Javier Garcia Martinez, member of the Executive Committee and the Bureau of IUPAC, about the goals and tasks of IUPAC

B. Böck, Chemie Ingenieur Technik, talked to M. Bertau, Germany, about an innovative industrial process

S. Dubourg about the strategies of the EU and BASF to combine economic success, social responsibility, and environmental protection

T. Lindhorst, President of the German Chemical Society (GDCh), talks about the Society’s anniversary, responsibilities, future visions

Jean-François Nierengarten, France, talks about using short videos to summarize main findings of a research study

A. Nijs, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, talked to J.-C. Chambron, France, about cryptophanes and disulfide bonds

S. Turba, ZAAC, talked to J. C. Slootweg, University of Amsterdam, about the reduction of tertiary phosphine oxides

Inspiring manager Sari Mannonen is responsible for the innovative, wood-based renewable diesel UPM BioVerno

G. Chambaud-Debrabant, President of the French Chemical Society, about the society's activities, its challenges, and the place of chemists in modern society

Peter Gilch, University of Düsseldorf, talks about his research group, their eye-catching website, and his research