The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 264 No 7088 p449
March 18, 2000 The Conference

Birmingham 2000 update

Further information Information about the Birmingham conference programme was published in a two-page feature in The Journal of February 5 (p229). Fuller programme details can be found on the Society's website (www.rpsgb.org.uk/330.htm). Inquiries about the programme, bookings and administration should be addressed to Jean Trainor or Yvonne Hunter at Health Links, 401F The Big Peg, 120 Vyse Street, Birmingham B18 6NF (tel 0121 248 3399; fax 0121 248 3390; e-mail jeantrainor@dial.pipex.com).

The 137th meeting of the British Pharmaceutical Conference takes place at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, from Sunday, September 10, to Wednesday, September 13. The overall theme will be "Medicines: the future horizon"

Professor Bob Davis to receive Harrison memorial medal

Professor S. S. (Bob) Davis (Lord Trent professor of pharmacy, University of Nottingham) has been named as the winner of the Harrison memorial medal for 2000. He will give his award lecture on September 13 during the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Birmingham. The Harrison memorial medal is awarded by the Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, normally biennially. The medal is purchased from a fund raised in memory of the late Colonel E. F. Harrison, a distinguished pharmaceutical chemist who was appointed the government's director of chemical warfare in 1918. Professor Davis graduated from the School of Pharmacy, University of London, in 1964 and, after obtaining a PhD, was appointed assistant lecturer and then lecturer in pharmaceutics at the school. In 1970 he moved to Aston university as senior lecturer and head of pharmaceutics. He took up his current post at Nottingham in 1975. He received a DSc degree in 1982. Professor Davis's main research interest has been novel drug delivery systems, which will provide the subject for his award lecture. His presentation will give examples of drug delivery and drug targeting concepts developed by his research team for anticancer agents, peptide drugs and DNA. The lecture will trace the key stages from formulation through in vitro and in vivo evaluation to eventual clinical trial.

The conference venue is the International Convention Centre, located in the centre of Birmingham's leisure quarter, which is set around the city's renovated canal network. Running through the centre of the building is a mall which links the halls and which houses visitor services

Science medal and practice research award: closing date

The closing date for the submission of applications for the conference science medal and the conference practice research award is March 31. Applicants for both awards must have a proven record of independent research and have published work that shows outstanding promise. The award winners will be announced at the Birmingham conference. Each will receive a prize of £500 and will be invited to present a lecture on his or her work at the conference in 2001.
Applications for the science medal are invited from scientists world-wide who are under 35 years of age on March 31, 2000, working in a pharmaceutical or allied discipline. The practice research award is open to researchers world-wide who are working in pharmacy practice research or a related discipline in any branch of the profession.
Applications for the science medal should be made to Dr John Clements, BPC Science Secretariat, Room 403, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN (tel 020 7735 9141; e-mail bpcscience@rpsgb.org.uk). Applications for the practice research award should be made to Ms Cathryn Andrews, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN (tel 020 7820 3399 ext 276; fax 020 7582 4985; e-mail candrews@rpsgb.org.uk).

Submissions still welcome for practice research and science sessions

Submissions of contributions for the pharmacy practice research sessions and science sessions of the 2000 British Pharmaceutical Conference are still welcome. For practice research the closing date is March 31. For science the closing date is April 29.
For practice research, contributors are invited to submit oral presentations or posters on original research into, or demonstrations on, any aspect of pharmacy practice, including the provision of health care and the management of resources. Submissions will be accepted in three categories: practice research; practice development and audit; and research in progress. Contributions accepted for presentation will be published in a special supplement to The Pharmaceutical Journal. Submission forms providing full instructions for contributors are available from Ms Cathryn Andrews, BPC Practice Research Secretariat, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN (tel 020 7820 3399 ext 276; e-mail candrews@rpsgb.org.uk).
For the science sessions, contributions should relate to original, previously unpublished work and usually will be self-contained reports of complete pieces of research or reports of work in progress. Contributions should fall into one of 14 categories: analytical chemistry; bioanalysis; biochemistry; biopharmaceutics; drug delivery; drug design; drug metabolism; medicinal chemistry; pharmaceutical analysis; pharmaceutics; pharmacognosy; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; and toxicology. Submissions accepted for presentation will be published in the September supplement to the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology.
Inquiries about science contributions should be addressed to Dr John Clements, BPC Science Secretariat, Room 403, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN (tel 020 7735 9141; e-mail bpcscience@rpsgb.org.uk).