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SUMMARY:Future-Proof Your Chemistry Career for 2030
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by ACS Webinars and ACS Industrial Engagement\n11:00 am-Noon\, Online\, Free\, Registration required\n\n\n\nThe chemistry profession is evolving rapidly. Advances in artificial intelligence\, data science\, and sustainability are transforming how research is conducted\, decisions are made\, and innovation reaches the marketplace. The scientists who thrive in 2030 will be those who can combine deep technical expertise with the skills needed to adapt\, collaborate\, and lead. \nJoin Careers in Chemistry 2030 for a forward-looking discussion on the capabilities that will shape the future of the chemical sciences. Hear from industry and academic leaders as they explore the growing importance of sustainability\, AI and data literacy\, and effective communication. Register now to discover how developing these skills today can expand your career opportunities and increase your impact tomorrow. \nThis ACS Webinar is moderated by Rebekah Paul of the American Chemical Society and co-produced by ACS Industrial Engagement. Join the American Chemical Society this September as we continue to celebrate our 150th Anniversary and feature events that highlight lifelong learning by advancing STEM education\, inclusivity\, professional development\, and mentorship for chemists at every career stage. \n\n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow the chemistry workforce is expected to evolve over the next five years\nThe critical skills employers will value most in the AI-driven\, sustainability-focused future of chemistry\nPractical strategies to begin building these in-demand capabilities today\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\nWednesday\, September 2\, 2026 @ 2:00-3:00pm ET\nFree to attend\nSlides will be available on day of the webinar\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-Produced With\n\n\n\n\nACS Industrial Engagement
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/future-proof-your-chemistry-career-for-2030/
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SUMMARY:2026 Ig Nobel Prizes (36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony)
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Improbable Research\n10:00 am-11:30 am\, Watch Livestream on YouTube | Learn more\n\nThe 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes will be awarded at the 36th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony\, on Thursday evening\, September 3\, 2026. The ceremony\, as per tradition\, will also be webcast. The previous 35 ceremonies all took place in the USA\, in Cambridge/Boston. In a break from tradition\, this year’s ceremony will take place in Zürich\, Switzerland. \nThe basic info: The Ceremony (and webcast) on September 3\, 2026\nWHEN/WHERE: This year’s ceremony will happen on Thursday\, September 3\, 2026\, 7:00 pm (CET)\, at Kongresshaus Zürich\, Claridenstrasse 5\, Zürich\, Switzerland. \nWHAT: Ten new Ig Nobel Prize winners will be introduced — each has done something that makes people LAUGH\, then THINK. A gaggle of amused genuine Nobel Prize winners will physically hand the prizes to the new Ig Nobel Prize winners. \nTICKETS TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS TICKETS to attend the ceremony in person went on sale May 12. The tickets sold out within a few days. [There is a chance that a few tickets will become available. You might want to check the ticket site occasionally to see.] \n\nREGULAR TICKETS: 89 CHF\nSTUDENT TICKETS (Up to PhD-student level. Please show student ID at the door.): 59 CHF\nBILLIONAIRE TICKETS (Expressly for people who want to financially support the Ig Nobel Prizes! Each billionaire-ticket holder will receive a Zimbabwean 1-billion-dollar bill.): 500 CHF\nMILLIONAIRE TICKETS (Expressly for people who want to financially support the Ig Nobel Prizes! Each millionaire-ticket holder will receive a Zimbabwean 1-million-dollar bill.): 250 CHF\nGROUP TICKETS: If your group wants to be recognized during the ceremony as an OFFICIAL DELEGATION\, first purchase your tickets\, then email us at zurich@improbable.com Minimum OFFICIAL DELEGATION size is ten (10). Maximum OFFICIAL DELEGATION size is one thousand (1000).\n\nWEBCAST\, and WATCH PARTIES: The 2026 ceremony will be webcast. (This will be the 32nd straight year — the 1995 Ig Nobel ceremony was one of the very first events ever to be webcast). Watch parties will happen in many countries\, some small and informal\, some large. You can download a guide for organizing a Watch Party. (If your organization would like to host an Official Ig Nobel Watch Party\, and thus be mentioned admiringly during the ceremony and also on this web page\, email us at <zurich@improbable.com>. This involves a few formalities. ) There will be OFFICIAL WATCH PARTIES in Flanders (University of Antwerp)\, The Netherlands (Utrecht University)\, Germany (DESY\, Hamburg)\, France (Université Paris Science & Lettres)\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts (Swissnex)\, and other places to be announced — and many