International Year of Chemistry, 2011

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Science Saturday - Celebrating IYC2011 Linda De la garza   |   added on Dec 08, 2010    |    United States Hands-on science experiments for children are among the many activities planned for area residents during this year's celebration of the International Year of Chemistry (2011). The event is an outreach program hosted by the Southwest Georgia section of the American Chemical Society and Valdosta State University College of Arts
Topic: celebrating chemistry, educational materials, hands-on activities, demonstrations Audience: students, educators, general public, teachers, educational institutions, secondary schools, secondary school students, high schools, school children

Solar Fuels: Catalysis and Photoconversion Lars Sahl   |   added on Dec 01, 2010    |    United States SERC is hosting its second annual symposium on January 13 - 14, 2011, on the Campus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Topic: conferences, chemistry, sustainable and green chemistry, website Audience: students, professional chemists, professors, general public, universities, post graduate students, research scientists

15th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference & International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry Robert Peoples   |   added on Nov 29, 2010    |    United States Hosting the 15th annual GC&E conference in partnership with the 5th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry in Washington, D.C., June 21-23, featuring one, unified program. This event will be kicked-off by the 16th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards on Monday evening, June 20, 2011.
Topic: green chemistry, sustainability Audience: industry, government, academia, media, ngos, students, business leaders, business schools, corporations, science writers

Renewing the Heritage of Chemistry in the 21st Century Jeffrey Allan Johnson   |   added on Nov 28, 2010    |    United States Conversations on the Preservation, Presentation and Utilization of Sources, Sites and Artefacts will take place during this Symposium of the Commission on the History of Modern Chemistry (CHMC) in Conjunction with the IUPAC-UNESCO International Year of Chemistry, 2011, Paris, 21-24 June 2011
Topic: history, chemical heritage Audience: historians, archivists, museum curators, librarians, industrial archaeologists

2011 Boulder Laboratories Postdoctoral Poster Symposium Joseph Magee   |   added on Nov 24, 2010    |    United States Early career researchers (postdoctoral students, graduate students and undergraduate students), who are doing research in the Boulder Laboratories, make poster presentations to a broad audience on June 22, 2011. Special recognition is awarded for Outstanding Presentations.
Topic: conferences, networking, competition, celebrating chemistry, posters Audience: post graduate students, graduate students, undergraduate students