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Report on the general meeting
of the GDCh division for solid state chemistry and Solid-State Chemistry and Materials Research
on September 20, 2010 in Berlin

The chairman of the specialist group, Prof. Bensch, welcomes the participants and opens the meeting.

1. Report of the section presidents
2nd lecture conference of the division 2012
3. Further conferences

As an introduction, Prof. Bensch informs about future specialist group events:

?Chemistry creates new structures? is the motto of the GDCh Science Forum next year from September 4th to 7th in Bremen. Here the division again with its own lecture session on the subject of Nanomaterials. The board of directors also discussed the implementation of a further session, for example in cooperation with the Wöhler Association.

Fortunately, Prof. Albert has agreed to host the 16th conference the previous day in Darmstadt in 2012. The date will be announced to all section members early next year.

4. Working division/ promotion of young talent

In order to promote young academics in particular, the working groups and their respective contacts within the division advanced training events on special topics. The working group ?Theory and Solids? headed by Prof. Grin has been particularly active in recent years with its events on the subject of ?Electron Localizability and Analysis of Chemical Bonding? at the MPI for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden. Dr. Christian Näther is offering a further training event on the subject of ?thermal analysis methods? next year. Further training courses are being planned. From the auditorium comes the wish, due to the great need for further training among employees from industry, to offer an advanced training course that is specifically geared to the interests of employees from industry.

As an additional instrument for promoting young talent, the best presentation (lecture and / or poster) will be awarded a cash prize for the first time at this year's conference .

In the current year, the division approved grants for doctoral students who have actively participated in an international conference with a contribution. Note: The guidelines for awarding grants to from the home page of the division under www.gdch.de/festkoerperchemie be downloaded.

5. Miscellaneous

Membership
The number of members has risen continuously over the past few years. As of September 1, the division has the highest number of members to date with 783 members.

Working Party (WP) on Solid State Chemistry of EuCheMS
As one of the three chairmen, Prof. Jansen informed about the new Working Party on Solid State Chemistry, which was brought into being by EuCheMS - as a preliminary stage of a later Division of Solid State Chemistry. Further chairs are Prof. Antoine Maignan, Caen / F, and Prof. Paul Attfield, Edinburgh / UK. The aim is to bundle the visibility of the subject at European level, for example through joint conferences, and to improve communication and networking between national groups.

Magazines
Prof. Jansen draws attention to the large number of science journals and appeals to the members, through mutual support, to promote their own journals by submitting the best work. These journals and their reputation thrive on the quality of the work submitted there. He also points out that citations and impact factor are not always synonymous with scientific performance.

Prof. Bensch closes the meeting with an express thanks to his predecessor, Prof. Albert, for the diverse specialist group activities carried out with great dedication and equally great success in the past term of office. Furthermore, he would like to thank Prof. Lerch for his great commitment in the preparation and implementation of this year's conference.

Chair of division For the Report

signed Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Bensch signed. Ulrike Bechler, GDCh headquarters

Frankfurt am Main, October 18, 2010
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General Assembly 2008 (Bayreuth)

Participants: 60 professional group members

1. Report of the section presidents

The Chair of the Section, Professor Albert, welcomed the participants and opened the meeting. All members of the specialist group received the invitation to the general meeting with the program for this year's conference.

Looking back, Professor Albert summarizes the main specialist group activities since the last general meeting in Aachen in 2006:

At the GDCh Science Forum 2007, the division with three lecture blocks, which were very popular with the participants. Particularly noteworthy in Ulm were the two awards to Prof. Martin Jansen, Stuttgart, for the Karl Ziegler Prize and Prof. Wolfgang Schnick, Munich, for the Wilhelm Klemm Prize.

An important concern of the division is the promotion of young scientists. In 2007, six applications for travel allowances were approved by young members who actively participated with a poster or a lecture at an international conference . Note: The allocation guidelines for travel grants can be downloaded from the division website at www.gdch.de/festkoerperchemie.

At the invitation of the GDCh President, an annual meeting of the section chairpersons takes place, in which a strengthening of the section cooperation and, with the specialist expertise of the sections, strategies and measures to promote the overall scientific competence of the GDCh are discussed.

