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Overflow seating for the AGFD session will be available Tuesday only at the Doubletree in Rosedown A/B and Nottoway A/B.
Purdue Department of Chemistry Alumni Luncheon
Monday, April 8, 12-1:30pm
Relocated from Marriott Convention Center to the Morial Convention Center Rm 204.
History A
Monday, April 8: relocated from Marriott Convention Center to the New Orleans Marriott on Canal Street (La Galerie2)
Tuesday, April 9: La Galerie 6
Plenary Session Speaker Change
Walter Rakitsky, VP Strategy & Emerging Business, Solazyme, Inc. will discuss a versatile renewable oil technology platform for bio-based products using algae, which can transform low-cost plant-based sugars into a multitude of high-value tailored oils and specialty products. Walter Rakitsky replaces Harrison Dillon, CEO of Solazyme, Inc., who was originally scheduled for the Plenary session.
LOCATION CHANGE: HIST A – 12th Archaeological Chemistry Symposium; Pigments
New Location: New Orleans Marriott, LaGalerie 2
Mon., April 8, 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
(Moved from New Orleans Downtown Marriott Convention Center, New Levee)
LOCATION CHANGE: HIST A – 12th Archaeological Chemistry Symposium; Residues and Materials Analysis
New Location: New Orleans Marriott, LaGalerie 2
Mon., April 8, 1:00 PM – 4:50 PM
(Moved from New Orleans Downtown Marriott Convention Center, New Levee)
LOCATION CHANGE: HIST A – 12th Archaeological Chemistry Symposium; X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Archaeology and Keynote Address
New Location: New Orleans Marriott, LaGalerie 6
Tues., April 9, 8:55 AM – 12:00 PM
(Moved from New Orleans Downtown Marriott Convention Center, New Levee)
LOCATION CHANGE: HIST A – 12th Archaeological Chemistry Symposium; Isotopes in Archaeological Chemistry
New Location: New Orleans Marriott, LaGalerie 6
Tues., April 9, 1:30 PM – 4:45 PM
(Moved from New Orleans Downtown Marriott Convention Center, New Levee)
LOCATION CHANGE: CELL Business Meeting
Wednesday, April 10 from 5:30 – 6:30pm: moved to Room 223
LOCATION CHANGE: MEDI Long Range Planning Committee
Monday, April 8 from 6 – 10pm: moved to Room 214
LOCATION CHANGE: Communicating Cajun Cooking
The location of the Communicating Chemistry: Cajun Cooking (C4) competition has changed. Dickie Brennan's Tableau will not be open by Tuesday April 9th due to some issues with city permitting. The new location for the event will be *Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse*, located at 716 Iberville St in the French Quarter.
http://www.dickiebrennanssteakhouse.com/hours-a-directions.html. The good news is that this location is closer to the hotels and the convention center. If attendees go to the original location, there will be a Dickie Brennan's representative at Tableau to steer you the right direction (4 blocks away on Royal St). The remainder of the agenda will be unchanged. Seating will start at 10:30AM, Tuesday, April 9th.
DATE CHANGE: DNA Story: A dramatic Reading of a Science Play
Tuesday, April 9 from 5 – 7pm, Morial Convention Center, Room R09
ΑΧΣ Professional Chemistry Fraternity Luncheon
Collegiate & Professional Branch Brothers of ΑΧΣ Professional Chemistry Fraternity attending the 245th ACS National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans, LA are cordially invited to our traditional, social luncheon on Tuesday, April 9 starting at 11:30 AM. The luncheon is an opportunity to meet and dine with fellow Brothers, both locally and from around the nation.
Cost is $25 and is payable at the luncheon. Collegiate members attend as guests of the Fraternity (read as FREE). Guests of Brothers are also welcomed. Mulate’s is located directly across the street from the Convention Center at the corner of Julia St. and Convention Center Blvd. They are known as the original Cajun restaurant and their lunch menu includes everything you’d expect including alligator, gumbo, and blackened catfish.
To RSVP, please contact the Grand Professional Alchemist at gpa@alphachisigma.org or the onsite ΑΧΣ luncheon host OA Gary Anderson, Alpha Eta ’62 at 304-634-1921 (mobile) or Anderson@marshall.edu
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