Professionalism and career development - from college through retirement

The American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, will hold a series of Presidential events on professionalism and career development during its 221st national meeting, April 1-5, in San Diego, Calif.

President Attila Pavlath of the ACS and other speakers will address a variety of topics to help chemists at all career stages attain their professional goals. Topics will include foreign exchange programs and international research collaborations, professional certification, industrial sabbaticals and post-retirement activities.

Professionalism and career development symposia topics and details follow:

"You Only Thought You Were Retired - What's Next"

WHO: George O'Neil, retired
Warren Bush, retired
Jean Parr, American Chemical Society
George Cowperthwaite, Esstech/Esschem

WHEN: Sunday, April 1, 1 p.m. Pacific Standard Time

WHERE:San Diego Convention Center, Room 3

"Industrial Sabbaticals"

WHO: Elmo Beyer, DuPont
Daniel Kleier, DuPont Crop Protection Products
Blaik Halling, FMC Corporation
J.D. Oliver, Procter & Gamble Company
Frank Woolard, ChemRx Advanced Technologies

WHEN: Monday, April 2, 8:30 a.m.

WHERE:San Diego Convention Center, Room 3

"Chemical Careers in a Global Context"

WHO: Eamon Kelly, National Science Foundation
J. Keith Grime, Procter & Gamble Company
Michael Rabinowitz, Glaxo Wellcome
Tomas Baer, University of North Carolina
Craig Woods, Scripps Research Insitute
Francis Wodarczyk, National Science Foundation
John Malin, American Chemical Society
Peter Stang, University of Utah

WHEN: Monday, April 2, 1:50 p.m. Pacific Standard Time

WHERE:San Diego Convention Center, Room 3

"Professional Chemists and Certification" - 2 sessions

WHO: Connie Hendrickson, ArKon Consultants
Rock Vitale, Environmental Standards
James Smith, Trillium
Michael Carlo, The C & F Company

WHEN: Tuesday, April 3, 9 a.m.-11 a.m Pacific Standard Time

WHERE: San Diego Convention Center, Room 3

WHO: Meyer Rosen, Interactive Consulting
Lawrence Duffy, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Warren Merkel, American Association for Laboratory Accreditation
Gilbert Smith, National Registry of Certified Chemists

WHEN: Tuesday, April 3, 2 p.m.- 4 p.m. Pacific Standard Time

WHERE: San Diego Convention Center, Room 3