Events

Women Chemists of Color
Monday, March 23, 2026 
1:00-2:30 p.m. ET
Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park Grand Ballroom A 
“SWEET TREATS” NETWORKING EVENT 
OPEN EVENT 
ACS Spring 2026 Meeting Attendees are welcome to attend. 
WCC is hosting several exciting events for you to attend during the ACS Spring 2026 Meeting. 
Please review the WCC Schedule of Events here for more information. 
If you have any questions, please send an email to WCC@acs.org. 
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 
Jean Tom 
ACS 2026 Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences Winner 
Professor of the Practice in the Chemical & Biological Engineering Department at Princeton University 
Role Models, Mentorship, and Community: Advancing Women in Chemical Sciences

Monday, March 23, 2026 |2:00 PM – 5:50 PM ET
Emergent Leader Award Symposium
GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER| B5 – EXHIBIT HALL CHEMPOD 1
WCC Chair: Indu Kheterpal Organizer: Anna Sromek WCC Program Chair: Danniebelle Haase Presiders: Aran Hubbell and Kimberly Bliss-Roche

• Introductory Remarks
• Decarboxylative oxygenation via homolysis of carboxylic acid O-H bonds enabled by proton-coupled electron transfer reactions with photoexcited nitroarenes
• Latent ligand-centered radicals enable photoinduced nickel: CF3 cleavage
• Selective C:H functionalization of alkenes via thianthrenation
• First cationic vanadium N-heterocyclic carbene alkylidenes and their performance in carbon isotope exchange
• A multifunctional protein balances redox-mediated toxicity and catalysis in natural product biosynthesis
• IntermissionEnablement and synthesis of a colon-targeted pan-sik inhibitor clinical candidate
• Targeting the alpha9alpha10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for neuropathic pain
• Predicting TNFα dynamics for the discovery and development of novel therapeutics
• Using high-throughput virtual screening to identify selective Helicobacter pylori antimicrobials by targeting respiratory Complex I
• Closing Remarks
For more information on the award, click here. If you have questions, please send an email to WCC@acs.org.

WCC/Lilly Emerging Talent Award Winners Poster Session
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Omni at Centennial Park | International Prefunction Lobby 1
Eli Lilly and Company is acknowledged for its support of the WCC/Eli Lilly Emerging Talent Award program
For more information, please send an email to wcc@acs.org.

Women Chemists Committee Luncheon
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. ET 
OMNI ATLANTA HOTEL AT CENTENNIAL PARK 
Ticketed Event: $50 
Update your ACS Meeting Registration here to attend. 
WCC is hosting several exciting events for you to attend during the ACS Spring 2026 Meeting. Please review the WCC Schedule of Events here for more information. 
If you have any questions, please send an email to WCC@acs.org.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 
Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park 
ACS 2026 Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal Winner 
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering 

WCC ‘Just Cocktails’ Reception Open Meeting
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET 
Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park: International Ballroom EF 
This will be a wonderful time to meet and greet the WCC award winners, and network with a diverse group of meeting attendees, including several WCC and ACS leaders. There will be light refreshments and music. 
OPEN EVENT ACS Spring 2026 Meeting attendees are welcome to join us. WCC is hosting several exciting events for you to attend during the spring meeting. Please see schedule of events or more information.

Women Chemists Committee “Historical Contributions of Chemistry for All” Symposium 
ACS President recommended event. 
Sunday, August 23, 2026 • 2:00 – 6:00 PM 
McCormick Place Convention Center • W179b 
Organizers and Presiders: Amy Balija and Christine Hahn 
Sponsors: ACS Divisions on Education and History (CHED and HIST), the ACS Chicago Local Section, and the ACS Women Chemists Committee (WCC)
Chemical attractions at the 1933-1934 Chicago World’s Fair 
For more information, please visit www.acswcc.org or send an email to WCC@acs.org. Let’s get ready to celebrate 100 years with WCC in 2027!

Women in the Chemical Enterprise Networking Breakfast
Monday, August 24, 2026 
7:30 – 9:00 am CT 
Marriott Marquis Chicago Hotel
Grand Horizon AB
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 
Katie Pyfer 
Consultant for Egon Zehnder’s Industrial Practice 
From Molecules to Markets: Navigating Leadership in the Modern Chemical Industry 
TICKETED EVENT: $20 
Purchase tickets via ACS Registration if you plan to attend. 
WCC is hosting several exciting events for you to attend during the ACS Fall 2026 Meeting. Please review the WCC Schedule of Events here for more information. 
If you have any questions, please send an email to WCC@acs.org.

WCC Merck Research Awards Symposium Monday, August 24, 2026 • 2:00 – 5:55 pm CT McCormick Place Convention Center, A2 – SOUTH HALL ChemPod 2 Organizer: Anna Sromek • Presiders: Amelie Dion and Anna Sromek 2:00 pm Introductory remarks 2:05 pm Leveraging cell-curface sugar mimicry to target and understand tau–heparanase crosstalk in Alzheimer’s disease April […]

WCC/Lilly Emerging Talent Award Winners Poster Session
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Chicago
Eli Lilly and Company is acknowledged for its support of the WCC/Eli Lilly Emerging Talent Award program.
For more information, please send an email to wcc@acs.org.

Women Chemists Committee Luncheon
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2026
12:00 – 1:30 PM CT
HYATT REGENCY
MCCORMICK PLACE CHICAGO
REGENCY C/D/E
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Kate Biberdorf
Professor for Public Understanding of Science at the University of Notre Dame
From Beakers to Big Impact: The Art of Science Communication
TICKETED EVENT: $50
Update your ACS Meeting Registration here to attend.
WCC is hosting several exciting events for you to attend during the ACS Fall 2026 Meeting. Please review the WCC Schedule of Events here for more information.
If you have any questions, please send an email to WCC@acs.org.

Women in the Chemical Enterprise Lessons Learned from Laboratory and Life Symposium
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 • 2:00 – 6:00 PM CT
McCormick Place Convention Center • A2 – SOUTH HALL CHEMPOD 7
WCC Chair: Indu Kheterpal • WCC Program Chair: Danniebelle Haase
Organizers and Presiders: Danniebelle Haase and Emma Kelley

Women Chemists Committee ‘Just Cocktails’ 
Reception/Open Meeting 
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 
5:00 PM – 6:00 pm CT 
Marriott Marquis Chicago
ABC Building Level 1, East Hall
This will be a wonderful time to meet and greet the WCC award winners, and network with a diverse group of meeting attendees, including several WCC and ACS leaders. There will be light refreshments and music.
OPEN EVENT ACS Fall 2026 Meeting attendees are welcome to join us. WCC is hosting several exciting events for you to attend during the spring meeting. Please see schedule of events or more information.