In partnership with UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – 1001 Inventions launched today a new educational initiative celebrating the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT2019) – a yearlong initiative to raise awareness of chemistry and its applications for sustainable development. At the high profile IYPT2019 opening ceremony at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the new global public engagement with science initiative titled “1001 Inventions: Journeys from Alchemy to Chemistry” was unveiled to a distinguished audience including Nobel laureates, international dignitaries, leading scientists and representatives from governments, industry, and academia.