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2026

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

The Metropolitan Opera

Board Executive Committee Member

 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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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 Awards

2025. 11. 15 - 2026. 02. 13

2026 CME PMSE Student & Mentor Awards

 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 Awards

2025. 08. 18-19

2025 PMSE CME Student & Mentor Awards

 2025 CME NASA Symposium Earth & Space Sustainability

2025. 08. 18-19

2025 CME NASA Symposium Earth & Space Sustainability

 Mid-Year Global Industry and Economic Outlook

2025. 07. 10

Mid-Year Global Industry and Economic Outlook
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Nano technology and robotics

Virtual future in space exploration

Learning from Mother Nature to better our lives

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