Our Focus is the Economical Aspect of Science' Vereinigung fr Chemie

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Our Focus is the Economical Aspect of Science.
Vereinigung für Chemie Wirtschaft (VCW)
-Association for Chemistry EconomicsA Section
of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
February 11, 2007
Dr. Ulrich Sattler Degussa, Malmö ulrich.sattle
r_at_degussa.com
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Our focus is the economical aspect of science

• Vereinigung für Chemie Wirtschaft (VCW)
• We are chemists, engineers and service providers
  within the chemical and pharmaceutical industry,
  who have created a platform to discuss economic
  issues of their specific concern. Our parent
  organization, the GDCh (Gesellschaft Deutscher
  Chemiker) is one of the most important scientific
  associations in Europe.
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• As the established network for chemists and
  other employees in the chemical industry and
  related areas with focus on economical issues. We
  are in duty to
• build a forum of discussion for chemists with
  economy-oriented background
• create awareness inside the GDCh that it is
  necessary to find creative ways to deal with the
  development of the chemical and pharmaceutical
  industry in Europe and globally
• contribute to the ongoing discussion of market
  and technology development and to put forward our
  opinion as experts in science and economics to
  the public.

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We are the established network for chemists and
other employees in the chemical industry and
related areas with focus on economical issues
VCW a network at the interface between
Chemistry and Economics
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry
Chemists, Engineers, Economists
Chemistry-related Service Providers
Individuals with professional interest in
Chemistry Economics
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We organize activities, such as conferences,
workshops, training and seminars

• Conferences
• Future of the Chemical Industry at Merck KGaA
  in 2002
• The Chemical Industry as Innovation Engine for
  other Industries at BASF in 2003
• REACH Sustainable Chemistry at Bayer in 2004
• Management Buy-Out at Cognis in 2005
• Strategy of International Chemical Companies at
  Degussa in 2005
• German Biotech Value Creation at Infraserv
  Hoechst in 2005
• Skills for the Market at DECHEMA in 2006
• The Chemical Industry in CEE at BASF in 2006
• Biofuels at DECHEMA in 2006
• Workshops on topics such as Pricing / Trends in
  Manufacturing / Risk Management / Service
  Providers
• Symposia on the occasion of the GDCH conferences
• 2003 in Munich (Education in Chemistry)
• 2005 in Düsseldorf (Chemistry in Far-East)

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Structure organization
About 250 members (December 2006)

• Advisory Board
• Dr. Ulrich Buller, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
• Dr. John Feldmann, BASF
• Dr. Gunter Festel, FESTEL CAPITAL
• Dr. Christian Kohlpaintner, cfb Budenheim
• Dr. Alfred Oberholz, Degussa
• Dr. Richard Pott, Bayer
• Dr. Wolfgang Schnell, Dr. Schnell GmbH
• Walter Zywottek, Merck

• Elected Board
• Dr. Klaus Griesar, Merck (Chairman)
• Dr. Ulrich Sattler, Degussa (Deputy Chairman)
• Dr. Markus Gerle, IDS-Scheer
• Prof. Dr. Ali Hassan, TU Berlin
• Dr. Thorsten Löhl, Cognis
• Dr. Bernhard Nick, BASF
• Dr. Carsten Schaffer, Merck

• Core-Team (supporting)
• Dr. Klaus Alberti, Infraserv
• Dr. Gerd Backes, Sigma Aldrich)
• Dr. Michael Baumann, Sanofi-Aventis
• Dr. Holger Bengs, Biotech Consulting
• Dr. Peter Brinkmann, Burgmann Industries

• Dr. Andreas Förster, Dechema
• Prof. Dr. Rolf Jakobi, FH Ludwigshafen
• Dr. Claudio Jösch, Hewlett-Packard
• Dr. Henrik Kelz, Euroforum
• Steffen Rüdiger, ADL

General Meeting of Members
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Contact
Internet www.gdch-chemiewirtschaft.de E-mail ul
rich.sattler_at_degussa.com info_at_gdch-chemiewirtschaf
t.de