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Welcome to The California Section

Get Ready for

The 44th Western Regional Meeting

The Many Elements of Chemistry!

October 3-6, 2013

Santa Clara, CA

Co-hosted by the California and Santa Clara Valley Sections

An exciting technical and event program is planned for the 44^th Western Regional meeting to be held at a great venue in the Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay area.  Highlights of the meeting will include a Nuclear Chemistry Symposium in honor of Priestley Medalist Dr. Darleane Hoffman of UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Cope Scholar Symposium in honor of Dr. Sarah Reisman of the California Institute of Technology.  For updated information please see www.wrm2013.org.

We encourage scientists at all levels to submit papers and posters as soon as possible as space is limited.  The closing date for submissions is August 23, 2013.  The closing date for early registration is September 12^th.  For details on early registration and submission of papers and posters, please see the website above.

The location is at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, convenient to the San Jose International Airport, where a special $139/night room rate has been arranged, which includes free wifi and free parking.

An exciting and wide-ranging technical program is on tap to offer something for everyone, from traditional areas to more specialized programs. Planned sessions include:

There will also be several programs for educators at the high school and college levels. Workshops in Career Development, Leadership Development, Safety and a special workshop in Polymorphs and Salt Selection, co-hosted by CACO-PBSS, are scheduled. Poster sessions are being scheduled throughout the meeting.

There will be a large Exhibition with commercial vendors and university graduate school representatives and will include small group presentation opportunities.  Vendor early registration closes July 1.  Early registration is recommended as space may become limited.  Please see www.wrm2013.org for more information

Special evening events will include the regional awards banquet featuring a talk by Priestly Medalist Dr. Richard Zare, an evening with Dr. Charles Bamforth on beer chemistry, and an evening with Shirley Corriher and Dr. Sara Risch on flavor chemistry.  Luncheons with ACS President Dr. Marinda Wu sponsored by the California Section WCC and an ACS Governance lunch meeting with members of the Board of Directors are also planned.   A Sunday public outreach event at the nearby Great America Theme Park is also in the works!

Make your plans now to join us for a great meeting, and don’t forget to submit your paper or poster!

The

Call for Exhibitors

Fill out the application form here, now, to reserve space at the Expo and support have your company promote and support this important  Technical and Expo Event. View the scope of the technical session on the WRM website http://www.wrm2013.org/program.html

Call For Papers,

Abstracts can be submitted now at www.wrm2013.org

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SCIENCE CAFE

Co-Sponsored by

Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation

California Section ~ WCC of the American Chemical Society

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Science Cafe – Plants, Perfumes, and Poisons

May Vortex 2013

We encourage all Members of the Section to the monthly business meeting (EXCOMM). Join your colleges and fellow members in helping  the Section  meet its stated mission.

Use this site to locate Events like Science Cafe and the programs at the  Women Chemist , Younger Chemists, and many of our other outreach programs  listed under Committees found under the About US  tab .  We always welcome  the help of  our Members.

You can also find information about our Section monthly meetings here or under the Events tab. Also Check the What’s New tab. Your comments and suggestions are appreciated.

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