ASCEPT&HA2025 Joint Scientific Meeting Program
**Program is subject to change
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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Track 3
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| 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
Tuesday meeting registration and information desk
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| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Pre-meeting workshops 1-3
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Workshop 3: 2025 Australian guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension Note: This workshop is included in the Hypertension Taskforce Summit but is open for attendance by all interested participants. |
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| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Morning comfort break
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| 11:15 AM - 1:15 PM |
Pre-meeting workshops 4-6
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| Workshop 6: What's the T? | |
| 11:15 AM - 4:45 PM | Hypertension Taskforce Summit |
| 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
Afternoon comfort break
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| 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Pre-meeting workshops 7-9
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| Workshop 9: Visibility in STEM and Medical Practice/Research/Higher Education: Empowering Diverse Voices | |
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
SIG AGM 3
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| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
New ASCEPT members networking event
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ASCEPT new members networking event
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| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Meeting opening and Keynote address |
| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
Welcome reception
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Track 1
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| 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
Tuesday meeting registration and information desk
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| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Pre-meeting workshops 1-3
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| Workshop 1: Binding affinity prediction with deep learning: practical workshop using PSICHIC model | |
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Morning comfort break
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| 11:15 AM - 1:15 PM |
Pre-meeting workshops 4-6
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| Workshop 4: Assessing student understanding and application of the core concepts of pharmacology | |
| 11:15 AM - 4:45 PM | Hypertension Taskforce Summit |
| 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
Afternoon comfort break
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| 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Pre-meeting workshops 7-9
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| Workshop 7: Evaluation of Individual Patient Applications (IPAs) for unfunded Medications | |
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
SIG AGM 1
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| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
New ASCEPT members networking event
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ASCEPT new members networking event
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| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Meeting opening and Keynote address |
| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
Welcome reception
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Track 2
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| 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
Tuesday meeting registration and information desk
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| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Pre-meeting workshops 1-3
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| Workshop 2:The ANZ Prescribing Skills Assessment 100 Question Challenge | |
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Morning comfort break
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| 11:15 AM - 1:15 PM |
Pre-meeting workshops 4-6
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Workshop 5: From pipettes to policy: a world of career choices ASCEPT & HA Career Development Workshop |
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| 11:15 AM - 4:45 PM | Hypertension Taskforce Summit |
| 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
Afternoon comfort break
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| 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Pre-meeting workshops 7-9
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| Workshop 8: Crash-course on quantification of Allostery and Biased Signalling at G protein-coupled receptors | |
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
SIG AGM 2
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| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
New ASCEPT members networking event
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ASCEPT new members networking event
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| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Meeting opening and Keynote address |
| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
Welcome reception
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Track 3
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| 8:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
Tuesday meeting registration and information desk
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| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Pre-meeting workshops 1-3
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|
Workshop 3: 2025 Australian guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension Note: This workshop is included in the Hypertension Taskforce Summit but is open for attendance by all interested participants. |
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| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Morning comfort break
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| 11:15 AM - 1:15 PM |
Pre-meeting workshops 4-6
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| Workshop 6: What's the T? | |
| 11:15 AM - 4:45 PM | Hypertension Taskforce Summit |
| 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
Afternoon comfort break
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| 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Pre-meeting workshops 7-9
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| Workshop 9: Visibility in STEM and Medical Practice/Research/Higher Education: Empowering Diverse Voices | |
| 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
SIG AGM 3
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| 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
New ASCEPT members networking event
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ASCEPT new members networking event
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| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Meeting opening and Keynote address |
| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
Welcome reception
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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Track 1
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| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Morning run/walk Free activity |
| 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
Wednesday meeting registration and information desk
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| 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM | Keynote Address 2: BPS Lecturer I Prof Jeanette Woolard |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Oral presentations 1: Education & Gillian Shenfield Early Educator Award |
| 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM | Wednesday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 1: Toxicology Today and Tomorrow: Global Trends in Focus, Techniques and Regulation |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Wednesday lunch with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| LUNCH WORKSHOP: In Vitro Models Integrating Metabolism and Transport to Support Mechanistic PK Modeling in Early Drug Discovery | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Oral presentations 5: Toxicology / Innovation and industry |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Wednesday afternoon tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Bellberry New Investigator Award |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | |
| 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
SIG AGM 4
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
Student dinner
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Track 2
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| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Morning run/walk Free activity |
| 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
Wednesday meeting registration and information desk
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| 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM | Keynote Address 2: BPS Lecturer I Prof Jeanette Woolard |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Oral presentations 2: Pharmacoepidemiology |
| 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM | Wednesday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 2: Genetic diversity in drug targets |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Wednesday lunch with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| LUNCH WORKSHOP: In Vitro Models Integrating Metabolism and Transport to Support Mechanistic PK Modeling in Early Drug Discovery | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Oral presentations 6: Drug discovery / Pharmacogenomics |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Wednesday afternoon tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | |
| 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
SIG AGM 5
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
Student dinner
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Track 3
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| 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Morning run/walk Free activity |
| 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
Wednesday meeting registration and information desk
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| 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM | Keynote Address 2: BPS Lecturer I Prof Jeanette Woolard |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Oral presentations 3: Clinical pharmacology |
| 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM | Wednesday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 3: Cardiorespiratory immunopharmacology: state-of-the-art models and novel drugs |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Wednesday lunch with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| LUNCH WORKSHOP: In Vitro Models Integrating Metabolism and Transport to Support Mechanistic PK Modeling in Early Drug Discovery | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Oral presentations 7: Cardiovascular / Respiratory and inflammation |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Wednesday afternoon tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | HA Student oral finalists presentations |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | |
