Our activities focus on workshops and conferences related to chemistry and chemical engineering research and education. Stay tuned for updates on the upcoming events.

 

Upcoming events

7-9 June 2017, Fifth International Conference on Natural Polymers, Biopolymers and Biomaterials: Applications from macro to nanoscale – UFRJ- Ilha do Governador, Centro de Tecnologia

The ACS Brazil Chapter is supporting the Fifth International Conference on Natural Polymers, Biopolymers and Biomaterials: Applications from macro to nanoscale – ICNP 2017 Rio. The event will take place at UFRJ- Ilha do Governador, Centro de Tecnologia, June 7-9 2017. The event will have great speakers and offers a discount for ACS members.

For more details, visit the website: https://www.icnp2017rio.com/

 

22-24 March 2017, 1st Pan-American Conference in Polymer Science – Guarujá, SP, Brazil.

Great event organized by the ACS Brazil, with the support of ABPol: 1st Pan-American Conference in Polymer Science, 22-24 March 2017, in Guarujá, SP, Brazil. Join us in order to know what leaders in numerous areas of polymer science have been working on in the last years! Registration open, submit your abstracts in www.panpoly.com.br.

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Past Events

August 9th 2016, Scientific Journey with Prof. Cornelia Bohne – Instituto de Química UNICAMP – Campinas, SP

A Chemical Journey with Prof. Cornelia Bohne (U of Victoria, Canada) at the Institute of Chemistry of Unicamp, SP. She presented her research on the chemistry of Cucurbi[n]urils, talked about the new open-access journal in which she is one of the editors, ACS Omega, and gave advice on the preparation of publications and the system of peer-reviewing.

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June 3rd 2016, chapter launching event at Embrapa – Brasília, DF

Congress “Biomass Resources for a Better Life”

Researchers from Brazil and North-america will present state of the art research in the area of biomass.

Free registration, number of participants limited to the venue capacity.

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December 2015, International Chapters Summit – Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

 

May 2015, Instituto de Química UNICAMP – Campinas,SP

Workshop New Trends in Chemistry

ACS Brazil Chapter Pre-Launching Event

Speakers:

Thomas Barton, PhD, ACS President in 2014

Peter Seidl, PhD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Claudio Mota, PhD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Catia Ornelas, PhD, University of Campinas

Marisa Beppu, PhD, University of Campinas

Marcelo Ganzarolli de Oliveira, PhD, University of Campinas

James A. Dumesic, PhD, University of Wisconsin

James Clark, PhD, University of York

 

May 2015, ACS on Campus – Campinas, SP

In May 2015, the Chapter helped ACS to organize the ACS on Campus in three Brazilian universities: University of Campinas (Unicamp), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). The ACS on Campus were dynamic and interactive events that gathered hundreds of graduate and undergraduate students.

Speakers:

David G. Whitten, PhD, Professor at the University of New Mexico and Editor of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Jonathan Sweedler, PhD, Professor at the University of Illinois and editor of Analytical Chemistry

Russell J. Molyneux, PhD, Professor at the University of Hawaii and editor of Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Carlos Roque, PhD, Professor at the University of Campinas – Unicamp

Thomas Barton, PhD, ACS President in 2014

Elaine Ramires, PhD, Research Associate at 3M

Tamara Hanna, PhD, Acquisitions Editor, Editorial Development, ACS

Jonathan Taylor, Assistant Director, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)

Shannon O’Reilly, Program Associate, ACS on Campus, American Chemical Society