram Koch
• Enhancing recognition of EuCheMS, led by Franco De Angelis and Sergio Facchetti