National Meeting Schedule, Chicago, IL

Sunday, August 23

Monday, August 24

Forensic Chemistry

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT

N266 (McCormick Place Convention Center)

8:00 AM | Enantiomeric analysis of medetomidine in seized drug samples using chiral derivatization and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. I. Marginean

8:25 AM | Spectroscopy- and bioprinting-based multidimensional predictive toxicological assessment of novel psychoactive substances. R. Huang

8:50 AM | Analysis of heavy metal contaminants in ashwagandha herbal supplements. M. Garraty

9:15 AM | Break

9:25 AM | Visualizing the reaction products of sodium rhodizonate with lead (II) or barium (II) saltsL New insights into forensic gunshot residue detection. S. Hopkins

9:50 AM | Innovative application and prospect of electronic nose technology in forensic science. D. Peng

10:40 AM| Break

10:45 AM | Revealing burials: A multidisciplinary approach to locate buried human remains. S. Lepine Leclerc

11:10 AM | Looking beneath the surface: Layer-resolved molecular changes in human soft-tissue decomposition by high-resolution MALDI FTICR MS. J. Ho

11:35 AM | Diving into decomposition: Characterizing VOC profiles of submerged remains via TF-SPME and GCxGC-TOFMS. F. Ouimet

Wearable Sensors
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

W196a (McCormick Place Convention Center)

2:00 PM | Opening Remarks

2:10 PM | Wearable devices for sensing molecular flux from the surface of the skin. J. Rogers

2:30 PM | From Lab-on-Skin to living systems: wearable sensors and real-world data for sports performance and recovery. C. Ungaro

2:50 PM | R. Ghaffari

3:10 PM | Break

3:20 PM | Tba

3:40 PM | J. Klosek

4:00 PM | Panel Discussion and Closing Remarks

5:00 PM | Digital Poster Session and Award Reception

Ethics in Publishing

2:00 PM – 5:20 PM CDT 

W194a (McCormick Place Convention Center)

2:00 PM | Introduction

2:05 PM | Evolving AI policies and the impacts on institutional research integrity guidance: Discussion at Sandia National Laboratories. A. Nelson

2:25 PM | Reference integrity in the age of GenAI: Teaching publishing ethics through citation verification in upper-level chemistry. Y. Servugina

2:45 PM | Ethics, AI and forensic investigation of authorship and integrity in publishing. K. Elkins

3:05 PM | Ethical implications of being wrong. M. Jones

3:25 PM | Break

3:35 PM | Publishing ethics in chemistry: Safeguarding integrity, transparency, and trust. B. Li

3:55 PM | Independence of science: From passive publication to ethical stewardship in an era of predatory patronage. J. Villalona

4:15 PM | Impacts on scholarly academic work in a world of autocracy croop. S. Schelble

4:35 PM | Worldwide perspectives of intellectual property protection of works generated by artificial intelligence. A. Arabi

4:55 PM | Introduction of Acta Polymerica Sinica. S. Guo

5:15 PM | Close

CHAL Reception

6:00-8:00 PM CDT | Fatpour McCormick, 2206 S Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL

Tuesday, August 25

Hot Topics in Chemistry & the Law
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT

N226 (McCormick Place Convention Center)

8:00 AM | From apprenticeships to twenty years: English origins of the patent term and questions of modern applicability. A. Sigmon

8:20 AM | Inherency in chemical patent law: Bridging doctrine and experimental proof. C. South

8:40 AM | From bench to patent: how experimental data shapes pharmaceutical IP and commercialization. J. Raincrow

9:00 AM | Technologies for drug repurposing: Case studeis and patentability strategies for strong IP protection.  S. Chinthala

9:20 AM | Break

9:30 AM | Defending pharmaceutical patents before the European Patent Office’s Boards of Appeal. A. Nicoll

9:50 AM | Patenting strategies in the chemical sciences: Updated USPTO guidance provides hope for molecular diagnostics and AI-based methods. W. Braunlin

10:10 AM | Patent lexicography: Cautionary tale of “Branched Alkyl” ≠ “Branched Alkyl.” D. Rucando

10:30 AM | Quantum computing and intellectual property: An overview of the evolving patent landscape. Y. Bian

10:50 AM | Break

11:00 AM | Ethics for technical experts: Where chemistry meets the law. A. Oelker

11:20 AM | Understanding FDA’s new drug exclusivity. N. Schmuff

11:40 AM | Department of War chemical and material risk management: Strategy and implementation. J. Williams