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Welcome to the SDC Members Online, a monthly e-newsletter designed to keep you up-to-date with the latest news and developments at the Society and the coloration industry at large.
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CPD – Don't Get Left Behind!
You will probably have come across the term CPD before and thought, ‘It’s not really for me’ but Continuing Professional Development is growing in significance as professionals from various sectors recognise the benefits of adopting a more planned and structured approach to their own personal development. If you would like to learn more about CPD, there is an excellent website, The CPD Certification Service, where you will find details of how CPD can help you in the international business environment.
It may be that you are already involved in a CPD programme, if this is the case, did you know that you can record your CPD activity in your personal account on ColourClick? Simply logon to ColourClick, and in the People section click Online CPD.
Coloration Technology Online
The latest issue of Coloration Technology (August 2008) has recently been published online, article abstracts are available to view on ColourClick news. If you subscribe to the journal then the full text of each article is available from the Wiley Interscience website.
Interested in subscribing? Did you know SDC members get a discount on the journal and can subscribe for as little as £66? Contact the membership office for further information.
New SDC Bangladesh Region
A warm welcome to all our members in Bangladesh.
The Society has recently established a new region in Bangladesh and, as other regions, it now has its own webpage on the SDC's corporate website, providing an online resource to promote details of forthcoming events/lectures and reports, along with the names of the current regional officers for members information.
West of England and South Wales Region
Quiz Night: 18 September 2008
If you're looking for a fun way to spend an evening with friends, don't miss this Quiz Night at the Tiverton Town Football Club, Devon.
Event listing | Book your place
North of England Region
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Education, Education, Education – Lecture: 14 October 2008
This lecture will be presented by the Society’s president, Susan Williams (pictured), at the Bradley Park Golf Club and includes a free buffet.
For further information: contact Bryan Hirst | Event listing
Chartered Colourists
Why not upgrade your professional status and apply for a Society qualification? Associateship and Fellowship of the Society carry the award of Chartered Colourist and entitle the recipient to use the designatory letters CCol ASDC and CCol FSDC, respectively. This professional designation, unique to the SDC by virtue of its Royal Charter, means that Chartered Colourists enjoy status and respect throughout the world as highly trained professionals with an enviable range and breadth of knowledge and technical skill. They are at the very heart of coloration, setting the standards for others to follow. Because of this, CCol is increasingly demanded by would-be employers anxious to recruit only professional colourists. Read more
An up-to-date list of members that are entitled to describe themselves as Chartered Colourists is available to download from the SDC corporate website. If you’d like to be part of this elite group of members and you meet the requirements found here, contact the membership office.
REACH Events
A number of events are being held in the UK, Brussels and USA throughout September and October which relate to REACH. Those published on ColourClick are listed below:
RITE Group Conference – 7 October 2008
The second RITE Group conference on Sustainable Textiles and Clothing will again feature leading global industry speakers, senior UK politicians, national newspaper journalists along with an exhibition. Book your place before 12 September 2008!
Colour Affects Weekend Taster Course
Are you living life in tune with the real you? Are you in the career most likely to fulfil you? Does your home truly reflect your personality, and provide the most supportive environment for you? Do you dress to express – or do you prefer to hide? If you’d like answers to these questions, a Colour Affects weekend taster course will do so. Members of the Society qualify for a 10% discount, contact the membership office for further details.
The next event will be held in Regent's College, London on 27–28 September 2008.
