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Joseph Priestley
Portrait of Joseph Priestley, attributed to Ozias Humphrey (British, 1742–1810). The Chemists’ Club Collection, CHF Collections. Photo by Will Brown.
The Joseph Priestley Society of CHF was founded in 2002 to promote a deeper and more reflective understanding of important scientific, technological, and industry developments. The society has a special orientation to issues involving innovation and entrepreneurship. Members are experienced, senior individuals from a wide variety of large and small chemical companies, and also from the financial, consulting, and academic communities.

Meetings of the Joseph Priestley Society are held the second Thursday of each month from September through April.
To register for the next meeting, visit our Calendar of Events.

For more information about the Joseph Priestley Society, please contact Bob Kenworthy, Manager of Affiliate Relations, 215-873-8292, jps@chemheritage.org.

Upcoming JPS Meetings and Symposia


13 May 2010
Battery Innovations as the Driving Force Creating Major Markets Register online!
  Patrick T. Moseley, president, Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium, and manager, Electrochemistry, International Zinc Research Organization, Inc.
 Brijesh Vyas, distinguished member of the Technical Staff, LGS Innovations
 Robert Flicker, executive vice president and COO, East Penn Manufacturing
 Albert Koenig, vice president, American Refining and Biochemical, Inc.

16 September 2010
Topic and Speaker TBA

14 October 2010
John J. Baldwin, cofounder, Vitae Pharmaceuticals

11 November 2010
Ryan Dirkx, Vice President, Research & Development, Arkema Inc.


Recent JPS Meetings and Symposia

Click the titles for program information, speaker biographies, and audio recordings of previous talks.

11 March 2010
Eastern Technology Council’s Life Sciences Enterprise Award Winners
 Philadelphia Success Stories in Life Sciences
 Daniel S. Messina, Executive Vice President, Business Strategy, Health Advocate
 James A. Datin, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Life Sciences Group, Safeguard Scientifics
 Anthony Gold, CEO, Healthy Humans
 Gregory T. Bosch, CEO, PuriCore (Emerging Life Sciences Company)
 Paul Touhey, President/CEO, Fujirebio Diagnostics, Inc. (Life Sciences Company of the Year)

February 2010
Incubation of Science Based Start-up Companies
 Stephen S. Tang, President and CEO, University City Science Center
 Christopher Laing, Director Science and Technology, University City Science Center
 Han Cao, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, BioNanomatrix
 Benjamin Pascal, President and CEO, Invisible Sentinel

January 2010
Growing a 21st-Century Science Company: Opportunities and Challenges
 Ellen Kullman, CEO, DuPont

November 2009
The Sustainable Success of a Company Founded around One Element: Dow Corning Corporation and Silicon
 Gregg Zank, CTO and Executive Director of Science and Technology, Dow Corning Corporation
 Joseph Priestley Society and Chemical Consultants Network Joint Networking Reception

October 2009
In the Cross-Hairs: What Washington Has Planned for the Chemical Industry
 Joseph Acker, Executive Director, Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA)

September 2009
Biotechnology Success Built upon Failure
 Thomas R. Tritton (Moderator), President and CEO, Chemical Heritage Foundation
 Nigel H. Greig, Senior Investigator, Chief, Drug Design and Development Section, Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health
 William Wong, Chief Scientific Officer and Head, Project Management, TREVENTIS Corporation
 Maria L. Maccecchini, Founder, President, and CEO, QR Pharma, Inc.
 Jennifer Hartt, Director, Life Science Investments, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA

April 2009
A Quarter Century of the Carbon Fiber Industry: From Late Childhood to Early Adulthood
 Paul W. Pendorf, President, AMT II Corporation

March 2009
Philadelphia and the Life Sciences Industry
Eastern Technology Council’s 2008 Enterprise Award winners
 Robert J. Broeze, President and CEO, Laureate Pharma, Inc.
 Anthony DelConte, Chief Medical Officer, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 Frederick J. Fritz, Director, President, and CEO, Neuro Diagnostic Devices
 Glenn Kenney, Vice President of Corporate and Strategy Development, Globus Medical

February 2009
Successful Innovation in a Tough Economy
 J. Michael Bowman, Chairman and CEO, Delaware Technology Park
 Elizabeth Browning, Cofounder and CEO, LLuminari, Inc.
 Steve Prior, President, Quantum Leap Technologies
 Barry Marrs, Founder and Chairman, Athena Biotechnologies, Inc.
 Vidadi Yusibov, Executive Director, Fraunhofer Center for Molecular Biotechnology
 Catherine T. "Katie" Hunt, Corporate Sustainability Director and Leader, Technology Partnerships, Rohm and Haas

January 2009
Nanotechnology
 Daryl Boudreaux, Principal, Boudreaux & Associates, and Emeritus Chief Scientific Officer, NanoHoldings LLC
 John Miller, Vice President, Business Development, Arrowhead Research Corporation
 Howard Kravitz, President and CEO, NanoPack Inc.
 Bob Gower, Former CEO, Lyondell Petrochemical Company, and Cofounder, Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc. and Ensysce Biosciences


December 2008
Building Greener Enterprises
 William Armiger, Vice President, Specialty Chemicals, Lignal Innovations
 Albert Koenig, Vice President and Technical Director, ARB GeoWell Systems
 Richard P. Wool, President, Cara Plastics, Inc., and Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
 Mischael Adang, Professor, University of Georgia

November 2008
 Greg Olsen, Founder, GH Ventures

October 2008
 Joe Miller, CTO, Corning

September 2008
 Peter McCausland, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, AirGas