Experts from more than 20 different branches of industry, particularly pharmaceutical and chemical attended mid-October, a workshop organized by the Swiss Chemical Society in collaboration with the Flow Chemistry Network Basel which took place at ILMAC Lausanne. The goal of this event was to bring together experts from industry and academia to initiate a national community on flow chemistry. 

In this kick-off meeting partners from industry (Pharma, Agro, Fine chemicals, flavours & fragrances) and academia discussed trends and developments in the emerging field of continuous processing. Under the topics “Innovate, Educate & Communicate and Collaborate” the goal is to create a Swiss community to better collaborate and educate future chemists. ChemTech with his strong industrial know-how and unique infrastructure is a valuable partner and will support this initiative with his expertise.

The wide range of this new section appears in a core team consisting of delegates from academic as well as industrial scientists with Claudio Battilocchio, Syngenta Crop Protecrtion in the lead and a core team occupied with:

Agnieszka Ladosz, Idorsia Pharmaceuticals
Sub group: CHIMIA column

Benjamin Martin, Novartis
Sub group: CHIMIA column

Nina Hartrampf, University of Zurich
Sub group: curricula for flow chemistry

Joerg Sedelmeier, F. Hoffmann-La Roche
Sub group: curricula for flow chemistry

Roger Marti, HEIA Fribourg
Sub group: SCS Seminar for Master and PhD students

Marc-Andre Mueller, DSM Nutritional Products
Sub group: SCS Seminar for Master and PhD students

Jacques Membrez, Givaudan
Sub group: flow chemistry symposium

Francesca Paradisi, University of Bern
Sub group: flow chemistry symposium

Christof Sparr, University of Basel
Sub group: flow chemistry symposium


Céline Wittwer, SCS
20.11.2020