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August 2013 Volume 43, Issue 2

August 2013 http:// www.acs-schb.org Page 1

Small Chem BizDivision of Small Chemical Businesses

American Chemical Society

CONTENTS

ACS Program Overview ......... 1From the Chair ....................... 3Regional Meeting Report ....... 4ACS 2014 Dallas .................... 5CAS Seeks Ideas .................... 6Member Spotlight ................... 7ACS Candidates ..................... 8Meeting Progress .................... 9ChemLuminary ..................... 12Outreach ............................... 13Georgia Business .................. 15

Small Chem Biz

Program Overview246th National ACS Meeting

September 8-12, 2013Indianapolis, IN

by Joe Sabol, SCHB Program Chair

Ladies and Gentlemen,Start your engines!

Unless otherwise noted, SCHB programming will be held in theIndiana Convention Center, ICC143. Other locations for SCHB-

related activities are noted, below.The SCHB program, hotel oor plans, and other meeting info can be found at http://www.acs-schb.org/Ind%20Program.html or http://www.acs-schb.org/Indy/Map.html

Sunday, September 8The SCHB Executive Commit-tee will meet 8:00 a.m.-noon, inthe Westin Hotel, Cameral room;the meeting is open and all SCHB

members are welcome. Continen-tal breakfast will be available at8:00 a.m. If you would like to be-come more involved with SCHB,have an item for SCHB to address,or just want a cup of coffee, pleaseattend. Contact SCHB Chair StanSeelig [email protected] for more information.

SCHB opens its Indianapolis tech-nical program on Sunday after-

noon, with Small Business Chemis-try in Motion, organized by GiannaArnold, and denominated as themat-ic Chemistry in Motion. Learn aboutthe business of science and how toturn your scienti c skill-set into asuccessful business enterprise.

SCHB is a co-sponsor of PROFsSunday afternoon Health CareReform Update: Implementationof the Affordable Care Act, wherehealthcare policy experts will helpyou understand the new law (India-napolis Marriott, Santa Fe.)

The Expo opens Sunday evening,6:00-8:30 p.m., ICC Hall B-E.Stop by SCHBs booth 431, visitwith SCHB members, and discussbusiness. If you would like totake a few hours during the meetingand staff SCHBs booth (Sunday

evening, Monday & Tuesday 9:00a.m.-5:00 p.m.), please contact AnisRahman [email protected] .SCHB will give you an 8 GB USBmemory, with SCHB logo, for your time.

Monday, September 9Monday morning begins at 8:30a.m., with continental breakfast and

posters, followed by Best Practicesfor Success in Startup and Grow-

ing Businesses, where Mark Vreekewill moderate the panel discussion:hear what to do and what to not doto maximize your probability of

business success. Best Practices isrecommended by ACS PresidentMarinda Wu.

At noon, SCHB and PROF will hosta lunch for speakers and membersin the Indianapolis Marriott, Lincolnroom.

Monday afternoon is Chemical An-gel Network: Chemists Investing inChemical Companies. Sid White andMark Vreeke will lead the sessionabout investing in start-ups in thechemical sector.

Monday afternoon session GettingYour First Industrial Job at 1:00pm- 4:40 pm, (sponsored by PROF andcosponsored by SCHB, YCC) at theMarriott Downtown, Marriott Ball-room 8.

SCHB is a cosponsor of CINFsall-day session Role and Value of Social Networking in Advancingthe Chemical Sciences, organized

by Antony Williams and Jennifer Maclachlan (ICC 141.)

SCHB is a cosponsor of CHALs all-day Opportunities and Challengesof U.S.-China Intellectual Property

Agreements; ICC 232. Make surecontd on pg 2
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From the Chair Stan Seelig

Hi SCHB members and patrons,

Welcome to Indianapolis!

The ACS Division of Small Chemi-cal Businesses (SCHB) is expand-ing its presence on the national andregional levels as well as other tech-nical associations. We will have astrong presence at the ACS NationalMeeting in Indianapolis, IN (Sept8-12, 2013) with 8 oral sessions. Inaddition, SCHB is up for a Chem-

Luminary Award for OutstandingCollaboration Between a Local Sec-tion and Division to be presentedon Tuesday evening. Please attendif you can and cheer us on!

We have also been presenting at theACS Regional Meetings. Theseincluded Central Regional Meet-ing (CERM), Mt. Pleasant MI,May 15-18, 2013 and Great LakesRegional Meeting (GLRM), La

Crosse, WI, June 5-8, 2013. In thefall, we are planning on presentingat the Western Regional Meeting(WRM), Santa Clara, CA Oct 3-5,2013; Northeast Regional Meeting(NERM), New Haven, CT, Nov13-16. All these fall meetings willneed volunteer so please step up for the SCHB.

To even further the SCHB Divi-sion, earlier this year we extendedour outreach programs to includeother Professional meetings in 2013.These included the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Feb 14-18, 2013in Boston, MA; American PhysicalSociety (APS), Mar 18-22, 2013 in

Baltimore, MD; and Conference onLasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)June 9-14, 2013 in San Jose, CA.These were all thanks to a grantfrom ACS.

