ACS
Webinars are a weekly online event serving to connect ACS members and
scientific professionals with subject matter experts and global thought leaders
in chemical sciences, management, and business. The ACS Webinars are divided
into several series that addresses topics of interest to the chemical and
scientific community; these series include careers development, professional
growth, small & medium business, green chemistry, and executive view. Each
webinar is 60 minutes in length, comprising a short presentation followed by
Q&A with the speaker. The live webinars are held on Thursdays from 2-3pm ET
and recordings of the past webinars are available online. Upcoming events are
at
http://boilthisdown.org/?page_id=385
A Few Recent Events
Love
Food as well as Chemistry? How to Find and Build a Career in
the Food and/or Flavor Industries. Curious
about the smell of cookies baking? Or how researchers try to isolate vanilla flavor? Know yourself,
discover your passion, and weave it into your career! These and much more is
what our speaker has combined and built into a successful career. Learn from
our speaker how you might also be able to combine your passion in food and
chemistry into a career in the exciting world of food and flavor. Join the
conversation with speaker Carolyn Fisher, Regulatory Manager at McCormick. She
is also an author, instructor, and food flavors aficionado.
ACS Webinars: Your Career Matters! Series – Thursday, Feb 11, 2010,
2:00-3:00 PM ET; free registration and more information online at
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/639896810
Failure is an Option: Learn How to Turn Failure into an
Advantage. We are all familiar with failures and yet failures carry a negative
stigma to both individuals and companies. Just as the phoenix can rise from the
ashes, successful individuals and companies are those who have successfully
turned failures into advantages. Join us to learn from our speaker Ben Yerxa,
Executive Vice President & Chief of R&D at Inspire Pharmaceuticals, the
art of calculating risks and taking charge of setbacks. You too can turn
failures into success.
ACS Webinars:
Executive View! Series – Thursday, Feb 18, 2010, 2:00-3:00 PM ET; free registration
and more information online at
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/328208619
East Meets West: Global Opportunities in Asia
Pacific. Eager to tap into career and business
opportunities in China?
China
is rapidly transforming itself into a high tech powerhouse. Increasing number
of companies are setting up R&D centers in China. While China may offer
many career and business opportunities, one needs to learn about the political
and cultural landscape to successfully capitalizeon the country's dynamic
growth. Learn from our speaker Ronghui Gao, Business
Development Director at BioBay China, how scientists and
businesses can capitalize on their Eastern and Western strengths.
ACS Webinars: Small
& Medium Business Series – Thursday, Feb 25, 2010, 2:00-3:00 PM ET; free
registration and more information online at
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/895099802
Online Monitoring for Water and Wastewater Processes – Global
Sustainability at Your Fingertips. Do you know that the global market for
water treatment products is a $44 Billion industry? The spending and needs for
products and experts in this field is expected to grow with the escalation in
global water demand and consumption. If you are interested in learning about
the latest in online monitoring equipment, how to meet water regulatory
requirements for your company, or to discuss new opportunities in the area of global
sustainability, you can not afford to miss this seminar. Join us with our
speaker Ed Askew, of Askew Scientific
Consulting, to explore the latest
trends in technology and learn best practises for online water monitoring.
ACS Webinars: Professional
Growth and Development Series – Thursday, Mar 4, 2010, 2:00-3:00 PM ET; free
registration and more information online at
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/338640195
Developing Career Skills to Compete in a Global Economy –
Observations of AMRI Operations in India, Singapore, Hungary and the United
States. Do you know how your
skills compare to scientists from other countries? Would you like to learn how
to stay competitive in the integrated global economy? The global business
landscape for chemistry has changed and scientists must adapt. Our speaker Michael Trova, Senior VP of Chemistry at Albany
Molecular Research Inc., will share
his observations of R&D operations in various countries. Join us to learn
how you can develop your career skills and be competitive in this global
era.
ACS Webinars: Your Career Matters! Series – Thursday, Mar 11, 2010,
2:00-3:00 PM ET; free registration and more information online at
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/658331530
Staying ahead of the game: Recent innovations in
computational methods for drug discovery. Looking for new ideas in your research
projects? Want to know if computational methods can help? Knowing when
to use a certain tool in your research is as crucial as deciding whether you
should use it. Advances in computational methods have greatly sped up drug
discovery, but it is not without its setbacks. Our speaker Woody Sherman, Vice President of Applications Science
at Schrödinger Inc., will discuss
the successes of computational modeling and how to benefit from failures and
avoid costly mistakes. Join us as we probe the secrets of when to deploy
computational methods and how to get the innovations you want.
ACS Webinars: Professional
Growth and Development Series – Thursday, Mar 18, 2010, 2:00-3:00 PM ET; free
registration and more information online at
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/464892763
How to Grow Your Small Business into a Large Corporation – The
Story of SAIC and the Secret Sauce of Employee Ownership. Want to learn the secret to growing
your business by empoweing your employees? Employee ownership – giving
employees a stake in the growing value of their company – has been validated
repeatedly as a strategy that gives companies a real competitive edge. Of
course, the concept is fairly simple. But how does it actually work? Join us with
Martin Staubus, Director of Consulting at the Beyster Institute, to learn how
small and medium sized companies, and their employees, can create a system of
employee ownership that is tailored expressly for their individual needs. We will also learn how SAIC has used the employee-owned
model to grow from a small technology company into an $8B powerhouse.
ACS Webinars: Small
& Medium Business Series – Thursday, Mar 25, 2010, 2:00-3:00 PM ET; free
registration and more information online at
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/544943954
