A special occasion: The 10th SEC Annual Meeting of Senior Expert Chemists (SEC) took place in Bayreuth from May 4th to 6th, 2026. The Conference motto was " Shaping the Future with Chemistry." In 2026, SEC celebrated its 20th anniversary, and this year's event was particularly special in Bayreuth. With almost 250 participants, the Conference was very well attended. The scientific program and the social program can be found on the official GDCh website (gdch.de/sec2026). be viewed.
A highlight of the program was the lecture by Ben Feringa (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016) before our gala evening on May 5, 2026, on "From Molecular Machines to Photopharmacology." The lecture took place in the large chemistry lecture hall at the University of Bayreuth and was attended by approximately 570 people.
Numerous volunteers from JCF Bayreuth took care of the organization and moderated the presentations. A heartfelt thank you to them as well!
This time we opted for a Conference in southern Germany. This Conference , too, was able to take place "all under one roof" at the Arvena Hotel in downtown Bayreuth.
The supporting program included:
Pathways to a greenhouse gas-neutral chemistry of the future, Ferdi Schüth, MPI for Coal Research
You're never too old for nano: Nanobuilding blocks for the medicine of tomorrow, Katharina Landfester, MPI for Polymer Research
Circular economy: from the “self-driving” laboratory to fully recyclable cars, Peter Seeberger, MPI for Colloids and Interfaces
Circular and Non-Accumulating Plastics for Future Generations, Stefan Mecking, University of Konstanz
The Maillard reaction in the brewery and what brewer's yeast has in common with us, Thomas Henle, Technical University of Dresden
Evening lecture: Climate protection – from knowledge to age-appropriate action, Sebastian Seiffert, University of Mainz
Redox flow batteries: an alternative for electrochemical energy storage, Ulrich Schubert, University of Jena
Start-up: BioMagnetix, biomagnetic nanoparticles for medicine, Frank Mickoleit
Evening lecture: From molecular machines to photopharmacology, Ben Feringa, University of Groningen
Biophotonics – Light technologies for a long life, Jürgen Popp, University of Jena
When chemistry becomes tangible: Experiments as the key to understanding, Karsten Meyer, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Award of the GDCh Prize for Literature, Journalism and Science Communication to Verena Tang
Optoelectronics meets optoionics: Storing light with ions, Bettina Lotsch, MPI for Solid State Research
Healthy aging with natural substances from plants and microbes, Frank Petersen, formerly Novartis
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