As you can see elsewhere in thenewsletter, Joe Sabol, ProgramChair, has established a great FallProgram in Indianapolis. I willchair a symposium on Applicationsof Ionic Liquids from the Small

Business Sector on Wednesdaymorning. As before, the divisionwill have a booth at the ACS Expoalong with booths for our newchemical businesses and patrons.Furthermore, we are co-sponsoringa great reception with the Divisionsof Chemistry and Law (CHAL) and

L to R: Bassam Shakhashiri, Jennifer Maclachlan and Jack Driscoll Familiar face at AAAS Meeting, Boston, February 2013.

Business Management (BMGT)5:00-8:00 p.m at the Eagles Nest,Hyatt Hotel in Indianapolis on Sept.9th. Please visit us at the recep-tion, our Expo booth, or through our social media platforms on LinkedIn,ACS Network, Twitter, and Face-

book.

As our programs grow, our call for volunteers continues to grow. Thiscould be at any of our national meet-ings or on our monthly ExecutiveCommittee meetings. We invite youto our Executive Committee meet-ing in Indianapolis, Sun. 8:30-12, inthe Westin Hotel, Cameral room. Weneed your help in all areas includ-ing organizing and speaking at our meetings. Please contact me if you

need additional information. I can be reached at [email protected] .Thank you!

P.S. Also, please congratulate meon being a grandfather again frommy son and his family in the India-napolis area. My grandson isZachery Julian Seelig born 8/7/13.
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August 2013http:// www.acs-schb.orgPage 4

Folks, Please welcomeour newest member

Dr. Cary SupaloIndependence Science, LLC3000 Kent Ave.West Lafayette, IN 47906Email: [email protected]

Fax: 765-807-8665Interests: Sales; Research; ConsultingType of Business: Assistive Technology

No. of Employees: 15Local Section: Illinois Hartland As many of you know, Indepen-dence Science offers products toassist disabled students. Fromtheir website ( www.independenc-escience.com ): We visualize ascience classroom that exhibits the

full integration of students withdisabilities. This classroom includesreduced teacher anxiety about ac-commodating students during datacollection and accessible hands-onlaboratory experiments. Indepen-dence Science products assist incompliance with ADA regulationsand increase student con dence andcomfort with science procedures,eld studies, and lab experiments.Our accessibility products are com-

patible with the full line of Vernier data collection technology and

provide the hands-on environmentnecessary for greater concept de-velopment and interest in academicmaterial.

Independence Science will haveExpo Booth 333, in the Small Busi-nesses Row. Dr. Supalo is organiz-ing the SCHB session Current and

Future Trends to Provide EqualAccess in the Commercial Sector for Employees with Special Needsat the ACS Dallas meeting, March2014.

The Director of Outreach for Inde- pendence Science, LLC is Roger Tower ( [email protected] ).

Regional Meeting Report


Two down and two to go in 2013!CERM and GLRM

Michael Haukaas and Joe Sabol or-ganized Start-up and Small BusinessEntrepreneurs: Tool Kit and SuccessStories at both 44th Central RegionalMeeting (May, Mt. Pleasant MI) and40th Great Lakes Regional Meet-ing (June, La Crosse WI.) Speakers

presented information on businessstrategy, marketing, intellectual

property, chemical safety, successfulstart-ups, and SCHB resources. Newconnections were made and existingconnections were strengthened at

the technical sessions, social events,and expo. SCHB is planning moreentrepreneurial programming at 45thCERM (October, 2014, PittsburghPA) and 41st GLRM (May 2015,Grand Rapids MI.)

WRM

SCHB will be at the 44th WesternRegional Meeting, October 3-6,2013, in Santa Clara CA. Severalinvited sessions are in the Entrepre-neurship track: Incubators; VentureCapital: Raising Funds; True Storiesof Small Chemical Businesses; and

Business Management ; Joe Sabol isorganizing True Stories . Many other technical sessions are scheduledand abstract submission closes onAugust 23.

Early registration (to ensure place-ment in the program and other pro-motional material) for exhibitors andsponsors closed on July 15, but expo

booths and sponsorship opportuni-ties are still available. SCHB will besponsoring one of the coffee breaks.Would your company like to joinSCHB in providing refreshments for the attendees?

Advanced registration rates expireon September 12, 2013. See http://www.wrm2013.org / for abstract sub-mission, registration, housing, expo,sponsorship, or to contact the WRMorganizers.

NERM

Northeast Regional Meeting will beheld October 23-26, 2013, in NewHaven CT. Jennifer Maclachlan isorganizing three SCHB sessionsSmall Chemical Businesses: Re-sources for Startups; Small Chemi-cal Businesses: Best Practices for Entrepreneurs; and Small ChemicalBusinesses: True Stories of Success.Abstract submission is now open.For more information, see http://nerm2013.sites.acs.org /

Going Forward

Many other regional meetings, e.g.,SERMACS, November 12-16, 2013,Atlanta GA, www.sermacs2013.org,/ offer entrepreneurial and small

business programming, but SCHBcannot become directly involvedwithout your help. ACS regionalmeetings are a great, affordable wayto get involved at a site closer to

your home. See www.acs.org/meet-ings , nd the one most convenientfor you, and propose a session or two. SCHB can provide nancialsupport, a poster, literature, banner stands, and other resources to makeyour effort successful; the exposureof being listed as an SCHB orga-nizer at a regional meeting can beinvaluable. In the upcoming months,SCHB will prioritize its presence at2014 regional meetings and wedlike your name on one or more.SCHB will also provide scholarshipsfor its members to enroll in the ACSLeadership courses at every regionalmeeting. Contact any member of the SCHB Executive Committee for more information.
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National ACS Spring 2014Dallas Debut

