Following the 4th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress (ECC) on 26 to 30 August 2012 in Prague, the 5th ECC will take place from 31 August to 4 September 2014 in Istanbul. Helena Grennberg, chair of the EuCheMS Division of Organometallic Chemistry, was elected as chair of the scientific committee for the 5th ECC. She is professor of organic chemistry at Uppsala University, Sweden, and also chair of the Swedish Chemical Society. Karin Schmitz, EuCheMS newsletter coordinator, asked her some questions about the upcoming congress: What is your personal motivation to accept the office of the scientific chair, which undoubtedly causes a lot of work? I love c...