The SICS is a one-day symposium with lectures and short talks of industrial chemists working in R&D in Switzerland. The symposium offers a unique platform for industrial scientists to present their latest findings and to showcase successful initiatives to their colleagues and to academic community members that are interested in R&D.

With regards to the Covid-19 situation and the uncertainty to organize on-site events in October 2020, we decided to organize an online symposium and in average we had 130 participants joining one of the four sessions.

Flyer SICS'20

Winners of the Helvetica Best (virtual) Poster Award (CHF 200.00 each)

Yongpeng Liu, EPFL Lausanne
«Molecular Hydrogen Production Though Solar Water Splitting»
Luca Buzzetti, EPFL Lausanne
«Enantioselective Carboetherification/Hydrogenation for the Synthesis of Amino Alcohols via a Catalytically-Formed Chiral Auxiliary»
Zlatko Jončev, University of Basel
«Stereoselective Synthesis of Atropoisomeric Biaryls»

Runner-up Posters

This year we received mostly, if not only, outstanding posters which made the selection particularly complex. We therefore decided to recognize also 3 runner-up posters:

Alena Budinska, ETH Zurich
«Organocatalyzed Conjugate Addition Reactions of Aldehydes to Nitroolefins with Anti-Selectivity»

Manoj Ravi, ETH Zurich
«Lewis acidic aluminum in zeolites: addressing fundamental questions of industrial relevance»

Greta Vastakaite, ETH Zurich
«Catalytically Active Peptides For Conjugate Addition Reactions with C-substituted Maleimides»

Impressions from the SICS 2018 in Basel:

Feedback from previous events:

  • "Clever combination of various subjects ! Looking forward to the next edition..."
  • "Excellent opportunity for young scientists to get a "real feel" for what the actual state of industrial work is."
  • "Great event that everyone, academic and industrial chemists, students and potdocs, enjoyed. Excellent opportunity to strengthen interactions between universities and industry."
  • "An enjoyable event showcasing excellent examples of innovative chemistry in a wide variety of industrial settings."