IFSCC Report 2016
2016 was an eventful year at the IFSCC. The US congress in Orlando was a great success and Amy Wyatt took up the reigns as President and our good friend Claudie Willemin became the new IFSCC editor. Roy Gardiner was re-elected as the Honorary Auditor of the IFSCC. A number of our members attended the Congress and voted on our behalf at the Council meeting. I thank them for their assistance.
During the year two countries in West Africa applied for membership to the IFSCC. This was good for Africa as previously South Africa was the only member country on the continent. As these two countries were going to be admitted to Zone 1( Europe) it was going to cause inconsistencies as South Africa was in Zone 2( Asia). Coschem had a council meeting and it was decided that we apply to the IFSCC to change Zones to that of other African countries. We now fall under Europe and will attend their meetings going forward. I would like to thank the Japanese Society for their support of South Africa and for their contribution to Zone 2.
They unselfishly hosted the Zone 2 meetings and the zone secretariat.
KOSMET is a continually updated database purely and uniquely focussed on cosmetic science and is of great value to researchers and development chemists. A lot of effort has gone into this database and is freely available to our members.
I would urge you to read the IFSCC Newsletters, the IFSCC Magazine and to visit the IFSCC website. The magazine is part of the IFSCC website and is available at no cost to all Coschem members.
Roy Gardiner IFSCC Hon Auditor