National Meeting Press Center

236th ACS National Meeting & Exposition
August 17-21, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Mark your calendars for one of the year’s largest and most important scientific events — the annual fall meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). With more than 160,000 members, ACS is the world’s largest scientific society.

Media Registration is open for those who plan to attend the meeting. Media may request media credentials by clicking the request bar below.

REQUEST MEDIA CREDENTIALS

The 236th ACS national meeting will be held in Philadelphia, PA at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and more than a dozen hotels across the city. More than 14,000 scientists are expected to attend, presenting more than 8,000 presentations on new discoveries in chemistry. Those presentations span science’s horizons from astronomy to zoology, including thematic programming around "Chemistry for Health: Catalyzing Translational Research."

Media representatives that are approved for accreditation may pick up credentials during the ACS Press Center hours of operation.

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Science Podcasts

• Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions: A series of podcasts describing some of the 21st Century’s most daunting problems, and how cutting-edge research in chemistry matters in the quest for solutions.

• Science Elements: A weekly digest of cutting edge research from the world of chemistry.

• Bytesize Science: An all-ages trip to the frontiers of knowledge. Posted every Monday, Bytesize Science translates scientific discoveries from ACS' 36 journals into intriguing stories about science, medicine, energy food and much more.

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Press Center

Location:
Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107

The Press Center will be located on the main bridge of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. It will include ACS’ LiveChat press briefing room; media workroom with wireless Internet, telephones, computers, copy, and fax services; and refreshments. Press materials, which include a CD-ROM of the meeting abstracts, non-technical summaries of scientific reports, and a press briefing schedule, will be available online in advance of the meeting and in the press center registration area.

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Accommodations in Philadelphia

Hotel reservations can be made online, by telephone or by mail through The Housing Connection, a housing bureau out of Salt Lake City, selected as the official ACS Housing Bureau for the Philadelphia National Meeting. To obtain the special ACS rates, hotel reservations MUST be made through The Housing Connection and cannot be made directly with the hotel. The deadline for housing is Friday, July 25, 2008.

Accommodations Quick Links:

• Online Reservations
• Hotel Amenities & Features Grid
• ACS Map of Philadelphia
• ACS Housing Reservation Form

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Meeting Locations

During the Philadelphia meeting, Attendee Registration, the National Exposition, poster sessions, and many technical sessions will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Additional technical sessions will be held at the Philadelphia Marriott, Crown Plaza, Radisson Plaza, Doubletree, Courtyard by Marriott, Sheraton, Hilton Garden Inn and the Loews.

For general information about where technical sessions will be located, please consult the Technical Session Locator.

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Shuttle Service

Complimentary shuttle service will be provided between the Pennsylvania Convention Center and various hotels.

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ACS LiveChat Press Briefing Center

For reporters unable to travel to Philadelphia, the ACS News Service will provide access to press conferences on the Internet, with live video and audio and offer an enhanced media kit with hundreds of non-technical summaries of the presentations, news releases and other resources. The media kit, with embargoed content, will be available in August.

Please return to this site for additional information on the Virtual Press Center as the Philadelphia meeting approaches.

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235^th ACS National Meeting

Press releases from ACS’ New Orleans National Meeting are available at Eurekalert’s ACS page.

Recorded press sessions from the 235^th National Meeting in New Orleans are available at http://ustream.tv/channel/acslive (scroll down to “ACS Live’s Video Clips”).

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The American Chemical Society — the world’s largest scientific society — is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, OH.

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