ACS national meeting online press conferences begin Monday, Aug. 17

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2015 — All press conferences from the American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) 250^th National Meeting & Exposition in Boston will be accessible via YouTube streaming webcasts starting on Monday, Aug. 17, at 10 a.m. EDT. The link is http://bit.ly/ACSLiveBoston.

Anyone can view the press conferences, but to chat online, you must first sign in with a Google account.

The conferences will take place all day Monday, Aug. 17, and Tuesday, Aug. 18. They will end at about noon EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 19.

The press conference videos also will be available online after the briefings at http://bit.ly/ACSLiveBoston.

If you are planning to tweet about the meeting, use the hashtag #ACSBoston and follow @ACSpressroom  and @ACSNatlMtg for updates.

If you have questions or need help accessing the press conferences online, contact us anytime at newsroom@acs.org. Through Aug. 14, we will be reachable at 202-872-6042; from Aug. 15-19, we will be reachable at the Boston ACS Press Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT at 617-954-3971.

The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress. With more than 158,000 members, ACS is the world’s largest scientific society and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.