Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group (MPPG)

To more completely meet the informational and professional development needs of our members and meeting attendees, the Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group (MPPG) was established to coordinate national meeting programming that emphasizes current critical scientific areas, particularly those with a multidisciplinary nature. The MPPG has five subcommittees: Thematic Programming Subcommittee, the Meeting Format Subcommittee, the Budget Subcommittee, the Metric Subcommittee, and the Communications Subcommittee.

The goal is to select themes according to a timeline that will give sufficient lead time to the divisions to plan compelling, relevant programming. Members of MPPG will identify and select theme organizers who have substantial prominence in the thematic field and skill in organizing high-level scientific symposia. Nanoscience: Challenges for the Future Is the theme for the 237th ACS national meeting in Salt Lake City in March 2009. This meeting will feature a Keynote Speaker and Plenary Symposium. The 2009 fall national meeting in Washington, DC will feature the theme Chemistry and Global Security: Challenges and Opportunities.