Fall 2021: Resilience of Chemistry

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Get Involved with Fall 2021 Thematic Planning

Welcome to the planning and information page for thematic programming at ACS Fall 2021. The tabs of this page will provide you with information regarding the theme and planned events, opportunities to apply for funding and contact information for the organizing team.

We need your help to be successful. We ask you to consider developing symposia and presentations aligned with the meeting theme, Resilience of Chemistry. If you have ideas or would like to help but don’t know where to start- contact us!

If you are organizing or know of other events at this meeting that are aligned with the meeting theme, please tells us so that they can be advertised here!

About the Theme

Resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

The theme for ACS Fall 2021 is Resilience of Chemistry.  The topic is designed to be inclusive for all units and demographics within the society and is broken down into the following sub-themes:

  • Chemical resilience (The Science) Resilience in/of Chemical Systems
  • Resilience of Chemists (The People) Resilience of Chemists and stakeholders in the face of challenges
  • Resilience of the Chemical Enterprise (The Enterprise) Resilience of industry and society to changes and challenges

Symposia

Symposia cosponsored by the Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group (MPPG) will be listed below for you to consider for your abstract submission. Want to get involved with a symposium underway? Please contact the person(s) under contacts for that Symposium. We look forward to hearing from you!

Symposium Lead

Cooperative Cosponsor(s)

Duration

Topics

Title

Type(s)

Contacts
ENFL

SCHB

PMSE

COLL

 1 day   Chemistry Resilience: Advanced materials and their diversified applications - CACS 40th Anniversary Symposium Both Oral & Poster

Marinda Li Wu     

Lei Li             

Yingchun Lu               

Jingbo Louise Liu
ENFL CATL Multiday   Improving energy resilience through lower carbon transportation fuels Both Oral & Poster

Gina M. Fioroni

Vanessa Dagle

John T. (Tim) Bays

Josh A. Pihl
ENFL

SCHB

COLL

CATL

 Multiday   Resilience in Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage: Materials and Devices Durability, Stability, Reliability, and Safety Both Oral & Poster

Xia Cao

Lei Du

Frederic Jaouen   

Corsin Battaglia

Shenlong Zhao

  
ENFL       Women in Energy Science and Technology Both Oral & Poster

Anne Gaffney

Greeshma Gadikota

Ah-Hyung Alissa Park

  
MPPG

 

½ day

 

 Resilience of Chemistry Opening Session

Oral

  
MPPG   ½ day   The Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture

Oral

    
MPPG   ½ day   The Fred Kavli Innovations in Chemistry Lecture Oral  
CHAS TBD ½ day   When things go wrong Oral  

Theme Related Events

Events associated with the Fall 2021 theme will be listed here. Please contact the Organizers to have an event listed.

Event (lead) Partners Topic Title, Timing, & Location
Opening Session and Theme Kickoff Event (MPPG)

 

Plenary talks focused on the meeting theme of the Resilience of Chemistry

 

The Resilience of Chemistry
TBD

Submit Symposia and Apply for Funding

Technical divisions and programming committees are encouraged to apply for the MPPG cosponsorship of symposia to support collaborative programming at the national meetings. The symposia must be aligned with the national meeting theme and have at least one cooperative cosponsor. ACS is also pleased to offer funds based on the size and duration of each theme-related, cooperatively cosponsored symposium. Details of timing for applications are on the symposium submission application:

Submit an Application

Contact Us

Fall 2021 Resilience of Chemistry Theme Organizers:

Staff Liaison: