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Science News Alert: Upcoming Meetings—EUROTOX 2015 and FutureTox III

By Marcia Lawson posted 01-22-2015 15:33

  

The upcoming conferences below may be of interest to you.

EUROTOX 2015: Call for Abstracts, Deadline March 13

The abstract submission and early registration for the 51st Congress of European Societies of Toxicology is now open. EUROTOX 2015 will take place from September 13–16, 2015, in the Alfândega Congress Centre in Porto, Portugal. Approximately 1,500 participants from around the world as well as more than 50 exhibitors from the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnological industry are expected to attend. The deadline for abstract submission is March 13, 2015, 12.00 pm/ midnight (CET). The deadline for early bird registration is May 29, 2015, 12.00 pm/ midnight (CET). The Congress Organizers are delighted to announce that EUROTOX 2015 will provide a number of bursaries for attendance at the congress. The deadline for the Travel Bursary Application is April 15, 2015, 12.00 pm/midnight (CET). For additonal information, please visit the EUROTOX 2015 website.

FutureTox III Bridges for Translation: Save The Date November 19–20, 2015

FutureTox III Bridges for Translation—Transforming 21st Century Science into Risk Assessment and Regulatory Decision-Making will be held November 19–20, 2015 at the Hilton Crystal City at Washington Reagan National Airport, Arlington, Virginia. The overarching objectives of the meeting include advancing the cornerstones for high-throughput risk assessment; taking TT21 C in vitro data and in silico models forward while reducing reliance on animal testing; and exploring progress and identifying challenges in implementing the emerging “big data” toolbox for regulatory decision-making. The conference will include plenary and poster sessions as well as topical breakout groups. The conference website will be available soon on the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Contemporary Concepts in Toxicology (CCT) website.

 

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