The 23rd Symposium of Physical pharmacy is organised by The Finnish
Society of Physical Pharmacy (official Finnish registered association number 156.745). The committee of the Society
acts as a organising committee for the Symposium. The Finnish Society
of Physical Pharmacy is a non-profit, scientific organisation.
23rd Annual Symposium of the Finnish Society of Physical
Pharmacy will be organised in the capital area, at the Business Park
Spektri, located in Espoo, Finland on February 9th, 2012. The address of the venue is Metsäneidonkuja 10, Espoo, a link to the map.
The distance to Helsinki airport is 20 km and driving time
approximately 30-40 min. Helsinki city centre is only 10 km away, or 20
mins by car.
The
topic of 2011 Symposium is "Peroral and Pulmonary routes: focus on bioavailability" which will by discussed by international and domestic
invited speakers. The programme can be found from here: Symposium programme.
The
symposium is the traditional main event of the Finnish society of
Physical Pharmacy and it will once again gather together about 60-100
professionals and decision makers from varying fields of pharmaceutical
science, including academics, industry, research institutions and
authorities. The versatile and multidisciplinary symposium audience is
bonded by the common interest in the development of pharmaceutics. The
books of abstracts, called Polymorfi, e.g. 2011 edition (3.2 MB PDF) from the previous meetings include lists of the participants and their
organizations at the back pages.
The speaker should submit a
short biography (max half page), preferably with self-portrait attached,
to be printed in the book of abstracts 2011. Please send the bio before
January 27th, 2012 to the book of abstracts editor-in-chief.
The
speakers should produce an abstract of their presentation for the book
of abstracts 2010. The abstract should be 1-4 pages preferably written
on A4 size paper with a binding margin of at least 1.5 cm. The use of
informative pictures, tables and references in the abstract is
encouraged. The abstract will be published in the journal Polymorfi 2012
that will be distributed to all symposium attendees at the
registration. It will also be made freely available online after the
symposium. The abstract should be sent before January 27th, 2012 to the book of abstracts editor-in-chief.
Also please see the next section “Presentation file” regarding the
option to print the presentation slide handouts in the book of
abstracts.
English is the preferred language of the slides. The speaker should
also carry the presentation file on a USB memory stick, cd-rom or
computer to the symposium venue. Files submitted in advance will be
uploaded by the organizers to the presentation computer before the
symposium. Files not submitted in advance will be uploaded to the
presentation computer before the symposium program starts, or during the
breaks.
The longer talks in the morning and afternoon session
are 45 minutes (35-40 5-10 minutes for discussion), while the short ones are
30 minutes (25 5 minutes for discussion) Please check the full program for the exact time reserved for your presentation. The presentation should be given in English (both the talk and the slides).
The
symposium will start with the registration and morning coffee at the Business Park Spektri, at 09:00 o'clock. The speakers may enter the symposium
venue at 08:00 o'clock with the organizers if they wish to do so. The
presentations will be given in the Business Park Spektri auditorium. The
symposium program at the auditorium will end after the annual meeting of
the Society at approx. 17:00 o'clock. The symposium dinner will be
served in the restaurant of the Hotel Savonia, at approx. 17:30.
Computer
with standard presentation softwares, data projector, large silver
screen, microphones, dvd player are available at the auditorium. You may
also use your own laptop.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner in
addition to the scheduled coffee breaks are included in the symposium
fees and are naturally complimentary to the invited speakers. Please
inform the organizers about any special diets few weeks in advance of
the symposium.
Any accommodation required by the itinerary should
be arranged by the speakers themselves. Please contact the organizers in case you need recommendations.
The
Finnish Society of Physical Pharmacy will cover all of the travel
expenses of the invited speaker (economy class flight tickets, train,
taxi, bus, car, hotel, meals). We do recommend the use of reasonably
prized hotels and flights etc. whenever possible. Within the European
Union (EU) the preferred method of transferring the travel expense
refund to the speaker is SEPA money transfer. The speaker should provide
his preferred bank and personal contact details in addition to original
receipts with a short statement to the Society's treasurer. The bank
details should include the name and address of the speakers bank,
account number, IBAN code or bank routing number, as well as BIC or
SWIFT code. The Society's treasurer will then wire the refund to the
provided bank account. The billing address for the Society:
Mr. Martti Kaasalainen The Finnish Society of Physical Pharmacy Lab. of Industrial Physics Dept. of Physics and Astronomy FI-20014 University of Turku FINLAND
Speakers
outside the EU should agree about transferring the refund separately
with the Society’s treasurer. Also, please contact the Society's
treasurer (e-mail: martti.kaasalainen@utu.fi, tel. 358 2 333 6977) or chair
(contact details below) for any other questions regarding the travelling
expenses or refunds.
We'll gladly answer any enquiries regarding
the symposium or the Society. Please contact the organizers at the
details below. We look forward to seeing you in Kuopio in January 2012!
Best regards,
Mr. Petteri Heljo The Finnish Society of Physical Pharmacy (chair)