Finally, Professor Albert points out the membership of the division , which has seen a gratifying increase in recent years, especially in the number of young members. As of September 1, the division around 700 members.

Note: sent to all Section members in March this year detailed report can be found on the homepage of the division under www.gdch.de/festkoerperchemie.

2. conferences

2.1: GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2009, Frankfurt, August 30th to September 2nd, 2009
Topic: "Living safely with chemistry - today and tomorrow"
The division will also take part in the GDCh Science Forum Chemistry next year with two lecture blocks. An event on the subject of "Solid State Chemistry and Catalyst Research" will take place on Monday afternoon under the direction of Prof. Grin and Prof. Ruck. The second block of lectures on Tuesday afternoon under the direction of Prof. Albert and Prof. Janek deals with the main topic of the Science Forum, the topic of "Living safely with materials".

2.2: European Conference on Solid State Chemistry 2009, Münster, September 20-23, 2009
Dr. Nilges gives an overview of the preliminary structure of the conference with the main topics. Current information on the conference and the first circular with the option to register for contributions can be found on the conference website.

2.3: Lecture conference of the division in 2010
The members present agree unanimously by acclamation to the proposal of the board to hold the 2010 lecture conference in Berlin. We kindly ask you to announce the date of the conference in good time. Prof. Lerch and Prof. Ressler have agreed to organize the conference .

2.4: 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress 2010, Nuremberg, August 29 to September 2, 2010
The representation of the specialist groups at the European chemistry congresses - after Budapest this year in Turin -, as Prof. Albert reports, has so far received little or no attention. In accordance with the wish of the GDCh headquarters, the division has made a proposal for a series of lectures on "Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage" for the 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress 2010, which may be found in a parallel session consideration. The organizing committee has not yet made a final decision.

2.5 Shirt sleeve colloquium from March 5th to 7th in Marburg
Prof. Harbrecht points to the ?HÄKO? in Marburg in the coming year with the wish for a lively participation; Donations to cover travel expenses are also welcome.

3. Working division/ promotion of young talent

One of the most important tasks of the working groups is the implementation of advanced training events for young scientists. The working group theory and solids led by Prof. Grin carried out the following events this year with financial support from the division :
January 23-25, 2008: Advanced Processing for Novel Functional Materials
July 26-31, 2008: 16th International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements

The traditional event "Electron Localizability and Analysis of Chemical Bonding" from March 29th to April 1st and a workshop from October 26th to 29th with the topic "DFT meets Solid State Chemistry - 8th Workshop Hands are planned for the coming year -on-FPLO ".

The solid-state analysis working group, headed by Professor Ressler, is organizing a further training event on the subject of "X-ray spectroscopy" this coming winter and an additional event in spring 2008 on the subject of "solid state analysis". The working group on Nanomaterials , headed by Prof. Feldmann, is organizing a doctoral seminar in February of next year.

As already mentioned under Item 1, the division awards grants to students and doctoral candidates who actively participate in international conferences with a poster or a lecture. The awarding of the best posters on the occasion of the lecture conference is seen as an important additional instrument for promoting young talent.

Once again this year, the division awards the prize donated by the HC Starck company in the field of Solid-State Chemistry and Materials Research for an outstanding doctoral thesis. Due to the high quality of the submitted work, it was particularly difficult for the review panel to make a selection.

4. Miscellaneous

Publications in the "Nachrichten aus der Chemie"
As authors for the annual review 2008, Dr. Martin Wilkening (Hanover), Dr. Peer Schmidt (Dresden) and Dr. Angela Möller (Cologne). In addition, Professor Armin Reller, Augsburg, will, at the request of the GDCh President Professor Jahn, who will be in office until the end of 2007, make a contribution to the subject of ?Raw Material Change?.

Prof. Albert closes the meeting with express thanks to Professor Josef Breu and Professor Jürgen Senker for their particularly great commitment in holding this year's conference.

Chair of division For the Report

signed Prof. Dr. Barbara Albert signed Ulrike Bechler
GDCh headquarters