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The 61st Northwest Regional Meeting (June 25 - 28, 2006)
Reno, Nevada

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Sunday, 25 June 2006

6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Poster Session (Physical and Theoretical Chemistry)
 
Poster Session (Sensors, Analytical Chemistry, and Environmental Chemistry)
 
Welcoming Mixer w/ Posters and Vendors
 
 
Monday, 26 June 2006

8:15 AM-11:45 AM
Atmospheric Science (Invited Speakers Only)
 
Chemical/Hazardous Materials Management (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 
Micro- and Nanostructured Materials (Invited speakers only)
 
New Developments in Transition Metal Coordination Chemistry (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 

8:15 AM-11:55 AM
The Future of General Chemistry Texts in the Internet Age (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 

8:15 AM-11:45 AM
Water Treatment (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 

9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Chemjobs Career Center and Career Workshop
 

9:45 AM-10:15 AM
Meeting with Publishers - sponsored coffee break
 

11:45 AM-1:15 PM
Poster Session (Biological Chemistry)
 
Poster Session (Organic Chemistry I)
 

1:15 PM-4:45 PM
Lake Tahoe Environmental Issues and Groundwater Pollution
 
Molecular Probes and Chemosensors (Invited Speakers Only)
 
Organic Materials in Solution and Solid State (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 

1:15 PM-4:55 PM
Organometallic Reaction Mechanisms (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 

1:15 PM-4:45 PM
Reproductive Health (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 

1:15 PM-4:55 PM
Theoretical/Computational Chemistry I (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 

1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Workshop: Teaching Chemistry with Toys
 

2:45 PM-3:15 PM
Sponsored Coffee Break
 

4:45 PM-6:00 PM
Poster Session (Materials, Devices, Nanoscience, and Nanotechnology)
 

5:30 PM-6:00 PM
Regional Industrial Innovation Award Lecture
 

6:00 PM-8:30 PM
Awards Reception and Banquet
 
 
Tuesday, 27 June 2006

7:00 AM-8:00 AM
Member Open Forum and Breakfast with District VI Director/ACS Governance
 

8:00 AM-5:00 PM
CHAS Workshop: How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer
 

8:15 AM-11:45 AM
Bioorganic Chemistry and Biosensors I (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 

8:15 AM-4:45 PM
Innovations in Chemistry Education (Invited and Contributed)
 

8:15 AM-11:45 AM
Organic Chemistry
 
Semiconductor Fabrication Chemistry (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 
Synthetic Methodology
 
Theoretical/Computational Chemistry II (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 

11:45 AM-1:15 PM
Poster Session (Inorganic Chemistry)
 

1:15 PM-4:55 PM
Bioorganic Chemistry and Biosensors II (Invited Speakers Only)
 

1:15 PM-5:00 PM
New Advances in Scanning Probe Microscopy and Lithography for Nanotechnology and Materials Science (Invited Speakers Only)
 

1:15 PM-4:45 PM
Organic Synthesis (Invited Speakers Only)
 

1:15 PM-5:00 PM
Physical Chemistry, Molecular Dynamics, and Spectroscopy (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 

1:15 PM-4:45 PM
Renewable Energy (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 

4:45 PM-6:15 PM
Poster Session (Organic Chemistry II)
 
 
Wednesday, 28 June 2006

8:00 AM-12:00 PM
CHAS Workshop: Laboratory Waste Management
 

8:15 AM-11:45 AM
Analytical Biochemistry (Invited and contributed talks)
 
Chemical Education
 
Luminescence in Transition Metal Complexes (Invited and Contributed Speakers)
 
Mercury Detection (Invited Speakers Only)
 
Molecular Devices and Motors (Invited Speakers Only)
 

12:00 PM-1:45 PM
Fuson Award Luncheon
 


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