1. Thematic Program: Chemistry of Life 243th ACS National Meeting & Exposition March 25-29, 2012, San Diego, CA Thematic coordinator: Peter Senter VP, Chemistry Seattle Genetics, Inc. psenter@seagen.com

2. Plenary Session: 5 speakers, 3 hours Synthetic biology: Craig Ventner (Founder and Chairman of the Craig Ventner Institute) Replicating vesicles: Jack Szostak (Harvard, 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine) Polymeric matrices for tissue regeneration: Samuel Stupp (Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University) From jellyfish to diagnostic imaging: Roger Tsien (UCSD, 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) Control of longevity: Gary Ruvkun (Biological Sciences, Harvard) Cell-cell interactions: Laura Kiessling (Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin) Chemistry in living systems: Carolyn Bertozzi ( Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley) Neurotoxins from the cone snail: Baldomero Olivera (Biochemistry, University of Utah) Cancer: the emperor of all maladies: Siddhartha Mukherjee (Department of Medicine, Columbia University)

3. Kavli Foundation Lecture Monday 5:00-6:00 Not associated with the plenary session which would normally take place Sunday afternoon Ideally, the Kavli Lecture could be the final lecture of the Plenary Session My suggestion for the Kavli Lecture is Carolyn Bertozzi, but I would like to have her in the Plenary

4. Items for discussion Does the ACS agree with the plan for the plenary session? Any additional or unacceptable speakers? How is the Kavli Lecture interfaced with the plenary session? What is the budget for the plenary session? How should the invitations be issued? I think this needs to be done ASAP

5. ACS proposed top-level areas Biomimetics* Synthetic Biology* Systems Biology* Cell Biology* Molecular Transport through Cell Membranes Chemical Signaling in Biological Systems* Neurochemistry* Metabolomics * Covered by the suggested speakers in the plenary session

6. Participating Divisions AGFD AGRO ANYL BIOL* BIOT* CARB* CATL CELL CHED COLL COMP CTAS CINF ENVR FULO HIST* I&EC INOR MEDI* NUCL ORGN* PETR PMSE POLY* PROF RUBB SCHB TOXI* * Plenary session speakers cover topics that are directly relevant to these divisions