247th National ACS MeetingMarch 16-20, 2014


The Dallas Spring 2014 meeting,theme is Chemistry of Energy/Ad-vanced Materials for New Opportu-nities. The Call for Papers informa-tion is in C&EN, August 12, 2013.SCHB has an interesting and infor-mative program planned and you areencouraged to submit your abstractearly. Thanks to SCHB memberswho have volunteered to organizethe sessions. True Stories of Success from Chemi-

cal Entrepreneurs, George Ruger

Best Practices for Success in the Business Innovation Environment ,John Newsam

SCHB Poster Session , GeorgeRuger

SCHB Sci-Mix , George Ruger Chemical Angel Network: Chemists

Investing in Chemical Companies ,Sid White and Mark Vreeke

Current and Future Trends to Provide Equal Access in the Com-mercial Sector for Employees withSpecial Needs , Cary Supalo

All in the Family: Pros and Cons of Running a Business with Membersof your Family , Daniel Kazhdan

The Intersection of Intellectual Property and Energy , Kirby Drake

Incorporating Intellectual Propertyinto Your Business Decisions: FromStart-Up to Exit , Keisha Hylton-Rodic

Avoiding Legal Headaches: A

Primer for Start-ups and Small Businesses , Keisha Hylton-Rodic

Innovations in Materials : Proper-ties Solving Problems , Joe Sabol

Have an idea for another session?Its not too late to sign up to bean organizer. Abstract submissionopens August 12 and closes October 7, 2013. Its not dif cult and the

publicity that goes with being a ses-

sion organizer can be invaluable. For more information, contact Joe Sabol,SCHB program chair at [email protected].

2013 SCHB Of cers

Chair - Stan Seelig [email protected] Elect - position availableContact Stan Seelig if interestsed.

Past Chair - Mukund Chorghade [email protected] - position availableContact Stan Seelig if interestsed.Treasurer and Webmaster -

David J. [email protected] - Sharon V. [email protected]

Alternate Councilor - Ron [email protected]

Committee Chairs Program Chair - Joe Sabol [email protected] Newsletter Editor - [email protected]

Public Relations - Jennifer Maclachlan [email protected] Membership Chair - Mike [email protected]

Awards - Mukund Chorghade, [email protected] Younger Chemists - Dotti Miller ycc@acs-schb-org

Planning - Anis Rahman [email protected]

Expo Booth Chair - Anis [email protected] Contact Past Chair, MukundChorghade if you would like tovolunteer for a committee and/or

become more active in SCHB.

Become an SCHBPatron Member

Corporations or organizations wish-ing to become Patron Membersare those that wish to foster theDivisions objectives de ned in theSCHB Bylaws II, Section 3. To aid in the formation, develop-ment, and growth of small chemical

businesses. To address the legal, social, edu-cational, legislative, regulatory, andeconomic needs of self-employedchemists and ACS members whoare employed by small chemical

businesses. To encourage, promote, and or-ganize personal interaction amongmembers of the Division and other

chemists, institutions, or organiza-tions interested in the promotion of free enterprise among chemists. To serve as a clearinghouse for in-formation about services availableto members engaged in or planningto start small chemical businesses. To provide liaison between smallchemical businesses needing part-time employees and chemis-try students needing income andexperience. To provide the expertise andexperience of its members to theSOCIETY and for the betterment of the public.

Patron Members annual dues are$200. Ask an SCHB Of cer howyour organization can qualify for Patron Membership.

New Patrons of the Division Billion & Armitage, P.A.

Michael Haukaas Ph.D. ChemicalWatch

Gavin Bennett Nevrivy Patent Law Group

P.L.L.C. Keisha Hylton-Rodic Ph.D.,J.D.

OSHA Liang LLPCarlyn A. Burton

Patriot Bioenergy CorporationRoger Ford
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Evelynn Kelly, Shamrock Promotions ( www.shamrockpromotions.com )and David A. Jarvis, Ph.D. at his booth in Philadelphia. David is Prin-cipal Consultant of Technical Sales Consultants, LLC. which helps tech-nology companies increase sales and pro ts by planning, training andimplementing effective sales processes.

Chemical Abstract ServiceSeeks Ideas

The ACS Joint Board-Council Com-mittee on CAS(Chemical AbstractService) (CCAS), an ACS gov-ernance committee charged withacting as an information conduit

between the ACS membership andCAS management, continues to seek your input! The committee meetstwice annually, in conjunction withthe ACS National Meetings, andcommunicates via e-mail betweenmeetings. CCAS will meet in closedsession prior to the ACS NationalMeeting, on Friday, September 6,2013. If you have any issues that youwould like raised either at or after

this meeting, please contact a member of the committee by phone or e-mail. A list of committee membersappears at http://portal.acs.org/por-tal/PublicWebSite/about/governance/committees/cas/CNBP_030396 Someone will respond to your queryas soon as possible.

Issues raised will be brought tothe attention of CAS management,and responses will be disseminatedto the appropriate individuals or groups as quickly as possible. Pleaseremember that you are encouragedto contact a member of CCAS withfeedback at any time, regardless of whether or not a formal call has been

posted. We have also established agroup on the ACS Network, https://communities.acs.org/groups/chem-ical-abstracts-service-committee ,

where you can post questions andread answers. CCAS now has a pageon Facebook too.

