The International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) was founded in 1949 by leading European and American electrochemists to serve the growing needs of electrochemistry. At that time, only a handful of scientists were members of the society – known as CITCE (Comité International de Thermodynamique et Cinétique Electrochimiques). Since then ISE has evolved and now comprises more than 2000 individual members, from more than 60 countries, and is organised in 39 Regional Sections. Both industrialised and developing countries from all five continents are represented. ISE is, therefore, a truly world-wide organisation. ISE is a non-profit-making organisation with its seat in Lausanne, Switzerland. The International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) is devoted to the advancement of electrochemical science and technology through the promotion of international contacts and the dissemination of scientific knowledge. For this ISE organises Annual Meetings and Spring Meetings which are held in different countries each year and which cover a wide range of current topics in fundamental and applied electrochemistry. The activities of ISE include the sponsoring of regional meetings, and of special meetings of limited participation devoted to particular subjects. A scientific journal, Electrochimica Acta, is edited by ISE and supplied to its members at a special rate. Individuals, non-profit organisations, industrial companies and learned societies may become members of ISE. The administration of ISE is done by an Executive Committee, periodically elected by all members. The Regional Representatives together with the Division Officers form the ISE Council which advises the Executive Committee. The scientific activities of ISE are grouped into Scientific Divisions. They are organised and co-ordinated by the Committee of Division Officers headed by the President Elect. Upon joining ISE each member indicates his/her divisional interests. The history of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) is described in a series of articles published in Volume 45 of Electrochimica Acta and available in the web site of the Society (http://www.ise-online.org/geninfo/history.php).
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ISE Executive Committee President A.R. Hillman, Leicester, UK (2009–2010) Representation of ISE. Chairperson of Executive Committee, Council and General Assembly President Elect M. Orazem, Gainesville, FL, USA (2009–2010) Chairperson of Committee of Division Officers (CDO) and of Advisory Board for Annual Meeting: Coordination of scientific program of Annual Meeting, supervision of Division Officers' activities. Immediate Past President C. Brett, Coimbra, Portugal (2009–2010) Chairperson of Executive Committee in the absence of the President, Co-ordinator of ISE Sponsored Meetings Vice Presidents E.J. Calvo, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2009–2011) Responsible for Corporate and Corporate Sustaining Members A. Hubin, Brussel, Belgium (2008–2010) Responsible for relations with other Societies R. McCreery, Edmonton, Canada (2009–2011) Responsible for ISE educational activities P. Novák, Villigen, Switzerland (2008–2010) Responsible for Regional Sections Secretary General S. Roscoe, Wolfville, Canada (2008–2010) General tasks Ensuring continuity and efficiency of scientific policy. Coordination of tasks of Vice Presidents. Identification of new developments in electrochemistry and possible new scientific and nonscientific activities. Scientific matters not handled by the President or President Elect. Tasks in collaboration with ISE Office Ensuring that constitution, bylaws, guidelines, schedules etc are observed. Preparation of Annual Reports. Collection of information for newsletters and coordination of actions Annual ISE Meetings Coordination of Meetings (Location, time, topics). Representative of Executive Committee and advisor to Local Organising Committees for nonscientific matters (Location, facilities, control of financial planning, schedule, publicity) Treasurer E. Ahlberg, Göteborg, Sweden (2008–2010) Responsible for the administration and the management of the assets and property of the Society, preparation of budgets and financial reports, financial planning, investment policy, supervision of financial matters of Annual ISE Meetings.
****************** Executive Secretary M. Musiani, Padova, Italy (2009–2013) Responsible for maintaining the ISE calendar, assisting with organising the business and financial arrangements for Annual and Spring Meetings, organising committee appointments, assisting the Secretary General with Society elections, recruiting new members, and co-ordinating Executive Committee meetings. Drafts ISE documents, acts as web page editor, maintains ISE archives and records, and serves as the contact person for members (particularly at ISE meetings).
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ANALYTICAL ELECTROCHEMISTRY Experimental and theoretical aspects of the analytical process in which electrochemistry has a role, including sample collection/processing, separation, and species identification and quantitation. Chair: S. Daniele, Past Chair: G. Inzelt, Chair Elect: A. Bond, Vice-Chairs: D. Mandler, C.S. Toh.
