An Overview of Philippine Chemical Laws, Regulations and Agencies

The Integrated Chemists of the Philippines
is pleased to invite you to attend the 2-day
Continuing Professional Education Training-Workshop on:

An Overview of Philippine Chemical Laws, Regulations and Agencies

15-16 August 2013 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
PNP Multi-Purpose Center, Camp Crame, EDSA, Quezon City

Chemicals are central to our society, economy, and modern lifestyle. However, many people who deal with chemicals are unaware of the various laws that regulate access to, use, handling, and disposal of chemicals, and which government agencies have jurisdiction over them. Whether you are in industry, government or the academe, these chemical regulations affect you.

This ICP seminar shall discuss the different laws and regulations related to chemicals. The ICP is inviting regulatory experts and government agency representatives to provide an overview of the laws and regulations that you need to know. Industry practitioners will also provide examples of best practices in regulatory compliance. The list of topics is as follows:

Regulation	Agency
IRR for Title II: The Management of Chemicals and Toxic Substances (DENR AO 29 and RA 6969)	DENR-EMB
The Rules and Regulations for Implementing RA. 9711 for Household/Urban Hazardous Substances (FDA Act of 2009)	FDA
Rules and Regulations for the Control and Supervision of the Importation, Sale and Possession of Chemicals Used as Ingredients in the Manufacture of Explosives and for other purposes (RA 8294, EO No. 552)	PNP
Rules and Regulations in the Implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety Standards when Handling Chemicals in the Workplace (PD 442)	OSHC
Implementing Rules and Regulations for the Registration and Management of Dangerous Drugs and Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals (RA 9165)	PDEA
Importation Regulations	BOC

Workshop Fee (covers handouts, lunch and snacks):

	Early Registration (before April 2, 2013)	Regular Registration (after April 2 or onsite)
ICP Members	PHP 800.00	PHP 1,000.00
Non-ICP Members	PHP 1,000.00	PHP 1,200.00

Registration may be made on-line through email: icp.org.ph
Or through our website: www:icp.org.ph

Please remit payment through the Bank of the Philippine Islands, Loyola Katipunan Branch.
Name of Account: Integrated Chemists of the Philippines
Current Account Number: 3081-0830-95
Please email copy of payment slip to ICP office to guarantee reservation.

Chemistry and Industry and the 2013 PACT General Assembly and Election of Board Members

The Philippine Association of Chemistry Teachers, Inc. (PACT) and Miriam College invite you to a seminar on:

Chemistry and Industry

and to the

2013 PACT General Assembly and Election of Board Members

27 July 2013
Lecture Room, SMT Building, Miriam College
Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights, Quezon City

Program

8:00	Registration
8:30	Invocation Welcome Remarks Opening Remarks Dr. Myrna S. Rodriquez Associate Professor in Chemistry, UPLB PACT President (2012-2013)
8:45	Introduction of the Guest Speaker Talk: “Chemistry and the Industry” Speaker: Mr. Roberto Batungbacal President, Samahan sa Pilipinas ng Mga Industriyang Kimika (SPIK) and Country Manager – Philippines, Dow Chemical Pacific Limited Open Forum
10:30	Business Meeting Elections President’s Report Treasurer’s Report Announcement of Election Results Other Matters

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED
Venue is limited to 100 seats. Non-life members will be charged a fee of PHP 150 at the registration area.

For more information, please contact:

Ms. Grace F. Azares
College of Education
University of Santo Tomas
gfazares@yahoo.com
+639174416252

2014 Philippine National Chemistry Olympiad

Organized by the: Kapisanang Kimika ng Pilipinas (KKP)

08 April 2014
Ateneo de Naga University, Naga City, Camarines Sur

For more information, please contact:

Nestor S. Valera, Ph.D.
President, KKP
nsvalera@gmail.com

MACROMANILA 2013: Frontiers in Polymer Technologies

The University of the Philippines Institute of Chemistry (IChem) , UP Chemistry Alumni Foundation, Department of Chemical Engineering (DChE) in partnership with Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), USA are organizing MACROMANILA 2013: Frontiers in Polymer Technologies on May 23-24, 2013 at the IChem Building, UP, Diliman.

