What we can do as chemical educators to better prepare tomorrow's chemists for competition in the global marketplace? <br/> <br/>The solution to a number of global issues such as clean water, environmental degradation, and global climate change requires applying chemical knowledge across multiple disciplines from biology to physics to business. Moreover, these challenges will require skilled scientists working together with other scientists on an international basis. With the globalization of industries, there is a demand for a more internationally oriented work force with an increasing number of jobs linked to international trade. Educating today's chemists to live in tomorrow's world requires greater independent knowledge, skills, and global competence. While future chemists will continue to be employed in universities, research and development laboratories; chemical, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries; mineral, metal and pulp and paper industries as well as in a wide variety of manufacturing, utility, health, educational and government establishments, the way in which chemistry "is done" will increasingly be characterized by virtual, telecommunicated and placed-based transnational scientific networks.<br/>This presentation will address what we can do as chemical educators to better prepare tomorrow's chemists for competition in the global marketplace.

Chemistry in a global economy: Can our curriculum meet the challenge?

249th National Meeting (2015)

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