The Presidential Event cosponsored by the Committee on Minority Affairs, Corporation Associates, the Committee on Education, and the ACS Committee on Science
The Future of Chemistry Is All of Us 216th ACS National Meeting Monday evening, August 24, 1998 Convention Center, Ballroom A and Room 301, 3rd Level This cosponsored interactive Presidential Event will be held Monday evening, August 24, from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. The event focuses on programs and ideas for creating a diverse chemistry workforce — one in which scientific talents of Americans from all ethnic and racial groups can be used to solve current and future challenges. Included will be a student poster session; exhibits of programs encouraging minority participation in science; and two brief plenary sessions, one with Eloy Rodriquez of Cornell University and the other with Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Also, five breakout sessions will be held on topics relevant to the underrepresentation issue. Concluding remarks by Hrabowski will be followed by a reception featuring African-American, American Indian, and Hispanic/ Latino ethnic dishes.
7:05-7:35 PM
Introductory Plenary Session — Room 301 Eloy Rodriquez, Cornell University
7:40-8:40 PM
Breakout Sessions: Chemistry, the Economy, and a Diverse Workforce — Room 303 James D. Burke, Rohm and Haas Company Are Mentoring and Affirmative Action Programs Necessary To Prepare Chemists and Chemical Engineers? — Room 305 Myrna C. Adams, Duke University Political Consequences of Changing Demographics Room 307 David Burgess, University of Pittsburgh It We Have the ACS, Why Should We Bother To Join AISES, NOBCChE, or SACNAS? The Value of Minority Science Societies — Room 201 John Alderete, SACNAS; Winifred Burks-Houck, NOBCChE; and Norbert Hill, AISES ACS Governance Should Look Like You — Room 204 S. Allen Heininger, ACS Past-President
8:45-9:15 PM
Concluding Plenary Session — Room 301 Freeman A. Hrabowski III, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
9:15-10:00 PM
Reception — Ballroom A
