Conference Day One
Thursday 19th January 2006


08.30 · Coffee and registration

09.00 · Chairman's opening remarks

Dr. Michael Christensen
Head of Drug Metabolism
Novo Nordisk

09.15 · Getting Value from Your ADME Data: Effective Decision-making in Early Discovery

Dr. Alan P. Beresford
Associate Director: Lead Optimisation
Inpharmatica Ltd.

10.00 · Optimal Early ADME Screening

Dr. Michael Christensen
Head of Drug Metabolism
Novo Nordisk


10.45 · Networking coffee break


11.15 · Histologically Defined Biomarkers in Drug Development

Mr. Martin Shaw
Senior Scientific Officer
Biotrin International Ltd.

12.00 · Increasing Throughput in Pharmacokinetic Studies

Dr. Kelvin Hughes
Technology Manager, Assay Development
GE Healthcare Biosciences


12.45 · Networking Lunch


14.15 · Integration of High Throughput ADME Screening and Pharmacokinetic Simulation for Acceleration of Drug Discovery

Dr. Darwin Cheney
Chief Scientific Officer
Cyprotex

15.00 · In Silico ADME/Tox Prediction: Crossing the Credibility Chasm.

Dr. Gregory Banik
General Manager, Informatics
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.


15.45 · Coffee break


16.00 · Systems Biology Approach to In-Silico Modeling of Biological Pathways: Towards Elucidating Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity

Dr. Gordana Apic
CEO
Cambridge Cell Networks

16.45 · Predictive Toxicogenomics at the Crossroads

Dr. Andreas Hohn
Genedata AG

17.30 · Panel Discussion

This session will provide an opportunity for all day one speakers and delegates to explore key issues that have arisen over the day.

18.00 · Chair's Closing Remarks

18.30 · End of Day One



Conference Day Two
Friday 20h January 2006


08.30 · Coffee and registration

09.00 · Chairman's opening remarks

Dr. Terry Riss
R&D Scientist, Cellular Analysis
Promega Corporation

09.15 · Comparison of different materials and surface functionalization technologies for optical bottom plates

Dr. Benedikt Busse, zell-kontakt GmbH,
Mr. Denis J. Moller, Nunc A/S


10.00 · Choosing Appropriate In Vitro Toxicity Assays for Multiplexing

Dr. Terry Riss
R&D Scientist, Cellular Analysis
Promega Corporation


10.45 · Networking coffee break


11.15 · In Vitro Hepatotoxicity Assays in Drug Development

Dr. Nicky Hewitt
European Business Development
In Vitro Technologies Inc

12.00 · Cell-based Models to Study Hepatic Drug Metabolism and Enzyme Induction in Humans

Dr. Willem Meuldermans
Global Sr. Preclin. PK Expert
Johnson & Johnson


12.45 · Networking lunch


14.15 · High Concordance of Drug-Induced Human Hepatotoxicity with in vitro Cytotoxicity Measured in a Novel Cell-based Model Using High Content Screening

Dr. Peter O'Brien
Laboratory Head in Safety Sciences
Pfizer

15.00 · Propagation of Biological and Genetic Interindividual Variability of Metabolism to PK/PD/Tox: Implications for Study Design

Dr. Amin Rostami
Reader in Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism
University of Sheffield
Director of Scientific Development
Simcyp Limited


15.45 · Coffee break


16.00 · Global In Vitro Predictive Stem Cell Hemotoxicology For Early Drug Screening, Safety Assesment and Estimating Pre-Clinical and Human Clinical Trial Dosing

Dr. Ivan N. Rich
Chairman & CEO
HemoGenix, Inc.

16.45 · Why Pharmacovigilance?

Dr. I. Ralph Edwards
Director, International Drug Monitoring
World Health Organization

17.30 · Panel Discussion

This session will provide an opportunity for all day two speakers and delegates to explore key issues that have arisen over the day.

18.00 · Closing Comments from the Chair

18.30 · Close Conference