World Conference on Pharmacometrics (WCoP)

Dear all, This is an update on the first World Conference on Pharmacometrics (WCoP) to be held in Seoul, Korea, 5-7 September, 2012. First, we have decided to extend the abstract submission deadline to June 15. This is to reflect requests from European community for an extension of the abstract deadline after PAGE meeting next month so that people can submit better abstracts that take into account PAGE learnings. The abstract submitter, if selected for oral presentation at Session 5, will be provided a travel grant of up to USD 1,000. * Abstract submission due: June 15, 2012 * Early-bird registration due: June 30, 2012 * Conference website: http://www.go-wcop.org/ Second, the programs for the satellite courses are all finalized and registrations are now open. You had better hurry up to register as each course has a limited number of slots available. Please refer to the conference website for details about registration and payment methods: * PK-PD course for modeling of continuous, categorical and time-to event data using NONMEM 7 (Sept 2-4) * Modeling Biologics with Target-Mediated Disposition (Sept 4) * An Introduction to PK/PD Modeling Using Phoenix WinNonlin (Sept 4) * Population Modeling with Phoenix NLME and Phoenix Connect (Sept 7-8) * A course on the Monolix 4.1 modelling & simulation software (Sept 3-4) * Physiologically Modeling Inter-individual Variability: NLME meets PBPK (Sept 3) As always, we are soliciting financial contributions from exhibitors and sponsors. If you are interested in such contribution opportunities, please visit the conference website for the detail. Considering 60% of world population living in Asia, it is meaningful that the first WCoP will be held in Asia. It is hoped that WCoP 2012 will contribute to increasing Asian countries' interest in pharmacometrics as well as discussing future directions of the pharmacometrics in the world. Seoul, the conference venue, has been very active in hosting international PKPD symposia in recent years. As the capital city for more than 600 years since the last dynasty of Korea, it will present you a cultural experience with a mixture of old tradition and hi-technology during the stay. Thank you in advance for your participation and support. Best regards, Kyungsoo Park Local host, WCoP 2012 ---------------------------------- Kyungsoo Park, PhD, MD Associate Professor of Pharmacology Yonsei University College of Medicine 134 Shinchon-dong, Seoul 120-752, Korea Tel +82-2-2228-1735 / Fax +82-2-313-1894