Egyptian Society of Analytical Chemistry
Egyptian Society of Analytical Chemistry The co-operation between Egypt and the Working Party
of Analytical Chemistry (WPAC) of the Federation of European Chemical Societies
(FECS) started rather early in the year 1979 when I had the honor to be
nominated by the Egyptian Chemical Society and Cairo University to represent
Egypt as an observer in WPAC. As a chairman of the WPAC, Prof. H. Malissa
encouraged me to start a real scientific co-operation and we had many meetings
together with late Prof. R. Kellner as the secretary of WPAC and Prof. M. Grasserbauer
in the TU Vienna, all the discussions were about the transfer of knowledge
between north and south and how both sides will benefit from it.
One of the most important results of this sincere and friendly co-operation was
the first International Symposium on New Trends in Chemistry, the role of
Analytical Chemistry in National Development, which was held in Cairo in
January 1984 and supported by WPAC and TU Vienna. The scientific support was
very obvious by having 10 professors' members of the WPAC, representing
Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Hungary and United Kingdom. It was a very
successful broad spectrum Analytical Symposium which aimed to draw the
attention of decision makers in Egypt about the importance of Analytical
Chemistry in all aspects of life. The recommendations of this Symposium were
circulated to all interested and important groups. As a fulfillment of one of
the recommendations the Egyptian Society of Analytical Chemistry was founded
and registered in 1984. In addition the Egyptian Journal of Analytical
Chemistry (EJAC) started. It is abstracted in Analytical and Chemical
Abstracts. It is published annually. Volume 25 is known in the final preparation. M. M. Khater
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