51st Annual Meeting & ToxExpo - Society of Toxicology

Preliminary Program Overview
Section
Scientific Program
Overview
(pages 4–7)
Preliminary Program Content Reference
Maximize the value of your Annual Meeting attendance by familiarizing yourself with this reference guide for the Preliminary Program.
Description
This reference lists the Annual Meeting sessions and their scheduled dates and times, including Symposia, Workshops,
and Roundtables, special lectures, and Platform and Poster Presentations. Please note that detailed information for many
of these sessions will not be available until the final Program is published.
Thematic Session
Index
(pages 8–9)
Special Events
(pages 38–50)
Continuing
Education Courses
(pages 52–60)
Featured Sessions
(pages 63–66)
Scientific Sessions
(pages 69–111)
Exhibits
(pages 113–120)
Each of the Annual Meeting sessions highlighted within the five themes are listed. The list of sessions is preceded by
a brief description of each theme. Throughout the Preliminary Program, each of the scientific sessions tracked within
a theme is identified by a symbol, including Continuing Education (CE) courses. For the 51st Annual Meeting the
Society will highlight 54 Thematic Sessions and CE courses.
The Award pages announce your colleagues who have been awarded a prestigious SOT award in recognition of their
accomplishments in the field of toxicology. The 51st Annual Meeting Recognition and Social Events details are provided.
The Regional Chapter, Special Interest Group, and Specialty Section reception schedules are included in this section. The
Student Events listing including the Student/Postdoc Scholar Mixer, and In Vitro Toxicology Lecture and Luncheon are
listed. This section also highlights several scientific and career development sessions of particular interest to the SOT
Student and Postdoctoral membership. A special highlight in this section includes the Educational Outreach initiatives
undertaken each year at the Annual Meeting, including the Undergraduate Education Program.
These pages list the 2012 CE course descriptions and presenter information. These courses have separate registration
fees. Each participant in a CE course will receive a copy of the course booklet. These are available for sale to noncourse
registrants on-site at the meeting, while supplies last. CE courses that are tracked under an identified Target Area are
identifiable by a symbol.
This section lists the Keynote and other special lectures and sessions for the 2012 Annual Meeting.
Detailed information for these sessions will be available in the final Program.
The Preliminary Program layout is similar to that of the final Program. Specifically, this section lists the
scientific sessions in date, time, and alphabetical order beginning with Symposia, Workshop, Roundtable,
Informational, Education-Career Development, and finally the Regional Interest sessions.
ToxExpo is the profession’s largest trade show and best resource for the latest information in technology, equipment, and
services. This section contains the current list of exhibiting companies and Exhibitor Hosted sessions.
Scientific Session Types
Education-Career Development Sessions (80 minutes)—Sessions that
provide tools and resources to toxicologists that will enhance their
professional and scientific development (page 108).
Exhibitor Hosted Sessions (60 minutes)—Informative sessions
developed by an exhibiting company (page 116).
Featured Sessions (50–60 minutes)—Keynote and other special
lectures (page 63).
Informational Sessions (80 minutes)—These present the latest science
in toxicology or other learning opportunities that address the
professional interests and needs of toxicologists in the areas of career
development, general information, and planned scientific activities
and are not based on the outcome of scientific research (page 104).
Platform Sessions (165 minutes)—Oral presentations that cover new
areas, concepts, or data (see details in the final Program).
Poster Sessions (180–210* minutes)—Topics specific presentations that
cover new areas, concepts, or data (see details in the final Program).
Regional Interest Sessions (165 minutes)—Central topics of relevance
that describe public health and/or ecological problems related to the
region (page 110).
Roundtable Sessions (80 minutes)—These provide an overview of
controversial subjects, followed by questions and discussion
(page 100).
Symposium Sessions (165 minutes)—Cutting-edge science, emphasizing
new areas, concepts, and data (page 69).
Thematic Sessions and CE Target Areas (75–225 minutes)—Timely
topics of relevance to toxicology (check the specific session type).
Workshop Sessions (165 minutes)—Generally accepted, state-of-theart
knowledge in toxicology in informal interactive presentations
with ample time for discussion (page 86).
*Poster sessions that occur on Monday morning will be programmed for
180 minutes. The remaining poster sessions, including those on Monday
afternoon, will be programmed for 210 minutes.
Use the new mobile applications or the online Itinerary Planner
to plan your schedule to make the most of your time at the Annual
Meeting (available in January). See pages 24 and 35 for more details.
up-to-date information at www.toxicology.org 3