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ACS Webinars

Connecting you with subject experts and global thought leaders in chemical sciences, management, and business. Please join us weekly Thursdays at 2:00pm ET. To suggest topics for future webinars, please email imp@acs.org. Click on the webinar dates for link to more information and to register.

 

Why Attend ACS Webinars?

FAST – No wasted time here. Get right to the heart of addressing issues important to you in 60-minutes. Fit easily into your busy schedule.

CONVENIENT - No airport security. No traffic congestion. No down time. Listen from the comfort and convenience of your desk or your bench.

EASY – An online computer or telephone is all the equipment you need. Just go to the weblink, enter the webinar code, and you’re in. That’s it. Instructions are sent in advance.

ACTIONABLE - Learn from luminaries and subject experts on strategies and tactics you can start using right after the webinar.

LEARN WITH YOUR PEERS – Use a speakerphone and as many people as you want can listen in – at no extra cost to you. Many professionals use these sessions as a cost-efficient, time-efficient means of group training and reinforcing key issues in a fresh new manner that they will remember and act on.

AFFORDABLE – Free. A benefit to you from the American Chemical Society. No cost of travel or attendance fees.

 

Click here for recorded archives of past webinars.

 

Upcoming Events by Months - Feb 2010:

• February 11, 2010 - “Love Chemistry and Food? Find out how to find and build a career in the food/flavor industries” with Carolyn Fisher at McCormick.
• February 18, 2010 - “Failure is an Option: Turning Failure into an Advantage – Story of Inspire Pharma” with Ben Yerxa, Chief of R&D, Inspire Pharmaceuticals.
• February 25, 2010 - “Hidden Global Opportunities in Asia Pacific for Small and Medium Chemical Businesses” with Ronghui Gao, Business Development Director, BioBay Park, China.

 

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ACS Webinars - Small and Medium Business Series:

Part of the ACS Webinars program, these presentations feature industry experts and luminaries that address business topics on issues faced by scientists, entrepreneurs, and executives in small/med companies.

• February 25, 2010 - “Hidden Global Opportunities in Asia Pacific for Small and Medium Chemical Businesses” with Ronghui Gao, Business Development Director, BioBay Park, China.
• March 25, 2010 - “How to Grow Your Small Business into a Large Corporation – The Story of SAIC and the Secret Sauce of Employee Ownership” with Martin Staubus, Beyster Institute.
• April 22, 2010 – “The Ins and Outs of Raising Capital with Angels: Things You Wish You Can Learn in School” with Mike Elconin, President, Tech Coast Angels.
• May 28, 2010 – “Knowing Your Worth: Strategies to Negotiate for a Higher Salary or Pay for Chemical Professionals (including negotiating for fractional ownership and stock options)” with Meredith Dow, Partner at Proven Inc.
• June 24, 2010 – “Business Exit Strategies: The Other Side of the Coin” with Kenneth Polk, Director, ACS TechCatalyst.
• July 22, 2010 – “An Entreprenuer’s Perspective on Growing a Manufacuring Company from Scratch” with Brian Morin, Founder, Innegrity, LLC.
• August 26, 2010 – “The Dos and Donts of Pitching for Investment Dollars” with Flyod Jones, ACS TechCatalyst.
• September 23, 2010 – “Strategies for Getting Federal R&D Funding: Small Business Innovation Research &  Small Business Technology Transfer Grants” with Josephine Yuen, Program Director, National Science Foundation.
• October 28, 2010 – ” Strategies for Leveraging Intellectual Property” with Kenneth Polk, Director, ACS TechCatalyst.

 

ACS Webinars – Your Career Matters!  Series:

Part of the ACS Webinars program, these presentations feature speakers that address a wide variety of career topics for science and engineering professionals.

• February 11, 2010 - “Love Chemistry and Food? Find out how to find and build a career in the food/flavor industries” with Carolyn Fisher at McCormick.
• March 11, 2010 - “How Competitive are you in Global Chemistry? Observations of Chemical Operations and Chemistry Skills in India, Singapore, Eastern Europe, and United States?” with Dr. Michael Trova, Senior VP at AMRI.
• April 8, 2010 – “Building an Industry Career in Chemistry and Public Policy” with Susan Butts, Senior Director of External Science and Technology Programs at The Dow Chemical Company.
• April 29, 2010 – “Success Factors for a Consulting Practice in Chemistry” with William Golton, a founder and first Chairman of the Chemical Consultants Network, and Vice President (ret.) of The CECON Group, Inc.
• May 13, 2010 – “Chemistry and Publishing: Starting and Building an Industry Career in the Publishing House” with Darla Henderson, Senior Acquisitions Editor, ACS Publications.  
• June 10, 2010 – “Building Success Upon Failures: Success Story of a Chemical Entrepreneur” Michael Levenfeld, Founder & CEO, Signa Chemicals.

 

ACS Webinars - Green Chemisty Series:

Part of the ACS Webinars program, these presentations feature topics that catalyze the implementation of green chemistry and engineering principles into all aspects of the global chemical enterprise.

• May 20, 2010 – “Innovation and Applications of Green Chemistry”
• August 12, 2010 – “Careers in Green Chemistry and Sustainability – How to find them!”
• November 18, 2010 – “Shades of Green: Reflections from Past Decade and Leaping into the Next Decade”

 

ACS Webinars - Executive View Series:

Part of the ACS Webinars program, these presentations features industry executives from small and large businesses on pertinent issues affecting the chemical and biopharma enterprises.

• February 18, 2010 - “Failure is an Option: Turning Failure into an Advantage – Story of Inspire Pharma” with Ben Yerxa, Chief of R&D, Inspire Pharmaceuticals.

 

ACS Webinars - Professional Growth & Development Series:

Part of the ACS Webinars program, these presentations features subject experts on topics and issues of personal growth for scientific professionals.

• March 4, 2010 - “Online Monitoring for Water and Wastewater Processes – Global Sustainablilty at Your Fingertips” with Ed Askew of Askew Scientific Consulting.
• March 18, 2010 - “Staying ahead of the game: Recent innovations in computational methods for drug discovery” with Woody Sherman, Vice President of Applications Science at Schrödinger Inc.
• April 15, 2010 – “US Immigration for Foreign-born Scientists and Engineers- Employment, Green Card, and Travel” with Martin Lawler, Lawler & Lawler.
• May 6, 2010 – “TBD”
• June 3, 2010 – “Effective Technical Writing” with Dr. Aline Harrison of York College of Pennsylvania

 

ACS Webinars - Prized Science Series:

Part of the ACS Webinars program, these presentations feature chemical luminaries and ACS award winners who discuss their cutting edge research and personal journey in the sciences.

• June 17, 2010 – “TBD”