SCHB at the 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston
Joseph E. Sabol, Program Chair

Win a SCHB 2GB memory card. Details.

Unless otherwise noted, all SCHB Sessions are at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Room 212. (Directions).

Also, visit "Small Chemical Businesses Row" at ACS Expo. At Booth 438 (CSCS Corp.'s booth), please stop by and pick up the latest SCHB literature. Also on Small Chemical Businesses Row is Active Spectrum Inc. at Booth 442, another SCHB-sponsored Expo exhibitor.

At the SCHB program sessions and the reception, drop your business card in a bowl to enter drawings for a number of gifts. We should have a Member Information table outside Room 212, BCEC, where our program sessions take place. Drawings every session!

If you would like to volunteer your time and work a two-hour shift at the table, greeting visitors and distributing literature, contact SCHB Chair Mukund Chorghade at chair@acs-schb.org. Each volunteer will receive a small gift for their contribution.

• Sunday August 22, 2010
9 am-12:20 pm: Combating Disease: The Role of Biotechnology-based Small Businesses.
Presiding: Mukund Chorghade. Co-sponsor: PROF. Details

1 – 4:45 pm: Building Businesses Based on the Integration of Basic & Applied Research.
Presiding: Mukund S. Chorghade. Co-sponsor: PROF. Details

• Monday August 23, 2010
9 – 11:55 am: Sustaining a Chemical Business with Federal Grants & Contracts.
Presiding: James White. Co-sponsors: BMGT, PROF, WCC. Details

1:30 – 3:30 pm: Best Practices for Entrepreneurs (Panel Discussion).
Presiding: Joseph Sabol. Co-sponsor: PROF. Details

3:45 – 4:45 pm: SCHB Executive Committee Meeting (Open Meeting).

5:30 - 7:30 pm: SCHB and CHAS Social (Same address, but new restaurant).
 Note: No longer STIX Restaurant, previously listed.
 Join us at Zocalo's, Back Bay (35 Stanhope Street) for this joint reception. Details

8 – 10 pm: Sci-Mix Poster Session.
Note: Location - Boston Convention Center, Hall C.
Presiding: Mukund S. Chorghade. Details

• Tuesday August 24, 2010
8:30 am – 12 noon: Mastering Technical Sales in a Small Business.
Presiding: David Jarvis. Co-sponsor: PROF. Details

1 - 3:50 pm: True Stories of Success from Chemical Entrepreneurs
Presiding: John Lauterbach. Co-sponsor: PROF, YCC. Details

4:15 - 5 pm: SCHB Business Meeting (Open to all).

• Wednesday August 25, 2010
8:30 am - 12:10 pm: A Small Business Guide to Intellectual Property.
Presiding: Carlyn Burton. Co-sponsor: CHAL, PROF. Details

1:30 - 5:15 pm: Integrated Marketing for Small, Science-Focused Businesses.
Presiding: Margery Stegman. Co-sponsors: PROF. Details

• Thursday August 26, 2010
8:30 am - 12:55 pm: Computer Modeling: The Wave of the Future and its Benefits for Small Business Owners.
Presiding: Masha Petrova. Co-sponsor: CINF, COMP, PROF. Details

• SCHB is co-sponsoring these sessions at Boston with:
BMGT - Chemistry: The Future-proof Profession (Tuesday, 8/24 AM + PM) Download Flyer

CHED - Chemistry and Policy: Solving Problems at the Interface (Monday, 8/23 AM + PM)

PROF - Genesis of a Chemical Business (Monday, 8/23 AM)

PROF - Town Hall Forum and Poster Session (Tuesday, 8/24 Sci-Mix)

YCC - The Chemistry of Beer and Brewing (Sunday, 8/22 PM)