ACS Fall 2023: Harnessing the Power of Data
Get Involved with Fall 2023 Thematic Planning
Welcome to the planning and information page for thematic programming at ACS Fall 2023. 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, Harnessing the Power of Data. 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.

Harnessing the Power of Data
ACS Fall 2023
August 13 - 17
San Francisco, CA
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:
About the Theme
The theme of this meeting is "Harnessing the Power of Data".
The meeting will explore how scientists can harness the power of data by covering pure and applied topics such as:
- Chemical and biological data generation, curation, and access
- Theoretical and algorithmic developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence
- The use of data in machine learning and artificial intelligence applications.
We seek symposia proposals to all aspects of chemistry including:
- Structural biology
- Synthesis, design and planning
- Drug design (docking, screening, ADME/Tox prediction, etc.)
- Molecular ensemble generation
- Design of quantum mechanics-derived molecular potentials
- Applications in “omics" fields (e.g., genomics, metabolomics, etc.)
- Materials design, etc.
Symposia
The deadline for submitting symposia and requests for funding is Monday, March 13, 2023.
Symposia cosponsored by the Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group (MPPG) will be listed for you to consider for your abstract submission when the call for abstracts opens.
Theme Related Events
Please contact the Organizers to have a "Harnessing the Power of Data" event listed.