Event listing | Colour Affects
More Forthcoming Events
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2008 Creative Freelancer Conference, Chicago, USA, 27–29 August 2008
SDC Certificate of Appreciation Course: Colour Fastness Testing of Textiles, Bangkok, Thailand, 4 September 2008
SDC Certificate of Competence Course: Colour Fastness Testing of Textiles, Bangkok, Thailand, 4–5 September 2008
The Textile Society AGM and Conference – ‘Something Old, Something New’, Winchester, UK, 5–7 September 2008
The BA Festival of Science 2008, Liverpool, UK, 6–11 September 2008
NIP24 and Digital Fabrication 2008, Pennsylvania, USA, 7–12 September 2008
IUCLID5 Training for REACH Registrants, London, UK, 10–11 September 2008
REACH-ing Out to Downstream Users – A Ciba Expert Services Seminar, Brussels, Belgium, 11 September 2008
Inter-Society Color Council, 2008 Annual Conference and Expert Symposium, Maryland, USA, 14–16 September 2008
London Fashion Week, London, UK, 14–19 September 2008
Chemical Notification World Summit, Virginia, USA, 15–17 September 2008
Innovative Textile Printing: Green & Global Symposium, North Carolina, USA, 17–19 September 2008
SDC Certificate of Competence Course: Colour Fastness Testing of Textiles, Beijing, China, 18–22 September 2008
SDC West of England & South Wales Region – Quiz Night, Devon, UK, 18 September 2008
CAD RETEC 2008 – "Driving Colour into the Next Decade", Michigan, USA, 21–23 September 2008
Colour and Imaging Science Forum, Leeds, UK, 22–23 September 2008
Managing REACH – Successful SIEFs and Consortia (Workshop), Birmingham, UK, 25 September 2008
Colour Affects – Weekend Workshop, London, UK, 27–28 September 2008
Exhibition – Tim Walker Pictures, London, UK, Until 28 September 2008
The Fiber Society Fall 2008 Annual Meeting and Technical Conference, Quebec, Canada, 1–3 October 2008
In-HOWse Designer Conference 2008, San Francisco, USA, 3–5 October 2008
International Textile, Clothing & Design Conference – 'Magic World of Textiles', Dubrovnik, Croatia, 5–8 October 2008
6th Design & Emotion Conference 2008, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 6–9 October 2008
RITE Group Conference 2008, London, UK, 7 October 2008
DHA27 – Dyes in History and Archaeology Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 8–11 October 2008
What REACH means for Formulators – Communication in the Supply Chain, Nottingham, UK, 8 October 2008
CREATE Training Course, Bristol: New Ways to use Print Technology on Paper, Bristol, UK, 14–17 October 2008
SDC North of England Region, Lecture – Education, Education, Education, Huddersfield, UK, 14 October 2008
The Czech Association of Textile Chemists and Colourists 40th Jubilee Conference, Czech Republic, 16–17 October 2008
CREATE Training Course, Belfast: New Ways to use Print Technology on Fabric, Belfast, UK, 19–22 October 2008
SDC Certificate of Competence Course: Colour Fastness Testing of Textiles, Taipei, Taiwan, 21–22 October 2008
Dyeing the Blues At the Height of Angels Workshop, Aquitaine, France, 22–28 October 2008
SDC Certificate of Competence Course: Colour Fastness Testing of Textiles, Jiangsu Province, China, 23–27 October 2008
Colour in Art, Design and Nature, Edinburgh, UK, 24 October 2008
The Centre for Sustainable Fashion Conference – 'Fashioning the Future', London, UK, 27–28 October 2008
Find out more details of listed events
Recently Published Articles/News from the Colour Industry
UK: Online Colour Index International Revised and Updated
EUROPE: ECHA Temporary Submission Procedures – Updated Data Submission
THAILAND: AFF Thailand to Host AFF ASEAN Annual Conference 2008 With Young Designer Platform
UK: ColourMaster Working With Finalist of Garden Photographer of the Year 2008
USA: X-Rite Launches xDNA System
GERMANY: DyStar Presents its World of Leather at the ACLE Exhibition in Shanghai
UK: Leeds College of Art & Design – Mary Benson Queen of Shops
UK: Compete for a Placement in Philippe Starck's School of Design
FRANCE: Lectra Holds its First Education Congress
UK: Dyeing the Blues At the Height of Angels – Workshop
UK: SGS Textile Testing Facilities in the UK Move to Leicester
UK: SDC Professional Member Discount on Colour Affects Weekend Taster Courses
UK: Coloration Technology, 124:4 (August 2008) Out Now!
SWEDEN: Ambience08 Conference Report – Smart Textiles In Focus
UK: Nobel Textiles – Linking Science and Design
New SDC Certificate of Appreciation Course
Proceedings of the 26th Session of the CIE, Beijing, China, 4–11 July 2007
DEFRA: Sustainable Clothing Roadmap – 2nd Meeting, 31 March 2008
Sainsbury's TU Clothing Benefits From New SDC Training Module
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