Speakers of Welcome Addresses
High ranking representatives from Politics, Industry, Trade Unions and Academia will be welcoming you at the Opening of the MEDICHEM Congress 2011:
We have the honour to announce the following notabilities to give a welcome address at the official Opening Ceremony with Reception on Thursday, 2 June 2011, 7 p.m. at the congress venue (please follow the links in the speakers list at the right side of this page for more information on each dignitary):
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Prof. Dr. Peter Frankenberg The Minister of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
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Dr. Eggert Voscherau Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
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Michael Vassiliadis President of the Industrial Union of Mining, Chemical and Energy (IG BCE), Hannover, Germany |
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Dr. Eckart Würzner Lord Mayor of the City of Heidelberg, Germany |
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Prof. Dr. Heidi Foth Director of the Institute of Environmental Toxicology Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle / Saale, Germany |
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Dr. Gerd Romanowski Executive Director of the Chemical Industry Association (VCI), Frankfurt, Germany |
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Prof. Dr. Alfred M. Thiess Founder and Honorary President of MEDICHEM Ludwigshafen, Germany Member of the Organizing and of the Scientific Committee of MEDICHEM 2011 |
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Thomas Köhler Managing Director BG RCI (Berufsgenossenschaft Rohstoffe und Chemische Industrie; German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Raw Materials and Chemical Industry, formerly BG Chemie), Heidelberg, Germany Member of the Organizing Committee of MEDICHEM |