Members of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) participated in the many opportunities for global outreach with sister societies at the International Congress of Toxicology (ICT) held from June 30 to July 4, 2013, in Seoul, Korea. This meeting was organized under the auspices of the International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX). This triennial meeting was attended by 1,500 scientists from around the globe who met with long-standing colleagues and built bridges to many international organizations and their representatives. SOT members who volunteered in the SOT booth provided attendees with information about the programs, services, and activities available through the Society, including the SOT’s official journal Toxicological Sciences. The Society also provided overall sponsorship of the ICT meeting as part of the SOT's strategic goal of strengthening global participation and outreach.
For SOT 2013-2014 Past President William Slikker Jr, the ICT provided an occasion to reunite with his former doctoral student, Dr. Oh-Seung Kwon, who now is an active researcher and Director of the Doping Control Unit of the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in Korea. Dr. Kwon attended the meeting with two of his graduate students. Such interactions clearly demonstrate the scientific community’s efforts to build for the future of toxicology. Pictured from left to right are Dr. Junghyun Son (Senior Researcher, Doping Control Center, KIST), Mr. Mahbub Hasan (PhD Student, DCC, KIST), Dr. Oh-Seung Kwon (DCC, KIST), Dr. Slikker, Ms. Ji-Eun Seo (PhD Student, DCC, KIST), and Mr. Juhyung Park (Rsearcher, DCC, KIST).
During the General Assembly of IUTOX, SOT was honored to be voted to host the ICT meeting in 2019 in beautiful Honolulu, Hawaii. The Assembly also voted on the new IUTOX Executive Committee that includes nine SOT Members. The members of the Executive Committee are Herman N. Autrup, President; Elaine M. Faustman, Secretary-General; Jun Kanno, President-Elect; Heidi Foth, Treasurer; Mary Gulumian, Vice President; Nursen Basaran, Director; Nancy D. Claude, Director; Emanuela Corsini, Director; Daniel J. Dorta, Director; and Kendall B. Wallace, Director. The SOT representatives to the General Assembly included current members of SOT Council Lois D. Lehman-McKeeman, Norbert E. Kaminski, and Peter L. Goering, and Timothy P. Pastoor, and Kenneth E. McMartin. ICTXIV will be held in Mérida, Mexico, October 2–6, 2016. Start planning.