Schedule

  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm

    Don’t Fly Over… LAND (in St. Louis)!

    Panel discussion on efforts to promote new chemical/biochemical industry growth through work force development and recruitment. All are Welcome – no event registration necessary!

  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm

    Undergraduate Ice Cream Social

    Ice cream, networking, and a speaker. For undergraduate students. Please register – but come anyway if you forgot!

    • Bruce C. Hamper, “Coffee: Chemistry of the World’s Favorite Wake-Up Beverage"
    • Meeting Room 105

  • 7:00pm - 9:00pm

    Expo and SciMix / Grad Student Recruiting Fair

    • Expo kick-off and posters
    • Undergraduate students interested in graduate school can meet with faculty.
    • North Hall

  • 8:00am - 5:30pm

    Expo - North Hall

  • 11:00am - 12:00pm

    Grad School Recruiting Fair

    Undergraduate students interested in graduate school can meet with faculty.

    • North Hall

  • 12:15pm - 1:15pm

    Diversity Luncheon

    Diverse Business Professionals Panel

    • Event registration required; box lunch included: $20
    • Sponsored by the ACS Committee on Minority Affairs
    • Ballroom A

  • 1:30pm - 4:00pm

    Undergraduate Programming

    Special Event Talks describing the science taking place at their starts-ups. For undergraduate students.

    • Thomas D. Campbell, “Highly Multiplexed Immunofluorescence with CellScape
    • Gabe Haas, “MyoMatrix: A Biomimetic Sponge Scaffold for Skeletal Muscle Regeneration after Trauma”
    • Aimee McBride, “Green Hills Labs Keeping Weed Clean: An Overview of Safety Testing for Cannabis in Missouri”
    • John Whitteck, “NewLeaf Symbiotics: harnessing the power of these microorganisms”
    • Adam Richardson, “Panome Bio – Next Generation Metabolomics and Multiomics”

  • 4:00pm - 6:00pm

    Cocktails with Chemists

    Please join the St. Louis Section of the ACS for a Cocktails with Chemists networking happy hour on Thursday, October 19 from 4 – 6 PM at Mission Taco Join Streets of St. Charles.

    • All attendees will receive a drink ticket with guests over 21 being able to choose a cocktail, wine or beer.
    • Sponsored by the STL local section’s Young Chemists Committee, Minority Affairs Committee, and by Bayer CropScience in St. Louis.

  • 5:15pm - 6:00pm

    Plenary Lecture - Midwest Award Address

    Gary Patti,Ph.D.
    Michael and Tana Powell Professor of Chemistry
    Washington University in St. Louis

    • Ballroom B

  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm

    Midwest-Great Lakes Awards Reception

    Reception honoring award recipients. All are welcome – free drink ticket with event registration.

    • Ballroom A

  • 7:00pm - 9:00pm

    Midwest-Great Lakes Awards Banquet

    Dinner and awards program. Event registration required: $40.

    • Ballroom A

  • 7:30am - 10:30am

    Midwest Regional Board Meeting

    Annual meeting of the Midwest Regional Board. By invitation only. Breakfast included.

    • Grand Ballroom A

  • 7:30am - 10:30am

    Great Lakes Regional Board Meeting

    Annual meeting of the Great Lakes Regional Board. By invitation only. Breakfast included.

    • Grand Ballroom A

  • 8:00am - 12:00pm

    Expo

    • North Hall

  • 10:00am - 12:00pm

    Roundtable Discussion on Small Chemical Business

    Panel discussion featuring owners and operators of small chemical business

    • Meeting Room 104

  • 11:00am - 12:00pm

    Grad School Recruiting Fair

    Undergraduate students interested in graduate school can meet with faculty

    • North Hall

  • 12:15pm - 1:15pm

    Mentoring Lunch

    Panel discussion on mentoring, coaching, and networking.
    Event registration required; box lunch included: $20.

    • Grand Ballroom A

  • 1:30pm - 5:15pm

    Trust in Science Workshop

    ACS Communications staff will present info to build trust in science among the public. Event Registration required.

    • Meeting Room 102

  • 1:30pm - 3:10pm

    Career Panel for Undergraduates

    Panel discussion featuring chemists with varied careers and career paths. For Undergraduate students.

    • Meeting Room 105

  • 8:15am - 10:00am

    Laboratory Safety for High School Chemistry Lab

    For high school chemistry teachers. Registration table and coffee open at 8:00 am.

    • Lower Lobby - Embassy Suites Hotel

  • 10:15am - 12:00pm

    Pros and Cons of a Case-Study-based Curriculum

    High school chemistry teacher workshop

    • Lower Lobby - Embassy Suites Hotel
Schedule

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