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BIOELECTROCHEMISTRY Aspects of electrochemistry and electroanalysis characterizing biological processes at the molecular level and relevant to the mechanisms of biological regulation of cells. Chair: L. Gorton, Past Chair: W. Schuhmann, Chair Elect: A. Kuhn, Vice-Chairs: E. Katz, W. Shin.
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ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE Experimental and theoretical aspects of electrochemistry in which the goal is the interconversion of energy between different forms or the storage of energy, including the processes themselves and materials used for these purposes. Chair: M. Winter, Past Chair: M. Mastragostino, Chair Elect: E. Frackowiak, Vice-Chairs: K.B. Kim, R. Kostecki.
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ELECTROCHEMICAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Aspects of materials science in which electrochemistry is part of the synthesis, processing, surface treatment, corrosion, characterization or modeling of new or existing materials, or in which electrochemistry is the user of such materials. Chair: T. Moffat, Past Chair: W. Kautek, Chair Elect: P. Schmuki, Vice-Chairs: Y. Fukunaka, M. Ryan.
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ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Experimental and theoretical aspects and applications of electrochemistry in which engineering issues play a significant role, including scale-up and reactor design. Chair: F. Walsh, Past Chair: C. Vayenas, Chair Elect: T. Homma, Vice-Chairs: A. Cornell, K. Bouzek.
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MOLECULAR ELECTROCHEMISTRY Aspects of organic and inorganic electrochemistry, in which the emphasis is on molecular processes, including the understanding of mechanism and the role of structure. Chair: C. Amatore, Past Chair: M. Opallo, Chair Elect:, J. Ludvik, Vice-Chairs: P. Mussini, M. Watanabe.
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PHYSICAL ELECTROCHEMISTRY Experimental, theoretical and computational aspects of electrochemistry, alone or in conjunction with other methods, relevant to interfaces and conductive media; this shall include physicochemical nature, structure and dynamics from the molecular to the macroscopic level. Chair: M. Koper, Past Chair: E. Leiva , Chair Elect: E. Savonova, Vice-Chairs: K. Murakoshi, Y. Tong.
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New Topics Committee The New Topics Committee identifies interesting and relevant scientific and technological subjects not covered by the ISE Divisions. It has tasks similar to those of a Division, except that it may have several and changing focuses. Chair: T. Matsue, Past Chair: D. Scherson; Chair Elect: H. Abruña
Regional Representatives Argentina:
M.E. Martins
2009-2011
2nd term
Austria:
W. Kautek
2010-2012
1st term
Belgium:
C. Buess-Herman
2010-2012
1st term
Brazil:
R. Rocha Filho
2009-2011
2nd term
Canada:
A. Chen
2010-2012
1st term
Chile:
M. S. Ureta
2010-2012
2nd term
China:
Z. Liu
2010-2012
1st term
Croatia:
S. Komorsky-Lovric
2009-2011
1st term
Czech Republic:
M. Hromadova
2010-2012
1st term
Denmark:
Q. Chi
2009-2011
2nd term
Estonia:
A. Jänes
2008-2010
1st term
Finland:
B. Wilson
2010-2012
1st term
France:
B. Tribollet
2009-2011
2nd term
Germany:
G. Wittstock
2009-2011
2nd term
Greece:
S. Bebelis
2010-2012
1st term
Hungary:
G. Lang
2008-2010
2nd term
Iran:
M. F. Mousavi
2010-2012
2nd term
Ireland:
E. Marsili
2010-2012
1st term
Israel:
O. Lev
2008-2010
1st term
Italy:
R. Seeber
2010-2012
2nd term
Japan:
H. Nishihara
2009-2011
1st term
Korea:
I.-H. Yeo
2010-2012
1st term
Lithuania:
R. Ramanauskas
2008-2010
1st term
Mexico:
M. Dávila-Jiménez
2009-2011
2nd term
Netherlands:
M. van Brussel
2010-2012
1st term
Norway:
S. Sunde
2010-2012
1st term
Poland:
P. Kulesza
2010-2012
2nd term
Portugal:
L.M. Abrantes
2009-2011
2nd term
Romania:
L. Muresan
2009-2011
1st term
Russia:
A. Nekrasov
2010-2012
2nd term
Serbia:
V. Jovic
2008-2010
2nd term
South Africa:
K. Ozoemena
2010-2012
1st term
Spain:
C. Müller
2008-2010
1st term
Sweden:
F. Björefors
2010-2012
1st term
Switzerland:
C. Comninellis
2010-2012
1st term
Ukraine:
O. Linyucheva
2010-2012
1st term
United Kingdom:
R. Dryfe
2008-2010
1st term
USA:
P. Vanysek
2009-2011
2nd term
Venezuela:
J. Mostany
2010-2012
1st term
