The Rubber Division is a division of The American Chemical Society hosted the International Elastomer Conference on October 8 – October 10, 2019 in Cleveland, OH. The ACS was founded in 1876 at New York University and currently has more than 158,000 members at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical engineering and related fields. It is the world’s largest scientific society by membership and holds a Congressional Charter under Title 36 of the United States Code. The Rubber Division originated as the India Rubber section of the ACS in 1909, achieving Division status in 1919 and incorporating in 1963. Rubber Division is one of 34 divisions of the American chemical society and has been headquartered in Akron, Ohio since 1909.
This year marks the addition of the Women of the Rubber Division (WORD) pre-conference workshop, as well as the creation of the new Young Professionals (YP) group, whose first forum was held at the conference.