ConfChem Conference on A Virtual Colloquium to Sustain and Celebrate IYC 2011 Initiatives in Global Chemical Education: An Introduction to the International Year of Chemistry

Abstract

This contribution discusses the ideas, goals, and events leading to declaration by the United Nations General Assembly of 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry. Also described is the IUPAC management structure that supported fundraising and the three cornerstone events. This communication summarizes one of the invited papers to the ConfChem online conference A Virtual Colloquium to Sustain and Celebrate IYC 2011 Initiatives in Global Chemical Education, held from May 18 to June 29, 2012 and hosted by the ACS DivCHED Committee on Computers in Chemical Education (CCCE) and the IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education.