We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for Pharma-Bio-Med 2008. The 2008 conference will take place November 2 - 5, 2008 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Papers are now being invited from information practitioners in industry working within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, biomedical and health sciences fields. Papers should address unique challenges and best practice solutions in pharma-bio-med information.
Call for Papers:
Papers should be of practical benefit, such as those
which evaluate or critically analyse a particular aspect of interest,
or should provide new insight or future vision to fellow information
professionals within these industries.
Presentations should be tailored towards Information Professionals and Information Managers and Knowledge Managers, and may address any aspect of the scientific and technical information functions within an organisation, including information department and library management; implementation of software tools and facilities for information and knowledge management; biomedical searching expertise; and related information services. Subjects covered may
fall under one or more of the following broad categories:
1.
Enabling technologies,
including integration, text mining, and visualisation
2.
Scientific and technical literature, including databases
and other sources
3.
Techniques for searching and handling pharmaceutical,
biotechnology, and biomedical information
4.
Pre-clinical trials information
5.
Clinical trials information
6.
Medical information
7.
Regulatory information
8.
Safety information
9.
Drug pipeline information
10.
Competitor and business information
11.
Other - e.g. strategic issues, case studies, etc.
In addition to the above, examples of specific, high-interest topics could include:
Management of information for drug discovery, development and getting to market faster
Techniques of searching and analysing scientific and technical information for the drug discovery process
Competitor and business information analysis and evaluation
Text/data mining, visualisation from multiple data sources, and acquiring knowledge
The frontier between Knowledge Management and Information Management
Business models of information department functioning
Managing information overflow
Examples of integrated workflow solutions
Challenges and solutions for data integration and standardisation
Information management for small/medium sized organisations compared to big pharma
Information audits, measurements and metrics
Copyright/license awareness and compliance implementation
Business development and the Information Professional -- how to communicate value
Bridging the gap between Information Professionals and End Users
The where and how of specialist databases, e.g. covering product literature, genomics, medical conferences, etc.
EMEA/FDA -- to what extent are sources available and how can they be accessed?
