2019 was proclaimed the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements by the UN General Assembly. This large-scale event is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of discovery of the Periodic law of chemical elements made by outstanding Russian scientist D.I. Mendeleev.

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The initiative to hold the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements was introduced by the Russian Academy of Sciences, the “Mendeleev Russian Chemical Society”, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of RF as well as Russian and foreign scientists. The initiative was supported by numerous countries and international organizations as well as more than 80 national academies of sciences and scientific communities, including the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS), the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and others.

The International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements will be held in several countries of the world headed by UNESCO. In the frames of the International Year, a large number of events is planned to be held: scientific conferences, thematical exhibitions, competitions for young scientists and etc.

On 29 December 2018, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev signed the order “On holding in 2019 the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements” and became the head of the organizing committee. Heads of federal bodies of the executive branch of the government, departments and leading scientific organizations became members of the organizing committee.

A festive opening ceremony will be held on 29 January 2019 in France (Paris), in the UNESCO headquarters. The IYPT2019 opening ceremony in Russia will be held on 6 February 2019, in Moscow, and will be dedicated to the Day of Russian Science and birthday of Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev.

The all-Russian Science Festival NAUKA 0+ will be the official operator of the opening ceremony of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements in Moscow. The Mendeleev’s Periodic Table is announced to be the main theme of the Scientific Festival in 2019. The general partner of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements in Russia is the “Arts, science, and sports” Charity Foundation. In the frames of the International Year of the Periodic Table, more than 500 popular-science and educational events are planned in all Russian regions to attract school students, students and the youth to science and its achievements.

Holding in 2019 the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements has a special importance for Russia. This event will contribute to international recognition of achievements of bright Russian scientist D.I. Mendeleev as well as strengthening of prestige and popularization of national science.

Information on events in the frames of the International Year of the Periodic Table

Last update: 05.02.19

28 — 31 January	UNESCO Headquarters Paris France	Interactive Exhibition dedicated to chemistry and its latest achievements
29 January	UNESCO Headquarters Paris France	Opening ceremony of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
5 – 7 February	RAS Presidium Moscow Russia	MSU Scientific exhibition at the Opening ceremony of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
6 February	RAS Presidium Moscow Russia	Opening ceremony of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
8 February	JINR Museum Dubna Russia	Lecture “Life of great ideas – from “elements” of Democritus to the Mendeleev’s periodic law” A.A. Rastorguev, 5:00 PM. Screening of the film “Russian da Vinci”
10 February	JINR Museum Dubna Russia	Scientific and Practical Conference for schoolchildren “V Mendeleev readings”
11 – 12 February	University of Murcia Murcia Spain	International Symposium «Women and the Periodic Table of Elements»
11 February	JINR Museum Dubna Russia	Lecture “Women in science”, K.E. Kozubsky, 5:30 PM
12 February	JINR Museum Dubna Russia	Lecture “Synthesis of chemical elements in nature and laboratories”, A.V. Karpov, 5:30 PM. Screening of the film “How much does the word weigh. Dmitry Mendeleev”
14 February	JINR Museum Dubna Russia	Historical and scientific seminar “History of discoveries from in first person: synthesis of elements 102 and 103 of the Mendeleev’s Periodic Table”, E.D. Donets, 5:30 PM. Screening of the film “Synthesis of element 102”
16 February	JINR Museum Dubna Russia	Scientific and Practical Conference for schoolchildren “V Mendeleev readings”
22 February	JINR Museum Dubna Russia	Intellectual game QUIZ TEENS “Life of amusing materials”, 6:30 PM
28 February	Stockholm Sweden	IYPT2019: Russian-Swedish symposium
1 March	JINR Museum Dubna Russia	Intellectual game Brain ring “Elements”, 6:30 PM
3 March	JINR Museum Dubna Russia	Board game tournament “Brewing”, 5:00 PM
30 — 31 May	JINR Dubna Russia	International Symposium “The present and the future of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements”
24 – 28 June	RAS Presidium Moscow Russia	5th EuCheMS Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EICC-5)
5 – 12 July	Paris France	Symposium «The periodic table at 150» at the 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress
9 – 13 September	Saint Petersburg Russia	21st Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry
11 – 13 October	Moscow Russia	All-Russian Festival NAUKA 0+
28 November	Moscow	IYPT2019 in Russia Closing Ceremony
5 December	Tokio	IYPT2019 Closing Ceremony

News about events of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements

• On 5 December 2019, the official closing ceremony of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements took place in Tokyo (Japan)
• A festive closing ceremony of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements in Russia was held in Moscow on 28 November 2019
• The XXI Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry was laucnhed in St. Petersburg on 9 September 2019
• As part of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements 2019, the Conference on the Chemistry and Physics of Heavy Elements (TAN) taking place in Wilhelmshaven, Germany from the 25th to the 30th of August, brought together the discoverers of new chemical elements in a unique historical gathering
• 28 February 2019. A Russian-Swedish Symposium was launched in Stockholm dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
• 6 February 2019. Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev held the meeting of the organizing committee on preparing and holding the IYPT2019 in Russia, visited the exhibition of scientific and research projects in the fields of chemistry as well as participated in the ceremonial opening of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements in Russia
• 4 February 2019. A festive opening ceremony of the International Year of the Mendeleev’s Periodic Table of Chemical Elements in Russia will be held in the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• 29 January 2019. A festive opening ceremony of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements was held in Paris
• 29 January 2019. A festive opening ceremony of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements will be held in Paris (France) in the UNESCO headquarters
• 29 December 2018. Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev signed the order “On holding in 2019 the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements”
• 21 December 2017. The United Nations adopted the resolution proclaiming 2019 the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements

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