SERMACS 2009
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Dr.
Roald Hoffmann (Nobel Laureate) The Chemical Imagination at Work in Very Tight Places – Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Dr.
Harry Kroto (Nobel Laureate) Architecture in NanoSpace Florida State University, Florida, USA
SPECIAL
SYMPOSIA / CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM (please visit our website
<http://www.sermacs2009.org/> for a complete list):
The symposia being
organized include: Supramolecular science and
self-assembly, Current Trends in Nanotechnology, Bioenergy: Fuels, Chemicals,
and Power, Current
Interdisciplinary Trends in Organic Chemistry, Process Technologies in the Bio-Pharmaceutical
Industry, Current Trends in
Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry
Symposia, Chemistry Education, Chemical Modification in Gene Regulation,
Protein Structure and Function, Analytical Chemistry Symposia
MEETINGS WITHIN
THE MEETING: SAACS Undergraduate Meeting (Graduate
School Fair, undergraduate research and poster session, workshops, tours to the
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus chemistry department research
facilities).
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS PROGRAM:
A full day program will be held on Friday, October 23 at
SERMACS 2009 including workshops and conferences addressing innovative way to
teach chemistry at high school level.
FESTIVAL DE
QUÍMICA:
A Presidential National
Chemistry Week event, “Festival de Química”, will be held on Friday, October 23
at SERMACS 2009 where student affiliates chapters will receive K-12 students
from around the island and make hands-on demonstrations related to 2009 theme
“Chemistry it’s elemental”.
AAAS-CARIBBEAN DIVISION ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM:
The AAAS-Caribbean
Division will hold its annual symposium on Saturday, October 24 (scientific
session, graduate students poster session, teachers and elementary, middle and
high school students workshops).
SERMACS 2009
