Society of Chemical Industry

The Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) is a learned society set up in 1881 "to further the application of chemistry and related sciences for the public benefit".^[1] Its purpose is "Promoting the commercial application of science for the benefit of society". Its first president was Henry Enfield Roscoe and its first secretary was George E. Davis. Other noted chemists associated with the society are William Perkin, Rudolph Messel, Ludwig Mond, Leo Baekeland, Sir Eric Rideal, Charles F. Chandler, Richard Seligman, Hamilton Young Castner, George Thomas Beilby, Henry Edward Armstrong, William Ramsay, Viscount Leverhulme, Charles Tennant, and Leslie Lampitt.

Offices

The headquarters is in Belgrave Square, London, but there are also offices in the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Aims

The Society aims to promote links between scientists and industrialists, and does so through technical and business interest groups and international and regional groups, and by running some 50 conferences, seminars and lectures a year.

SCI also aims to inform government decision-making relating to science and industry. A paper urging further action on science education to protect future of UK economic health produced by SCI members in response to the closure of the Chemistry department at the University of Sussex gained newspaper coverage in the UK.^[2]

Events

SCI organises over 50 conferences and events per year which are focused around stimulating and informative scientific and special interest subjects. These are primarily organised through SCI member-led technical and regional interest groups.^{[citation needed]}

SCI runs free Public Evening Lectures.^[3]

Technical Interest Groups

SCI's Technical Interest Groups comprise:

BioResources	Environment	Lipids
Biotechnology	Fine Chemicals	Macro Group UK
The British Carbon Group	Fire Chemistry	Materials Chemistry
Colloid and Surface Chemistry	Food	Process Engineering
Construction Materials	Science and Enterprise
Health & Safety	Separation Science and Technology
Electrochemical Technology	Horticulture	Young Chemists' Panel

International Groups

International Groups comprise:

America

Australia

Canada

Regional Interest Groups

Regional Interest Groups in the UK comprise:

Bristol and South West	All Ireland	Scotland
Cambridge and Great Eastern	Liverpool and North West	Thames and Kennet
Chinese UK	London	Yorkshire and the Humber
East Midlands

Journals

The society publishes a number of peer-reviewed scientific journal in conjunction with Wiley-Blackwell:

• Pest Management Science^[4]
• Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture^[5]
• Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology^[6]
• Polymer International^[7]
• Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining^[8]
• Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology^[9]

Chemistry & Industry

SCI also publishes the fortnightly magazine Chemistry & Industry.^[10]

Awards

The Society has a number of awards, including the Levinstein Memorial Award to persons who have made significant contributions in the field of chemical technology.^[11]

References

1. ^ "Society of Chemical Industry". http://www.soci.org/About-Us/About-SCI. 
2. ^ MacLeod, Donald (2006-03-13). "Concern over chemistry course closure". Guardian Unlimited. http://education.guardian.co.uk/universitiesincrisis/story/0,,1730055,00.html. 
3. ^ http://www.soci.org/News/SCI-Public-Lectures Public Evening Lectures
4. ^ "Pest Management Science". http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1526-4998. 
5. ^ "Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture". http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1097-0010. 
6. ^ "Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology". http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1097-4660. 
7. ^ "Polymer International". http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1097-0126. 
8. ^ "Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining". http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1932-1031/. 
9. ^ "Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology". http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2152-3878/. 
10. ^ "Chemistry & Industry". http://www.soci.org/Chemistry-and-Industry. 
11. ^ "Levinstein Memorial Award, 2009". Society of Chemical Industry. http://www.soci.org/News/Awards-Levinstein-Gordon. Retrieved 16 December 2009. 

External links

• Official website