Nominated Officials

The Program Chair is appointed by the Division Chair-Elect after consulting with the Chair and the Executive Committee. The Program Chair serves as Program Chair Designate for two years followed by two years as Program Chair. The transition from Program Chair Designate to Program Chair begins with the development for the Spring National Meeting in the final quarter of the second year as Designate and assumes full responsibility January 1. The Program Chair is a voting member of the Executive Committee. The Program Chair is responsible for the development of technical programs and such programs shall promote interest in the fields of activities of this Division, and shall provide opportunity for individual contributions to the field. The Program Chair performs the following functions: 

1. The Program Chair shall be responsible for arranging the technical programs for the upcoming National ACS meeting and other Division sponsored meetings in compliance with the current edition of the American Chemical Society National Meetings Handbook for Technical Program Planners. These duties include:
   1. Communication with symposium chairs; make sure they are aware of deadlines, that they advertise their symposia by distributing fliers at previous meetings, on the Division website, and in other appropriate places. Make sure they are making good progress in lining up speakers and funding, getting abstracts in on time, and organizing their half-day sessions (sequence of speakers, breaks, appointment of session chairs).
   2. Decide on and communicate to all interested parties (ACS, the symposium chairs, the chair) the sequence of symposia sessions, the number of rooms required, and any special requirements.
   3. Work with other divisions and other societies as appropriate to identify co-sponsorship opportunities. Execute with appropriate approvals CO-sponsorship agreements with divisions and other societies that co-sponsor CELL symposia, or whose symposia CELL co-sponsors.
   4. Provide information as requested to ACS through the on-line abstract submission system.
   5. Work closely with the Payen Award nominators and symposium organizers, the Awards Chair, and the Chair to coordinate Payen technical programming with the annual Spring Awards banquet (that is centered around the Payen award).
   6. Organize at least one poster session at each ACS national meeting in which CELL participates, to provide opportunity to our membership to present and/or view the work of our members in a highly interactive environment.
2. The Program Chair in consultation with the Chair shall appoint and chair a Program Committee, which shall consist of up to ten (10) other members. The Chair-Elect is an ex-officio member of the Program Committee. The duties of the Program Committee shall be to arrange technical programs for future National ACS meetings and other Division sponsored meetings in compliance with the current edition of the American Chemical Society National Meetings Handbook for Technical Program Planners.
3. The Program Chair shall chair an annual open program meeting at the Spring National ACS meeting. This meeting is normally held in conjunction with the Division Business Meeting. This meeting provides an opportunity for all Division members to contribute ideas for future programming and to volunteer to organize future programs.