MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, August 18th, 2016
09:00 - 09:30 | Registration & Coffee with exhibitors |
09:30 - 11:30 | Annual General Meeting |
11:30 - 11:45 | Coffee Break |
11:45 - 12:45 | Drug Driving: A UK update Duncan Harding |
12:45 – 13:15 | The impact of reducing the legal alcohol limit for driving on Driver fatalities in Scotland Kirsty Watson |
13:15 – 14:00 | Lunch with exhibitors |
14:00 – 15:00 | The EU Early Warning System (EWS) and the role of toxicovigilance. Rachel Christie |
15:00 – 15:30 | Getting Published in Science Hilary Hamnett |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee with exhibitors |
16:00 – 17:00 | MDMA (3,4-methylendioxymethamphetaime) or ‘Ecstasy’: a review of its damaging psychobiological effects Andy Parrott |
17:00 – 17:30 | Analytically confirmed exposure to novel psychoactive substances in patients presenting to hospital with severe clinical toxicity in Edinburgh. The Identification of Novel PsychoActive substances (IONA) study. Jane Officer |
19:30 – 23:30 | CONFERENCE DINNER ETIHAD STADIUM |
Friday, August 19th, 2016
08:30 - 09:00 | Registration & Coffee with exhibitors |
09:00 – 10:00 | Insulin Deaths Philip Lumb |
10:00 – 10:45 | Primer on ADME of Alcohol with Main Focus on Biological Factors that Influence these Processes (Part 1) Wayne Jones |
11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee with exhibitors |
11:15 – 12:00 | Primer on ADME of Alcohol with Main Focus on Biological Factors that Influence these Processes (Part 2) Wayne Jones |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch with exhibitors |
13:00 – 14:00 | The estimation of uncertainty in alcohol calculations John Searle |
14:00 – 15:00 | The evidence for acute tolerance to human alcohol intoxication (The Mellanby effect)—a systematic review Robin Ferner |
15:00 – 15:15 | Coffee with exhibitors |
15:15 – 16:15 | Alcohol Uncertainty Discussion chaired by Mike Scott-Ham |
16:15 – 16:30 | Presentation of Poster Prize |
16:30 | MEETING CLOSE |
VENUE
The venue is: "Manchester Conference Centre"
How to get there: The directions to the venue can be found on the attached PDF.
ACCOMMODATION
It is possible to book accommodation via the conference venue website in the attached pendulum hotel.
There is also an IBIS hotel that is close and also various other hotels in Manchester.
There are a limited number of student hall of residence rooms @ £36 a night (inc. B&B) that can be booked via ukiaft2016@gmail.com
REGISTRATION
The registration cost will be: £150 (Normal Rate), £90 (Student Rate)
The registration fee includes admission to all lectures, the manufacturer's exhibition, posters, light refreshments (morning coffee, buffet sandwich lunch, afternoon tea) and the conference dinner at the Etihad stadium (Mancunian Suite) and Ceilidh (www.triplescotch.com) on Thursday 18th August.
Delegates wishing to bring a partner to the Dinner and Ceilidh may book a ticket for £50 by arrangement in advance with the organizing committee (ukiaft2016@gmail.com).
Booking can be made via: www.store.hud.ac.uk
For any other queries the conference organising committee can be contacted via ukiaft2016@gmail.com