In today's global environment, innovation requires international collaboration, ideation, implementation, and increased value creation. As the world is progressively more globalized, ACS has also increased development of member-serving opportunities for their global networking, collaboration, and innovation endeavors. The ACS is unique in that its global engagement is informed and driven by an explicit constitutional provision: �The SOCIETY shall cooperate with scientists internationally and shall be concerned with the worldwide application of chemistry to the needs of humanity' (Article II, Section 3, ACS Constitution). Relevant ACS activities can be broadly grouped into four categories: 1) Global strategic alliances and international chapters. 2) Joint conferences and symposia.3) Education and training of U.S. and international scientists. 4) Incentives for innovation. The speaker will highlight origins, purposes and activities of ACS programs, and services in each of these areas in his talk. In addition to the above activities, there are several other ACS programs which will be covered by the other speakers in this symposium.

International collaborations at the ACS

248th National Meeting (2014)

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