GLCACS 26th Annual Conference - Taking Responsibility for Advancing Global Sustainable Development
- Xinyu Sun
- Apr 27, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 24

- Time & Location: 
Apr 27, 2024, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Abbott Laboratories, AP52 Conference Center
200 Abbott Park Road, Abbott Park, IL 60064
- Event Agenda: 
09:00 – 12:00: Plenary Presentations by guest speakers
With the conference theme Taking Responsibility for Advancing Global Sustainable Development, we are very fortunate to have a panel of academic and industry leaders delivering excellent presentations in the morning’s plenary session.
12:00 – 14:00: Career Fairs, Workshop and Networking
This session focuses on techniques for career planning and job pursuing. Both session leaders Dr. Ling Ye (president of CM Square Consulting LTD) and Dr. Lilly D’Angelo (CEO of Global Food & Beverage Technology Associates) have extensive industry management experience and talent training experience.
- “Pursue Your Passion in Your Career”, Moderated by Dr. Lilly D’Angelo 
- “Write An Eye-Catching Resume”, Moderated by Dr. Ling Ye 
- “Conduct A Winning Interview”, Moderated by Dr. Ling Ye 
14:00 – 17:00: Student Research Presentation and Contest
All full-time or part-time students and post-doctoral researchers are welcome to participate Outstanding Student Research Contest and Student Research Presentation Contest. A total of 19 registered participants were splitted into two concurrent sessions, one for topics more related to chemistry and the other for topics more related to chemical engineering.
17:30 – 19:00: Dinner Reception (optional)
- Guest Speakers: 
- Career Development Workshop Moderator: 
- Student Presentation: 
- Student Presentation Abstracts: - Chem related session: 
Chem Eng related session:
- Event Highlights: 
- Graduate Research Presentation Contest Awardees: 
- 2024 Executive Committee: - President: - Mark Zhen, PhD; Valent BioSciences - Treasurer: - Yanqun Zhao, PhD, AbbVie Inc. - Program Production: - Hanwei Zhang, PhD; Valent BioSciences - Guojun Wang, PhD; Valent BioSciences - Communication: - Lijun Xu, PhD; Honeywell UOP - Xiaomao Wu, PhD; Knowledge Exchange Forum - Career Development & Education: - Ling Ye, PhD; CM Square Consulting Ltd. - Lilly D’Angelo, PhD, MBA; Global Food & Beverage Technology Associates - Community Outreach: - Cong Wang, PhD; Honeywell UOP (Lead) - Sam Jiang, Abbott Laboratory - Sophia Hou, Abbott Laboratory - Robin Wang, PhD; NL Chemical Technology - Le Wang, PhD; AbbVie Inc. - Webmasters: - Xinyu (Ivy) Sun, PhD; Valent BioSciences - Kunyu Wang, PhD; Univ. of Pennsylvania - Advisors: - Ling Zhou, PhD; Honeywell UOP - Lixiao Zeng, PhD; Honeywell UOP 
- 2024 Student Committee: - Student Committee Chairs - Kun Wang, PhD, School of Molecular Eng., Univ. of Chicago - Fanrui Sha, PhD, AbbVie Inc. - Student Committee Members: - Hanzeng Guo, Dept. of Chem. Eng. University of Illinois at Chicago; Hguo28@uic.edu - Qianhui Wang, Dept. of Chemistry Northwestern University; qianhuiwang2027@u.northwestern.edu - Chang Yan, Dept. of Chem. Eng. University of Notre Dame; cyan2@nd.edu - Ziyong Wang, Ph.D. candidate Materials Science and Eng.; Illinois Institute of Technology; zwang219@hawk.iit.edu - Fu Wu, Chemical Biomolecular Eng.; Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; fwu26@illinois.edu - Xinbo Zhang, Dept. of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Eng.; Illinois Institute of Technology; xzhang148@hawk.iit.edu - Yi Zhang; Dept. of Chemistry; University of Illinois at Chicago; yzhan321@uic.edu 





















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