News media registration opens for American Chemical Society National Meeting Denver, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2011

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2011 — News media registration is now open for the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) 242^nd National Meeting & Exposition in Denver, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2011. The event will include more than 7,500 reports on new discoveries in medicine and health, food and nutrition, energy, the environment, and other fields where chemistry plays a central role.

One of the largest scientific conferences of 2011, the meeting will be held during the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) and will take place at the Colorado Convention Center and downtown hotels.

The ACS Office of Public Affairs will operate a press center in the convention center. It will include a press conference room and a news media workroom fully staffed to assist in arranging interviews. The press center will have wireless Internet access, telephones, computers, photocopy and fax services, and refreshments.

Embargoed copies of press releases, non-technical summaries of newsworthy presentations, and a press conference schedule will be available in August. Reporters planning to cover the meeting from their home bases will have access to the press conferences over the Internet in ACS’ popular “Live Chat” format.

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