History of Chemistry - Conferences and Workshops

Past CHF Conferences

LISE 8, The Eighth Annual Leadership Initiative in Science Education
"New Media and Technology in Science Education"
28–29 April 2008
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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SEMI-CHF Joint Symposium: "Empowering the Silicon Revolution: The Past, Present, and Future of the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Industry"
1–2 April 2008
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Joint Wharton–Chemical Heritage Foundation
Symposium on the Social Studies of Nanotechnology
8 June 2007
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E. N. Brandt Oral History Conference
16 May 2007
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Building Biotechnology: The Past, Present, and Future of Biotechnology Clusters
19–20 April 2007
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International Conference on the History of Alchemy
and Chymistry
19–22 July 2006
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Chemical Industry Conferences
3rd Annual (2006)
2nd Annual (2005)
1st Annual (2004)

A full day of presentations by and for industry leaders. Presented by the Joseph Priestley Society of CHF.

FDA Centennial, 1906–2006
The Past, Present, and Future of Regulating Food, Drugs, Medical Devices, and Nutritional Supplements
16 May 2006

Leadership Initiative in Science Education (LISE) Conferences


	LISE 7 (2007): "21st-Century Science Education: Preparing Teachers and Students for the Future"
	LISE 6 (2006): "What Our Students Know: Assessment and Accountability in Science Education"
	LISE 5 (2005): "Discovery in Our Classrooms: Inquiry and the Nature of Science"
	LISE 4 (2004): "Partners in Innovation: Science Education and the Science Workforce"
	LISE 3 (2003): "Diversity and Equity in the Sciences: From Classroom to Workplace"
	LISE 2 (2002): "Science Education and History: Building the Momentum"
	LISE (2000), premier conference

Innovation Day
The Warren G. Schlinger Symposium
4th Annual (2007)
3rd Annual (2006)
2nd Annual (2005)
1st Annual (2004)

Innovation Frontiers in Industrial Chemistry: A Report on the First Annual CHF-SCI Innovation Day, Warren G. Schlinger Symposium
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Moore's Law at 40: Chemistry and the Electronics Revolution
12–13 May 2005

Cain Conferences
The Cain Conferences are organized annually by the Gordon Cain Fellow in Technology, Policy, and Entrepreneurship.


	2008: "The Dilemmas of Dual Use"
	2007: "New Chemical Bodies: Biomonitoring, Body Burden, and the Uncertain Threat of Environmental Endocrine Disrupters"
	2006: "Towards a History and Philosophy of Expertise"
	2005: "Nano Before There Was Nano: Historical Perspectives on the Constituent Communities of Nanotechnology"
	2004: "City, Industry, and Environment in Transatlantic Perspective"
	2003: "Risk and Safety in Medical Innovation"
	2002: "Industry and Governance: Changing Relations among Science-Based Corporations, Government, and the Public"

Intellectual Property and Drug Development Symposium
13 May 2004
A distinguished set of speakers at this half-day symposium explored the relationship of intellectual property to pharmaceutical policy and politics, focusing on the status of the IP system, dilemmas facing health care systems around the world, and the viability of alternatives to current approaches to enforcing patents.

Symposium on Innovation and Creativity in Chemical R&D
29 April 2003

Conference Proceedings:
R&D Meets M&A: Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on Innovation and Creativity in Chemical R&D

The History and Heritage of Scientific and Technological Information Systems


	2002 Conference
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	1998 Conference
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CHF Affiliates History Conference: "Thinking about Archives"
CHF and its affiliated organizations held a one-day conference on historical archives management on 31 October 2002. Presentations by affiliate representatives focused on their experiences in the preservation and promotion of their histories. Presentations by CHF historians and education specialists explored three areas: history and public understanding of science and technology; legal issues affecting document preservation and interpretation; and history and science education.

Commission on the History of Modern Chemistry (CHMC), 4th International Conference
"Industrial-Academic Relationships in the Chemical and Molecular Sciences," held at CHF on 3–5 October 2002.

CHF Teacher Workshops
CHF holds workshops for classroom teachers to help them incorporate the history of the chemical sciences into their curricula. For more information, contact:
EducationPrograms
@chemheritage.org.


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