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Committee on Chemistry and Industry (COCI)

This Committee is the Union's link with the IUPAC Company Associates and the industrial community.

> COCI Corner
> News and technical reports
____- New CAs from UK (Jan 06)
____- New CAs from Kuwait (Nov 05)
____- Responsible Care in Canada (Mar 05)

> Company Associates

> Safety Training Program

Projects
List of projects
Reports of Activities

2008
> Strategy Meeting, Marl, Germany, 26-27 April 2008
- - agenda (pdf file - 47KB)
- - minutes (pdf file - 35KB)

2007
> Annual Meeting, IUPAC General Assembly, Torino, Italia, 6-7 August 2007
- - agenda (pdf file - 22KB)
- - minutes (pdf file - 23KB)

> Biennial Report 2006-2007 (pdf file - 60KB)

> Strategy Meeting, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, UK, 26-27 April 2007
- - agenda (pdf file - 22KB)
- - minutes (pdf file - 17KB)

2006
> Annual Report 2006 (pdf file - 55KB)

> Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 20-21 July 2006
- - agenda (pdf file - 60KB)
- - minutes (pdf file - 26KB)

> Strategy Meeting, IUPAC Secretariat, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA, 20-22 April 2006
- - agenda (pdf file - 44KB)
- - minutes (pdf file - 21KB)

2005
> Beijing, 15 August 2005
- - minutes (part 1: doc file - 1MB; part 2: doc file - 1016KB)
- - STP workshop (Wed, 17 Aug)

> Biennial Report 2004-2005 (pdf file - 46KB)

> Strategy Meeting, Oxford, UK, 10-12 April 2005
- - minutes and documentation (part 1: doc file - 1.32MB; part 2: doc file - 652KB; part 3: doc file - 958KB)

2004
> Annual Report 2004 (pdf file - 13KB)

> Annual Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 9-11 May 2004
- - agenda and documentation (doc file - 992KB)

> Strategy Meeting, Farnham, UK, 2-3 Feb 2004
- - agenda (pdf file - 14KB) and minutes (pdf file - 26KB)

2003
> Ottawa, August 2003
- - COCI schedule
- - minutes (pdf file - 42KB)
- - Notes and Summary on the Safety Training Program Workshop and Poster Session (pdf file - 16KB)

> Biennial Report 2002-2003 (pdf file - 13KB)

2002
> Annual Meeting, Sundsvall, Sweden, 8 June 2002
- - COCI Meeting (pdf file - 123KB)
- - Preliminary Meeting on Chemical Education (pdf file - 62KB)
- - Preliminary Meeting on Safety (pdf file - 55KB)

2001
> Meeting in Brisbane, Australia, 3 July 2001 - minutes
> Biennial Report 1999-2001 (pdf file - 15KB)
> Biennial Report 1997-1999 (pdf file - 8KB)

Terms of Reference
  1. To advise the President and Executive Committee of the potential impact on IUPAC programs of trends and developments in the international chemical industries, including pharmaceutical, agrochemical and related industries. Also, to advise on options and actions by which IUPAC could become more attractive to increased participation by scientists in industry.
  2. In collaboration with National Adhering Organizations, to develop and maintain an active program to recruit, guide and inform Company Associates on IUPAC programs and policies. To convey to IUPAC management at all levels relevant information from Company Associates that may assist in developing IUPAC programs and projects.
  3. To develop liaisons with (a) national and international associations that represent industries based on the chemical sciences; (b) national and regional chemical societies; and (c) international bodies such as UNESCO and UNIDO.
  4. In cooperation with other IUPAC bodies, to initiate and maintain a portfolio of projects with implications for industry and to help develop good relations between IUPAC and industry. To advise IUPAC bodies on the potential for participation and/or funding of relevant projects by industry and to coordinate overtures to industry on such funding
Composition and Terms of Office
(i) There shall be a standing Committee on Chemistry and Industry, composed of a Chairman, a Secretary, six other Titular Members and up to six Associate Members. In addition, each NAO representing a country having more than one Company Associate may propose a National Representative to COCI. By mutual agreement, two or more NAOs in a given geographic region that has more than three Company Associates may jointly propose a National Representative from that region.

(ii) The President, in consultation with the Executive Committee, shall appoint the Chairman, the Secretary, the Members and the National Representatives. The President may, at his option, designate one of the Titular Members as Vice-Chairman. Candidates may be proposed by the Committee on Chemistry and Industry and by National Adhering Organizations having Company Associate programs.

(iii) The period of service for all categories of Members and National Representatives shall be four years, renewable for a further term of four years.

(iv) The Membership shall be reviewed every two years by the incoming President, in consultation with the Executive Committee.

(v) The sum of the years of service as a Member and as the Chairman or the Secretary shall not exceed ten years.