On behalf of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT), we invite you to participate in the 43rd ASCEPT Annual Scientific Meeting to be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, November 29 - December 2, 2009.

The theme of the meeting is "The Rights of Medicines", with sub-thems of "The Right Drug, The Right Patient, The Right Dose and the Right Result" woven into each of the symposia. Distinguished plenary speakers include Professor Shuh Narumiya, the Japanese Pharmacological Society Lecture, in addition to the Rand Anglo-Australian Visitor and the Rand Medallist. The program features a debate on the topic of "Academics Don't Discovery Drugs" and on the Sunday prior to the meeting we will be hosting a public lecture on "Obesity - are the drugs the answer?".

The program includes 12 symposia and 2 workshops that feature high quality speakers and 'cutting edge' science. In addition to the invited presentations, there will be time for free communications (oral and poster).

Please join us to make this ASCEPT meeting the most successful yet. We are certain that your participate in the meeting will be professionally and personally rewarding.

We look forward to seeing you in Sydney.

Margaret Morris                                                           Kathie Knights
Organising Committee Chair                                   ASCEPT President
 

Program outline

Sunday November 29
10.00-17.00 Workshops/Public Lecture/Symposia
18.30-19.30 The TetraQ and Q-Pharm Welcome Reception

Monday November 30
8.25-18.30 Plenary Lectures/4 Symposia/5 free communication sessions

Tuesday December 1
8.30-18.30 ASCEPT Oral Prize/Denis Wade Johnson & Johnson Young Investigator/4 symposia/2 free communication sessions
19.00-22.00 ASCEPT Dinner
 

Wednesday December 2
8.30-13.00 Rand Medallist/2 Symposia/1 free communication session
13.00-14.30 ASCEPT Annual General Meeting

Sponsors
ASCEPT is grateful to all companies who support their meeting and members, including:

• Sanofi-Aventis
• Factulty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
• Waters Australia
• ADInstruments
• Tetra Q and Q-Pharm
• Nature Publishing Group