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Preface This book was developed from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Presidential Symposium on “Vision 2025: How to Succeed in the Global Chemistry Enterprise”, held at the 245th National Meeting of the ACS in New Orleans in April 2013. The symposium speakers (and authors of the book chapters) were top leaders of the chemistry enterprise, including Presidents of international chemical societies, corporate executives, academic thought leaders, federal science agency director, and successful entrepreneurs. The purpose was to provide their collective perspectives on the global chemistry enterprise and share their experiences and ideas in order to benefit chemistry professionals and students in the future. Some of the topics covered included current activities of international chemical societies, successful global collaborative efforts, ideas on further cooperative and educational opportunities, and examples of recent successful research or entrepreneurial efforts. A total of 22 chapters are included in this book with contributions from almost all symposium speakers. For convenience, they are divided into three sections: 1) Perspectives from U.S. leaders, 2) Perspectives from international leaders, and 3) Successful global start-ups, collaborations, and overseas assignments. The final report and recommendations of the ACS Presidential Task Force on Vision 2025 (mentioned in the Foreword) are included as Chapter 22. This book should be useful to a wide range of audiences, from professors and senior corporate executives, to working scientists and students. They may be especially helpful to people seeking to foster international collaborations, to publicize chemistry to the public, to promote chemistry education, or to start new businesses. The younger scientists and students may take note of the trends and the changes in the global chemistry enterprise described in these chapters and manage their careers accordingly. We appreciate the efforts of the authors who took time to prepare their manuscripts and our many reviewers for their cooperation during the peer review process. We thank the members of the ACS Presidential Task Force for their help in the past two years (Jens Breffke, Susan B. Butts, James Chao, Mukund S. Chorghade, Pat N. Confalone, Peter K. Dorhout, Dan Eustace, John Gavenonis, Jennifer S. Laurence, Zafra Lerman, Cynthia A. Maryanoff, Connie J. Murphy, Attila E. Pavlath, Dorothy J. Phillips, Al Ribes, Sonja Strah-Pleynet, Shaomeng Wang, Joel I. Shulman, Sharon Vercellotti, and Zi-Ling (Ben) Xue). Certainly we should also thank the ACS staff members, who ably assisted in the various tasks related to the Presidential symposium and Presidential Task Force, particularly Robert Rich, Brad Miller, Frank Walworth, and Alicia Harris. Encouragement
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and continuing support from Madeleine Jacobs and Denise Creech are also much appreciated. The following photos are from the ACS Presidential Symposium and Global Collaboration Roundtable, 245th National ACS Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2013.
Figure 1. Standing (from left): Sadiq Shah, H. N. Cheng, Hai-Lung Dai, Han-Young Kang, David Stonner, Sorin Rosca, Robert Parker, Xi Zhang, Jens Breffke, Kohei Tamao, Chien-Hong Cheng, Nobu Kawashima, Julius Vancso, James Darkwa, Tao Guo. Sitting (from left): Livia Sarkadi, Vitor Ferreira, Marinda Wu, Cathleen Crudden, Barbara Albert.
Figure 2. Discussions during the Global Collaboration Roundtable. xiv Cheng et al.; Vision 2025: How To Succeed in the Global Chemistry Enterprise ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2014.
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Figure 3. Ron Breslow, Harry Gray, and Marinda Wu sharing a laugh during the symposium break.
Figure 4. Presidents of international chemical societies. Back row (from left): Xi Zhang (China), Vitor Ferreira (Brazil), Sorin Rosca (Romania), Kohei Tamao (Japan), Han-Young Kang (Korea). Front row (from left): Cecilia Anaya (Mexico), Marinda Wu (U.S.A.), Barbara Albert (Germany), Livia Sarkadi (Hungary), Cathleen Crudden (Canada), James Darkwa (South Africa), Chien-Hong Cheng (Chem. Soc. Located in Taipei). xv Cheng et al.; Vision 2025: How To Succeed in the Global Chemistry Enterprise ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2014.
H. N. Cheng Southern Regional Research Center Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd. New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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Sadiq Shah The University of Texas-Pan American 1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, Texas 78539, United States
Marinda Li Wu American Chemical Society 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20036, United States
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