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32nd Northeast Regional
Meeting
June 15-18
Prime Hotel and
Conference Center (formerly the Sheraton)
Saratoga Springs, NY |
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Sunday, June 15
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Registration/Mixer |
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SAACS (Student
Affiliates of ACS): Informal welcoming event for arriving
undergraduates.
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Charlie and Priscilla Scaife's workshop for children, parents, elementary school
teachers. (If you don't have kids 6-14 yrs or so, arrange to
borrow one.)
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Monday, June 16
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Regular Sessions/ Symposia begins |
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- SAACS:
Career Workshop from 10:30 - 1:00 p.m.
- Exhibit Hall
opens for morning break.
- Lunch:
Women Chemists and SAACS Eminent Scientist Lecture.
- Albany Molecular
tour in Afternoon (alternative:Wed afternoon)
- Poster Session in
evening. Includes SAACS' student research poster session.
Monday Symposia:
Chemical Biology
Prof. Joanne Kehlbeck
Union College
Nanotechnology
Dr. Mano Mancharian,
Dr. Sergio Loureiro& Dr. Patrick Malenfant
GE Global Research
Center
Dr.Michael
Carpenter
Albany Nanotech
Perspectives on Nanotechnology - National, Regional,
Scientific/Fundamental
Aspects of Nanochemistry (self-assembly)
Advances in Biosensing
Prof. Frank Bright
University of
Buffalo
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Tuesday, June 17
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B-W Awards Day |
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B-W Award talk: 9:00-10:00 a.m. (No other
talks opposing).
Awards Lunch: B-W Award, Industrial
Innovations Award and High School Teacher's Award.
Exhibit Hall opens through afternoon break,
then closes.
YCC at the harness track this afternoon or
evening
SAACS: Student affiliates poster session
and BBQ at 5:00 p.m. (these are not research posters, but rather
posters by the affiliate sections' successful activities.)
Tuesday Symposia:
Combinatorial Chemistry
Dr. Todd Stark
Albany Molecular
Research
Nanotechnology
Tailoring Properties at
the Nonoscale -Physio-Chemical and Biochemical.
Forensic
Chemistry in the Aftermath of 9/11
Dr. Harry Garber
NYS Crime Lab
Evening:
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Panel Discussion
(AMR) (7:30 - 9:00): The Role of
Combinatorial Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical industry (The panel
will include pharmaceutical company managers who must integrate
research into their company's product development and marketing
plans, as well as at least one academic with pharmaceutical
company consulting experience.)
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Wednesday, June
18
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Education Day |
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District
Directors' Breakfast
- SAACS:
Experiential Program in Chemistry Activity - a panel discussion on
internships.
- Lunch:
Science in the secondary school curriculum of New York State. (To
be arranged)
- Lunch:
SAACS food and conversation for undergraduates and advisors.
- Afternoon:
Charlie and Priscilla Scaife's science workshop for elementary
school teachers.
- Panel Discussion:
Innovations in Undergraduate Education: Current State and
Future Directions.
- Albany Molecular
tour: Afternoon
Wednesday Symposia:
The Chemistry of Plant
Natural Products
Prof. Martha Hass
Albany College of
Pharmacy
Nanotechnology
Applications.
Recruiting (Building the future of Nanotechnology).
Trends and
Innovations in Undergraduate Chemical Education |
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