The GDCh Science Forum Chemistry was planned to take place in Munich from 29 Aug - 1 Sep 2021, but the coronavirus put a spanner in the works and the entire Science Forum was held online. Nevertheless, the Senior Expert Chemists organised an Online Lecture Afternoon there on Tuesday, 31 Aug, with a Munich-related motto:

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Munich 21- No fun without chemistry

Four topics, four lectures:

• Beer: Prof. Dr Thomas Becker (TU Munich): The keyboard of enzymes in the brewing process
• Sport: Dr Josef Wünsch, (BASF SE, Ludwigshafen): When polymers become a running business
• Art: Prof. Dr Heinz Langhals (LRZ-Leibnitz Computing Centre of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich): Chemistry or art: tension between rationality and aesthetics ... or simply a complement?
• Science: Dr Susanne Rehn-Taube (Deutsches Museum, Munich): Chemistry at the Deutsches Museum - yesterday, today, tomorrow

The lectures were well attended, on average by around 60 participants.