248th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition: Chemistry and Global Stewardship (San Francisco, CA, USA, August 10–14, 2014)

Background

ACS organizes two national meetings and expositions each year, and each one attracts an estimated 11,000–18,000 chemists, chemical engineers, academicians, graduate and undergraduate students, and other related professionals. During the meeting, scientists present new multidisciplinary research, hear the latest information in their areas of professional interest, and network with colleagues. Programming is planned by our 33 technical divisions that cover all scientific fields, secretariats that focus on multidisciplinary programming, and ACS committees. Each meeting will feature more than 7000 presentations organized into technical symposia that highlight important research advances.

Introduction

The ACS Fall National Meeting is a scientific conference devoted to chemistry. Twenty-nine technical divisions will meet with more than 15,000 chemists, academics, students, and other professionals in San Francisco as we explore the Fall 2014 ACS National Meeting theme: Chemistry and Global Stewardship. Poster sessions, social events, and presentations present unparalleled opportunities to network with your peers. Find out other great reasons to attend at http://www.acs.org/sanfran2014.

Conference topics and theme

This theme is focused on global aspects of the chemical enterprise related to sustainability of world resources, including green chemistry, the globalization of chemistry, and the responsibilities and opportunities chemists have to serve the broader public. In particular, divisional programming and special themed symposia will cover and discuss the role and interplay of science, technology, innovation, and economic development in world stewardship of precious, limited resources while providing physical and economic security for all world citizens.

• Alternatives to Chemicals Facing Critical Sustainability Constraints, organized by David Constable, ACS Green Chemistry Institute

• Communicating to the Public and the Role of Social Media, organized by Rudy Baum, Acting, Editor-in-Chief Chemical & Engineering News

• Global Stewardship by Increasing Climate Science Literacy, organized by Keith Peterman and Gregory Foy, York College of Pennsylvania

• Global Stewardship of Critical Materials, organized by Bruce Moyer and Sheng Dai, Oak Ridge National Laboratories

• Separation Science and Technology as a Convergence Platform for SusChEM, organized by Mamadou S. Diallo, KAIST/Caltech; Catherine T. “Katie” Hunt and Gretchen Baier, Dow

• Graduate Student Symposium: International Collaborations with International Impact: Chemistry for Global Change, organized by the Department of Chemistry and Women in Chemical Sciences at the University of Washington

• 100th Anniversary of the ACS ENVR Division, multiple symposia, contact Dionysios Dionysiou, Souhail Al-Abed, or Tracy Williamson, ENVR

• Women in Environmental Science and Engineering, Jillian Goldfarb, Boston University; Dionysios Dionysiou, University of Cincinnati

• Environmental Chemistry: 100 Years of Scientific Contribution for a Safer and Sustainable Environment, Dionysios Dionysiou, University of Cincinnati; Souhail Al-Abed, US EPA

• The Role of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development in Sustainability, organized by Dan Daly, The University of Alabama

• 13th IUPAC International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry, organized by Cathleen Hapeman, USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Laura McConnell, Bayer CropScience; Ken Racke, Dow AgroSciences

• Sustain-Mix: Sustainability Across the Divisions, organized by Irv Levy, Gordon College; Cathy Middlecamp, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• International Undergraduate Summit on Global Climate Change, organized by Keith Peterman and Gregory Foy, York College of Pennsylvania

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