| 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
SIG AGM 6
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| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
ASCEPT&HA Presidents' Reception
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Thursday, December 11, 2025
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Track 2
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| 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Thursday meeting registration and information desk
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| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | HA Lectures: Austin Doyle I Prof Seth Masters and Colin I Johnston Lecturer I Prof Francine Marques |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Oral presentations 10: Pharmacoepidemiology & Clinical pharmacology trainee prize |
| 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM |
SIG AGM 9
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| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Thursday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 6: From Trial-and-Error to Precision: Pharmacogenomic-Guided Medication Use in Mental Health Care |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Thursday lunch with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| LUNCH WORKSHOP: New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in Drug Development | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
| 3:30 PM - 3:55 PM |
SIG AGM 11
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| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Thursday afternoon tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Keynote presentation 3: ASCEPT Rand Medal |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
ASCEPT AGM
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| 7:00 PM - 11:30 PM | Meeting dinner |
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Track 3
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| 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Thursday meeting registration and information desk
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| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | HA Lectures: Austin Doyle I Prof Seth Masters and Colin I Johnston Lecturer I Prof Francine Marques |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Oral presentations 11: Urogenital and gastrointestinal / Neuropharmacology |
| 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Thursday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 7: Transforming Lung Cancer: from Discovery to Delivery |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Thursday lunch with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | HA ECR oral finalists presentations |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | BIHS Lecture: Jamie Kitt |
| 3:30 PM - 3:55 PM |
SIG AGM 12
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| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Thursday afternoon tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Keynote presentation 3: ASCEPT Rand Medal |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | HA AGM |
| 7:00 PM - 11:30 PM | Meeting dinner |
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Track 4
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| 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM |
Thursday meeting registration and information desk
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| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | HA Lectures: Austin Doyle I Prof Seth Masters and Colin I Johnston Lecturer I Prof Francine Marques |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Oral presentations 12: Complications and comorbidities of hypertension |
| 10:30 AM - 10:55 AM | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Thursday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 8 (HA): A Pinch of Salt: New Insights into Blood Pressure Regulation |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Thursday lunch with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | HA ECR oral finalists presentations |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | BIHS Lecture: Jamie Kitt |
| 3:30 PM - 3:55 PM |
SIG AGM 13
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| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Thursday afternoon tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Keynote presentation 3: ASCEPT Rand Medal |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | HA AGM |
| 7:00 PM - 11:30 PM | Meeting dinner |
Friday, December 12, 2025
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Track 1
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Track 2
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Track 3
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Track 4
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| 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
Friday meeting registration and information desk
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| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
ASCEPT Neville Percy flash poster presentations
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ASCEPT Robert Whelan flash poster presentations
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HA ECR and student flash poster presentations | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM | Friday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations | |||
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 9: Recent applications of physiologically-based pharmacokinetics (PB-PK) in drug discovery and development. | Symposium 10: The changing landscape of drug development and early phase Clinical Trials | Symposium 11: Spatial omics in drug discovery research | Symposium 12 (HA): Improving the Cardiometabolic Health of People with Intellectual Disability |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Friday lunch | |||
| 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | Closing Keynote plenary address: Prof Christophe Stove | |||
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Awards and meeting close
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Track 1
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Track 2
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| 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
Friday meeting registration and information desk
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| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
ASCEPT Neville Percy flash poster presentations
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ASCEPT Robert Whelan flash poster presentations
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| 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM | Friday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations | |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 9: Recent applications of physiologically-based pharmacokinetics (PB-PK) in drug discovery and development. | Symposium 10: The changing landscape of drug development and early phase Clinical Trials |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Friday lunch | |
| 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | Closing Keynote plenary address: Prof Christophe Stove | |
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Awards and meeting close
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Track 3
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Track 4
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| 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
Friday meeting registration and information desk
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| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | HA ECR and student flash poster presentations | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM | Friday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations | |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 11: Spatial omics in drug discovery research | Symposium 12 (HA): Improving the Cardiometabolic Health of People with Intellectual Disability |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Friday lunch | |
| 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | Closing Keynote plenary address: Prof Christophe Stove | |
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Awards and meeting close
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Track 1
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| 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
Friday meeting registration and information desk
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| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
ASCEPT Neville Percy flash poster presentations
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| 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM | Friday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 9: Recent applications of physiologically-based pharmacokinetics (PB-PK) in drug discovery and development. |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Friday lunch |
| 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | Closing Keynote plenary address: Prof Christophe Stove |
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Awards and meeting close
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Track 2
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| 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
Friday meeting registration and information desk
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| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
ASCEPT Robert Whelan flash poster presentations
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| 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM | Friday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 10: The changing landscape of drug development and early phase Clinical Trials |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Friday lunch |
| 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | Closing Keynote plenary address: Prof Christophe Stove |
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Awards and meeting close
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Track 3
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| 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
Friday meeting registration and information desk
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| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | HA ECR and student flash poster presentations |
| 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM | Friday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 11: Spatial omics in drug discovery research |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Friday lunch |
| 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | Closing Keynote plenary address: Prof Christophe Stove |
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Awards and meeting close
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Track 4
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| 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM |
Friday meeting registration and information desk
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| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM | Friday morning tea with exhibitors & poster presentations |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Symposium 12 (HA): Improving the Cardiometabolic Health of People with Intellectual Disability |
| 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM | Friday lunch |
| 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | Closing Keynote plenary address: Prof Christophe Stove |
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Awards and meeting close
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