{"id":18628,"date":"2021-06-14T13:11:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T17:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/?page_id=18628"},"modified":"2025-07-22T16:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:06:38","slug":"about-the-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iupac.org\/gwb\/about-the-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORIGINS OF THE GLOBAL BREAKFAST<\/h3>\n

On the morning of 18 January 2011, women chemists from 44 countries leapt out of bed with purpose and shared breakfast together. They were taking part in the international networking event \u201cWomen Sharing a Chemical Moment in Time,\u201d a \u201cprequel\u201d to the official launch of the International Year of Chemistry (IYC2011) in Paris on 27\u201328 January. Worldwide there were close to 100 breakfasts, involving roughly 5000 women chemists, making it one of the largest gatherings of women scientists worldwide. A number of countries held multiple breakfasts; in Australia there were 9, while in both the UK and the Netherlands, there were at least 10 different functions.<\/p>\n

Since an aim of IYC2011 was for chemists to \u201cconnect\u201d as well as \u201cparticipate,\u201d the event organizers encouraged different breakfasts to interact with each other using video chat or Skype. In this way, participants created a chemical \u201chandshake\u201d around the globe, in the same way that a wave travels around a sports stadium. The chemical handshake \u201crelay\u201d was then passed across to Russia, and into Europe and Africa. In Johannesburg, the South African Chemical Institute hosted a breakfast attended by IUPAC President Nicole Moreau (France) and ACS President Nancy Jackson. The event was particularly well supported in the Netherlands and in the UK; both countries hosted at least 10 different events, and a video link between the Beijing event and the main RSC event in London nicely joined Asia to Europe. The handshake then continued into Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, and Colombia. North American breakfasts made links across the Pacific to Hawaii, which contacted Wellington in New Zealand across the International Dateline, thus completing the 24-hour global circuit.<\/p>\n

THE GLOBAL BREAKFAST RETURNS<\/h3>\n

On 12 February 2019, as part of the celebrations for the centenary of the founding of IUPAC, women chemists and male supporters from over 50 different countries took part in the second\u00a0IUPAC Global Women\u2019s Breakfast: Empowering Women in Chemistry, A Global Networking Event<\/a>. Worldwide there were 200 breakfasts, with between five and ten thousand participants involved. A global breakfast map was created which illustrated the location of each registered breakfast. The first events were held at 7AM local time in New Zealand, with Wellington and Palmerston sharing the honour of initiating the breakfast events. In her role as global co-convenor, Mary Garson skyped the Wellington breakfast from her Brisbane base to acknowledge their significant role. Breakfast events next launched successively in Asia, Europe, into Africa, then across to both North and South America. The final breakfast was launched in Hawaii 22 hours later. This global event provided an excellent opportunity to focus on these achievements, to expand professional networks, to learn from each other, and to raise awareness of the challenges women scientists face in academic, industry and government institutions. Since 2019, the IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast has become an annual event.<\/p>\n

See articles published in Chemistry International<\/em> on the GWB:<\/p>\n

Garson, Mary J., McConnell, Laura L. and Soby, Lynn M. “Diversity in Science at the Global Women\u2019s Breakfast Network” Chemistry International<\/i>, vol. 43, no. 3, 2021, pp. 8-11. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/ci-2021-0303<\/a><\/p>\n

Garson, Mary and McConnell, Laura. “The IUPAC100 Global Women\u2019s Breakfast Empowering Women in Chemistry” Chemistry International<\/i>, vol. 42, no. 1, 2020, pp. 22-25. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/ci-2020-0107<\/a><\/p>\n

Kerton, Francesca M. “Behind the Scenes: Stories of the Global Women’s Breakfast”, Chemistry International<\/i>, vol. 44, no. 4, 2022, pp. 18-25. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/ci-2022-0404<\/a><\/p>\n

Choo, Yvonne S. L.; Fung, Fun Man, Vidal, Juliana L. “The PARTY Approach: How Friendship Transcended Borders for Science”, Chemistry International<\/i>, vol. 46, no. 3, 2024, pp. 6-11. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/ci-2024-0302<\/a><\/p>\n

Yasin, Suhad A. Global Women\u2019s Breakfast (GWB)\u2014The Impact of the (GWB) at the University of Duhok, Chemistry International<\/i>, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 48-48. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/ci-2024-0422<\/a><\/p>\n

