CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Date:	June 6, 1998 (Saturday) 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
Place:	New Jersey Institute of Technology, 161 Warren St., Newark, NJ
07102

Schedule:	
8:30 am - 9:30 am	Registration
9:30 am - 12:00 noon	3 Keynote Speeches
   - Dr. Paul H.L. Walter, President of American Chemical Society.
   - Dr. Jiang Biao, Deputy Director, Shanghai Organic Chemistry Research
        Institute, Academica, Sinica.
   - One from industry in Taiwan.
12 noon - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm	6 Technical Sessions & Employment Open House
		
		-  	Polymer Science & Technology
		-  	Pharmaceutical/ Biotechnology
		-	Petroleum/Chemical Engineering
		-  	Environmental/Analytical Science
		-  	Organic/Inorganic Chemistry
		-	Business/Marketing
			
Sponsored by:
Chinese Association for Chemical Professionals (CACP)
Chinese Institute of Engineers- USA (CIE)
Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS) 

Instructions of Abstract for Authors:
The abstract should include:  1) Title of paper with bold font, 2)
Author(s) with the presenter underlined, company or institute address,
city, state, zip, country, 3) Abstract (300-500 words) including figures,
4) A brief biography (no more than 200 wards).  Please indicate which
technical session for your paper.  Your abstract will be published in the
conference proceedings.  The speaker will have 20 minutes for
presentation.

The abstract should not exceed one page including figures and references.
The abstract should be printed or typewritten singly spaced on a white A4
paper (11"x8.5") and ready for reproduction.  Leave margins of 1.25" on
each of the left and right side, 1" at the top and bottom of the paper.
This corresponds to a typing area of 9"x6".

Abstract Submission Deadline:	April 30, 1998
Registration Fee: $ 25.00 (before May 25, 1998); $ 30.00 (after May 25,
1998); student $ 15.00.

Please send your abstrct with a check (registration fee) payable to "CACP"
and to: 
CACP, P.O. Box 1275, Bloomfield, NJ 07003-1275

Please contact the following association representatives: 

Dr. Henry L. Mei, CACP, (914) 577-7202 (O), (914)639-0645 (H)
Dr. Kuo-Kuang Hsu,  CIE, (610)481-4079 (O), (610)395-6272 (H)
Dr. Hong Son Cheung, CACS, (609) 871-0539
Dr. LiPing Xiao,CACP, (973)893-1469
Dr. Sam Hsu, CACS, (732)730-2228 

E-mail address:
	henry.mei@ipaper.com (O)
	hmeimhuang@acd-pc.com (H)
	Hsuk@lms1.apci.com (O)
	hscheung@juno.com
	lxitc@aol.com
	cshsu@erenj.com (O)

On November 24, 1997 CACS had a joint forum on "Your Career in Chemistry:
Creating Constants out of Change" with the ACS North Jersey Section's
Younger Chemists Committee and Metro Women Chemists Committee and with the
New York Academy of Science Section on  Women in Science.  The event was
held at the College of St. Elizabeth in Madison, New Jersey.  Our Board
Chair, Dr. Norman Li, coming from Chicago was one of two keynote speakers.
Dr. Li gave a lively speech entitled "The Paradigm Shift in American
Industry".  He related several entertaining stories discussing subjects as
varied as the decline of the Swiss watch industry to the invention of hair
spray to illustrate the outcome of missing paradigm shifts.  As a chemical
professional today, one of the most important skills to possess is the
ability to adapt to constant change.  Prior to Dr. Li's speech, Corine 
Marasco, a manager in the Washington ACS Career Services Office, gave
another excellent talk about the current job market opportunities for
chemists and reviewed recent data from the ACS salary survey. She also
gave recommendations for career enhancement and urged us to make use of
the ACS Career Services group.  they can be reached by calling 
800-227-5558.

CACS has had a good history of working with ACS and AIChE to promote such
career awareness programs for minority and foreign born chemists and 
chemical engineers.  To maintain this relationship, it is important for us
to participate actively in these two organizations.  Through this kind of
collaboration, we will increase our mutual understanding and have
opportunities to express our opinions and influence the activities and
decision making of these organizations.