Career Development
Attend courses and workshops, both in person and virtually, to grow your career. Add courses when you REGISTER or after registration using the Registration Resource Center link. To find your badge numbers, check your registration confirmation email.
Professional Education
Refresh your skills or branch into new areas with ACS Professional Education Short Courses.
| Courses | Time |
|---|---|
| Saturday, March 25 | |
| Chemometric Techniques for Quantitative Analysis | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Process Chemistry: What Is It and How It's Done | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Saturday, March 25 - Sunday, March 26 | |
| Laboratory Safety | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Pharmacokinetics for Chemists: Essential Concepts for Drug Development | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Polymeric Coatings | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Polymer Science and Technology | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Project Management for Technical Professionals | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Synthetic Organic Chemistry: State of the Art in the 21st Century | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Risk-Based Strategy for the Development and Validation of Analytical Methods with a QbD Approach | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Understanding Industrial Disperse Systems: Suspensions, Emulsions, and Foams | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Sunday, March 26 | |
| Effective Science Communication: How to Discuss Your Work with Various Audiences | 1:39 PM - 3:30 PM (ET) |
| Practical LC/MS/MS Method Development | 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Courses | Time |
|---|---|
| Sunday, March 26 | |
| Developing Communication Strategies | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET) |
| Strategic Planning | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Monday, March 27 | |
| Coaching & Feedback | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET) |
| Fostering Innovation | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Tuesday, March 28 | |
| Leading Change | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET) |
| Leading Without Authority | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Wednesday, March 29 | |
| Collaborating Across Boundaries | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET) |
Career Pathways Workshops
ACS Career Pathways™ are expertly designed to provide career guidance for up-and-coming and professional chemical scientist as they navigate their futures.
| Workshops | Time |
|---|---|
| Sunday, March 26 | |
| Writing Excellent Proposals | 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM (ET) |
| New Technology to Find Jobs & Manage Your Career | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM (ET) |
| ChemIDP- Planning for Your Career | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET) |
| Green Cards for Scientific Researchers: How to Win Your EB-1/NIW Case | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET) |
| Careers in Industrial Chemistry: Identifying Your Role in the Industrial Value Chain | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET) |
| Setting Yourself Up for Success in an Interview | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET) |
| Finding Yourself: Identifying a Career that Matches your Strengths and Values | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET) |
| Making the Most of Your Interview: Outshine the Competition | 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM (ET) |
| Résumé Development: Marketing Your Brand for an Industrial Chemistry Position | 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM (ET) |
| Networking: How to Get Started | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (ET) |
| Monday, March 27 | |
| Finding Yourself: Identifying a Career that Matches your Strengths and Values | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET) |
| Higher Ed-Presenting Yourself | 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM (ET) |
| How to Find and Apply for a Chemistry Position in the Federal Government | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (ET) |
| Networking: How to Get Started | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (ET) |
| Opportunities for Chemists in the Federal Government | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (ET) |
| Skydiving into Retirement: Enjoy the Ride and Land Softly | 8:00 AM -12:00 PM (ET) |
| The Higher Ed Landscape | 12:30 PM- 2:30 PM (ET) |
| Your Idea, Your Business, and Your Marketing Strategy | 8:00 AM- 10:00AM (ET) |
| Your Sales Marketing and Financing Plan | 10:30 AM-12:30 PM (ET) |
| Tuesday, March 28 | |
| Careers in Industrial Chemistry: Identifying Your Role in the Industrial Value Chain | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (ET) |
| Finding Yourself: Identifying a Career that Matches your Strengths and Values | 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET) |
| Green Cards for Scientific Researchers: How to Win Your EB-1/NIW Case | 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (ET) |
| Higher Ed-Presenting Yourself | 3:30 PM-5:30 PM (ET) |
| How to Find and Apply for a Chemistry Position in the Federal Government | 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM (ET) |
| Making the Most of Your Interview: Outshine the Competition | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (ET) |
| Networking: How to Get Started | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (ET) |
| Opportunities for Chemists in the Federal Government | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET) |
| Résumé Development: Marketing Your Brand for an Industrial Chemistry Position | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (ET) |
| Setting Yourself Up for Success in an Interview | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (ET) |
| The Higher Ed Landscape | 1:00PM-3:00PM (ET) |
| Writing Excellent Proposals | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (ET) |
| Wednesday, March 29 | |
| Careers in Industrial Chemistry: Identifying Your Role in the Industrial Value Chain | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (ET) |
| Finding Yourself: Identifying a Career that Matches your Strengths and Values | 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET) |
| Making the Most of Your Interview: Outshine the Competition | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (ET) |
| Networking: How to Get Started | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (ET) |
| Résumé Development: Marketing Your Brand for an Industrial Chemistry Position | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (ET) |
| Setting Yourself Up for Success in an Interview | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (ET) |
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