Forecasting the Role of Chemisty in Shaping Advances in Medicine, Technology, and Materials

What's Next in Science for the Next Century?

A fiber one-hundred times stronger than steel and only one-sixth its weight--called a "buckytube"--is one of many technological developments that will find application in the next century, scientists will report. New ways to fight disease, the impact of gene mapping and sequencing on chemistry and medicine, and how chemistry can be used to improve the world's standard of living are also among topics that will be discussed by a panel of leading research chemists at the Dallas-based national meeting of the American Chemical Society, world's largest scientific society, on March 29.

WHAT: Presidential Event: Panel discussion on Challenges for Chemistry in the 21st Century

WHEN: Sunday, March 29, 8:00 a.m. -m 12:00 noon

WHERE: Dallas Convention Center Room D262, Level 2

PANELISTS:

• Dr. Marye Anne Fox -- University of Texas, Austin

• Dr. Richard Zare -- Stanford University, and chairman, National Science Board

• Dr. Peter Dervan --California Institute of Technology

• Dr. Eric Jacobsen -- Harvard University

• Dr. Francis Arnold -- California Institute of Technology

• Dr. Richard Smalley -- Rice University

• Dr. Bonner Denton -- University of Arizona, Tucson

Note: This information is for release immediately following the session.

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A nonprofit organization with a membership of more than 155,000 chemists and chemical engineers, the American Chemical Society publishes scientific journals, convenes major research conferences, and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio.