Events – CME STEM

Featured STEM events

2026 PMSE CME Student & Mentor Award Winners

2026. 08. 24

ACS Fall 2025 Washington DC

2026 PMSE CME Student & Mentor Award Winners

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David Kitto — David KittoArgonne National Laboratory

Jovan Kamcev — Jovan KamcevUniversity of Michigan

Lei Chen — Lei ChenUniversity of Manchester

Guillaume de Bo — Guillaume de BoUniversity of Manchester

2026 CME NASA Symposium: Chemistry in the Space Age

2026. 08. 24-25 JOINT 006 (POLY, COMSCI, BIOT)

ACS Fall - Chicago

2026 CME NASA Symposium: Chemistry in the Space Age

Annual CME Lectures since 2017

Jack Szostak — Jack SzostakUChicago/HHMI

Harriet Kung — Harriet KungU.S. DOE Office of Science

Paul Alivisatos — Paul AlivisatosUniversity of Chicago

Chad Mirkin — Chad MirkinNorthwestern University

Karl Mueller — Karl MuellerAmes National Laboratory

2026 CME STEM Leadership Award™ Honoring Ann Ziff and Omar Yaghi

2026. 12. 11

2026 CME STEM Leadership Award™ Honoring Ann Ziff and Omar Yaghi

Celebrating CME 72nd Anniversary

Ann Ziff — Ann ZiffThe Metropolitan Opera

Omar Yaghi — Omar YaghiUC-Berkeley

Next in the calendar

2026

2026 PMSE CME Student & Mentor Award Winners

2026. 08. 24 ACS Fall 2025 Washington DC

Recognizing humanity's most fundamental innovation unit: the student and the mentor.

2026 CME NASA Symposium: Chemistry in the Space Age

2026. 08. 24 2026. 08. 25 JOINT 006 (POLY, COMSCI, BIOT) ACS Fall - Chicago

9th Annual CME NASA Symposium and the CME NASA Earth & Space Sustainability (CNESS) Summit bring together industry, academia, government and the public to solve the big challenges of humanity and enlarge the diverse STEM talent pool.

2026 CME STEM Leadership Award™ Honoring Ann Ziff and Omar Yaghi

2026. 12. 11 New York

14th CME STEM Leadership Awards™ honoring outstanding leaders

ACS Fall 2025 Washington DC

2025 CME NASA Symposium Earth & Space Sustainability

2025. 08. 18-19

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New York

2024 CME STEM Leadership Awards™ – Ryerkerk, Ross, Garriott, Sagnières

2024. 12. 10

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CME Hall of Fame

Discover honorees, lecturers and collaborators

Science

Craig Venter

Craig Venter

Human Genome Project

Sequence Leader

Frances Arnold

Frances Arnold

Caltech

2018 Nobel Laureate

Eric Betzig

Eric Betzig

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

2014 Nobel Laureate

James Green

James Green

NASA

Former Chief Scientist

Ben Feringa

Ben Feringa

University of Groningen

2016 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Robert Grubbs

Robert Grubbs

Caltech

2005 Nobel Laureate

Robert Langer

Robert Langer

Koch Institute MIT

Most Cited Engineer

Harry Gray

Harry Gray

Beckman Institute Caltech

Professor of Chemistry

Janet Kavandi

Janet Kavandi

NASA Glenn

2016-2019 Director

Industry

Lori Ryerkerk

Lori Ryerkerk

Celanese

2019-2024 CEO

Seifi Ghasemi

Seifi Ghasemi

Pelang Enterprises

Chairman and CEO

Jim Fitterling

Jim Fitterling

Dow

Chair and CEO

Martin Brudermüller

Martin Brudermüller

Mercedes-Benz Group (Previous: BASF)

Chairman

Henry Kravis

Henry Kravis

KKR

Co-Founder

Bob Patel

Bob Patel

LyondellBasell

2015-2021 CEO

Daniel D’Aniello

Daniel D’Aniello

The Carlyle Group

Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus

Ed Breen

Ed Breen

DuPont

Chairman

David Cote

David Cote

Honeywell

2002-2017 Chairman and CEO

Len Blavatnik

Len Blavatnik

Access Industries

Chairman

Jean Pierre Clamadieu

Jean Pierre Clamadieu

Solvay

2012-2019 CEO

Society

Wilbur Ross

Wilbur Ross

US Department of Commerce

39th Secretary

Richard Garriott

Richard Garriott

The Explorers Club

President

Hubert Sagnières

Hubert Sagnières

EssilorLuxottica

Former Vice Chairman

James Simons

James Simons

Simons Foundation

Co-Founder

Marilyn Simons

Marilyn Simons

Simons Foundation

Co-Founder

Roy Vagelos

Roy Vagelos

Regeneron, Merck

1984-1994 Merck CEO, 1995-2023 Regeneron Chairman

David Skorton

David Skorton

Smithsonian Institution

13th Secretary

Charles Bolden

Charles Bolden

NASA

12th Administrator

Tracy Day

Tracy Day

World Science Festival

CEO

Brian Greene

Brian Greene

World Science Festival

Chairman

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Chemicals M&A: Reshaping for Resilience and Innovation in 2026

2026. 06. 18

Chemicals M&A: Reshaping for Resilience and Innovation in 2026

A New Outlook for Chemistry in the Automobile Market

2026. 04. 16

A New Outlook for Chemistry in the Automobile Market

McKinsey Insights: Unlocking Value in the New Chemicals Era

2026. 02. 12

McKinsey Insights: Unlocking Value in the New Chemicals Era

2026 Economic Outlook and Venezuela Update

2026. 01. 08

2026 Economic Outlook and Venezuela Update

2025 CME STEM Leadership Award™ Honoring Bourla, Spergel and O’Donovan

2025. 12. 09

2025 CME STEM Leadership Award™ Honoring Bourla, Spergel and O’Donovan

2026 CME PMSE Student & Mentor Award Nominations

2025. 11. 15 - 2026. 02. 28

2026 CME PMSE Student & Mentor Award Nominations

Arkema: Reinventing Growth in Specialty Materials

2025. 11. 13

Arkema: Reinventing Growth in Specialty Materials

2025 National Chemistry Week: Powering K-12 STEM Stars

2025. 10. 19 - 2025. 11. 08

2025 National Chemistry Week: Powering K-12 STEM Stars

McKinsey – The New Quantum Era Innovations and Investments

2025. 09. 25

McKinsey – The New Quantum Era Innovations and Investments

2025 PMSE CME Student & Mentor Award Winners

2025. 08. 18-19

2025 PMSE CME Student & Mentor Award Winners

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The Chair Desk Topics

Once a year our leaders meet to decide what our future events will be talking about. Here are some of our selected topics.

Nano technology and robotics

Virtual future in space exploration

Learning from Mother Nature to better our lives

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