Thanks very much!

Chuck Huber, for CCAShttp://portal.acs.org/portal/Public-WebSite/about/governance/commit-tees/cas/index.htm

Joe Sabols session, Science-driven Entrepreneurship: DeterminedPursuit of Innovative Success, wasaccepted by the Program Committeefor the American Association for theAdvancement of Science AAAA-Meeting, Feb. 13-17, 2014, Chicago.The meeting theme is MeetingGlobal Challenges: Discovery andInnovation, available online in Oct.:www.aaas.org/meetings . Joes ses-sion proposal for Paci chem De-cember 2015 was accepted in Round1: Small Businesses ReachingOut for Market Share: Tool Kit andSuccess Stories under Connect-ing Chemistry with Society. Moredetailed results for the submissionswill be announced on web site www.

paci chem.org .

Member News

Anis Rahman recently publishedTerahertz Spectrometry and Re ec-tometry: A New Frontier for Non-invasive Picoscale Investigationshttp://thz-tds.blogspot.com /.

Sharon Vercellotti, SCHB Coun-cilor, was a panelist on STEM out-reach for volunteers at the American

Association of University Womens National Convention in New Or-leans, June 912, 2013. In India-napolis, Sharon will be a participantin the ACS Presidential Symposiumon Innovation and Entrepreneur-ship, developed by ACS PresidentMarinda Wu through the Visions2025 committee and cosponsored

by SCHB, PROF, and BMGT onTues. Sept.10, 1:30-4:30 pm.

Gerald Meyer, from Wyoming, isworking on a project to build a 50ton/day coal plant in China. Thecomputer modeling step is under-way, and then they will have the en-gineering drawings done. There will

be some fabrication in the US, andthese parts will be shipped to China,fabricated there, and the remainder will be assembled at the plant. Theyexpect to have it in operation by theend of the year. Gerry plans to tellus about it at the Dallas 2014 meet-ing.
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CC Biotech by Martha KnightDr. Martha Knight Founder, CC Biotech

After many years of ACS membership, I have nally joined theSCHB. In the last few years atCC Biotech LLC, Rockville MD,I have been developing new chro-matography instrumentation for large molecules. Lets see if mynew membership in the Division of Small Chemical Business is just the

ticket to help me launch the prod-ucts into the chemistry market.

Even though this is my secondsmall business (I ran Peptide Tech-nologies Corp. for 20 yrs and soldit) I am still learning new things.Mainly because, not unlike others,I have founded a company makingsomething I am passionately inter-ested in. CC Biotech is an instru-ment manufacturer but I am a pep-

tide chemist--not an engineer. I didnot even think about this however when I started. I have engaged oth-ers with the skills needed thanks toTom Finn and Dr. Yoichiro Ito.Wehave moved along with the productdevelopment, leveraging severalSBIR grants and supplying new ro-tors to existing users of countercur-rent chromatography (CCC).

The road so far has been slow but atthis point we introduce new rotors/columns that can fractionate largemolecules, proteins and nanotechcompounds. This has not been done

by CCC before. It feels exciting tonally face the marketplace which isnew and wider than for my previouscompany. That is why I am lookingforward to exhibiting new instru-ments to my fellow chemists at ACSmeetings and showing the new capa-

bilities for purifying large syntheticmolecules.

by Dr. Keisha Hylton-Rodic

Some may say that the team at NEVRIVY Patent Law Group isa bunch of scientists masquerad-ing as lawyers. And they probablywould be right. All the members of

Nevrivy hold an advanced degree

in the chemical and life sciences.At NEVRIVY we take a business-oriented approach to helping our clients with their intellectual prop-erty needs.

Dr. Keisha Hylton-Rodic is therms liaison to the AmericanChemical Society. She is a registeredU.S. patent attorney with a Ph.D.in Organic Chemistry. Dr. Hylton-Rodic specializes in assisting chemi-cal and pharmaceutical start-ups andestablished companies with protect-ing their inventions in the U.S. andglobally; and assessing risk whenmaking key business decisions suchas developing/launching products,licensing technology; and acquiringtechnology and other companies.

She also counsels clients on matterssuch as potential formulations andchemical processes/syntheses as wellas product and process development.

She is a member of the ABA Sectionof Intellectual Property Law, whereshe chairs the Patents in the Chemi-cal and Life Sciences Committeeand is Liaison to the ABA HealthLaw Section.

Dr. Hylton-Rodic is currentlywriting a book on How to Build AStrong Pharma Patent Portfolio andLifecycle Management, which will

be published through the AmericanBar Association (ABA).

She will be at the 246th ACS National Meeting & Exposition inIndianapolis in September. Pleasestop by the NEVRIVY expo booth#435 and say hello.

Member Spotlight
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Diane Grob SchmidtBUILDING BRIDGES TO A

BRIGHTER FUTUREOur world today is volatile, uncertain,complex and ambiguous. We facea global reset from many changes

after effects of the great recession;unemployment; a competitive globalworkforce and economy; universal, net-worked communication; racing techno-logical change; heightened awareness

Bryan Balazs

I am both honored and humbled to bea candidate for ACS President and, if elected, would enthusiastically serveas your ambassador, for chemistry andour profession. The 137-year historyof the ACS encompasses extraordinaryaccomplishments expressed through its

journals, information resources, divi-sions, local sections and committees.Our professions scienti c advancesare astounding: from a deeper under-standing of molecular structure and

properties, to cures for diseases, totechnologies to bene t humanity Itsan exciting time to be a chemist!

