The SERMACS 2026 scientific program starts with our opening ceremony on Wednesday evening and concludes Sunday morning.
Join us in Memphis! We are now seeking papers for SERMACS 2026!
Click here for the Call for Abstracts and to submit!
Program
Symposia will highlight advances in polymer chemistry and medicinal chemistry, the influence of artificial intelligence on drug discovery and research, environmental chemistry, and chemical regulation. The full list of symposia are available here. Abstract submissions for all symposia close Aug 3, 2026 at 11:59 EST.
If you have questions about any of the symposia, you can directly reach out to the symposium organizers listed in the Call for Papers, or you may contact either of the Program co-Chairs with inquiries:
Nathan DeYonker, UofM (ndyonker@memphis.edu) and Will Eckenhoff, Rhodes (eckenhoffw@rhodes.edu)
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026
SERMACS Opening Ceremony
Plenary Speaker
Dr. Anang Shelat, St. Jude
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026
ACS Southern Chemist Award winners plenary double header!!
2019 ACS Southern Chemist Awardee Henry Fritz Schaefer III
2020 ACS Southern Chemist Awardee Sue Richardson
Friday, Nov. 6, 2026
Super Plenary - Presidential panel + meet and greet: "Change in ACS, bridging past to present to future"
2006 ACS President Ann Nalley
2008 ACS President Bruce Bursten
2024 ACS President Dorothy Phillips
2025 ACS President Rigoberto Hernandez
ACS Local Section Memphis