The conference will have plenary sessions as well as oral or poster presentations from academe and industry. The plenary sessions will feature seven (7) professors from the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Department of CWRU. The topics of their talks include nanocomposites, biomaterials, polymer processing, self-healing plastics, aerogels, and state-of-the-art research and technologies.

Target attendees are industry stakeholders, academia, government researchers and students involved in the science and engineering of plastics, polymers and rubber.

Submit now your extended abstract for oral or poster presentation. There will be prizes for best oral or poster presentation of students (graduate or undergraduate).Attached is the flyer for Call of Papers and the Macromanila Abstract template. Deadline is April 30, 2013. Send via email to: terence.tumolva@coe.upd.edu.ph or to fdelmund@yahoo.com.

Registration is Php 800 inclusive of lunch and snacks and conference materials. Registration is on-site only.

ASEAN Conference on X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (ACXAS)

ASEAN Conference on X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (ACXAS) will be held in Cha Am, Petchaburi, Thailand during 12-13 July 2013. It is organized by Synchrotron Light Research Institute (SLRI) under a Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Thailand. The ACXAS conference aims to bring together Thai, ASEAN and international researchers interested in X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy on varied fields from basic to applied science in both experimental and theoretical topics, and to initiate an opportunity for them to share and exchange their knowledge and experience. The conference will also include an annual meeting of the SLRI XAS users, a current status of three XAS beamlines at SLRI, and the highlighted lectures by key invited speakers; Dr. Bruce Ravel and Dr. Shelly Kelly.

Venue: Hotel Novotel Hua Hin Cha Am Beach Resort and Spa, 854/2 Burirom Road, Cha Am, Petchaburi, Thailand. The hotel locates between Cha Am and Hua Hin beach and it is within 10 to 15 minutes drive from Hua Hin Airport and Hua Hin Night Market.

Supported accommodation by SLRI: Private single/double rooms at the Novotel will be provided for the invited speakers, and shared double rooms will be provided for participants with the accepted abstracts for both oral and poster presentations.

Notes:

For the latest information of our conference, please visit: https://acxas.slri.or.th/.
The number of participants is limited; a maximum of 60 participants will be accepted.
Supported accommodation by SLRI: Private rooms at the Novotel will be provided for the invited speakers, and shared double rooms will be provided for participants with the accepted abstracts for both oral and poster presentations.
Abstract submission & online registration Deadline: May 20, 2013.

Contact: Sidaphat Rodthai and Churintorn Neti (Tel. 66-44-217-040 ext. 1603-4).

Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Basic Laboratory Equipment

The Integrated Chemists of the Philippines
is pleased to invite you to attend the 1-day
Continuing Professional Education Training-Workshop on:

Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Basic Laboratory Equipment

08 April 2013 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Science Complex Lecture Room (SC110)
Silliman University, Dumaguete City

Our laboratories depend on the reliable operation of a number of basic equipment, such as balances, ovens, pH meters, and GC and HPLC equipment. A well-implemented maintenance and troubleshooting program helps ensure the proper operation of our laboratories, as well as keep costs under control. The ICP is pleased to invite you to attend this one-day seminar which will cover the maintenance and troubleshooting protocols for basic laboratory equipment. It will be given by experts with extensive experience in the laboratory and instrumentation technicians from our major instrument suppliers. The program shall include the following topics and speakers: UV-visible spectrometer & AAS (Arturo Torres, Shimadzu), Gas Chromatography (Edna Mijares, Jefcor Laboratories), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (Carmen Vella, formerly Waters).

