APICS/CIC Atlantic student chemistry conference.

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Acadia University hosted the 32nd annual Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences/ Chemical Institute of Canada (APICS/CIC) Atlantic Student Chemistry Conference in Wolfville, NS. The conference was attended by over 120 delegates from all over Canada. Each year, these conferences enable university students to share their research projects, exchange innovative ideas, and meet chemistry students from throughout the Maritimes.

"This conference offers students the opportunity to listen to regional academic and industry specialists in a variety of informal workshop sessions," said Erin MacLean, ACIC, conference chair. "We were very pleased to welcome our keynote speakers, Tito Scaiano, FCIC, an organic chemist from the University of Ottawa, and Susan Mikkelsen, a biochemist from the University of Waterloo."

Throughout the weekend, students gave both oral and poster presentations about their research. At the closing banquet held Saturday evening, several special awards were bestowed. Twenty-two awards were given out in ten categories to students from across Atlantic Canada.

Major sponsors of this event included Acadia University, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Chemical Education Foundation, the Canadian Society for Chemistry-Atlantic Division, the Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairs, the Canadian Society for Chemistry, CIC Chemical Education Fund, Merck Frosst, Sepracor Canada Ltd., CEM Corporation, and Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.

In 2008, the 33rd Annual APICS/CIC Atlantic Student Chemistry Conference will be held in Halifax, NS, and hosted by St. Mary's University.

Erin MacLean, ACIC