e-Bürgenstock 2021: Presidents meet Young Fellows

The 55^th edition of the Bürgenstock Conference had to be cancelled in 2020 due to the eruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the current situation both in Europe and worldwide, with mandatory restrictions on holding physical events and on travel, has forced us to take the difficult decision of cancelling the 2021 edition as well.

e-Bürgenstock 2021

In the middle of what seems to be a dark period for us all, we are eager to lift each other’s spirits, and in particular, those of our young fellow colleagues that should have participated in the JSP program of both Bürgenstock conferences, 2020 and 2021.

Therefore we decided that an online event entitled “e-Burgenstock 2021: Presidents meet Young Fellows” has been held as a way to celebrate science and give the JSP fellows the opportunity to “virtually” meet and share their exciting discoveries with the most renowned members of the chemistry community.

To make this one-day virtual event even more unique, we have come up with a format in which the JSP fellows presentations was framed between four keynote lectures delivered by top-notch speakers. We  also organized stimulating discussion and poster sessions so that all participants enjoyed as close of an interaction as possible despite the limitations that virtual events entitle. Further, the spirit of Bürgenstock was maintained with a small musical “appetizer” at the end of the day.

About the Conference (in general)

The ‘SCS Conference on Stereochemistry’, better known as ‘Bürgenstock Conference’, is an outstanding international chemistry meeting of high scientific quality, with an optimal setting for intense inter-disciplinary discussion.

From 1965 to 2008, the venue of the conference was the Bürgenstock-Resort above the lake of Lucerne in Switzerland. Since 2009, the meetings have moved to another beautiful location on the shores of Lake Lucerne: the Seehotel Waldstätterhof Brunnen.

Stereochemistry is the principle underlying our understanding of the processes of life and the properties of matter at the molecular level. It is a key element not only in all chemical disciplines, but also in modern molecular biology, molecular medicine, biophysics, and material design. Accordingly, the ‘Bürgenstock Conference’ has grown over the years into a multi-disciplinary conference where frontier science is being discussed. Lectures cover many areas of chemistry and relevant highlights from neighboring disciplines.

Safe the Date in 2022

We are planning to hold the 2022 Bürgenstock Conference at the Hotel Waldstätterhof in Brunnen, Switzerland, from May 1 to 5, 2022.