(August 2012) ACS Meeting Program Chair: Joseph Sabol
• 244th ACS National Meeting.
Final Program: Details on the complete SCHB’s Fall 2012 program in Philadelphia that runs from Sunday (8/19) to Wednesday (8/22). Venue: Not yet determined. Requested: Philadelphia Convention Center.
Sessions: • Marketing and Technical Sales for Start-up and Growing Businesses • How Small Businesses Increase Sales and Grow Using Social Media • What You Need to Know About the New U.S. Patent Laws • Making Running for Elected Office a Part of Your Career • Entrepreneurship: Drug Discovery Innovation at Start-Up, Small, and Medium-Sized Biotechnology Companies • Terahertz Spectroscopy Moves From the Laboratory to the Commercial Sector
Read the latest issue of Small Chem Biz newsletter, with details about the San Diego meeting and other SCHB news. The next Newsletter (August) will feature the Philadelphia meeting. Share your small business news with Newsletter Editor Sharon Vercellotti (Deadline: Friday, June 29th).
Visit SCHB at ACS Expo on Small Chemical Businesses Row (Booth 1433). Also visit our fellow SCHB small business exhibitors: Fox Chase Chemical Diversity Center, Inc. at Booth 1437 and Applied Research & Photonics, Inc. at Booth 1339.
Materials for Health & MedicineSocial Hour: Monday evening at the Philadelphia History Museum (Jointly with CHAS, Division of Chemical Health & Safety).
• 2012 Upcoming Regional Meetings
SCHB will be at these upcoming ACS regional meetings in 2012:
• MARM, May 31-June 2, Baltimore, MD.
Details: http://marmacs.org/2012/. The Maryland local section hosts “Chemistry on the Chesapeake”. SCHB plans “Best Steps for the Chemical Entrepreneur”. Organizer: Gianna Arnold, garnold@saul.com. Additional support from Saul Ewing LLP.
• CERMACS, June 5-9, Dearborn, MI.
Details: http://2012cerm.sites.acs.org/. The Detroit local section is celebrating its centennial and is host for “Driving Chemistry for 100 Years” (“The Throwdown in Motown”.) The SCHB sessions are “Resources for Start-up, Small, and Growing Businesses” ,“So, you want to Start a Company and Be your own Boss? Here’s What to do to get Started” and “True Stories of Success”. Organizer: Joe Sabol, program@acs-schb.org.
• NERM, Sept. 30-Oct. 3, Rochester, NY.
Details: http://nerm.sites.acs.org. The Rochester local section is celebrating its centennial and is host for “100 Years of Creating a Better Future through Chemistry”. Organizer: Jennifer Maclachlan, pr@acs-schb.org.
• SWRM, Nov. 4-7, Baton Rouge, LA.
Details: http://swrm2012.org/. Organizer: Sharon Vercellotti, sharon.vercellotti@V-LABS.com. Two half day symposia are dedicated to entrepreneurship.
• Contribute Your News / Exhibit at ACS Expo / Members' Links
Contribute Your News: In the Member News Column: share your successes, changes, and items of interest (up to 50 words). In the Member Spotlight Column - we can feature you and your business (up to 250 words). Send your contributions to the Editor. Deadline: June 17, 2012.
The Spring 2012 newsletter can be downloaded here. Are You Interested in Booth Space at ACS National Meetings? If so, join us on Small Chemical Businesses Row at the National Meetings. For more information, contact: David Deutsch, Acting Booth Coordinator, at expo-booth@acs-schb.org or visit SCHB Booth at National Meetings.
Visit our SCHB members’ Links for current members offering services, go to the Members’ Links.