ACS ProSpectives Conferences

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ACS ProSpectives Conferences

• Presented by John C. Katz
• Program Director
• Office of Technical Programming and Conferences

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Office Of Technical Programming and Conferences -
Overall Objective

• (From the Board Task Force on Tech. Programming)
• - To enhance the value of the Society to its
  members and potential members by developing and
  offering technical conferences that are topically
  focused, cover interdisciplinary emerging areas,
  address core competencies, and are job-related.

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Office Of Technical Programming and Conferences

• The intent of the Board and of senior management
  in ACS is that these conferences should
  supplement, not duplicate or compete with, the
  programs produced by ACS technical divisions.

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Summary of Combinatorial Chemistry 21st Century
Chemical Synthesis - April 2000

• Technical program featured invited speakers (16)
• Registration fees ranged from 1,595 to 1,995
• Attracted 185 paid registrants
• 83 employed in industry
• 86 were 45 or younger

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Comments from Division Representatives at the
Conference

• Divisions represented BMGT, INOR, POLY, ORGN,
  CINF, BIOT, MEDI
• The conference did not directly compete with my
  divisions programming.
• I established useful contacts for future
  division activities.
• I received a good overview of combinatorial
  chemistry.

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2001 Conferences

• Biological Applications of Nanotechnology
• Defining the Proteomics Agenda
• Combinatorial Chemistry Applying the Technology

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Biological Applications of Nanotechnology

• June 3-6, 2001 in Berkeley, CA
• Conference Chair A. Paul Alivisatos, (University
  of California, Berkeley)
• Features 17 invited speakers plus posters

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Defining the Proteomics Agenda

• October 7-10, 2001 in Leesburg, VA
• Conference Chairs
• Ruth Van Bogelen and Joseph Loo (Pfizer), Samir
  Hanash and Frederick Neidhardt (Michigan Medical
  School)
• Tentative Program Projecting 20 invited speakers
  plus posters

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Combinatorial Chemistry Applying the Technology

• November 4-7, 2001 in Zurich, Switzerland
• Conference Chairs Andy Combs (DuPont), Sheila
  DeWitt (ArQule), David Rees (AstraZeneca-Sweden)
• Features short course, 19 invited speakers, and
  poster session

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Subjects Under Consideration for 2002

• Combinatorial Chemistry
• Crystal Engineering
• Drug Delivery
• Endocrine Disrupters
• Gene Modification of Food

• Gene Patenting
• Molecular Recognition
• Photonic Materials
• Proteomics
• Self Assembly

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Positioning Statement

• When viewed in the context of all relevant
  competitive conferences, we aspire for scientists
  to most prefer ACS ProSpectives brand offerings.

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Criteria for ACS ProSpectives Conferences

• Address emerging or rapidly- changing fields
• Emphasize the applied aspects of the
  information emerging in a subject area
• Attract a minimum of 175 paid registrants

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Criteria for a ACS ProSpectives
Conferences(cont.)

• 50 or more of registrants should work in
  industry
• All speakers (15-20) must be invited
• Minimum time for each speaker is 30 minutes,
  plus 15 minutes of Q A

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Division Proposals forACS ProSpectives
Conferences

• Define broad field/focus (e.g. gene
  modification/food)
• Suggest title, chair(s) and session topics
• Provide a list speakers to be invited
• Suggest a conference date, e.g. Fall/2002
• Project percentage of industry registrants you
  anticipate will register
• Provide a contact person for follow-up

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Division proposal for ACS Prospectives (cont.)

• Submit to John Katz no less than 15 months prior
  to projected date of event
• Proposal will be peer reviewed
• Response back to Division within 60 days
• Letter of Agreement/Contract
• Financial arrangements to be made on a
  case-by-case basis

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Communicating with Divisions

• E-mail
• DivisioNews
• Program Planning Coordinating Conference
• Division Leaders Conference
• Committee on Divisional Activities