The Wissenschaftsforum (Science Forum Chemistry, WiFo) is the most important chemistry congress in the German-speaking world. It is organized every two years by the German Chemical Society (GDCh). Because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year it was held online from August 29 to September 1. The GDCh used this as an opportunity to hold the meeting entirely in English for the first time and explicitly invited foreign colleagues to participate. About 1,000 participants came from more than 20 countries, including China, USA, and Israel—and, of course, many from the German chemistry community.

The motto “Chemists Create Solutions” was chosen to point out that chemists play a crucial role in solving societal challenges and to emphasize the importance of collaboration across disciplinary and geographical boundaries. This was emphasized by the President of the GDCh, Peter R. Schreiner, Professor at the University of Gießen, in his opening speech.

The President of the Society of Austrian Chemists (GÖCH), Peter Gärtner, Professor at the Technical University of Vienna, highly values the cooperation with the GDCh, among others at this meeting. The largest biannual meeting of the GÖCH, the Austrian Chemistry Days, has been postponed until September 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1].

Die AG Fluorchemie wird mit einem Symposium Highlights aus der Fluorchemie und der Verleihung des Publikationspreises Fluorchemie vertreten sein. Beide werden als virtuelle Veranstaltung durchgeführt.