Program Overview

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Invited Plenary Speakers

Prof. Ernö Pretsch, ETH Zurich
SCS Honorary Member 2025

Prof. Antonio Togni, ETH Zurich
SCS Honorary Member 2025

Dr. Kurt Püntener, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
Senior Industrial Science Award 2026

Prof. Nina Hartrampf, University of Zurich
Werner Prize 2026

Dr. Samuele Cazzamalli, Philogen S.p.A
SCS Industrial Science Award 2026

Dr. Gabriel Schäfer, Dottikon ES (former Actelion/Idorsia)
Sandmeyer Prize 2026

Prof. Detlef Günther, ETH Zürich
Paracelsus Award 2026

Prof. Ala Bunescu, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Prof. Gilles Gasser, Chimie ParisTech, PSL University
Helvetica Lectures 2026

Invited Session Speakers

Session Analytical Sciences
Laura Hendriks, HEIA Fribourg
Carlos Alberto Gracia Fernandez, TA Instruments / Waters Spain

Session Catalysis & Engineering
Sachin Handa, University of Missouri
Thomas Debnar, Siegfried AG

Session Computational Chemistry
Johannes Margraf, University of Bayreuth
Federico Dapiaggi, Syngenta Crop Protection AG

Session Chemistry and the Environment
Serge Stoll, University of Geneva
Ulrich Mayerhöffer, Arxada AG

Inorganic & Coordination Chemistry
Kasper S. Pedersen, Technical University of Denmark
Pierdomenico Biasi, Casale SA

Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Maude Giroud, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Thomas Steinbrecher, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
Joseph Schoepfer, Novartis Pharma AG, Tim Schuhmann, Novartis AG
Carlos M. Martínez Viturro, J&J Innovative Medicine

Organic Chemistry
Wim Velema, Radboud University Nijmegen
Felix Flachsmann, Givaudan Schweiz AG

Physical Chemistry
Cornelia Meinert, Université Côte d'Azur
Gernot Hudin, Agilent Technologies (Schweiz) AG

Materials Chemistry
Renaud Nicolaÿ, ESPCI Paris
Ahmed Mahmoud, Chemspeed

 

Present your research findings and actively participate in the event.

Take the opportunity to participate actively in the event by giving a short talk or presenting a poster:

  • Apply for a short talk (15min) in one of the nine parallel sessions or a poster presentation after the registration by submitting your abstract.
  • If you like to contribute one of the nine 20min lectures to the Junior PI sessions (max 6 years after your PhD) please send your abstract quickly and easily as a PDF or Word file to info@scg.ch. Based on the submitted abstracts we will put together the topical sessions.

The application deadline has passed. The next Fall Meeting will take place in Fribourg on September 14, 2027.