Get ready for ACS' 239th National Meeting from San Francisco

The American Chemical Society’s 239^th National Meeting begins Sunday in San Francisco, with a record 12,000 technical presentations and an expected attendance that could break another record.

Here are a few important links to help navigate this scientific extravaganza:

Tune in to press conferences on ACS’ UStream site, which will feature 20 briefings from Sunday through Wednesday.

A schedule of these press conferences will be available Sunday morning at http://www.eurekalert.org/acsmeet.php. The Eurekalert! site will also provide access to National Meeting press releases

Overall, the 239^th National Meeting topics span the horizons of modern science that involve chemistry, from astronomy to zoology, and include medicine, food and nutrition, energy and other fields where chemistry plays a central role. The meeting theme sessions - Chemistry for a Sustainable World - include almost 1,600 presentations.