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9th annual Chemical Sciences CTO Summit focuses on building trust in science

by Sara Cottle
October 28, 2024

A group of people stand in a long hallway all facing the same direction towards the camera.
Credit: EPNAC Photography
Jim Mason of Covestro (from left), Florian Schattenmann of Cargill, Stephan Habif of Colgate-Palmolive, Al Horvath of ACS, Gerard Baillely of P&G, Sibel Selcuk of Heritage Research Group, Gretchen Baier of Dow, Stéphane Bazzana of PPG, Patricia Hubbard of Cabot Corporation, Portia Yarborough of Michelman, Amitabh Gupta of Linde, Gavin Towler of Honeywell, Paula Hietpas of Agilent, Judy Giordan of ecosVC, A.N. Sreeram of Dow, Nathan Baker of Microsoft, Alexa Dembek of DuPont, Nick Ishmael-Perkins of C&EN, Venki Chandrashekar of Chevron Phillips, and Sanford Browne of L’Oréal (far right) gather for the Chemical Sciences CTO Summit in Washington, DC.

On Sept. 26, chemical industry executives gathered in Washington, DC, for the American Chemical Society’s 9th annual Chemical Sciences CTO Summit. The focus of this summit was on building trust in science and featured a keynote address from C&EN editor-in-chief Nick Ishmael-Perkins and a panel discussion from science communication experts Aomawa Shields, Deborah Blum, and Chris Reddy.

Executives from nearly 20 companies considered case studies about scientific misinformation and participated in roundtable discussions on the chemical industry’s critical role in influencing trust in science. ACS immediate past president Judith Giordan shared several resources from ACS to support the sharing of scientific information with the public. The summit emphasized the importance of collaboration in tackling these challenges.

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