My passions are evident from theimpact Ive had locally, nationally andinternationally (see www.bryanbalazs.com). If elected my priorities would

be:Science, Technology, Engineer-ing and Math. STEM education isat the foundation of everything westrive to achieve through the ACS.Given the issues of an interconnectedglobal environment and the need for technological solutions to address theworlds challenges, I would advo-cate for programs to provide greater exposure to STEM earlier, among allgroups but especially those for whichSTEM access is lacking.

Careers An education in scienceremains a great investment, andemployers want the analytical think-ing and advanced skills that resultfrom hiring chemistry graduates. I

pledge to help enable job-seekers toidentify a broader setof opportunitiesincluding non-traditional employersof chemists, while simultaneously

providing more tools to address thedynamic nature of the job searchenvironment.

Public OutreachWe have an excellent cadre of memberswho promote chemistry and, with theinvolvement of more younger members,we can improve the public perception of chemistry and thus facilitate our effortsin education and careers. Lets engagethe thousands of Student Members,who are connected and enthusiastic, to

inform the public of critical investmentsto maintain our lead in education andtechnology.

I would appreciate your vote lets leadthe ACS into an exciting future!

Charles E. Kolb, Jr.

Its an honor to ask for your support asa candidate for ACS president. ACS is avibrant, vital organization, successfullyserving many members professionalneeds. It is also a very important sourceof scienti c information and insight for members and the planets policymakers.

However, we live in a very challengingand rapidly changing world. Vener-able institutions can become outmodedand irrelevant surprisingly quickly. Itsvitally important that we ensure ACSsfuture relevance and effectiveness. Weneed ACS to help our current mem-

bers deal with todays scienti c andeconomic challenges. We also need anACS prepared to meet the needs of our youngest members over their 50-year

professional lives. To ensure ACSscontinued success I believe we mustachieve three long-term goals:

First, we need a robust, innovativeand sustainable industrial base.ACS must work much harder to helpdevelop the strategies required for faster evolution of an agile and sustain-

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able chemistry-enabled industrial sector,where ACS members can innovate,

produce and thrive. I believe that ACScan serve as a catalyst, bringing indus-trial leaders together to determine howto overcome both technical and non-technical barriers.

Second, our members and students need

expanded understanding of chemis-trys role in the world blocking moreef cient, cost-effective and environmen-tally acceptable processes and products.ACS needs to help educators at alllevels to effectively present the beautyof chemistry. But we also need to helpthem convey the critical role chemistrycan and must play to sustain and en-hance our economy, security, health andenvironment.

Third, we need members prepared toseize the future. Nearly all the criti-cal challenges we face have signi cantchemical components. ACS must helpmembers better understand how their vision and skills can contribute to amore prosperous and sustainable future.

Lets work together to achieve thesethree goals.

Candidates for President Elect - 2014National American Chemical Society

Bryan BalazsCharles E. Kolb, Jr. Diane Grob Schmidt


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SCHB Program246 6h National American

Chemical Society MeetingSeptember 8-12, 2013

Indianapolis IN

DIVISION OF SMALLCHEMICAL BUSINESSES

J. Sabol, Program Chair SUNDAY AFTERNOONIndiana Convention Center 143Small Business Chemistry inMotionThematic MOTIONG. Arnold, Organizer, Presiding

1:00 Introductory Remarks

1:05 1. Business of science: Howto turn your scienti c skill set into

a successful business enterprise. G.Arnold, J. L. Allen, E. Hart Wells,R. Nair, L. Sivik

3:00 Intermission.

3:10 Panel Discussion

4:10 Concluding Remarks.

Indianapolis Marriott, Santa FeHealth Care Reform Update:Implementation of the Afford-able Care ActSponsored by PROF, Cosponsored bySCHB

MONDAY MORNINGIndiana Convention Center 143SCHB Poster SessionG. Ruger, Organizer, Presiding

8:30 Posters, Continental Break-fast, and Networking.

2. Ariadne: A next generationchemical inventory and ELN webapplication. V. O. Rodionov

3. Bene ts of a Division of SmallChemical Businesses member-ship. J. L. Maclachlan, S. Seelig,M. Chorghade, S. Vercellotti, D.Deutsch, J. Sabol, M. Haukaas, A.Rahman, R. Versic, C. Burton, G.Ruger

4. Chemical professionals investingin chemical companies. M. Vreeke,S. White, J. Giordan

Indiana Convention Center 143Best Practices for Success inStartup and Growing BusinessesCosponsored by PRES, PROF

J. Newsam, Organizer

M. Vreeke, Presiding


9:50 Statements from Panelists. P.Wyatt, P. Kissinger, J. Trebley, andS. Shah


11:40 Concluding Remarks

Indiana Convention Center 232Opportunities and Challenges of U.S.-China Intellectual PropertyAgreementsSponsored by CHAL, Cosponsored by

BMGT, PRES, and SCHB

Indiana Convention Center 141Role and Value of Social Network-ing in Advancing the ChemicalSciencesSponsored by CINF, Cosponsored byCHED, SCHB, and YCC

MONDAY AFTERNOONIndiana Convention Center 143Chemical Angel Network: Chem-ists Investing in Chemical Compa-niesCosponsored by PROF

M. Vreeke, Organizer S. White, Organizer, Presiding

1:30 Introduction to Chemical Angel Network and Angel Investing

2:00 Pitches from Companies

3:00 Investment Discussion.

