Program Overview

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SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 22
0730-1700 Registration Open
0840-1700 Pre-Congress Symposium: 100 Years of Antiepileptic Drugs: The Role of TDM in Optimizing Patient Care
1630-1730 First Timers’ Reception
1730-1900 Opening Ceremonies
1900-2200 Opening Reception at the Leonardo
 
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 23
0700-1700 Registration Open
0800-0900 Breakfast Roundtables
0915-1015 Plenary: “Bio-Nano-Chip” Technologies for Point of Care Testing of Drugs and Metabolites, presented by Dr. John McDevitt
1100-1230 Concurrent Symposia
• Emerging Drugs of Abuse; Emphasis on Designer Drugs
• Clinical Pharmacometrics to Support Individualized Therapeutics
1400-1500 Oral Presentations
1500-1600 Poster Presentations
1600-1700 Oral Presentations
1700-1830 Concurrent Workshops
• TDM of Immunosuppressants and Options for Biomarkers
• Detection and Assessment of Toxic Element Exposures
• TDM in Oncology
• Young Scientist Workshop
1830-2000 Wine & Cheese Reception
 
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 24
0700-1700 Registration Open
0745-0915 Annual General Meeting Breakfast
0930-1030 Plenary: Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Cancer Treatment, presented by Dr. William Evans
1100-1230 Concurrent Debates
• Brand Name Immunosuppressive Drugs; Can They Easily be Substituted by Generic Drugs?
• Utility of Oral Fluid in Clinical Toxicology
1230-1730 Industry Workshops
1230-1400 Industry Workshops
• Detection of in utero Drug Exposure Using Umbilical Cord Tissue by Liquid Chromatography Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (TOF)
Presented by Agilent
• New Developments in Tacrolimus and Spice Testing
Presented by Abbott
• Advances in LC/MS for Clinical and Toxicology Research Labs
Presented by Thermo Scientific
1415-1545 Industry Workshops
• Measurement of immunosuppressant drugs: The importance of metrological traceability and assay standardization
Presented by Waters
• Advancing your Toxicology Analyses; Adopting the Latest in Mass Spectrometry Innovations
AB SCIEX
1600-1730 Industry Workshops
• RapidFire/MS Applications: One Lab’s Experience
Presented by Agilent
• Round Table – Future of IA vs. LCMS in TDM and ISD testing
Presented by Thermo Scientific
 
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25
0700-1700 Registration Open
0800-0900 Breakfast Roundtables
0915-1015 Plenary: Human Genomics a Decade after the Human Genome Project: Opportunities and Challenges, presented by Dr. Eric D. Green
1100-1230 Concurrent Symposia
• Metal on Metal Toxicity
• Pharmacodynamic Monitoring
1400-1500 Oral Presentations
1500-1600 Poster Presentations
1600-1700 Oral Presentations
1700-1830 Concurrent Workshops
• Therapeutic Monitoring of Perinatal Exposure to Drugs and Chemicals
• Advances in Antidoping Drug Testing
• Anti-infectives
• High Resolution Mass Spectrometry
1900-2300 Gala Banquet
 
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 26
0700-1700 Registration Open
0800-0900 Breakfast Roundtables
0915-1015 Plenary: The Science Needed to Run an Olympic Laboratory – the Experiences of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, presented by Professor David Cowan
1100-1230 Concurrent Symposia
• TDM for Special Populations
• Alternative Approaches to TDM and Toxicology
1330-1430 Poster Presentations
1430-1530 Oral Presentations
1600-1700 Closing Ceremonies