The purpose of the BCC is to provide guidance, oversight, and financial accountability to the General and Program Chairs of the BCCEs; to review evaluations and financial reports of past BCCEs; to solicit, evaluate bids, conduct site visits, recommend the locations and General Chairs of future BCCEs; to closely evaluate BCCE Memoranda of Agreement (MOA); and to provide fiduciary responsibility for DivCHED’s BCCE enterprise. The Biennial Conference is the signature event for our Division, typically having more than 1500 attendees presenting papers, participating in workshops, and exploring research to improve student learning. The BCCE is the premiere conference for chemical educators throughout the world
- Representatives completed a site visit for the 2026 BCCE.
- Completed initial review of budget and MOA with the University of Wisconsin for 2026 BCCE.
- Sent out reminders to groups who had expressed interest in hosting a BCCE in 2028. The committee received two letters of intent.
- Monitor and assess success of 2024 BCCE
- The Biennial Conference Committee will be working with the University of Wisconsin to approve a conference budget and MOA as soon as possible.
- Support development of 2028 proposals
- A subcommittee of the Biennial Conference Committee will begin to develop a plan for succession planning for the role of the meeting planning partner.
- A subcommittee of the Biennial Conference Committee will begin to review and update its webpage and operations manual.
$3000 requested - no final report of actual costs was communicated to the committee
Completed site visit
Worked with hosting team to confirm site preparations are appropriate