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PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIA AND EVENTS
Sponsored and Recommended by the ACS President
PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIA
SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013
OTHER SYMPOSIA AND EVENTS
RECOMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENT
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Presidential Outreach Event: Exploring
Our World Through Chemistry
SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013
Cosponsored by CCA
Morial Convention Center, Room 206/207
(2nd Level)
Audubon Zoo - 6500 Magazine Street
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013
9:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Vision 2025: How to Succeed in the
Global Chemistry Enterprise: Global
Opportunities from Perspectives of
U.S. Leaders
12:00 – 1:00 PM
ACS Board of Directors Open Session
8:25 AM – 5:15 PM
Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research
Symposium
Sponsored by POLY; cosponsored by PRES, YCC,
SOCED, PROF, POLY Industrial Advisory Board
Hilton Riverside, Grand Salon C15 (1st Floor)
Marinda Li Wu, Ph.D.
ACS President
5:30 – 6:30 PM
The Kavli Foundation Innovations in
Chemistry Lecture: The Artificial Leaf
Daniel G. Nocera, Patterson Rockwood Professor
of Energy, Harvard University, Department of
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Morial Convention Center, La Nouvelle Orleans
Ballroom C (2nd Level)
Cosponsored by CEPA and IAC
S. Shah, Organizer
H. N. Cheng, Organizer, Presiding
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2013
1:30 – 5:00 PM
Vision 2025: How to Succeed in the
Global Chemistry Enterprise: Global
Opportunities from International
Perspectives
Sponsored by POLY; cosponsored by PRES, YCC,
SOCED, PROF, POLY Industrial Advisory Board
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
8:30 – 11:30 AM
Understanding Climate Science:
A Scientist’s Responsibility
Cosponsored by SOCED
B. Z. Shakhashiri, Organizer, Presiding
Morial Convention Center, Rivergate Ballroom
(Outside of Hall A)
Cosponsored by CEPA and IAC
H. N. Cheng and S. Shah, Organizer
M. L. Wu, Presiding
8:30 AM – 4:40 PM
Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research
Symposium
Hilton Riverside, Grand Salon C15 (1st Floor)
Cosponsored by SOCED
B. Z. Shakhashiri, Organizer, Presiding
Morial Convention Center, Room 206/207
(2nd Level)
Morial Convention Center, Room 206/207
(2nd Level)
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2013
4:00 – 5:00 PM
The Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader
in Chemistry Lecture: Biological and
Ecological Toxicity of Engineered
Nanomaterials
9:00 – 11:45 AM
Vision 2025: How to Succeed in the
Global Chemistry Enterprise: Shared
Experiences of Global Start-Ups and
Foreign Assignments
Cosponsored by CEPA and IAC
H. N. Cheng, Organizer
S. Shah, Organizer, Presiding
Morial Convention Center, Room 206/207
(2nd Level)
Christy L. Haynes, University of Minnesota,
College of Science and Engineering, Department
of Chemistry
Morial Convention Center, La Nouvelle Orleans
Ballroom C (2nd Level)
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Water: A Grand Challenge for Science
and Society
Morial Convention Center, Rivergate Ballroom
(Outside of Hall A)
1:30 – 5:00 PM
A New Vision for Chemistry Graduate
Education
B. Z. Shakhashiri, Organizer, Presiding
Morial Convention Center, Rivergate Ballroom
(Outside of Hall A)
5:30 – 7:30 PM
Presidential Gay and Transgender
Chemists and Allies Reception
Organizers: NOGLSTP and PROF
Hilton Riverside, Melrose (3rd Floor)