Let's go to the Moon, Mars and beyond for two days

the dream

CME conceived, co-founded the NASA Symposium in 2017 in collaboration with the NASA Chief Scientist Office to bring together leaders from industry, academia, government, media and the public.

The event takes place annually, or semi-annually, at major conventions on the chemical sciences. Symposiums have been held in Washington, DC; Boston, MA; and Orlando, FL. Past speakers include Nobel Laureates Frances Arnold and Eric Betzig, Craig Venter, Robert Langer (MIT), James Green (NASA), Duane Dickson (Deloitte), Peter Eckes (BASF) and other eminent figures.

Upcoming NASA Symposium

Discover the amazing array of speakers and honorees who are ready to launch

Fall National Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia

4th CME NASA Symposium

Resiliency of Science Propels Leadership in Space Exploration

2021. 08. 23-24
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Gallery
2019 CME NASA Lectures at the Orlando Convention Center Valencia Ballroom A. The symposium attracted 1,000 attendees.
Honorees from left: Bert Meijer (Mentor), Bas van Genabeek (Student), Seunghyun Sim (Student) and Takuzo Aida (Mentor).
Lecturer, keynote, speakers, organizers and four ACS Past Presidents at the KSC Saturn V dinner.
Student & Mentor Honorees with award organizers from CME and ACS technical division PMSE.
Venue for the CME reception was the spectacular Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.
Part of incredible 110 meter-long Saturn V (top left) was the background for the CME NASA Symposium dinner.

CME Hall of Fame

Discover honorees, key speakers and collaborators

Science

James Green

NASA

Chief Scientist

Craig Venter

Human Genome Project

Sequence Leader

Frances Arnold

Caltech

2018 Nobel Laureate

Eric Betzig

Stanford

2014 Nobel Laureate

Robert Langer

Koch Institute MIT

Most Cited Engineer

Robert Grubbs

Caltech

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Harry Gray

Beckman Institute Caltech

Professor of Chemistry

Janet Kavandi

NASA Glenn

Director

Industry

Duane Dickson

Deloitte

Vice Chairman, Industrials

Peter Eckes

BASF

President Bioscience

Rich Tillyer

Johnson & Johnson

Global Head, Discovery, Jansenn

Jon Arenberg

Northrop Grumman

Chief Engineer, Space

Tony Go

ExxonMobil Chemical

Chief Engineer

Murali Krishnan

L3Harris Technologies

President, Electro Optical

Erika Wagner

Blue Origin

Business Development Manager

Symposium Archives

2019. 04. 01-02

3rd CME NASA Symposium

2018. 08. 21

2nd CME NASA Symposium

2017. 08. 22-23

1st CME NASA Symposium