C&EN Events at ACS Fall 2024

Connect with C&EN at ACS Fall 2024 in Denver, Colorado

Join C&EN for our Talented 12 Symposium, Chem Social and special events at the C&EN Expo Hall Booth!

By C&EN Media Group

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Are you planning to attend ACS Fall 2024 in Denver, Colorado? Be sure to check out these must-attend C&EN events! You can hear from the young innovators taking on global challenges at our Talented 12 Symposium, mingle with C&EN journalists at our Chem Social, and showcase your chemistry knowledge for a chance to win prizes at the C&EN Expo Hall Booth. Plus: Catch C&EN Editor-in-Chief chief Nick Ishmael Perkins at “Marketing on the Edge” for a talk on improving trust in science. We can’t wait to see you there!


The C&EN Chem Social with trivia challenge

C&EN Chem Social with Chemistry Trivia

Sunday, August 18, 2024, 3-5 PM MT

Maggiano’s Little Italy, 500 16th St., Suite 150

Pavilions Mall, Denver, CO

Meet the journalists behind the posts! Join C&EN live to connect and play trivia with the C&EN journalists you know and interact with on social media. Drinks and light food will be provided.


Visit C&EN at the ACS Booth

August 19 & 20, 2024, 11 AM – 5 PM MT

August 21, 2024, 10 AM – 2 PM MT

Engage with C&EN at the ACS Booth to test your chemistry knowledge and win prizes! 

Location Details: The ACS Booth is located in the Expo Hall at the Colorado Convention Center at 700 14th St, Denver, CO 80202 Denver, CO.

*Attendees must be registered for ACS Fall 2024 to access Expo Hall


Frances Arnold

Talented 12 Symposium

Monday, August 19, 2024, 8 AM-12 PM MT

Bluebird Ballroom 2A, Colorado Convention Center

Join us and be inspired by TED-style talks from the Talented 12 Class of 2024 during ACS Fall 2024.

The Symposium will begin with a special Keynote Address by Frances Arnold, Linus Pauling Professor, California Institute of Technology and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.

Arnold won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes. Event includes light breakfast for attendees to enjoy and a and a special gift for qualified guests.*

* While supplies last.
Note: You must be registered for ACS Fall 2024 to attend this event in person.


Talented 12 Reception

Monday, August 19, 12:30 PM – 2 PM MT

Invitation Only

Appetizers, dinner, and complimentary top-shelf drinks will be available to guests.


How We Can Improve Trust In Science – And What It Means For Brand Building, Storytelling and Communications

Thursday, August 22, 8 AM – 3 PM MT

Halcyon Hotel 245 Columbine St, Denver, CO 80206

Despite concerted efforts to bolster trust in science, skepticism, and misinformation continue to threaten its credibility. C&EN’s editor-in-chief, Nick Ishmael Perkins, will share what we can do to help and the implications of this ongoing challenge.

This talk is part of “Marketing on the Edge,” a free science marketing event taking place in Denver during ACS Fall 2024.


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