3:20 Q&A

3:30 Discussion

Indiana Convention Center 232Opportunities and Challenges of U.S.-China Intellectual PropertyAgreements

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of limited resources. To assure a brightfuture for our members, lets marshalresources to bridge gaps and solve

problems. Heres where to concentrate:Employment : Our major concern! Weneed an atmosphere that encouragesgrowth and increased employment.

Education . ACS can provide leader-ship toward an education that preparesfuture chemical professionals for gain-ful employment.

Scienti c Information . Access totrusted scienti c information anywhere/anytime, a core member need.

Advocacy . Advocating strengthenedfunding of the Chemical Enterprise iscritical to re-ignite Americas commit-ment to science and technology, and todrive sustainable growth.

Collaboration . We must expand our strategic interactions with sister societ-ies worldwide to address issues of mutual and global interest.

What can the President do? Lead theway to initiate and support actions for solutions! The President can work withthe grassroots to envision directions,to energize and engage the members.Nothing great was ever achieved with-out enthusiasm.

What do I bring? Experience in ac-tive leadership of ACS, energy for our shared vision, dedication to the Societyand its members. I bring diversityand balance from industrial, nationallaboratory, and academic experience. I

bring an open mind to our issues.

My Pledge: I will work with all inCouncil, Divisions and Local Sections

to hear your concerns and suggestions,to communicate continuously with you.I offer determination, diligence, com-mitment and enthusiasm for our goals.My long, effective involvement in ACSgovernance at all levels from the Lo-cal Sections to the Board of Directorscan give you this assurance. For moreinformation, please visit my website atwww.dianegschmidt.com.


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TUESDAY AFTERNOONJW Marriott Indianapolis, GrandBallroom 7STEM Women in Innovation andInvestingCosponsored by BMGT, PROF, and WCC

J. Bryant, J. Maclachlan, Organizers J. Giordan, Presiding


2:15 11. Challenges and opportuni-ties in technology transfer: How areSTEM women faring? M. F. Phillips

2:25 12. Challenges of starting (andgrowing) a start-up. N. L. Pohl

2:35 13. Women-led ventures:Insights from the X Squared AngelsGroup. C. Clark

2:45 14. Issues women face in re-search and commercialization fromacademia: Personal insights froma successful company founder. K.Uhrich


3:40 Q&A


Hyatt Regency, Cosmopolitan BPresidential Symposium on Inno-vation and EntrepreneurshipSponsored by PRES, Cosponsored bySCHB WEDNESDAY MORNINGIndiana Convention Center 143Applications of Ionic Liquids fromthe Small Business SectorS. Seelig, Organizer, Presiding

8:30 Continental Breakfast and Networking


9:05 15. Green solvents and ionicliquids: A business venture for theglobal conservation of water. S. S.Seelig

9:35 16. Separation of hydrocarbonsfrom sand or other minerals usingionic liquids. P. Painter, B. Miller,A. Lupinsky, M. Sobkowiak, A.Choperena, N. Pulati

10:05 17. Production of ionic liquid based electrolytes for electrochemi-cal storage devices. J. C. Poshusta

10:35 18. Using academic resourcesto expand your chemical enterprise:Graphenics, LLC example. R. M.Frazier, H. Adams, D. T. Daly

11:05 19. Novel chitin bers for wound care. R. D. Rogers, G. Gurau


Indiana Convention Center 111Terahertz Spectroscopy: Problem

Solving for the 21st CenturySponsored by ANYL, Cosponsored bySCHB

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONIndiana Convention Center 143Biofuels in MotionThematic MOTIONCosponsored by ENFL

K. Andrews, Organizer, Presiding


1:05 20. CO2 recycling using mi-croalgae for the production of liquidfuels. M. M. Crocker, M. Wilson,J. Groppo, A. Placido, S. Graham,A. Santillan-Jiminez, T. Morgan, J.Shoup, D. Kim, L. Mills, H. Y. Shin,C. Crofcheck

1:45 21. Micro otation for microor-ganism harvest. J. O. Hanotu, W. B.Zimmerman

2:25 22. Integrated energy parks asa model for rural economic develop-ment and energy diversi cation inthe Appalachian coal elds. R. Ford,E. Mathis


Sponsored by CHAL,Cosponsored by BMGT, PRES, and SCHB

Indian Convention Center 141Role and Value of Social Net-working in Advancing theChemical SciencesSponsored by CINF, Cosponsored by

CHED, SCHB, and YCC

MONDAY EVENINGIndiana Convention Center Halls F&GSci-MixG. Ruger, Organizer, Presiding

8:00 - 10:002, 3, 4. See previous listings.

