Symposium Guidelines
Symposium proposals will be reviewed based on the following guidelines:
- The Pacifichem 2025 scientific program will be scheduled during the period Monday, December 15 through Saturday, December 20, 2025.
- Each symposium must have a minimum of three co-organizers who are from different Pacific Rim countries AND are members of the Pacifichem 2025 Cosponsoring Societies or Official Participating Organizations . One shall be designated as the “Corresponding Symposium Organizer (CSO),” and all correspondence (e-mail) relating to the symposium will be directed to this contact person. It is the responsibility of the CSO to keep all other co-organizers informed.
- All symposia are managed through the Pacifichem 2025 Abstracts System.
- A symposium should have a title and a 150-300 word description of the topics to be covered in the technical sessions.
- Symposium will have no more than five half-day daytime oral sessions. Additional oral and/or poster sessions may be considered by the Organizing Committee to be scheduled in the evenings.
- Because there will be no oral General Sessions, organizers are requested to accommodate as many contributed oral papers as possible. At least 40% of symposium time should be allotted to contributed oral presentations. We recommend no more than 4 invited speakers per half- day session.
- Each half-day oral session will have a maximum duration of 4 hours. Evening sessions, if available, will be 2 hours in duration.
- An individual speaker may deliver no more than 2 invited presentations or 3 presentations (2 invited plus 1 contributed) during the congress. Co-authorship has no limit.
- Pacifichem 2025 will provide voucher codes for 4 complimentary speaker registrations per approved symposium. Symposia organizers are encouraged to dedicate at least one complimentary registration code to a member of an underrepresented community and/or an early career chemist. Organizers are encouraged to solicit sponsorships for additional support.
- Organizers are expected to adhere to the Pacifichem diversity and inclusion statement goals:
- Include a minimum of 30% of under-represented groups in science
- Incorporate expertise from a range of Pacific Rim countries
- Include speakers from all stages of career
Symposium Sponsorship Opportunities
Organizers are invited to seek sponsorships to enhance their symposiums. Organizers will handle the management, collection, and distribution of all sponsorship funds.
Benefits for Symposium Sponsors:
The following is comprehensive list of the symposium sponsorship benefits that will be provided by Pacifichem.
- Program Recognition: Symposium sponsors’ names will be featured in the program session descriptions on the Pacifichem 2025 website and mobile app.
- Collective Acknowledgment: All symposium sponsors will be collectively acknowledged in the Pacifichem 2025 program and mobile app.
- Session Visibility: Sponsors’ information can be displayed on walk-in slides during sessions (symposia hosts are responsible for including this information in the slide deck), as introduced by the session host.
- Signs: Symposium Organizers may create signage to acknowledge symposium sponsors, the signs may only be displayed in the actual session room (not in foyers, hallways, or other area of the hotels or convention center).
Submission of Symposium Sponsorships
Please complete this form to notify the Pacifichem team of any symposium sponsorships. Only symposium sponsors submitted through the form will be listed on the Pacifichem website, program and mobile app.
All symposium sponsors must be submitted by November 15 to be guaranteed listing on the Pacifichem 2025 website, program, and mobile app.
Requests for Use of Pacifichem Logo or Graphics
If you would like to utilize the Pacifichem logo or other graphics, please email pacifichem@acs.org to seek approval.