Corporate and Corporate Sustaining Members of ISE Amararaja Batteries LTD, India Ametek – Advanced Measurement Technology, USA Apple Inc., USA Ashai Glass Co., LTD, Japan Ashai Kasei Chemicals Co. Ltd., Japan BASF AG, Abt. GCI/E, Germany Bio-Logic SAS, France Central Electrochemical Research Institute, India CIDETEC, Centre for Electrochemical Technologies, San Sebastián, Spain CNR - Istituto per l'Energetica e le Interfasi, Padova, Italy DECHEMA e.V., Germany Gamry Instruments, USA Johnson Controls Hybrid and Recycling GmbH, Germany Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Finland Metrohm Autolab BV, Utrecht, Netherlands Nissan Motor Co Ltd, Japan Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland Permascand AB, Sweden Sensolytics GmbH, Germany Shimadzu Corporation, Japan Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., Japan Technical Faculty Bor, Serbia Toshiba Corporation, Japan Toyota Central R&D Labs., Japan Valence Technology Inc., USA Zahner-Elektrik GmbH & Co KG, Germany
Co-operation with other Societies ISE is an associated organisation of IUPAC and has co-operation agreements with: - Bioelectrochemical Society - Chinese Society of Electrochemistry - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Galvano- und Oberflächentechnik (DGO) - Electrochemical Division of the Italian Chemical Society - Electrochemical Society of Japan - Electrochemistry and Electroanalytical Group of the Brazilian Chemical Society - Electrochemistry Group of the French Society of Chemistry - European Federation of Corrosion - Fachgruppe Angewandte Elektrochemie der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (Section of Applied Electrochemistry of the Society of German Chemists) - Korean Electrochemical Society - Sociedad Iberoamericana de Electroquimica - Sociedad Mexicana de Electroquimica - The Electrochemical Society
ISE AWARDS 2010 – Call for Applications and Nominations The International Society of Electrochemistry will attribute nine prizes to outstanding scientists and young researchers. Applications and nominations for the awards listed below are invited. • • • • • • • • •
Electrochimica Acta Gold Medal Tajima Prize Hans-Jürgen Engell Prize Oronzio and Niccolò De Nora Foundation Young Author Prize Oronzio and Niccolò De Nora Foundation Prize of ISE on Environmental Electrochemistry Oronzio and Niccolò De Nora Foundation Prize of ISE on Applied Electrochemistry Bioelectrochemistry Prize of ISE Division 2 Brian Conway Prize for Physical Electrochemistry Alexander Kuznetsov Prize for Theoretical Electrochemistry
Applications and nominations must be submitted to the ISE Office, via the respective submission sites, between February 1st and May 1st, 2010. Rules and links to the submission sites may be found at the address: http://www.ise-online.org/ awards/index.php
Why you should become an ISE member
There are many reasons for joining the International Society of Electrochemistry. Individual ISE members can obtain: • reduced subscription rates for the official journal of the Society (Electrochimica Acta) and several other important journals: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry Communications, Bioelectrochemistry, Corrosion Science, Journal of Power Sources, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, Electroanalysis and Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry. • reduced registration fees for ISE Meetings, • access to the “members restricted area” of the ISE website, • access to the full membership directory which contains the addresses of all the members of ISE, • support from the Millennium Fund and the Presidential Fund, • updated information on ISE activities. Young members can apply for the Electrochimica Acta Travel Awards for Young Electrochemists. ISE members participate fully in the Society’s activities which are aimed at advancing electrochemical science and technology, disseminating scientific and technological knowledge, promoting international cooperation in electrochemistry, and maintaining a high professional standard among its members.
How to become an ISE member Becoming an ISE member is simple: you will find a Membership Application Form on the Society web site (at the address: http://members.ise-online.org/members/new_members.php), which you can fill in and submit online. In the application form you will have to select up to three Divisions and indicate two sponsoring ISE members. Should it be difficult for you finding these sponsors, please write to the Executive Secretary of the Society Dr. M. Musiani, e-mail:
[email protected]. The membership fee for the calendar year 2010 is 40 Euro (10 Euro for age below 30). Once your application is accepted, the ISE Office will contact you for the payment of the Membership dues.
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