TUESDAY MORNINGIndiana Convention Center 143True Stories of Success fromChemical EntrepreneursCosponsored by PRES, PROF Financially supported by Nevr-ivy Patent Law Group PLLCG. Ruger, Organizer, Presiding

8:15 Continental Breakfast and Networking


8:40 5 . Surviving a start-up by in-novation. A. Rahman

9:10 6. Commercializing your research and nding focus for your start-up using the teachings of the NSF I-Corps program. A. D.Basner

9:40 7. HESI: Creating science- based solutions for a sustainable,healthier world. J. Young Tanir

10:10 Intermission

10:20 8. Building a microencapsu-lation company: A 35 year historyof controlled release. R. J. Versic

10:50 9. History of NanoVir, LLC,a drug discovery company sup-

ported by the NIH and grown partlythrough interactions with academia.J. K. Bashkin

11:20 10. 50 years of success at Nice Pak Products. R. West


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ChemLuminaryAward Finalist

SCHB has been selected as a nal-ist for the following ChemLumi-nary Award: Outstanding Collabo-ration Between a Local Section andDivision. SCHB collaborated with

Northeast, Southeast Pennsylvania,Milwaukee, and New York Citylocal sections. The Northeast sec-tion is also a nalist for the LocalSection Partnership Award. Winnerswill be announced Tuesday at 9:00

p.m. in Indianapolis. Please join usand cheer.

The Westin Hotel, Capital BallroomReception 8:00-8:45Awards 9:00-10:15Celebration 10:00-12:00

Visit us at ACS Expo

Visit us at Booth 431 on SmallChemical Businesses Row at ACSExpo in Indianapolis.

Booth Hours (Indianapolis): Sunday, Sept. 8, 6 - 8:30 pm Monday, Sept. 9, 9 am - 5 pm Tuesday, Sept. 10, 9 am - 5 pm

Get Maximum Value from your National Meeting Attendance!

Its still not too late to get your booth in the Small Busi ness Row...and at signi cant savings when the

booth is booked through SCHB!Contact [email protected]

New SCHB member booths follow. Independence Science ( http://www.independencescience.com ) willexhibit at Booth 333. Midland Scienti c, Inc.. ( http://www.midlandsci.com ) at Booth 532. Nevrivy Patent Law GroupP.L.L.C. ( http://www.nevrivylaw.

com) at Booth 435. Rieke Metals, Inc. ( http://riekemet-als.com ) at Booth 428. Bioengineering, Inc. ( http://bioen-gineering-inc.com ) at Booth 1434.

Other SCHB Members booths atIndianapolis: Alchemical Research, LLC ( http://www.acs-schb.org/www.alchemical-research.com ) at Booth 141. ChemBridge Corp. ( http://www.

chembridge.com/index.php ) atBooth 1313.

SCHBs New Orleans small businessexhibitors were Bioengineering, Inc. ( http://www.

bioengineering-inc.com ) Chirosolve, Inc. ( http://www.chi-rosolve.com ), CSCS Corp. ( http://www.cscscorp.org ) Integrated Chemistry Design(http://www.inchemdesign.com )

Sutters Mill Specialties ( http://www.suttersmill.com )

At future ACS National MeetingExpositions, you too can participatein the SCHB Small Chemical Busi-nesses Row, located within a dedi-cated area on the Expo oor; SCHBis the anchor booth. ACS promotesyour listing like any other exhibi-tor in the program and on the oor.Each exhitbitors participa tion is as

a corporate listing in C&EN, as well.........onsite

If you would like to take advantageof this opportunity to promote your company at future ACS Expositions(the next one is the 247th ACS Na-tional Meeting & Exposition March16-20, 2014 Dallas, Texas), contactDr. Anis Rahman, SCHB BoothCoordinator at expo-booth@acs-

schb.org. Click here for a summaryof the ACS Small Chemical Busi-nesses Row Expo rules.

North Carolina Senateapproves fracking

chemicals provisions by Gavin Bennett 8 July 2013 The North Carolina state Senate hasapproved a bill amending the statesenvironmental laws, which includesa provision to protect con dential

business information related tochemicals used in hydraulic fractur-ing (fracking) operations. Under the

bill, North Carolinas Mining andEnergy Commission may review,

but not take ownership of, data andinformation related to chemicals andconstituents used in hydraulic frac-turing uids that is designated as atrade secret. The bill (HB 94) alsodirects the commission to developrules regarding how the chemicalfamily or other descriptive informa-tion on chemicals designated tradesecrets may be disclosed publicly,

through an online registry. The billwas approved by the Senate on 3July. After being released by theSenate Clerks of ce, HB 94 mustgo to the state House for approval.If approved, the bill would then goto the Governor for his signature or veto; if not approved by the House,

both House and Senate have anopportunity to confer further on the

bill, before it would be nalized, rat-i ed and sent to the Governor. Staff

for state Representative Chuck Mc-Grady, the bills lead sponsor, said itis not possible to predict whether the

bill will pass before North Carolinas2013 legislative session concludes,which it is expected to, this month.Copyright 2013

Contact Gavin Bennett at [email protected] f or information on asubscription to Chemical Watch.
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Georgia ChemicalBusiness Group

The Local Georgia Section recentlyformed the Chemical BusinessesGroup of its members who are em-

ployed by the more than 300 chemi-cal businesses within the section.

