Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: As chair of the American Chemical Society Committee on Meetings and Expositions (M&E), I’d like to personally invite each of you to join me at the reimagined ACS Fall 2025 meeting in Washington, DC. You might ask why I’m extending this invitation. My ACS colleagues on M&E and I have been collaborating closely with other ACS volunteers and staff for over 2 years to make several impactful changes to the meeting. Feedback from ACS members and other relevant parties helped identify the top reasons why they attend ACS meetings: science, networking, and career development. This feedback also provided a basis for making changes to enhance the meeting experience for attendees. We are excited to share those changes with you at ACS Fall 2025.What’s new? You may have noticed a different schedule for ACS Fall 2025. The meeting will have 3.5 days of programming, and the core oral and poster sessions will start on Monday instead of Sunday. But, valuable events are planned on Sunday to kick off the meeting, including the Open Board Session and ChemLuminary Awards, followed by a 2-hour ACS Connect reception for attendees to network.M&E has added resources for first-time attendees to make the meeting easier to navigate. A webinar providing tips by seasoned ACS volunteers for getting the most out of ACS Fall 2025 will be held prior to the meeting. An informative orientation for new attendees will follow the webinar. The meeting will also be easier for everyone to navigate physically because we’ve optimized our
Source: C&EN Global Enterprise
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4410855872