Calendar and Deadlines

Chemical Education is GOLDEN

25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
hosted by the University of Notre Dame, July 29 - August 2, 2018

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Calendar and Deadlines...

Please note that the following deadlines may be adjusted to meet deadlines imposed upon the conference by ND.

The deadlines are based on previous BCCEs and our best projections of deadlines required by ND. Notes and updates will be placed as soon as known on this page and the home page news banner.

10 June 2017	Website opens for symposia proposal submissions Website opens for workshop proposal submissions
15 July 2017	Deadline for symposia proposals to be included in the call for papers Exhibitor registration begins online
23-25th July 2017	25th BCCE organizers at ChemEd17 at South Dakota State University (Brookings, SD)
4 December 2017	Symposium Proposal Deadline Workshop Proposal Deadline
6-15 December 2017	Program Chairs review symposium proposals Workshop Chair reviews workshop proposals
15 December 2017	Symposium Acceptance Notices sent Workshop Acceptance Notices sent
2 January 2018	Abstract Submission begins
20 February 2018	Abstract Submission deadline Website opens for early registration and on-campus housing
23 February 2018, ~1 hr in afternoon	Symposium Organizer MAPS Training
1 March 2018	Symposium Chairs begin organizing symposia
5 March 2018	Program Chairs MAPS Training
12 March 2018	Symposium organizers program deadline
18-22 March 2018	25th BCCE organizers at Spring ACS meeting in New Orleans, LA
19-26 March 2018	Program Chairs schedule symposia
26-28 March 2018	MAPS data integrity verification
28 March 2018	Symposium Chairs begin notifying presenters of acceptance to their symposium General Papers Chair begins notifying presenters of acceptance to sessions Poster Chair begins notifying presenters of acceptance to poster sessions Last Day for Exhibitors to reserve space in exhibition hall Last Day for Exhibitors to cancel with $50 cancellation fee Last day to purchase ad space for BCCE program book/pocket guide
30 March 2018
11 April 2018	Workshop Leaders notified of room, day and time of Workshops Symposia Leaders notified of day and time of Symposia
20 April 2018	Workshop Docs/Safety Agreements due to ND Written Workshop Plans for "wet chem" workshops due to ND
4 May 2018	Conference schedule available on-line Last Day for Exhibitors to cancel with $150 penalty - no refunds after this date Computer Workshop leaders must have software and licenses to Workshop Chair
1 June 2018 - 11:59 PM EDT	Conference early registration ends
2 June 2018	Conference late registration begins
15 June 2018	Workshop leaders receive preliminary participant rosters
2 July 2018	Begin accepting workshop materials at ND Workshop leaders must have final AV requests submitted to ND
7 July 2018	FINAL REGISTRATION CLOSES ON WEBSITE
20 July 2018	Last day to receive Workshop materials at ND
23 July 2018	Receiving of Exhibitor materials begins
27 July 2018	Final day to receive Exhibitor material Workshop leaders begin arriving at ND Computer workshop leaders test computer images 8 am - 4 pm Workshop/Demo preparation labs available 8 am - 4 pm On-campus housing opens at 4 pm
28 July 2018	REQUIRED safety sessions for workshop leaders & chemical demonstrators at 5 pm Workshop/Demo preparation labs available 8 am - 4 pm
29 July 2018	Workshops begin at 9 am Symposia begin at 2 pm Opening Plenary begins at 6 pm Grand Reception & Exhibition Hall at 8-10 pm REQUIRED safety sessions for workshop leaders & chemical demonstrators at 5 pm Workshop/Demo preparation labs available 8 am - 4 pm Exhibition setup 8 am - 5 pm
31 July 2018	Exhibition tear down 6-10 pm
2 August 2018	Workshop leaders must submit all reimbursement requests by noon at Conference Office Workshops end at noon
	On-campus housing check-out at 11 am