Events Diary

The IBMS Congress continues to provide as many options to attend its highly popular programmes as it is possible to cram into a comprehensive 4-day period.

In developing the content for Congress 2023 the objective at the IBMS has been to deliver the best and most ambitious choice of scientific and management lectures that caters for delegates of all grades and experience.

The web site www.ibms.org/congress includes everything needed to plan for the IBMS Congress – details of the lectures, exhibition, travel, etc as well as how to register. For anything missing or for a specific need, there is a Helpline to call, the number is 01892 779990. The team are available to help with any enquiry.

BIVDA's annual Regulatory Affairs 2-Day Seminar, with speakers and guests from across the IVD regulatory industry, UK, EU and global.

Members will be able to attend sessions providing detailed and expert opinion and guidance on regulatory topics, with key speakers from the field.

Drug Discovery 2023 will include presentations from leaders in their fields, a trade show and exhibition, a poster competition, tech theatres focussed on robotics and automation, and sustainability practices, a host of networking opportunities and a learning zone for early career professionals.

The conference will run four parallel sessions each day focussed on: cellular technologies for drug discovery, transforming cancer drug discovery through diverse thinking and innovations, delving into the diversity of chemistry, driving molecules from concept to clinic, augmenting R&D with AI, biopharmaceutical discovery, translating ideas into therapies, hit identification and screening, and chemistry enabling drug discovery from start to clinic.

For a full listing of speakers and sessions, or to register to attend, please visit the website.

The 16th International Conference on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases (MEEGID XVI) will take place on 14-17 November 2023 at the Hilton Dresden, Germany.

Organised by Elsevier, the conference will focus on health problems of specific interest to the present world: COVID-19, the spread of transmissible diseases linked to climate and ecological disorders, tuberculosis, AIDS, malaria, to name a few. Plenary lectures and symposia will also deal with transversal topics, such as population genetics, evolution, speciation, taxonomy, phylogenetics and phylodynamics, modelling, and molecular epidemiology.