unofficial watch parties (create you own!) in lots of places. \nIG NOBEL FACE-to-FACE in ZURICH: A related event\, called “Ig Nobel Face-to-Face”\, will happen the next afternoon\, Friday\, September 4\, 2026\, 2:00 pm\, at Hörsaal Universität Zürich\, University of Zürich\, Rämistrasse 71\, Zürich. The new Ig Nobel Prize winners will ask each other questions about their work. The Face-to-Face event is free. Seating is limited\, so we advise arriving a bit early. (The Ig Nobel Face-to-Face event will not be webcast. We will later produce an edited video of the event.) \n[THREE WEEKS LATER] BOST-Ig\, A CELEBRATION IN CAMBRIDGE\, USA\, at the Swiss Consulate\, Swissnex\, in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 6:00-7:00 pm\, then light refreshments (doors open 5:30). This is a small (small because space is very limited) celebration event. A few of the new Ig Nobel Prize winners will do a short informal talks\, as will Ig Nobel founder Marc Abrahams. There will be a performance of three Tom Lehrer songs (Tom\, who died last year\, helped with several of the early Ig Nobel ceremonies) by Amanda Palmer and Dr. Thomas Michel (who each have performed in and helped organize many Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies)\, and a short display/talk by Louise Reilly Sacco (who also has performed in and helped organize many Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies) of science-related paintings from MOBA\, the Museum of Bad Art. And there will be jolly conversation with the audience. Details TBA. \n[SOME WEEKS LATER] IG NOBEL FACE-to-FACE IN TOKYO\, JAPAN…. The Miraikan science museum\, in Tokyo\, will again host a gala Ig Nobel Face-to-Face event. Date and other details TBA. \n(Curious about the previous year? Take a peek at the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony!)  Watch on YouTube
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/2026-ig-nobel-prizes-36th-first-annual-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Awards
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SUMMARY:Silicon Valley ACS Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Silicon Valley ACS local section \n7:00-8:30 pm\, Hybrid Event\, Free\, Guests welcome: contact Chair to attend \n 
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/silicon-valley-acs-executive-committee-meeting-38/
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SUMMARY:Catalyze the Vote! Meet the 2027 ACS President-Elect Candidates
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by ACS Webinars\, ACS Younger Chemists Committee\, and ACS Committee on Nominations and Elections\n11:00 am-Noon\, Online\, Free\, Registration required\n\n\n\n“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy\, therefore\, is education.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt \nJoin a friendly virtual discussion between the 2027 ACS President-Elect Candidates\, Laura Sremaniak of NC State University and Lisa McElwee-White of the University of Florida. Don’t miss this opportunity to discover more about each candidate’s values as they answer questions relevant to young chemists as well as the entire Society. Become more informed of their specific goals during this free interactive broadcast and get the information you need to confidently cast your vote. \nThis ACS Webinar will be moderated by Annabelle Lolinco a YCC Member and is co-produced with the ACS Younger Chemists Committee in partnership with the Committee on Nominations and Elections. \n\n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nMeet the ACS President-Elect Candidates\nListen as the candidates share their vision for ACS\nAsk your questions to the candidates\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\nThursday\, September 10\, 2026 from 2:00-3:00pm ET\nFree to attend\nSlides will not be available for this event\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Resources\n\nThe ACS Fall National Elections open on September 14\, 2026 and close on October 9\, 2026 at 12:00pm CT. Find out more about the ACS Election process\, including how to vote: https://www.acs.org/elections\nLaura Sremaniak Questionnaire (Available as soon as possible.)\nLisa McElwee-White Questionnaire (Available as soon as possible.)\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-Produced With\n\n\n\n\nACS Younger Chemists Committee \n\n\n\n\nCommittee on Nominations and Elections
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/catalyze-the-vote-meet-the-2027-acs-president-elect-candidates/
