The Pacifichem 2025 Congress Theme is Building Communities to Address Global Challenges.
Symposium Proposals will be considered in the following topic areas:
Analytical
Symposia in all areas of Analytical Chemistry including new developments in instrumentation, theory, methodology, chemometrics, machine learning/AI, and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: chromatography, electrophoresis and related separation sciences, mass and ion mobility spectrometry and related methods of analysis, fluorescence, IR, UV‐Vis, Raman, and other spectroscopy techniques, sensors, imaging, immunoassays and other related technologies, electrochemistry, forensics, microfluidics and lab on a chip, structure elucidation via NMR, surface analysis, X‐ray scattering and spectroscopy, novel microscopy, techniques for material characterization, sample preparation or autonomous environmental monitoring.
Biological
Symposia considering chemical solutions to biological questions, and biological systems to solve chemical challenges. Topics of interest include but are not limited to fields of medicinal and natural product chemistry, drug discovery and delivery, molecular mechanisms of biological molecules or systems, chemical biology, structural biology, synthetic biology, glycobiology, biophysical chemistry, machine learning and artificial intelligence, biocatalysis, biomolecular characterization and engineering, and systems biology.
Computational & Theoretical
Symposia in all areas of theoretical and computational chemistry. Indicative topics include but are not restricted to methods and applications of theoretical and computational aspects of quantum chemistry, imaging and visualization, molecular modeling and simulations, statistical mechanics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and agent‐based modeling.
Inorganic
Symposia in all areas of inorganic chemistry, including bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis, organometallics, coordination chemistry, main group and solid‐state chemistry, theory and machine learning / artificial intelligence; example topics include synthesis, electron transfer reactions, magnetism, bonding properties, mechanisms, molecular structures, reactivity, spectroscopy, theory, kinetics, and thermodynamics.
Macromolecular
Symposia in all areas of organic, inorganic, and biological polymers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to macromolecular structure, characterization, modification, modeling, machine learning and artificial intelligence, kinetics, mechanisms, catalysis, physicochemical, and functional properties of macromolecules, supramolecular, and network polymers.
Materials
Symposia in all areas of the chemistry and properties of inorganic, organic and biological materials. Topics of interest could include, but are not limited to design, fundamental studies, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and applications of materials toward chemical devices and switches, clusters, directed and self‐assembly, emergent technologies, spintronics, plasmonics, fabrication of materials with novel and/or useful optical, electronic, magnetic, catalytic, and mechanical devices, role of surfaces and interfaces, and microarray technologies.
Organic
Symposia in all areas of organic and bioorganic chemistry as applied, for example, to synthesis, natural product structural determination and chemistry, metal‐, organo‐ or photo‐catalytic reactions, molecular recognition, self‐assembly, asymmetric systems, heterocyclic chemistry, physical organic chemistry including machine learning and artificial intelligence, pharmaceutical process chemistry, high‐throughput chemistry, flow systems, amino acid/peptide chemistry, carbohydrate, nucleic acid, and biomimetic chemistry.
Physical
Symposia in all areas of physical chemistry as applied, for example, to dynamical systems, spectroscopy and ultrafast processes, thermodynamic systems, photochemistry, radiation chemistry, astrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, electrochemistry, excited states, imaging, modeling, molecular assemblies/processes/electronics, quantum/statistical mechanics, surfaces/interfaces, single-molecule catalysis, and visualizations.
Chemistry and Engineering for Sustainability
Chemistry and engineering advances are needed to ensure the sustainability of life. Symposia in all areas of green and environmental chemistry, renewable energy generation and storage, agricultural and food chemistry, and geochemistry are encouraged. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to disruptive technologies in chemical/materials manufacturing, biodegradable materials and circular economy, life cycle analysis, machine learning and artificial intelligence, reduced waste generation and energy consumption, biomass conversion to chemicals, solar fuels, biofuels, fuel cells, batteries and supercapacitors, chemistry of atmospheric processes, geomicrobial processes, contaminant transport and mitigation, pollution prevention, and environmental remediation.
Chemistry for Life Science and Health Care
Chemistry lies at the epicenter of discovery in life sciences and modern medicine. Symposia in chemical approaches to next‐generation therapeutics, delivery methods, and enabling technologies are encouraged. Topics of interest include but are not limited to understanding and characterizing the microbiome, genome‐editing approaches, devices for point-of-care, diagnostics, graftable and implantable devices, medical materials, vaccine technologies, nuclear medicine, health impacts of environment (pollutants, nanoparticles, microplastics) and lifestyle (diet, medication, and recreational drugs), host‐pathogen interactions, and chemistry of stress, inflammation, and aging.
Educate, Communicate and Translate
Education, communication, and translation of chemical knowledge across communities plays a key role in addressing global challenges. Symposia in chemistry education research and practice, chemistry outreach, pandemic lessons learned, policy making, and knowledge translation through professional practices and educational environments are encouraged. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to innovative curricula, active learning in the classroom and laboratory, assessment practices, online, synchronous, and asynchronous learning environments, diversity and inclusion, occupational health and safety, intellectual property, entrepreneurism, scientific communication, ethics, and academic integrity.
Sponsored jointly by:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC)*
Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ)
Chinese Chemical Society (CCS)
Korean Chemical Society (KCS)
New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC)
Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
*The Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) is the host society for the 2025 Congress.
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