Information about the CHAS program for the upcoming national meeting Aug 18-22 in Denver, CO is now available.
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CHAS at a Glance, Spring 2024
Information about the CHAS program for the upcoming national meeting March 17-21 in New Orleans is now available. More information about the open business meeting will be added as it become available.
The Agenda Book for the Executive Committee meeting is now available below. The meeting will take place on Sunday, March 18, 2024 12:00PM-2:00PM CST in a meeting room TBA in the Morial Convention Center.
CHAS Agenda Book, Spring 2024
The Agenda Book for the Executive Committee meeting is now available. The meeting will take place on Monday, March 18, 2024 12:00PM-2:00PM CST in a meeting room TBA in the Morial Convention Center.
CHAS Agenda Book, Fall 2023
The Agenda Book for the Executive Committee meeting is now available as a Google file. The meeting will take place on Monday, August 14, 2023 11:30AM-1:30PM PDT in the Hilton Parc 55 room of the Embarcadero. The Zoom Virtual Link is available in the agenda book.
CHAS Agenda Book, Spring 2023
The Agenda Book for the Executive Committee meeting is now available as a Google file. The meeting will take place on Sunday, March 27, 2023 1:30AM-11:30PM EST in the Michigan/Texas meeting rooms of the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. The Zoom Virtual Link is available in the agenda book.
CHAS at a Glance, Spring 2022
Information about the CHAS program for the upcoming national meeting March 20-24 in San Diego is now available. More information about the open business meeting will be added as it become available.
The Agenda Book for the Executive Committee meeting is now available below. The meeting will take place on Sunday, March 20, 2022 10:15-11:30AM PST The Zoom Virtual Link is available in the agenda book.
Report on National Meeting DEIR Networking Event
Diversity Equality Inclusiveness Respect
Diversity and inclusion in the workforce brings significant value to the employer[1]. Diversity in society broadens perspective, improves person to person socializing and creates a culture of openness and growth[2]. ACS has pledged to advance and embrace inclusion in chemistry, which includes promoting our core value of DEIR, identifying and dismantling barriers to success, and creating a welcoming environment so that all ACS members, employees, and volunteers can thrive.
A group met to discuss the DEIR challenges in Chemistry and Environmental Health and Safety in April, 2021. The slides used to lead the discussion are shown here.
The event was co-hosted by:
- Division of Chemical Health and Safety (CHAS)
- Division of Business Development and Management (BMGT)
- Division of Small Chemical Businesses (SCHB)
- ACS Committee on Chemical Safety (CCS)
- Board Committee on Corporation Associates (CA)
- ACS Committee on Meetings & Expositions
- ACS Department of Diversity Programs
CHAS at a Glance, Spring 2021
The CHAS at Glance handout for the Spring 2021 ACS National Meeting is now available
Highlights of the program for this meeting are:
- 3 Chemical Health and Safety Symposia on Thursday, April 8
- Systems Thinking in Chemical Health and Safety
- 2020 Chemical Health and Safety Awards
- Safety Across the Scientific Disciplines: Where are the Successes, and What Needs Improvements
- 4 Cannabis Chemistry Symposia on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 5-7
- Advancements in Cannabis Analytical Methods
- Women in Cannabis: Shaping an Emerging Industry
- The 2021 ElSohly Award Symposium Sponsored by Heidolph North America
- Cannabis Derived Treatments for Specific Medical Conditions: Macromolecular Interactions and Justifications
- 3 SCI-MIX papers on Friday, April 9
- The CHAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING on Thursday, April 15. 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. PDT.
- Join us by Zoom at https://princeton.zoom.us/j/92215412283
- The agenda book for this meeting is available here:
- CHAS DISCUSSIONS and NETWORKING EVENTS
- DCHAS Networking, April 8
- Getting the most out of professional events, April 12
- Preparing your NSF GRFP application, April 14
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in health and safety, April 21
- Writing safety statements for publication, April 22
Please join us for any of these events that interest you!
Spring 2021 National Meeting Call for Papers
The CHAS Call for Abstracts for the 2021 Spring Virtual ACS National Meeting is now available at https://callforabstracts.acs.org/acsspring2021/CHAS
Note that the submission calendar is quite tight due to the pandemic’s impact on planning the meeting. The deadlines for submission is January 19. But the good news is that you can share your work more conveniently since travel will not be required.
CHAS symposia open for paper submissions include:
- Chemical Safety Film Festival
- Designing safety into an undergraduate laboratory curriculum, beyond safety rules
- Safety Across the Scientific Disciplines: Where are the successes, and what needs improvements
- Systems thinking in Chemical Health and Safety
CANN symposia include
- Cannabis apart from Cannabinoids
- Cannabis Derived Treatments for Specific Medical Condtions:
- Women in Cannabis: Shaping an Emerging Industry
More details about these sessions can be found on the ACS web site
CHAS at a Glance – August 2019
“CHAS at a Glance”, the summary of Division of Chemical Health and Safety activities for this month’s ACS national meeting is now available in two formats:
The first is in a format suitable for printing on 8.5×11 paper
The second is a PDF file in “infographic” format suitable for easy scanning on a portable device.
Download one and both to help keep track of what the Division is up to from August 25 – 28!
The agenda for CHAS Executive Committee meeting on Sunday morning of the meeting is available here.