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SUMMARY:A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space\, Should We Settle Space\, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kelly Weinersmith\, Adjunct Professor at Rice University\nSponsored by California ACS Women Chemists Committee and AAUW California\n10:30 am-12:30 pm\, Online\, Free\, Registration required | Download Flyer (PDF)\n\nAbstract\nEarth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far\, far away—no climate change\, no war\, no X—beckons\, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? My co-author/husband and I are sci-fi geeks who set out to write a book about the glorious future of space settlements\, but after years of research\, we aren’t so sure it’s a good idea. Space technologies and space business are progressing fast\, but we lack the knowledge needed to have space kids\, build space farms\, and create space nations in a way that doesn’t spark conflict back home. In this talk\, I’ll tackle questions like: Where are we most likely to settle? What will life in space be like? Is it safe to have babies in space? What is the future of bathrooms in space? What laws will govern humanity when we become interplanetary? Get in\, we’re going to Mars. \nSpeaker Bio\nDr. Kelly Weinersmith is an adjunct faculty member at Rice University. Her research has been featured in The Atlantic\, National Geographic\, BBC World\, Science\, Nature\, and more. Kelly co-wrote the New York Times bestsellers Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve And/Or Ruin Everything and A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space\, Should We Settle Space\, and Have We Really Thought This Through? In 2024\, she and her co-author/husband Zach received a Hugo Award and the Royal Society Trivedi Book Prize for A City on Mars. Kelly is also co-host of the podcast Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe. \nReservation\nPlease visit the CalACS website www.calacs.org to register for this meeting or use EventBrite. \nRSVP here! \nPlease register before Thursday\, September 10\, 2026\, 12 noon. Your email address is needed to send the Zoom link\, which will be shared with attendees on or before the day of the event via Eventbrite. \nCost\nFree! \nQuestions?\nPlease contact Elaine Yamaguchi at eyamaguchi08@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:AI-Guided Molecular Design: From Biological Programming to Drug Discovery
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by ACS Webinars and ACS Publications\n8:00 am-9:30 am\, Online\, Free\, Registration required\n\n\n\nArtificial intelligence is transforming chemistry from analyzing molecules to designing them with unprecedented precision. Join three leading researchers as they explore how AI\, molecular simulations\, and advanced computational workflows are accelerating the discovery of biologics\, therapeutics\, and next-generation antimicrobial inhibitors. \nPranam Chatterjee of the University of Pennsylvania will discuss how generative AI models are enabling the design of programmable biologics\, including peptides\, proteins\, mRNAs\, and metal-sequestering molecules optimized for target binding\, safety\, and efficacy. He will also highlight emerging approaches for controlling protein folding and cell-state transitions. \nShozeb Haider of University College London will examine how molecular recognition dynamics can inform the fight against antibiotic resistance. By combining simulations\, machine learning\, and structural biology\, his team uncovered mechanisms of β-lactamase inhibitor binding that led to the design of N11\, a potent next-generation inhibitor. \nAlexey Zakharov of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at NIH will present an AI-driven framework for hit identification and lead optimization\, demonstrating how machine learning and open-source workflows can efficiently uncover novel\, synthetically accessible drug candidates from ultra-large chemical spaces. \nRegister now to learn how AI-guided design is reshaping molecular discovery\, from programming biological systems and understanding target recognition to identifying and optimizing therapeutic candidates. \nThis ACS Webinar is moderated by Jon Stokes of McMaster University and co-produced with ACS Publications. Join the American Chemical Society this September as we continue to celebrate our 150th Anniversary and feature events that highlight lifelong learning by advancing STEM education\, inclusivity\, professional development\, and mentorship for chemists at every career stage. \n\n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow generative AI and protein language models are enabling the design of therapeutically ready biologics and programmable molecular systems\nHow molecular simulations\, kinetics\, and machine learning can uncover hidden mechanisms of target recognition and guide rational inhibitor design\nHow qHTS-driven machine learning\, reaction-based SAR modeling\, and scaffold-centric exploration can accelerate hit identification and lead optimization\nHow to navigate ultra-large chemical spaces to discover potent\, synthetically accessible candidates for challenging therapeutic targets\nHow integrating AI across biologics\, small molecules\, and antimicrobial research is transforming the future of drug discovery and molecular engineering\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\nWednesday\, September 16\, 2026 @ 11:00am-12:30pm ET\nFree to attend\nSlides will be available on day of the webinar\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-Produced With\n\n\n\n\nACS Publications
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/ai-guided-molecular-design-from-biological-programming-to-drug-discovery/
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