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12th European Symposium on Controlled Drug Delivery

The 12^th edition of the European Symposium on Controlled Drug Delivery will be held on 4 to 6 April, 2012 in Hotel Zuiderduin in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands.

The beautiful location of hotel Zuiderduin (www.zuiderduin.nl), near the sandy beaches, and the excellent symposium program guarantees you both a relaxing and a scientifically rewarding event.

Throughout the previous eleven editions, the symposium has established itself as a high-quality symposium on all aspects of Advanced Drug Delivery. The program comprises about 25 presentations given by invited experts from academia and industry on cutting edge topics in this field. Sufficient time is reserved for discussions and meeting of colleagues during the lecture program and the highly successful poster session, for which two poster prizes of € 500 will be awarded!

Scientific topics of the symposium are:

·	NUCLEIC ACID DELIVERY

Challenges and opportunities in controlled delivery of antisense oligonucleotide, small interfering RNA, and DNA therapeutics.

·	ULTRASOUND MEDIATED DRUG DELIVERY

Special Session with attention for the research of the EU FP7 project Sonodrugs.

·	PROTEIN DELIVERY / PARTICULATE VACCINE DELIVERY

Meeting the special requirements for the delivery of vulnerable proteins.

·	NOVEL CONCEPTS, MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES IN CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY

New approaches to overcome physical and biological barriers in controlled drug delivery.

·	GENERAL / INDUSTRIAL DRUG DELIVERY RESEARCH

Translation of Nanomedicines from Academia to Industry

·	TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY

Exploiting extra- and intracellular transport mechanisms for targeted delivery to (a.o.) the brain

·	IMAGE-GUIDED AND TRIGGERED DRUG RELEASE

Imaging techniques & stimuli-responsive carriers and their role in controlled drug release.

·	BIOACTIVE DELIVERY FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING

Organ repair strategies are combined with the delivery of pharmaceuticals directly on the site where needed.

The symposium covers 2.5 days; from Wednesday morning 4 April 2012 until and including lunch on Friday 6 April 2012. Arrival registration starts on Tuesday 3 April from 18.00-21.00 hrs. During this time dinner is available, after which you can join our get2gether party in Hotel Zuiderduin. On site accommodation and all meals in Hotel Zuiderduin from 3 April (dinner) until 6 April (lunch), as well as the symposium banquet, are included in the registration fee.

The Organizing Committee cordially invites you to come to the Netherlands and to participate in this unique 12^th European Symposium on Controlled Drug Delivery in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands.

The conference venue is located only 50 km from Amsterdam and Schiphol airport, and transport facilities will be arranged on dates of arrival and departure (see registration page).

Besides the lecture program, a lively poster session with drinks and snacks will be held on Wednesday evening. All participants are encouraged to contribute to this event.