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Organizing Team<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Global Breakfast Founder:<\/strong> Emeritus Professor Mary Garson, University of Queensland, Australia. LinkedIn<\/a> – Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Co-Chair:<\/strong>\u00a0 Dr. Laura McConnell, Bayer Crop Science, USA. LinkedIn<\/a> – Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Coordinator:<\/strong> Dr. Fatima Mustafa<\/a>, IUPAC Global Breakfast Coordinator, San Antonio, USA. LinkedIn<\/a> – Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Event Contact Info:<\/strong> globalbreakfast@iupac.org<\/a><\/p>\n

We thank the members of the IUPAC Global Breakfast Project Task Group<\/a>. If you are looking for a connection in your region, please reach out to these representatives:<\/p>\n

ASIA and Oceania\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Mei-Hung Chiu<\/a>, National Taiwan Normal University, China Taipei. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof. Huanli Dong<\/a>, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China<\/p>\n

Prof. Chao-Ping Hsu<\/a>, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, China Taipei<\/p>\n

Prof. Mary Garson<\/a>, Queensland University, Australia<\/p>\n

Dr. Hooi Ling Lee<\/a>, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Bipul Behari Saha<\/a>, FABS, Hyderabad, India. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Singto Sakulkhaemaruethai<\/a>, Polymer Society of Thailand, Thailand. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof. Mohammed Shoeb<\/a>, University Dhaka, Bangladesh. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Hina Siddiqui<\/a>, Associate Professor, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof Ahjeong Son<\/a>, Ewha Womans University, Korea. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Supawan Tantayanon<\/a>, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Sandra Wiedbrauk<\/a>, Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia. LinkedIn. LinkedIn<\/p>\n

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AFRICA and MIDDLE EAST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Ghada Bassioni<\/a>, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. LinkedIn<\/a> – Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Ayat Bouzieh<\/a>, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. LinkedIn<\/a> – Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Christelle Dzesse Tekouo<\/a>, The University of Texas at Dallas, representing Cameroon. LinkedIn<\/p>\n

Prof. Cynthia Ibeto<\/a>, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Sadhna Mathura<\/a>, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof. Marian Asantewah Nkansah<\/a>, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. LinkedIn<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Yasin Suhad<\/a>, University of Duhok, Iraq<\/p>\n

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CENTRAL and SOUTH AMERICA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prof. Karla Susana Bernal<\/a>, Facultad de Ciencias Qu\u00edmicas, Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Chihuahua, Mexico. Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof. Vanderlan Bolzani<\/a>, IQ-UNESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Susana Brice\u00f1o Guevara<\/a>, University of Costa Rica, San Juan, Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

Prof. Carla E. Giacomelli<\/a>, Universidad Nacional de C\u00f3rdoba \u2013 CONICET, C\u00f3rdoba, Argentina. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dra Estela P\u00e9rez<\/a>, Colegio Chileno de Qu\u00edmicos A.G., Chile. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Marilia Valli<\/a>, Institute of Physics, University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP), S\u00e3o Carlos, SP, Brazil. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

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EUROPE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Pilar Calleja Ramos<\/a>, Wiley, Germany<\/p>\n

Prof. Cristina Delerue-Matos<\/a>, REQUIMTE\/LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal<\/p>\n

Dr. Fun Man Fung<\/a>, University College Dublin, Ireland LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof. Hemda Garelick<\/a>, Middlesex University, United Kingdom. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof Javier Garcia Martinez<\/a>, IUPAC, Spain. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Brian Li<\/a>, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom, LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Ada Lorena Niculi\u021b\u0103<\/a>, National Inst R&D in Chemistry and Petrochemistry ICECHIM, Romania, LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof. Lars R. \u00d6hrstr\u00f6m<\/a>, Chalmers University of Technology, G\u00f6teborg, Sweden. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Maria Isabel Pinto<\/a>, Loreal, United Kingdom, LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof. Diane Purchase<\/a>, Middlesex University, United Kingdom, LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Tien Thuy Quach<\/a>, Aston University, United Kingdom LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof. Dr. Fani Sakellariadou<\/a>, University of Piraeus, Greece. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Tatiana Usova<\/a>, Dow Europe GmbH, Russian Federation. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

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NORTH AMERICA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Lori Ferrins<\/a>, Northeastern University, Boston University, MA, USA. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Danniebelle Haase<\/a>, Dow Chemical Company, Collegeville, PA, USA. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof. Francesca Kerton<\/a>, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Akiko Nakamura<\/a>, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Liana Vaccari<\/a>, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, USA. LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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