GPEN2010 will include two days of scientific presentations (poster and podium) by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the approximately forty-five universities that are members of the Globalization of Pharmaceutics Education Network, as well as short courses taught by faculty and industry experts from around the world.  Click here to download the full program.  The general program for the meeting is as follows:

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - Genetic Medicine Building

6 - 8 pm                    Welcome Reception

 

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - Alumni Hall, George Watts Hill Alumni Center

8 am                         Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:15 am - 12 noon    Podium Presentations: Morning Session

12 noon - 2 pm         Lunch and Poster Session

2 - 4:30 pm               Podium Presentations: Afternoon Session

4:30 -5:30 pm           Keynote Lecture: Oliver Smithies, DPhil

6 - 9 pm                    Dinner - UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and FedEx Global Education Building

 

Thursday, November 11, 2010 - William and Ida Friday Center

8:30 am - 12 noon    Short Courses: Morning Session

• Drug-Induced Toxicity:  a Major Factor in the Clinical Failure of Drug Candidates
• Drug Discovery in Academic Institutions:  New Opportunities
• Nanomedicines and Gene Therapy Delivery:  Challenges and Opportunities
• Transporters:  Implications in the Design, Delivery, and Safety of Medicines

12 noon - 1:30 pm     Lunch and Industry Panel Discussion

1:30 - 5 pm                Short Courses: Afternoon Session

• Emerging Role of Pharmacogenomics in Drug Development and Human Therapeutics
• De-Risking Drug Candidates:  Optimizing Solubility, Permeability, and DM-PK
• Stability of Proteins and Peptides in Solid Phase Formulations
• Computer-Aided Drug Design

***Career Center to be held concurrently with Short Courses***

6:30 - 10 pm            Conference Banquet and Invited Lecture: William N. Charman, Ph.D. - Carolina Inn

 

Friday, November 12, 2010 - Alumni Hall, George Watts Hill Alumni Center

8 am - 12 noon        Podium Presentations: Morning Session

12 noon - 2 pm        Lunch and Poster Session

2 - 4:30 pm              Podium Presentations: Afternoon Session

4:30 - 5 pm              Awards and Closing Remarks

 

Saturday, November 13, 2010

8 am - 5 pm            Optional Social Activity