A week of collaborative coding at the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center — an ACS Fall 2026 satellite event, by invitation only.
ACS Fall 2026 satellite. The hackathon begins on August 27, the final day of the ACS Fall 2026 meeting in Chicago, so participants can travel directly from the meeting. Participation is by invitation only.
| All day | Final day of the ACS Fall 2026 meeting (Chicago) — travel to New Brunswick, NJ |
| 4:30 pm | Check-in at the Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center (New Brunswick, NJ), or to other assigned hotel |
| 6:00–9:00 pm | Hors d'oeuvres and drinks in the Scarlet Room (Rutgers Inn) |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Opening remarks |
| 9:00 am | Introductions and flash presentations of hackathon projects |
| 10:00 am | Hackathon begins |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch and presentation (35 min) · Speaker: Volker Blum (Duke) |
| 2:30 pm | Hackathon |
| 6:30 pm | Hackathon day 1 wrap-up and set goals for day 2 |
| Evening | Free |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Flash presentations about goals for day 2 |
| 9:30 am | Hackathon |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch and presentation (35 min) · Speaker: Alex Urban (Columbia) |
| After lunch–2:30 pm | Free |
| 2:30–5:30 pm | Frisbee Golf at the Rutgers Disc Golf Course |
| 5:30 pm | Hackathon day 2 wrap-up |
| 6:30 pm | Hackathon Dinner · Keynote speaker: Alexander White (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Flash presentations about goals for day 3 |
| 9:30 am | Hackathon |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch and presentation (35 min) · Speaker: Marco Caricato (University of Kansas) · "CCResPy: a Coupled Cluster Response Program in Python for Molecules and Periodic Systems" |
| 2:30 pm | Hackathon |
| 6:30 pm | Hackathon day 3 wrap-up and set goals for day 4 |
| Evening | Free |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Flash presentations about goals for day 4 |
| 9:30 am | Hackathon |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch and presentation (35 min) · Speaker: Oliviero Andreussi (Boise State) · "MapSy: Mapping and Learning Electrochemical Reactivity" |
| 2:30 pm | Hackathon |
| 6:30 pm | Hackathon day 4 wrap-up and set goals for day 5 |
| Evening | Free |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:30 am | Hackathon |
| 12:00 pm | Hackathon Wrap-up and Concluding Remarks |
| 2:00 pm | Check-out |
Coffee will be available at any time during the day!