The Ferryman

eCheminfo Community of Practice Meeting, Baltimore, USA, 9-11 Feb 2015

http://barryhardy.blogs.com/cheminfostream/2014/10/echeminfo-drug-design-meeting-johns-hopkins-9-11-feb-2015.html

Drug Design in India, Malaria Focus

Drug Design in India, Malaria Focus - we are taking the eCheminfo drug design workshop activities we have developed in Oxford in recent years to India in January.

http://barryhardy.blogs.com/cheminfostream/2014/10/drug-design-in-india-malaria-focus.html

Innovation in Development and Translational Medicine

On the 13 February 2015 we will hold an InnovationWell workshop at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.

The goal of the workshop is to discuss experiences, practices and solutions in drug development and translational medicine.

We will discuss case study experiences involving collaboration in drug and biotech discovery and development, obstacles experienced in practice and methods used to overcome barriers, approaches used to data sharing including IP and contractual issues, practices in knowledge management and innovation success.

We will subsequently flush out the real problems and issues involved in current practices in translational medicine, identify the strengths and weaknesses in current approaches being used and explore new strategies that might be of use to address and achieve improved translational success.

The workshop will be facilitated by Frank Hollinger (Sphaera Pharma), Michael Liebman (Strategic Medicine) and Barry Hardy (Douglas Connect).

Further information on the program can be found at
http://www.innovationwell.net/events/innovationwell-2015

OpenTox USA 2015

I am pleased to announce the program for the OpenTox USA 2015 meeting which will take place 10-12 Feburary at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.

The goal of the meeting is to discuss and develop important components for driving 21st century approaches to safety assessment forward. We assume that collaboration driven by an open global platform and open standards will be a key success factor. Integrating heterogenous evidence supported by a common knowledge framework and ecosystem of tools and partners will enable practical application, judgements and decisions including industrial application and regulatory acceptance.

The program will involve conference sessions and associated hands-on workshops, poster session and knowledge cafes.

The main themes of the meeting are:

Data Science, facilitated by Barry Hardy (Douglas Connect)
Adverse Outcome Pathways, facilitated by Stephen Edwards (US EPA)
Exposure Modelling, facilitated by Tim Pastoor (Syngenta)
Integrating Evidence and Analysis, Thomas Hartung (Johns Hopkins)
Risk Assessment & Management Applications, Grace Patlewicz (Du Pont)

We are open for submission of abstracts for consideration for the program.

Further information on the program can be found at
http://www.opentox.com/events/opentox-usa-2015

On behalf of the OpenTox Community and the Organising Committee.

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