KCS

On behalf of the organizing committee, it is my great honor and pleasure to welcome all my fellow chemists and participants to the 130th General Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society (KCS) held at the Gyeongju Hwabaek International Convention Center in Oct 19 (Wed) – 21 (Fri), 2022. This will be the first KCS General Meeting held in Gyeongju, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla, which boasts many beautiful, historic treasures and World Heritage Sites designated by UNESCO. I believe this KCS meeting will serve as a great opportunity for Korean and international scholars from all branches of chemistry to gather and talk about new advances and innovations made in the field of chemistry.

I am pleased to announce Professor Kimoon Kim’s plenary lecture at the 130 th General Meeting of the KCS, entitled “How Far Can We Push the Chemical Self-assembly?”. In this lecture, I believe Professor Kimoon Kim would share insights he attained serving as the Director of the IBS Center for Self-assembly and Complexity for the last 11 years. In addition, Professor Jong Hwa Jung of Gyeongsang National University will give an award lecture, entitled “Chiral Supramolecular Polymerization Accompanying a Helical Inversion and Morphology Transformation”, as the recipient of this year’s Ree Taikyue academic excellence award, the most prestigious award in the KCS.

In this KCS meeting, we have prepared exciting academic programs and exhibition events. There will also be a variety of special programs and social activities, which include the Tutorial session, entitled “Electrochemical Methods” and “Writing a Manuscript from title to Conclusion”, the IBS Symposium organized by the Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, the CAU-ERC symposium on Frontiers in Nanophotonics, and the protein design symposium entitled “Chemistry and AI: Application to Biology and Medicine”. In the KCS Editor’s symposium, 4 distinguished editors of ACS journals will give lectures and interact with participants of this meeting. I am happy to announce that we have increased the number of poster awards with newly establishing BKCS poster award. I hope all participants get the most out of the fall KCS meeting.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dongwoo Fine-Chem, who has been a sponsor of the KCS for 11 years. I would also like to thank Shimadzu Scientific Korea and the Gyeongju HICO for their financial support.

Finally, I would like to extend my gratitude to all KCS members and participants to this KCS meeting. I look forward to welcoming you all in Gyeongju!