Committee on Science: Call for Abstracts

Submission Deadline: Monday, September 28 2026

Program Chair(s): Katerina Leftheris, Laura McConnell

Note: Submission deadlines are at 11:59 EST on the day posted. Symposia, organizers and deadlines are subject to change. Last updated September 25, 2026.

Title Type Submission Type Organizer Cosponsor Description
Science in Space: Current Directions and the Path to the Future (Invited) Oral Invited Focused on low-Earth-orbit.
Trash or Treasure? Advances in Plastics Recycling and Upcycling (Invited) Oral Invited
  • ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry
Plastic waste is often treated as an end point, but a growing body of research suggests it can be a ...
Safer Solutions for All (Invited) Oral Invited Rather than promoting a single solution, the symposium showcases the many ways researchers and innov...
Novel Materials for Energy Innovation (Invited) Oral Invited
Catalyzing a Greener Future From Metal Catalysis and Biocatalysis to AI-Driven Discovery (Invited) Oral Invited
Chemistry in the Energy Transition: Global Perspectives and Regional Opportunities (Invited) Oral Invited Chemistry plays a foundational role in addressing the global energy challenge. As energy demand grow...
The Future of Medicine: Next-Generation Modalities and the Transformation of Drug Discovery (Invited) Oral Invited The pharmaceutical industry is entering a new era in which advances in molecular design, novel thera...
Complexomics: Mapping How the World Impacts You (Invited) Oral Invited
  • TOXI: Division of Chemical Toxicology
  • MEDI: Division of Medicinal Chemistry
  • ENVR: Division of Environmental Chemistry
  • BIOL: Division of Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
  • ANYL: Division of Analytical Chemistry
  • AGRO: Division of Agrochemicals
The human genome project is recognized as one of the most successful big science projects in modern ...
Physical AI in Chemical Sciences (Invited) Oral Invited This symposium explores how artificial intelligence, robotics, and autonomous experimentation are tr...
AI-Powered Biofoundries for Synthetic Biology (Invited) Oral Invited AI-powered biofoundries (autonomous laboratories) integrates robotics, AI, biology, data science, an...