About the JACS Innovation Summit Series
Hosted by the Journal of the American Chemistry Society and organized by the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry CAS, National Science Library CAS, and ACS Publications this event series was launched as a virtual webinar program that aims to disseminate thought-provoking research to a broad audience.
The opening session JACS Innovation Summit – Chemistry: A Better Future was held on April 26, 2021. The successful event attracted 120 onsite attendees and over 7,000 online audiences simultaneously across 50 countries. We were honored to have opening remarks by Professor Tao Zhang, Vice President of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor Erick Carreira, Editor-in-Chief of JACS. Four CAS Academicians Jihong Yu, Buxing Han, Li-Zhu Wu and Kuiling Ding provided the scientific speeches. Dr. Sarah Tegen, the Senior Vice President of ACS Publications provided the closing speech.
The second session of the JACS Innovation Summit – Yanqi Molecular Science Forum – took place on July 19, 2021. This was a hybrid virtual + in-person event at UCAS Yanqi International Conference Center, Beijing, China.
The third session of the JACS Innovation Summit – ICCAS 65th Anniversary Celebration – took place on October 19, 2021.
This was a hybrid virtual + in-person event at ICCAS conference center in China.
In 2022 the JACS Innovation Summit - Chemistry for a Bright Future - took place on April 7. This hybrid event focused on chemical synthesis and was hosted by the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Four outstanding researchers - including Nobel Laureate, Professor Benjamin List - discussed their most recent research on chemical synthesis.