On November 9, 2012, the grouphosted a Showcase Expo. The goalsof this event were to reach out tolocal section members who work in chemical businesses and providethem with an opportunity to net-work, both personal and B2B, aswell as to reconnect with ACS andthe Georgia Section. The Expo washeld in conjunction with the GeorgiaSection's Third Annual Academia-Industry Forum titled Creationof the Chemical Entrepreneur atKennesaw State University (KSU).A link to the speakers and programis as follows: http://chemistry.gsu.

edu/ACS/Costs of the Expo were defrayed byan ACS Innovative Projects Grant,KSU, and local section funds. Atotal of 18 companies/ rms set upexhibit booths at the Expo, whichwere visited by 82 individuals.

At SERMACS 2013, the Chemi-cals Businesses Group will host atechnical session on "New Oppor-tunities for Chemical Businesses",Thursday, Nov. 14. This sessionis designed for business develop-ment managers and others to foster networking and provide informa-tion on new markets that are rapidlygrowing in the US and overseas.The goal is to provide the audiencewith general information, foster newideas and help develop businesslinkages and potential new revenuestreams. Interested speakers are

invited to give a 30 to 40 minute presentation (including the Q&A) for thissession. For information contact Maria Beug-Deeb at [email protected] http://www.sermacs2013.org /

Maria Beug-Deeb, Committee chair,Chemical Businesses Group

Deanna Morrow Hall andDavid Ladner, ChemicalBusinessses Group Com-mittee members, and PastChair and Chair of Local

Georgia Section, respec-tively.

Terry Say and Mark Mitchell, organizers of the Academic IndustryForum 4-8.A/I Forumand Showcase Expo
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The ChemicalEntrepreneurship Council

Janet L. Bryant, CEC Chair 2012-2013

The Chemical EntrepreneurshipCouncil (CEC) is a collectivegrass-roots coalition of ACS orga-

nizations (and strategic partners)whose charters, missions andconstituencies include support for

business-minded chemists interestedin innovation and turning R&D intocompanies and jobs. Collaboratorsand partners include: the Division of Business Development and Man-agement (BMGT), the Division of Small Chemical Business (SCHB),the Committee on Science (COM-SCI), the Committee on Economicand Professional Affairs (CEPA),the Women Chemists Committee(WCC), and the National CollegiateInventors and Innovators Alliance(NCIIA). We have also interactedwith the Division of ProfessionalRelations (PROF) and invited themto join us for CECs monthly tele-conference meetings in the future.

The CEC was founded 2 years ago

after recognition that each of itsACS-constituent technical Divi-sions and national Committees wereindividually attempting to providesupport and entrepreneurial train-ing to ACS members. The CEC, asa collaborative coalition, attemptsto leverage the work of each of itsconstituent groups to integrate andcommunicate efforts and have agreater impact on and support toACS members by connecting mem-

bers to those resources.

SCHB has led the charge regular-ly as part of CEC with outstandingsupport of programming for innova-tion and job creation. The ProgramChairs report in this newsletter issue highlights the many symposiaand events in the SCHB programgrid that will also be highlighted

and promoted by CEC to helpspread-the-word about them and,hopefully, increase attendance. TheSTEM Women in Innovation andInvesting (STEM-WII) symposium(Tuesday afternoon at the Indianap-olis national meeting), sponsored bySCHB and cosponsored by, WCC,

PROF Women Chemists Subdivi-sion, and BMGT is an excellentexample of the collaborative effortsof CEC member groups to bringvalue-added programming to ACSmembers. (The STEM-WII sympo-sium will also be recorded as part of the ACS online meeting content to

be made available post-meeting for those unable to attend in person!)

CECs Public Relations and Com-munications Committee will be ac-tive before and during the meetingusing social media venues such asFacebook https://www.facebook.com/ACSCEC and Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ACSCEC toshare late-breaking news andreminders. SCHBs own Jennifer MacLachlan is the driving force

behind those CEC communica-tions. Share a Tweet with her whenyou get a chance! We want toknow how youre enjoying the pro-gramming and events.

The CEC Roadmap to the Meet-ing (available online at CECs

Facebook and Twitter links above)highlights symposia, workshops andnetworking events (such as the JustCocktails event hosted by WCCthat will immediately follow theSTEM-WII symposium). The ele-ments of the Roadmap should be of interest to business-minded chemists

and are organized and highlightedfor each day of the national meetingto make them easier to nd and tinto your personal meeting schedule.

CEC is also proud to help promote programming and events at ACS Re-gional meetings. SCHBs involve-ment at CERM and GLRM earlier this year, and the upcoming NERMhttp://nerm2013.sites.acs.or g/ andWRM http://www.wrm2013.org / inOctober 2013 are particularly expansive and impressive. At the WesternRegional Meeting (WRM), CEC col-laboration includes both SCHB andBMGT participation in the entre-

preneurial/business track. CEC isalso hosting a Lens of the Marketsymposium/workshop at SER-MACS http://www.sermacs2013.org/ in November. See http://www.ecosvc.com /lens-of-the-market/ for

additional details and registrationinformation http://bit.ly/18rdIBWfor your team of researchers to at-tend this exciting NSF-developedworkshop.

Panelists in the session Best Practices from Chemical Entrepreneurs, organized by JoeSabol of SCHB and cosponsored by COMSCI and PROF, at the New Orleans NationalACS meeting, are John Newsam, organizer and presiding, Jack Driscoll, Mark Vreeke,Kathleen Schultz, and Terry Jones
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