The Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society will be held in Quincy, Ill., Oct. 27-29. Researchers will be presenting papers on analytical chemistry for the new millennium. More than 200 papers will be presented at the conference, which is expected to draw at least 450 scientists.

A highlight of the meeting will be colorful chemical demonstrations by Dr. Marvin Lang, who has performed at Disney's Epcot Center and who teachers at the University of Wisc-Stevens Point. His program will be held Friday, Oct. 29 from 10:30 a.m. - noon.

Who: Sponsored by the Mark Twain Section of the American Chemical Society

What: 34th Midwest Regional Meeting

When: Wednesday, October 27, through Friday, October 29

Where: McClain Hall, Oakley-Lindsay Center, Quincy, Ill.

News media are welcome to attend the meeting. Please see the 34th Midwest Regional Meeting website (http://www2.truman.edu/~blamp/acsmtg/) or call Hillarie Fogel, Office of Communications at 1-800-227-5558 x4371 for more information.

A nonprofit organization with a membership of nearly 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers, the American Chemical Society publishes scientific journals and databases, 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. (http://www.acs.org)