Registration for media representatives is free. You may request registration and housing forms by phone (202-872-4451) or e-mail (s_pecor@acs.org)
Boston -- Analysis of endocrine disrupters, environmental issues and polymers from renewable resources are among the topics that will be discussed here August 23 through 27 at the 216th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
Approximately 10,000 registrants are expected to gather for about 609 technical sessions to be held in the Hynes Convention Center and surrounding hotels.
Selected symposia and topics of special interest include:
- Retinoids and cancer
- Tissue engineering and gene and cell therapy
- Malaria therapies
- History of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry
- Biostable polymers for medical use
- Multiple chemical sensitivity
- Fate of turf grass chemicals and pest management
- International symposium on natural toxins
- Recycling and reprocessing of used motor oils
- International symposium on biorelated polymers
- Polymers in museums
- Historic textile and paper materials
- Nanostructures and composites
Society President Paul H. L. Walter, Ph.D., will host a session on "The Future of Chemist Is All of Us," organized by the Society's Committee on Minority ?affairs. Walter and ACS Board chairman Joan E. Shields will also present medals to the 75 top contributors to the chemical enterprise, as determined by Chemical & Engineering News readers for their 75th anniversary issue.
A chemistry exposition featuring more than 225 companies will be open free to meeting registrants and $25 for non-registrants in the Hynes Convention Center Halls C and D. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday (August 24) and Tuesday (August 25) and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday (August 26). Displays will include instruments, books, computer hardware and scientific software, and laboratory and safety equipment.
Also in the exposition area will be a pavilion sponsored by the Society's Office of Industry Relations. Alan Proctor, Director of U.S. Drug Discovery for Pfizer, Inc., will talk about Viagra and other new drugs as he describes Pfizer's look a the future of pharmaceuticals. Other presenters include Edward Teller describing his role in the invention of the hydrogen bomb; William Garzke, an analytical chemist currently analyzine artifacts from the titanic; John Gage, the founder of sun Microsystems; and Marissa Pedulla, an Olympic athlete and chemist, talking about the chemistry of sports.
A press room will be available for media representatives in the Hynes Convention Center, Room 308, on Saturday, August 22, from noon until 5 p.m., and on Sunday, August 23 through Thursday, August 27, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Further information on the meeting, including news releases, will be distributed to media representatives in early August.
A nonprofit organization with a membership of more than 155,000 chemists and chemical engineers, the American Chemical Society publishes scientific journals, convenes major research conferences, and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.