Moving Chemistry from Bench to Market: An Introduction to the Agricultural and Food Chemistry Technical Program at the 260th American Chemical Society Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Expo

This is the second special issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (JAFC) that reviews the Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division (AGFD) technical program from a national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The 260th meeting was virtually held on August 17-20, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although it was the first-ever all online meeting in ACS history, a total of 311 abstracts were submitted to the AGFD technical program for oral and poster presentations and 34 technical sessions were held in 22 symposia, which covered a broad range of food and agricultural topics. The very first virtual ACS meeting was successful with the high quality of presentations, the number of online audiences, and seamless technology.

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This article discusses the second special issue of JAFC, which reviews the AGFD technical program at the ACS national meeting held online in August 2020. Despite being the first all online meeting in ACS history, the event was successful with a high level of presentations, a large online audience, and seamless technology integration.