On Monday 16 July, Director General Ahmet Üzümcü gave the Institutional Address at the 22nd International Conference on Chemistry Education and the 11th European Conference on Research in Chemical Education in Rome, Italy. This was the first time that the two major Conferences on Chemical Education had taken place at the same time.
Read: The Director-General’s address at the conferences [PDF – 39 KB]
Chemical Education is constantly undergoing major changes and, in front of almost four hundred educators and academics, The Director General explained the importance that the OPCW places in ensuring that chemistry remains at the service of humanity and does not becomes its adversary. And, on the need to ensure that awareness of the Chemical Weapons Convention is promoted widely amongst the academic community