Dear SBIC members,

It has been my pleasure to serve as SBIC President the past two years. I have enjoyed the lively exchanges during the Annual General Meetings and SBIC Council email correspondance. I look forward to serving two more years as the SBIC Past President. Masao Ikeda-Saito (Tohoku University, Japan) assumes the role of SBIC President on July 1, 2014 for two years. Welcome Masao! I know SBIC will flourish under your leadership.

The two new SBIC Council members who have been elected are Kara Bren (University of Rochester, USA) and Carsten Krebs (Penn State University, USA), for a term of two years from July 1, 2014. I thank outgoing SBIC Council members Alejandro Vila (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina) and Stephen Ragsdale (University of Michigan, USA), who served from 2010 to 2014, for their service, wisdom and advice, all of which was very much appreciated. I would especially like to thank José Moura (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal), who is finishing his term as SBIC Past President (2012–2014); his guidance and advice these past three years have been especially meaningful and greatly appreciated!

The summer and fall season for the satellite BIC Conferences is upon us, beginning with LABIC2014 in early August, followed by EuroBIC12 late in August and AsBIC7 in December.

LABIC2014, the 4th Latin American BioInorganic Conference, will meet in Chascomús, Argentina August 5–8, 2014: https://eventioz.com.ar/e/iv-latin-american-meeting-on-biological-inorganic.

EuroBIC12, the 12th European Biologic Inorganic Chemistry Conference, will meet in Zurich, Switzerland August 24–28, 2014: http://www.bioinorganic-chemistry.org/eurobic12/.

AsBIC7, the 7th Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference, will meet at the Gold Coast, Australia from 30 November to 5 December 2014: http://www.asbic7.org/.

Thank you all for your continued enthusiasm for SBIC. I look forward to seeing SBIC grow and expand in the coming years. Let’s keep expanding the membership and welcoming new members to SBIC!

With kind regards,

Alison Butler

SBIC President 2012–2014

SBIC Past President 2014–2016