The 2019 International Year of the Periodic Table is an IUPAC initiative and widely supported. The management committee consisting of representatives of the initiating organizations, UNESCO and a number of later added international organizations:
The IUPAC representatives are:
Natalia Tarasova (past president IUPAC) – co-chair; email: nptar@yandex.ru
Jan Reedijk (past President Division II, IUPAC) – co-chair; email: reedijk@chem.leidenuniv.nl
Chris Brett (President Elect, IUPAC)
Chris Ober (past President Division IV, IUPAC)
Lars Öhrström (President Division II, IUPAC)
Mei-Hung Chiu (past President Committee Chemical Education, IUPAC)
Representatives of the other supporting organisations are:
Bruce McKellar – International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
Alinka Lépine-Szily – International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
Jorge Rivero-Gonzalez – International Astronomical Union (IAU)
David Cole Hamilton – European Chemical Society (EuChemS)
Brigitte van Tiggelen – International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST)
Michele Zema – International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Nicole Moreau – International Council for Science (ICSU)
Peggy Oti-Boateng – UNESCO
Anne Szymczak – French Ministry of Education
Jean Pierre Vairon – 2019 IUPAC World Chemistry Congress
Yulia Gorbunova – Mendeleev Russian Chemistry Society
Gemma Wood – UK Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Hans-Georg Weinig – German Chemical Society (GDCh)
Zhigang Shuai – Chinese Chemical Society (CCS)
Lori Brown – American Chemical Society (ACS)
Berhanu Molla Abegaz – Chemistry Across Africa
David Winkler – Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS)
Ken Sakai – Japanese Science Council (JSC)
Chelsea Bock – US National Academy of Sciences
Veli-Jussi Haanpää – International Association of Physics Students (IAPS)
Alice Soldà – European Young Chemist’ Network (EYCN)
Hanan Dowidar – 1001 Inventions
Management assistent:
Frank Sekeris – Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV); email: iypt2019@iupac.org