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Why do chemists join the GDCh? What have they learnt at the GDCh and what do they enjoy most here? Eight of our more than 28,000 members explain in our video (published in March 2022).
A welcome video for all new members of the GDCh, created by the JCF. The most important questions about membership, offers and benefits are clarified here. What are specialist groups and how can I join them? What events are there specifically for young members who are studying or training? And where can I find further information and contact details? (published in June 2022)
The GDCh working group "Chemistry is..." asked passers-by on the Zeil in Frankfurt. The answers ranged from "ewww" to "lots of numbers and formulas", "my passion", "dangerous" and "much better than physics", from which the working group made a funny film. Take a look. The "Chemistry is..." working group is part of the Chemistry & Society working group.
At the suggestion of GDCh members, the GDCh board and management commissioned a 35mm colour film about August Kekulé in 1963. The estimated cost of the production was DM 350,000, which was raised with generous donations from the three largest German chemical companies at the time, BASF, Bayer and Hoechst. The result was a 17-minute film entitled "Mr Kekulé, I don't know you". In May 1966, the film was awarded the rating "particularly valuable" by the film rating board. And it was the only German short film (running time 20 minutes) to be selected by the Joint Committee for the Berlinale XVI. After many years in a box in the GDCh archive, the film was digitised in 2017.
Among the highlights of the GDCh Science Forum Chemistry 2019 in Aachen were the three plenary symposia on the topics of Fascination Chemistry (Monday), Molecular Design (Tuesday) and Resources (Wednesday). Here you can find the videos of the plenary lectures, the opening event and the panel event "Arbeitswelt 4.0". We have also put together a summary of the complete WifFos 2019 with text, photos and tweets. (Photo: GDCh, Christian Augustin)
As part of our 150th anniversary celebrations, the Science Forum took place in Berlin in 2017, which was opened with a festive event in the presence of Federal Education Minister Prof Johanna Wanka. This video (20 minutes) summarises the highlights of the opening ceremony at the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt, which lasted several hours. You can find the celebratory speech by Roald Hoffmann (49 minutes) in full length here.
In addition, we have created a summary of the complete WiFos 2017 with text and photos (Photo: GDCh, Christian Augustin).
What do food chemists do? A film project by the AG Junge LebensmittelchemikerInnen provides answers to this question:
The Podcast "Alles Chlor" of the JCF (JungesChemieForum) can be found on the websites of the JCF and in the GDCh.app in the category "Podcast: All things chlorine"