2013 American Chemical Society, Western Regional Meeting
A wide-ranging program is planned for the 44th Western Regional meeting to be held at a great location in Silicon Valley/the San Francisco Bay area. Some of the highlights of the meeting will be a Nuclear Chemistry Symposium in honor of Priestley Medalist Dr. Darleane Hoffman of LBNL and the Cope Scholar Symposium in honor of Dr. Sarah Reisman of Cal Tech.
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Western Regional Meeting ExhibitionThe following exhibitors have been confirmed:ACS California SectionACS Publications ACS Santa Clara Valley Section ACS Web Strategy and Operations Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. Advion, Inc. AK Scientific Alfa Aesar, A Johnson Matthey Company Almac Group Aptuit Biotage Bruker Daltronics Büchiglas CEM Corporation Chapman University Chevron Oronite Company Delight's Earthly Delights eDAQ, Inc. Grace Discovery Sciences Heidolph North America - Julabo Interchim, Inc. Metrohm Nanosys, Inc. Netzch Instruments North America LLC Oakwood Chemicals Products, Inc. Pacific Biolabs Pearson Education Pharmatek Laboratories, Inc. Pine Research Instruments Pion, Inc. Ricerca Biosciences Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Sigma-Aldrich Simulations Plus, Inc. Sirius Analytical, Inc. Spectrum Chemicals and Laboratory Products TA Instruments TCI America Teledyne-ISCO Thermo-Fisher University of California-San Diego University of South Carolina Yamazen Science, Inc. |
Technical Program
The technical program will cover many aspects of chemistry from traditional areas of chemistry to more specialized programs. The planned sessions include:
There will also be several programs for educators at the high school and college levels. Workshops in career development, Leadership Development, Safety, and a special workshop in pharmaceutical science co-hosted by CACO-PBSS are scheduled. Poster sessions are being scheduled throughout the meeting.
There will be a large Exhibition with vendors from many aspects of chemical sciences including presentation opportunities, and also university graduate school representatives. Early registration closes on July 15.
Special events include the regional awards banquet; luncheons with ACS President Dr. Marinda Wu sponsored by the California Section WCC; an ACS Governance lunch meeting with members of the Board of Directors; and special evening events with Dr. Charles Bamforth on beer, Dr. Richard Zare on "Why Shaken not Stirred," and Shirley Corriher and Sara Risch on flavor chemistry. A Sunday public outreach event at Great America is also in the works!
Make your plans now to join us for a great meeting!
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