ACoP 2009 details and important dates

Dear friends and colleagues, The organizing committee of the 2009 American Conference on Pharmacometrics is pleased to announce dates and details of our upcoming event! The main conference will run from Sunday evening, October 4 (opening reception) through a full day on Wednesday, October 7. Pre- and post-meeting workshops will be available the 2 days before and after the main conference- details coming soon. The event will be held at Foxwoods Resort, just outside of Mystic, CT. We are hard at work on the ACoP website, putting up all of the important specifics such as the special ACoP link to the hotel site, the abstract guidelines, the workshop details, and the ACoP preliminary program. We will send out another email as soon as the site is live. First, the important dates: Registration (for both the meeting and workshops) and abstract submission will both open on May 1 at 11am Eastern time. Exhibitors may also register at this time. The deadline for abstract submission deadline will be July 1 Notification of abstract acceptance/rejection will be on August 1. Registration fees for the conference will be $850 for industry, $600 for academic/government, and $250 for students and postdocs. This includes all conference materials, meals, and social activities. Here is a taste of the exciting programming and social events you have in store!! Communication Through Graphics: Looking at Data, Models, and Results Meeting the Challenges of M&S - Views from other Industries Applications of Modeling over the Development Life Cycle of Biologics Model and Data Sharing Initiatives Dealing with Missing Data in Pharmacometrics Where will the pharmacometricians of the future come from? Novel Disease Models (Metabolic Diseases) Novel Disease/Clinical Oucome Models (Cardiovascular Diseases) Event Driven/Non-continuous Data Models Approaches to Use Knowledge to Inform Dosing Choices in Children Updates from Pharmacometrics-related PhRMA working groups Plus, of course, we have some special events: An exciting guest speaker: Edward Tufte, the "Leonardo da Vinci of data!" Many of you know Dr. Tufte from his inspiring and exciting seminar "Presenting Data and Information" - who knew data could be so interesting? Special programming and meals (free food!) just for students and post-docs An afternoon off on Tuesday to explore the lovely town of Mystic, golf, hike, or visit the magnificent Mashantucket Pequot Museum A "funny money" casino night with prizes- win a free registration to the next ACoP! Plenty of informal networking and educational opportunities, including posters and software demos If your organization is interested in sponsoring ACoP, please email us at sponsorship will make sponsoring ACoP very easy! We're preparing exhibitor guidelines now and will post them on the website; until then, if you are interested in exhibiting, email us at exhibits Any other inquiries can be sent to mail When we have more specifics on the pre- and post-meeting workshops, and when the website is live, we will send out another announcement. Until then, we hope this provides the preliminary information that you need, and we look forward to seeing you at ACoP! Best regards, The AcoP 2009 Organizing Committee Stacey Tannenbaum, Raymond Miller, Marc Pfister, David D'Argenio, Marc Gastonguay, Dick Brundage, and Kyle Baron -- American Conference on Pharmacometrics (ACoP) October 4-7, 2009 Foxwoods Resort near Mystic, CT http://go-acop.org/

Dear friends and colleagues, The organizing committee of the 2009 American Conference on Pharmacometrics is pleased to announce dates and details of our upcoming event! The main conference will run from Sunday evening, October 4 (opening reception) through a full day on Wednesday, October 7. Pre- and post-meeting workshops will be available the 2 days before and after the main conference- details coming soon. The event will be held at Foxwoods Resort, just outside of Mystic, CT. We are hard at work on the ACoP website, putting up all of the important specifics such as the special ACoP link to the hotel site, the abstract guidelines, the workshop details, and the ACoP preliminary program. We will send out another email as soon as the site is live. First, the important dates: Registration (for both the meeting and workshops) and abstract submission will both open on May 1 at 11am Eastern time. Exhibitors may also register at this time. The deadline for abstract submission deadline will be July 1 Notification of abstract acceptance/rejection will be on August 1. Registration fees for the conference will be $850 for industry, $600 for academic/government, and $250 for students and postdocs. This includes all conference materials, meals, and social activities. Here is a taste of the exciting programming and social events you have in store!! Communication Through Graphics: Looking at Data, Models, and Results Meeting the Challenges of M&S - Views from other Industries Applications of Modeling over the Development Life Cycle of Biologics Model and Data Sharing Initiatives Dealing with Missing Data in Pharmacometrics Where will the pharmacometricians of the future come from? Novel Disease Models (Metabolic Diseases) Novel Disease/Clinical Oucome Models (Cardiovascular Diseases) Event Driven/Non-continuous Data Models Approaches to Use Knowledge to Inform Dosing Choices in Children Updates from Pharmacometrics-related PhRMA working groups Plus, of course, we have some special events: An exciting guest speaker: Edward Tufte, the "Leonardo da Vinci of data!" Many of you know Dr. Tufte from his inspiring and exciting seminar "Presenting Data and Information" - who knew data could be so interesting? Special programming and meals (free food!) just for students and post-docs An afternoon off on Tuesday to explore the lovely town of Mystic, golf, hike, or visit the magnificent Mashantucket Pequot Museum A "funny money" casino night with prizes- win a free registration to the next ACoP! Plenty of informal networking and educational opportunities, including posters and software demos If your organization is interested in sponsoring ACoP, please email us at [email protected] for information. We have a great online tool that will make sponsoring ACoP very easy! We're preparing exhibitor guidelines now and will post them on the website; until then, if you are interested in exhibiting, email us at [email protected]. Any other inquiries can be sent to [email protected]. When we have more specifics on the pre- and post-meeting workshops, and when the website is live, we will send out another announcement. Until then, we hope this provides the preliminary information that you need, and we look forward to seeing you at ACoP! Best regards, The AcoP 2009 Organizing Committee Stacey Tannenbaum, Raymond Miller, Marc Pfister, David D'Argenio, Marc Gastonguay, Dick Brundage, and Kyle Baron -- American Conference on Pharmacometrics (ACoP) October 4-7, 2009 Foxwoods Resort near Mystic, CT http://go-acop.org/

Dear M&S colleagues, Registration for the American Conference on Pharmacometrics opens 2 weeks from tomorrow! We have updated our website with the preliminary program, list of workshops, abstract submission guidelines (including a downloadable template), and lodging information. Please visit our website at http://www.go-acop.org/ to review this important information, and we look forward to seeing you at ACoP 2009! Best regards, The AcoP 2009 Organizing Committee Stacey Tannenbaum, Raymond Miller, Marc Pfister, David D'Argenio, Marc Gastonguay, Dick Brundage, and Kyle Baron

Dear M&S colleagues, Registration for the American Conference on Pharmacometrics opens 2 weeks from tomorrow! We have updated our website with the preliminary program, list of workshops, abstract submission guidelines (including a downloadable template), and lodging information. Please visit our website at http://www.go-acop.org/ to review this important information, and we look forward to seeing you at ACoP 2009! Best regards, The AcoP 2009 Organizing Committee Stacey Tannenbaum, Raymond Miller, Marc Pfister, David D'Argenio, Marc Gastonguay, Dick Brundage, and Kyle Baron