Workshop Fee (covers handouts, lunch and snacks):

	Early Registration (before April 2, 2013)	Regular Registration (after April 2 or onsite)
ICP Members	PHP 800.00	PHP 1,000.00
Non-ICP Members	PHP 1,000.00	PHP 1,200.00

Registration may be made on-line through email: icp.org.ph
Or through our website: www:icp.org.ph

International Conference on Natural Products 2013

4-6 March 2013
Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

For the year 2013, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) has been given the honour to host the International Conference on Natural Products 2013 (ICNP 2013), which will be held on 4-6 March 2013 in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. On behalf of Faculty of Applied Sciences, and Atta-ur-Rahman Research Institute for Natural Product Discovery, Universiti Teknologi
MARA together with Malaysian Natural Products Society (MNPS), it gives us great pleasure to invite you and your colleagues to participate in ICNP2013 which is an annual event of MNPS.

The theme of the ICNP2013 is Science and Nature with the following relevant research topics:

Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants
Advances in spectroscopy for structure identification of natural product
Chromatography and separation science
Discovery of lead compounds for drug development
Synthesis of bio-active molecules
Computational and structure-function studies
Biological activities, pharmacology and toxicology of natural products
Pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry
Analysis and development of herbal products
New technology platforms in natural product research
Microbial metabolites as a new source of pharmaceuticals

This conference will be attended by most natural product scientists fromall over Malaysia as well as many other countries. Please visit the conference website for more information: https://icnp2013.uitm.edu.my/

International Conference on Natural Products 2013

The theme of the ICNP2013 is Science and Nature with the following relevant research topics:

Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants
Advances in spectroscopy for structure identification of natural product
Chromatography and separation science
Discovery of lead compounds for drug development
Synthesis of bio-active molecules
Computational and structure-function studies
Biological activities, pharmacology and toxicology of natural products
Pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry
Analysis and development of herbal products
New technology platforms in natural product research
Microbial metabolites as a new source of pharmaceuticals

UNESCO IYCr 2014 Open Lab

UNESCO IYCr 2014 Open Lab

7-3 December 2014
Venue: TBA

Invitation

As you may be aware 2014 has been designated as the International Year of Crystallography. On behalf of UNESCO and the International Union of Crystallography I would like to invite several young Philippino scientists to attend the upcoming Open Lab on chemical crystallography that we will hold in Hong Kong in December 3-7.

The workshop is free and I will also waive accommodation fees for Philippine participants. There is also a limited budget to provide bursaries for travel support.

This will serve as a workshop or tutorial school on the technique of single crystal X-ray diffraction. The idea is to give them experience of the powerful analytical tool for organic and inorganic chemistry, and also an opportunity to meet other young scientists from around the region. If they would like to bring samples from your research for study we will be happy to work with them on this.

The attached files also contain a Registration Form as well as some initial information about the workshop. Please feel free to contact me for more details if required. Space on the workshop is limited, but I am happy to guarantee one space to a participant from your department, and with one reserve, depending on how other registrations proceed over the next month. Although the course is aimed at young scientists we would like the participants from Philippines to already hold an academic appointment, to best ensure the value of the training is maintained within your university system.

Ian Williams
Professor of Chemistry
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chair IYCr2014 Open Lab Hong Kong

PS: The course is now 50% subscribed and there are about 15 places left; if anyone is interested please have them apply to me as soon as possible.

Attachments

OpenLab Poster
OpenLab Info
OpenLab Registration Form

Sampling for Chemical Analysis

Sampling for Chemical Analysis
Facilitated by: Edgar F. Paski, Ph.D.

April 26, 2013 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Venue: Social Hall, PNP, EDSA cor. Bonny Serrano

Workshop objectives

To give participants an understanding of the critical influence of sampling on the quality of analytical results, especially for geological, environmental, and agricultural materials. Participants will gain familiarity with the principal topics covered in the Eurachem / CITAC Guide: Measurement Uncertainty Arising from Sampling (2007).

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