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Commonwealth Chemistry, the Federation of Commonwealth Chemical Sciences Societies, is delighted to announce that the inaugural Commonwealth Chemistry Congress (CCC) will take place online from 18-20 May 2021.

The Commonwealth is a uniquely diverse group of nations with shared values and a powerful voice. It represents all corners of the globe with a population of 2.4 billion and includes both advanced economies and developing countries. It is home to 12% of the world’s researchers and accounts for around 10% of global research and development expenditure. With an estimated 60% of its population under the age of 30, the Commonwealth is set to play an ever more important role in the world’s future – a future that will present many challenges where science can identify solutions.

Bringing together chemists from across the Commonwealth under the banner of equality for all, the Commonwealth Chemistry Congress will promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), strengthen scientific capacity, inspire and elevate the role of the chemical sciences to society and policy makers, and celebrate achievements in chemistry. Representatives from chemical societies across the Commonwealth will join high level stakeholders from academia, industry and government at this meeting. The Congress will have a strong focus on early career chemists across the Commonwealth, with the aim of furthering their career development, enabling joint research and education activities, and providing networking opportunities to share research outputs. 

The Congress programme includes panel discussions on the importance of the role of the Commonwealth in overcoming the SDGs and career pathways together with scientific sessions featuring high profile speakers in the following themes:

  • Biodiversity and Natural Products
  • Energy and Materials
  • Food and Agriculture
  • Green Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Water and Environmental Chemistry

Registration is free and places are limited – Register now to be part of this unique and exciting Congress

Please note this event is only open to those currently residing in a Commonwealth country, or those who are Commonwealth nationals.

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PROGRAMME

The 1st Commonwealth Chemistry Congress offers a unique programme to engage with a Commonwealth network from across the breadth of the chemical sciences. In addition to panel discussions on career pathways for early career chemists and the importance of the Commonwealth’s role in achieving the SDGs, the programme includes networking opportunities and scientific sessions on the following themes:

  • biodiversity and natural products
  • energy and materials
  • food and agriculture
  • green chemistry and catalysis
  • health and wellbeing
  • water and environmental chemistry

Sessions are divided into 3 parts and each one is being run twice to enable attendees from across the Commonwealth to be able to attend a live session each time, additionally there will be a dedicated networking session to bring together those in Canada, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific who will not be together at any other point during the programme:

SessionSession 1 date and time (GMT)Session 2 date and time(GMT)
Chemistry and the Commonwealth18 May – 07:00 – 09:3018 May – 15:00 – 17:30
Scientific sessions19 May – 07:00 – 10:0019 May – 15:00 – 18:00
Career Conversations20 May – 07:00 – 09:0020 May – 15:00 – 17:00
Networking for Canada and the Caribbean with Asia and the Pacific20 May – 01:00 – 02:00

REGISTRATION

Please note this event is only open to those currently residing in a Commonwealth country, or those who are Commonwealth nationals.

Registration is free to early career chemists from across the Commonwealth and includes:

  • attendance at the virtual scientific sessions
  • attendance at the virtual poster and networking sessions
  • attendance at a session focused on career pathways

Whilst this event is free to attend, registration is essential, as all attendees will be sent a unique log-in a few days before the event which will give them access to the event platform being used for this event.

The Royal Society of Chemistry is providing support to Commonwealth Chemistry by managing the registration process and registration is subject to their event booking terms and conditions.

SPEAKERS

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Johannes Awudza

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

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Jean Paul Brice Affana

Vital Actions for Sustainable Development, Cameroon

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Kelly Chibale

University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Simon Cook

Curtin University, Australia

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Cathy Crudden

Queen’s University, Canada

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Rupika Delgoda

University of the West Indies, Jamaica

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Michael Forde

University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

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Dawn Fox

University of Guyana, Guyana

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Judith Gobin

University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

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Steven Holdcroft

Simon Fraser University, Canada

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Emmanuel I. Iwuoha

University of the Western Cape, South Africa

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Marcel Jaspars

University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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Joon Ching Juan

University of Malaya, Malaysia

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Ishenkumba Kahwa

University of the West Indies, Jamaica

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Lakshmi Kantam Mannepalli

ICT Mumbai, India

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Bright Kwakye-Awuah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

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Alejandro Marangoni

University of Guelph, Canada

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Ishmael Masesane

University of Botswana, Botswana

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Sarah Masters

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

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Charles Midega

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya

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Romeela Mohee

Higher Education Commission, Mauritius

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G Mugesh

IIS Bangalore, India

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Deborah Nicoll-Griffith

EndoParagon Inc, Canada

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Nor Hadiani Ismail

UITM, Malaysia

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Catherine Ngila

African Academy of Sciences, Kenya

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Hebo Oika

University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea

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Priyani Paranagama

Sri Lanka

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Leontios Philotheou

Kyprianides & Associates, Cyprus

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Marina Resmini

Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

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Veena Sahajwalla

UNSW Sydney, Australia

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Karen Salt

UK Research and Innovation, United Kingdom

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Mahesh Sanganee

Evotek, United Kingdom

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Asel Sartbaeva

University of Bath, United Kingdom

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Rufus Sha’Ato

University of Agriculture Makurdi, Nigeria

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Nelson Torto

Botswana

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Ulric Trotz

Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belize

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Sandeep Verma

Indian Science and Engineering Research Board, India

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Richard D Webster

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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SCIENTIFIC ORGANISING COmmittee

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Sarah Masters (Chair)

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

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Michael Forde

University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

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James Awudza

Ghana

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Richard Catlow

United Kingdom

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Basil Marasinghe

Papua New Guinea

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Vincent Nyamori

South Africa

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Sourav Pal

India

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Ale Palermo

Commonwealth Chemistry, United Kingdom

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Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot

University of the West Indies, Jamaica

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Sarah Thomas

Commonwealth Chemistry, United Kingdom

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Rachel Thompson

Commonwealth Chemistry, United Kingdom

Sponsorship & supporting organisations

Bangladesh Chemical Society logo
Canadian Society for Chemistry logo
Chemical Research Society of India logo
Chemical Society of Nigeria logo
Chemical Society of the South Pacific logo
Ghana Chemical Society logo
Indian Chemical Society logo
Institut Kimia Malaysia logo
The Institute of Chemists Papua New Guinea logo
New Zealand Institute of Chemistry logo
Cariscience Logo
Chemical Society of Botswana logo
Institute of Chemistry Ceylon logo
Kenya Chemical Society logo
Royal Australian Chemical Institute logo
Pancyprian Union of Chemists logo
Singapore National Institute of Chemistry logo
Tanzania Chemical Society logo
South African Chemical Institute logo
The Chemical Society of Pakistan logo
Royal Society of Chemistry logo

Chemical Society of Zambia

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Commonwealth Chemistry Secretariat
Royal Society of Chemistry
Thomas Graham House,
Science Park,
Milton Road,
Cambridge,
CB4 0WF
UK