INTRODUCING THE American Chemical Society Hungary Chapter

Presenters: Prof. Andrs GuttmanProf. Attila E. PavlthProf. Tams KissProf. Ferenc DarvasDr. Gyrgy DormnIldik KovcsLszl Lengyel

IntroductionAndrs GuttmanPresident

About the Chapter65 membersEstablished in 2003 by Attila Pavlaths encouragement, past president of ACS

Overview I.Attila Pavlath: International ACS chapters; first days of the Hungarian chapter; the original goals and his member recruitment efforts; Milestones in Chemistry initiative and exhibition seriesTams Kiss: programs of the Chapter, Building of connections with societies; International Year of Chemistry program; presence at conferencesFerenc Darvas: connections with ACS and with famous Hungarian scientists in the US; ACS-HU sponsored symposia dubbed as FROST

Overview II.Andrs Guttman: current programs of the Chapter; ACS-HU Csaba Horvath Memorial Lectureship; plans for the following yearsGyrgy Dormn: tradition of chemical sciences in HungaryIldik Kovcs and Lszl Lengyel: contribution of young members and how the Chapter supports young chemists

Mission StatementMission: promote the dissemination of chemistry and related fields to facilitate interfacing between the public and academia/industryprovide forums to address challenges in chemistry and related fieldsutilize the experience and networks of the chapter members coming from industry, academia, and regulatory bodies

Vision StatementVision:ACS-HC is a premier non-profit scientific society facilitating the interaction among industry and academic professionals in chemistry and related fields

HOW THE CHAPTER WAS BORN!Attila E. Pavlath ACS PRESIDENT, 2001(Attila@pavlath.org)

Statue of Albert von Szent-GyrgyiMilestones in Chemistry around Hungary

TECHNOLOGY MILESTONES FROM THE CHEMISTS VIEW This Exhibition is a processed version of the gallery `Technological Milestones,prepared by members of the American Chemical Society under the chairmanship of professor Attila Pavlath.

The Exhibition was made in 2007at the Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Szeged, HungaryByNora Rideg, undergraduate student,Supervised byVeronika Nemeth, assistant professor

The Exhibition was sponsored by the

Hungarian Chemical Society (MKE)

and by the American Chemical Society

Easily Portable 32-poster DisplayAmharic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Danish,Estonian, Finnish, French. German,Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian. Polish, Portuguese, Punjab, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish,Ukrainian

italic ones indicate almost finished status

Starting ActivitiesTams KissFirst President of ACS-HU

First YearsFinding a place to the Chapter among other communitiesMake it legitim and publicIntroductory Section in the Annual Conference of the Hungarian Chemists

Chemical Landmark Project1993-1995Translation to Hungarian, make it visually more professional for pupilsCollaboration with University of Szeged and the Hungarian Chemical Society poster exhibition

1st National Conference on ChemistryPoster award from IUPAC at the 1st National Conference on Chemistry in 2011 -> Attila Pavlaths talk

International ActivitiesFerenc DarvasPast Chairman of the ACS Hungary Chapter (2005 2010)

Goalsfostering the relationships between the ACS and the Hungarian scientific communityturning the attention towards innovation and new emerging areas of chemistry

Dr. E. Ann NalleyPresident of ACSDr. Tamara Nameroff

Prof. Jay SiegelProf. Richard R. SchrockDr. Yvonne C. MartinInvited lecturersProf. Barry Karger

Hungarian and International Symposia The Day of Chemistry 2005FROST (Frontiers in Organic Chemistry) Short Course series in BudapestEnabling Chemistry Technologies 2007Progress in Flow Chemistry - 200920072009

Csaba Horvth Memorial LectureshipProf. Barry Karger with Andrs GuttmanLecture:

New Approaches to Protein Structure Analysis for the Life Sciences and Biotechnology

Next lectureship presentation: 2012

Lectures and Yearly DinnersComputer Assisted Molecular Design: Lead Hopping with ConfidenceDr. Yvonne C. Martin

Strategic Objectives- Bring the right topics to the table utilizing our unique knowledge of all fields in chemistry.- Propagate forums to meet needs/challenges in chemistry and related fields.- Nurturing scientists, teachers, students, user/technicians and technology.- Providing opportunities for interaction between industry, students, regulatory, etc.- Conduct efficient, professional, fiscally responsible operations.- Develop communications strategies to enable exchange and dissemination of information via our website.- Establish a culture that supports the professional growth of our members.

FinancialsGyrgy DormnTreasurer of the Chapter

Hungarian born Nobel Laureates related to ChemistryGeorge C. de Hevesy,(Stockholm) Nobel Laureate, 1943 Pioneer of radiotracersGeorge A. Olah(Univ. Southern California)Nobel Laureate, 1994

Discovery and application of carbocationsAlbert von Szent-Gyrgyi (Univ. Szeged, Nobel Laureate, in Physiology or Medicine, 1937)(later at Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA)

Discovery and isolation of Vitamine C

Other famous Hungarian chemists having achievements in the USA Prof. Csaba Horvth (Yale)(1930 2004)

Inventor of high performance liquid chromatography, 1965Gabor A. Somorjai (UC Berkeley)(1935)

Father of Surface chemistry

Young ScientistsIldik KovcsLszl Lengyel

Hungary and Young Scientists I.Young Scientist Poster Award on FROST2 2009

Hungary and Young Scientists II.Lifelong LearningHungary

SummaryCultivate the good relationship between chemists in the US and Hungary,Help make ACS more known and to organize ACS courses, workshops, conferences in Hungary,Make the Society more recognized and popular among Hungarian chemists worldwide,Make the activity of ACS more known among Hungarian chemists and that of the Hungarian partner organization among Hungarian chemists living in the US,Represent the scientific interests of Hungarian chemists living temporarily in the US,Spread/distribute/translate ACS publications in Hungary.

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