If you are interested in organizing a symposium at a future national meeting of the ACS, please click here.
Next Meeting
Orlando, FL
March 31 – April 4, 2019
Theme: Chemistry for New Frontiers
Deadline for abstract submission is 11/05/2018 at 11:59 pm EST
Lead Program Chair: Brett Helms, Molecular Foundry (bahelms@lbl.gov)
Abstract Submission: All abstracts must be submitted through MAPS
Deadline for abstract submission is 11/05/2018 at 11:59 pm EST
Symposia:
- ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry in Honor of Richard Gross
- ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry in Honor of Tim Swager
- ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials in Honor of Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
- Carl S. Marvel Award for Creative Polymer Chemistry Award in Honor of Matt Becker
- Antimicrobial & Cell-Penetrating Peptides
- Dispersity in Block Copolymers: Synthesis, Characterization, Modeling & the Effects on Self-Assembly
- Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research
- General Topics: New Synthesis & Characterization of Polymers
- Industrial Innovations in Polymer Science (Oral)
- New Frontiers in Aerospace Polymers: Advances & Challenges in Experiments & Simulations
- Poly(2-oxazoline)s & Polypeptoids
- Polymer Bioconjugates for a Changing World
- Polymer-Based Gene & Drug Delivery Systems
- Polymers & Biomimicry
- Synthesis & Properties of Densely Grafted Polymers
- The Fate of Plastics in Water
- Transport in Polymer Membranes
- Undergraduate Research in Polymer Science
For symposia organizers and chairs:
Guidelines for symposia organizers and chairs (pdf document)
Next Upcoming Meetings
San Diego, CA
August 25 – 29, 2019
Theme: Chemistry of Water
Lead Programming Chair: Thomas Epps, III
Symposia:
- Biomacromolecules/Macromolecules Young Investigator Award
- DSM Graduate Student Award
- Eco-Friendly Polymerization
- General Topics: New Synthesis and Characterization of Polymers
- Henkel Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Chemistry
- Herman F. Mark Award
- Industrial Innovations in Polymer Science
- Industrial Polymer Young Scientist Award
- Ocean Plastics
- Overberger International Prize
- Paul Flory’s “Statistical Mechanics of Chain Molecules”: The 50th Anniversary of Polymer Chemistry”
- Polymerization-Induced Nanostructural Transitions
- Polymers for Defense Applications
- Polymers for Water Purification
Philadelphia, PA
March 22 – 26, 2020
Theme: Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century (mark your calendars for this one)
San Francisco, CA
August 16-20, 2020
Theme: Chemistry from Bench to Market
San Antonio, TX
March 21-25, 2021
Atlanta, GA
August 22-26, 2021
San Diego, CA
March 20-24, 2022
Chicago, IL
August 21-25, 2022
Graphical Abstracts from POLY at Previous National ACS Meetings