November 7-10 / Intercontinental Hotel / Country Club Plaza / Kansas City MO 
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Wednesday Evening 6:30 - 9:30
On-site Registration
Scimixer and Poster Session
Thursday Morning 8:00 - 12:00
Symposium: Analytical Chemistry with Life Science Applications, Organized by Paul Haney, Midwest Research Institute
Symposium on Animal Health: Therapeutic and Spectroscopic Applications
Organizer: Gary E. Clapp, Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO and Bill Duncan, Kansas City Area Life Sciences Initiative
Symposium on Chemical Methods and Library Design Contributed Papers
Environmental General Submitted Papers
Opening Invited Lecture by S. Postma: History and Techniques for Quantifying Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
Organic General Submitted Papers Session I
Material and Polymer Chemistry General Submitted Papers
Inorganic General Submitted Papers Session I
Physical General Submitted Papers Session I
Submitted Poster Presentations (All Categories)
Thursday Afternoon 1:00-5:00
Symposium: Chemical Methods and Library Design, Organized by Jeffrey Aube', Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas
Symposium in Analytical Chemistry - Microfluidics and Micro-Chip Technologies Contributed Papers
Organic General Submitted Papers Session II
Physical General Submitted Papers Session II
Inorganic General Submitted Papers Session II
Submitted Poster Presentations (All Categories)
Thursday Afternoon 3:00 - 6:15
Midwest Regional Award Symposium, organized by Jerry L. Atwood, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Thursday Evening 6:15 - 9:00
Midwest Awards Banquet, presentation of the Midwest Regional Award and the Midwest Regional High School Teacher Award
Friday Morning, 7:00 - 8:30
Midwest Regional Board Breakfast
Friday Morning, 8:00-12:00
Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry: Natural Products as Leads and Tools in Drug Discovery, Organized by Gunda Georg, Chair, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Analytical Chemistry General Submitted Papers Session I
Biological Chemistry and Biochemistry General Submitted Papers Session I
Organic Chemistry General Submitted Papers Session III
Submitted Poster Presentations (All Categories)
Friday Morning, 8:30-10:00
Wiley Workshop
Friday Morning, 9:00-12:00
Small Chemical Business Symposium: Opportunities in Small Chemical Business
Organized by Sharon Vercellotti, V-Labs, Inc. Covington, LA
Friday Morning, 10:00-12:00
Chemical Education: Midwest Teacher Award Address and General Papers Session I
Friday Lunch, 12:00 - 2:00
Brown Bag Lunch with ACS President, Catherine Hunt
Friday Afternoon, 1:00 - 5:00

Symposium: Advances in Genetically Modified Crops
Organizer: Tom Metz, Bayer Crop Sciences, Kansas City, MO

Symposium: Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry Contributed Papers
Organic Chemistry General Papers Session IV
Analytical Chemistry General Submitted Papers Session II
Biological Chemistry and Biochemistry General Submitted Papers Session II
Chemical Education General Papers Session II
Friday Evening, 7:00 - 9:00
Chemistry Demonstrations by the Kansas State AXE and the Olathe North High School Faraday Society demonstration teams. Please plan to spend Friday night in Kansas City and enjoy the chemical demonstrations followed by a day full of shopping on the Country Club Plaza.
Saturday Morning, 8:00 - 12:00
High School Teacher Workshop