General Program

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15

11:00a – 1:00p 

Virtual Pre-Meeting Workshop: Climate Science (Check SERMACS 2022 webpage and Click for Flyer)

Virtual

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19

8:30a – 5:00p 

Workshops

CC Rooms

8:30a – 12:05p

Concurrent Sessions AM

CC Rooms

10:00 – 10:25a

Coffee Break

Ballroom Foyer

1:30p – 3:30p

3:45p – 4:45p

ACS on Campus Workshops: 

Finding Yourself: Identifying a Career that Matches your Strengths and Values

Careers in Industrial Chemistry: Identifying Your Role in the Industrial Value Chain

208 C

2:00 – 4:00p

YCC Power Hour with SCC: Journey to Success (Click for Flyer)

104 C

1:25 – 4:30p 

Concurrent Sessions PM 

CC Rooms

3:15 – 3:40p

Coffee Break

Ballroom Foyer

5:00p

SERMACS 2022 Opening Ceremony

Plenary Speaker 1 – Angela Wilson, Ph.D.

Ballroom A

6:30p

Exhibition Opening

Ballroom Foyer

6:30p

Sci-Mix Poster Session I

Ballroom B

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20

7:30 – 8:30a

Student Gathering with Merck Representatives (Continental Breakfast (only for students)

208 B

9:30a – 7:00p 

Exhibition

Ballroom Foyer

9:00a – 5:00p

Graduate School Fair 

CC Grounds

8:30 – 9:30a

Plenary Speaker 2 – Isaiah Warner, Ph.D.

Ballroom A

9:30 – 9:55a

Coffee Break

Ballroom Foyer

9:30a – 12:00m

ACS on Campus: 10 Tips for Scholarly Publishing

209 A/B

9:30 – 9:45a

Check In

209 A/B

9:45 – 9:55a

Opening Remarks – Angela Wilson

209 A/B

9:55 – 10:45a

10 Tips for Scholarly Publishing (Erick Carreira & Monica Olvera, mod. Carlos Toro)

209 A/B

10:45 – 11:00a

Networking Break

209 A/B

11:00 – 11:45a

Concurrent Session A: ChemIDP

Concurrent Session B: Library Session: ACS Publications & CAS

209 A/B

11:45 – 11:55a

ACS Resources to Grow Your Future + Closing Remarks

209 A/B

9:55a – 12:05p

Concurrent Sessions AM

PRCC

10:00a – 12:00p 

Sci-Mix Poster Session II

Ballroom B

12:00 – 1:30p

DEIR/WCC Luncheon (Ticketed event, Click for Flyer)

208 B

1:15 – 4:30p

Undergraduate Oral Presentations

209 A/B

1:25 – 4:40p

Concurrent Sessions PM 

PRCC

2:00 – 4:00 p

Meeting with Puerto Rico Representatives, Victor R. McCrary, Jr.

Room 209 A/B

3:00 – 5:00p 

Undergraduate Poster Session I

Ballroom B

1:25 – 4:40p

Concurrent Sessions PM 

PRCC

3:15 – 3:40p

Coffee Break

Ballroom Foyer

5:00p

Plenary Speaker 3- Victor R. McCrary, Jr, Ph.D.

Ballroom A

6:00p

Board Reception

Ballroom Foyer

7:00p

Puerto Rican Night (Ticketed Event)

CC Terrace

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21

8:30 – 11:30a 

Festival de Química (Click for Flyer) 

PRCD Grounds

8:30a – 5:00p

K-12 Teachers and Students Day (Click for Flyer)

202 C & 209 C

8:30a – 5:00p 

Workshops

CC Rooms

8:30a – 5:00 pm 

Exhibition 

Ballroom Foyer

8:30a – 12:05p 

Concurrent Sessions AM

CC Rooms

10:00 – 10:25a 

Coffee Break

Ballroom Foyer

10:25 – 12:00p

12:00 – 1:30p

CPT Listening Session – ACS Graft Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs (View Flyer)

Awards Luncheon (Ticketed Event)

208 B

1:30 – 2:30p 

Regional Leaders and Members Discussion

104 C

2:30 – 4:45p 

Concurrent Sessions PM

CC Rooms

2:30 – 5:00p

Graduate School Fair 

Ballroom A

3:20 – 3:45p

Coffee Break

Ballroom Foyer

3:00 – 5:00p 

Sci-Mix Poster Session IV

Ballroom B

1:45p – 4:55p

6:15 – 7:15 pm

ACS on Campus:

Hangout with ACS on Campus at Sci-Mix

Ask Me Anything Live!

209 A/B

4:55 – 5:30p

Ask Me Anything Live (Erick Carreira, David MacMillan, Monica Olvera, Kathy Canul) Erick Carreira, David MacMillan, Monica Olvera, Kathy Canul

209 A/B

5:00 – 6:00p 

SERMACS 2022 Plenary Speaker 4   David MacMillan, Ph.D.

Ballroom A

6:15 – 7:15p

1 hr. reception for ACSOC attendees and speakers

209 A/B

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

8:00a – 12:00m 

SERMACS’ Board Meeting

208 B

8:30 – 9:30a

Plenary Speaker 5 – Erick Carreira

Ballroom A

8:30 – 9:30a

AAAs Annual Conference (Click for Flyer) 

Ballroom A

9:30 – 9:55a

Coffee Break

Ballroom Foyer

9:55a – 12:05p

Concurrent Sessions AM

PRCC

10:00a – 12:00p

Sci-Mix Poster Session V

Ballroom B

10:00a – 12:00p

Sci-Mix Poster Session V

Ballroom B

1:25 – 4:40p 

Concurrent Sessions PM 

CC Rooms

1:30 – 5:00p

AAAs Annual Conference (Click for Flyer)

209 A/B

2:55 – 3:20p

Coffee Break

Ballroom Foyer