FW: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES (ICCAM) 2005

[Guest guest]

The NUS-Johns Hopkins Consortium for Botanical Drug Development will be

organizing the International Congress on Complementary and Alternative

Medicine (ICCAM) 2005 from 26-28 February 2005 at the Raffles City

Convention Centre, Singapore. The meeting has the sponsorship of the

Ministry of Health, National University of Singapore, Nanyang

Technological University and Johns Hopkins University, Department of

Medicine, Baltimore, USA. Singapore TCM practitioners and herbal trade

associations are also participating. There is great commercial interest

and a vibrant trade exhibition is expected.

 

 

 

This looks set to be the premiere event in complementary and alternative

medicine to be held in Singapore and internationally. We hope to reach

out to over 500 local and international scientists, clinical

researchers, western-trained clinicians, pharmacists, health

professionals, nurses, alternative medicine practitioners, traditional

medicine practitioners, business and industry, industry regulators, and

interested lay public.

 

 

 

In view of the great interest in herbal medicines in this region, we

have specially chosen the theme for this coming Congress to be:

 

 

 

" Herbal Medicines: Ancient Cures, Modern Science "

 

 

 

The theme highlights the problem; we all face as to how to reconcile

traditional herbal medicines with modern pharmaceutical science. The

Congress aims to be the forum for the latest breakthroughs in botanical

medicines, and to facilitate scientific exchange between practitioners

and scientific researchers. Plenary lectures and symposia will cover all

topics critical to development of herbal medicines including botanical

taxonomy, DNA and chemical profiling, chemistry of natural products,

molecular mechanisms of action, manufacturing, quality control &

regulatory issues, clinical trials and human disease prevention,

commercialization, and venture capital. There will also be topics on

other CAM areas such as Aryuvedic, acupuncture, and tropical herbal

traditions etc. We had a tremendous response so far and almost all the

plenary speakers we have written to have agreed to speak.

 

 

 

 

 

Please have a look at our website: (www.ICCAM2005.org.sg

<http://www.iccam2005.org.sg/> ) and let me know you require any

clarification or additional information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E.L.Yong MRCOG, PhD

 

 

 

Chairman, Organizing Committee, ICCAM 2005

 

&

 

Program Co-Director, NUS-Johns Hopkins Consortium on Botanical Drug

Development

 

c/o Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

 

National University of Singapore (NUS)

 

Lower Kent Ridge Road

 

Republic of Singapore 119074

 

ICCAM2005 Secretariat Tel:: (65) 6772-5920; 6772-5991

 

E-mail: obgyel

 

Website: www.ICCAM2005.org.sg