With ACS’s Fall National Meeting right around the corner, those attending
will be starting, if they haven’t already, to map out a rough itinerary for
what events they want to attend. With so many great symposiums, workshops, and
networking events, it can be a difficult task deciding which are the most
pertinent to your aims and interests.
With this in mind, we wanted to create this short blog post offering you highlights of events happening in San Francisco.
August
10, Sunday
To start off, on Sunday evening there will be a “Journey to the Dork
Side” show where you can enjoy the comedy stylings of Dr.
Pete Ludovice. This will be held 7:00-8:00 PM in Moscone Center, Esplanade
305. If you are a graduate student, you should have received a ticket for this event in your registration packet.
August
11, Monday
There will be three really great events being offered on Monday. The
first is the 10th Annual Fun Run, sponsored by the
ACS Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) and ACS Member Insurance that will take
place at 7:00
AM. Those interested should register, purchase tickets ($35 for
regular ticket and $20 for students), and pick up their materials from the Fun
Run desk, located in the Moscone Center North Lobby on Saturday,
August 9th and Sunday, August 10th, between the hours of 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM.
The over event is entitled “Opportunities for International Careers and Studies” and will be held at the Moscone Center in Room 135
between 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM. This event will provide
attendees the chance to meet professionals from international embassies and
consulates, as well as private funding
organizations, who will explain how international
experience (internships, scholarships, or
exchanges) can benefit your future academic and professional endeavors. This event is being organized by the ACS Office of International
Activities.
The last event on Monday the 11th is the
“ACS Graduate & Postdoctoral
Scholars Reception.” The reception
will run from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM and will also be
located at the Moscone Center in Room 135. It will provide excellent
opportunity to network with graduate students
and postdocs, as well as ACS Division, YCC and Evonik representatives! If that wasn’t enough
incentive to attend, the reception will have free food and drinks (including beer and wine), with a
number of prizes (including an iPad or two) being handing out to some lucky winners. This event is
co-sponsored by ACS Divisions, Young Chemists Committee (YCC) and Evonik
Industries.
August
12, Tuesday
On Tuesday,
between the times of 8:30 – 11:35 AM and 1:30 – 4:40 PM ACS’s
Division of Chemical Education is sponsoring the Fall 2014 Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee (GSSPC)
Symposium at the Moscone Center in
Ballroom 304. This symposium is titled “International Collaborations with
International
Impact: Chemistry for Global Change” and will feature a
group of graduate students from the University of Washington.
In this symposium the presenters will be spotlighting
international
research collaboration and the impact it has on global philanthropic chemistry efforts
August
13, Wednesday
CHED is
also sponsoring the “Perspectives on
Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences” symposium Wednesday, August 13. This symposium will highlight results
from the 2013 ACS Graduate Student Survey wherein graduate students from over
260 universities provided feedback on their graduate programs. In addition,
speakers will discuss using individual development plans, research centers,
chemical information literacy, and blog writing to enrich the graduate student experience.
The
event will be located at the Moscone Center in the Esplanade Ballroom 304 and will take place between 1:30
– 4:45 PM.
In addition to the one day only events, between Sunday
and Wednesday, August 10-13, the
Career Pathways Workshop series is
being held at the Parc 55 hotel. Over the course of these four days there will
be over 20 different workshops offered. These will include workshops such as “Finding
Your Path”, “Working in Government”, “Acing
the Interview”, “Working in Higher Education”, and ”Working in Industry.” To
view a complete list of these professional development workshops being offered,
please visit the Career Pathways Workshop website.
We Look Forward to Seeing You!
As always, there will be a
variety of excellent events being offered at ACS’s National Meeting. These
events are so numerous that it is not possible to give an exhaustive accounting
of them here. So if you would like to get more information on the National
Meeting and its various events, please check out the ACS Graduate & Postdoctoral Chemist which will contain a comprehensive meeting guide for grad students and postdocs.
By Loren White