Photo: Prof. Alain Verstraete

We were honored and excited when Banff, Alberta, Canada was named the site for the IATDMCT 2020 Congress. We were excited to have the Congress hosted in North America and even more excited that it was in our own backyard. We put together our local organizing committee, our scientific committee and started to work on the various aspects of organizing a large international meeting. At the Brazil Congress in 2019 we accepted the IATDMCT flag.

We appreciate the confidence the IATDMCT Executive had in the local organizing committee to sail into these uncharted waters in terms of IATDMCT Congresses. The scientific program for the Virtual Congress is finalized, our corporate friends have shown their support, and poster abstracts have been reviewed. Our corporate colleagues will have webinars to showcase their products and we encourage you to attend those webinars. Although we could not welcome you to Banff in person we want to welcome you virtually to IATDMCT Congress 2020, September 14-16, 2020.

Our organizing committee and contributing members put in a lot of work to organize an excellent program and a memorable experience for everyone. Fortunately, we are going to be able to offer you much of the excellent program, but you will have to wait for another year to experience Banff National Park and our Alberta hospitality.

We will be providing a Virtual Banff 2020 Congress via webinar. The scientific sessions will be broadcast live from September 14 – 16, with plenary lectures and simultaneous TDM and Clinical Toxicology streams for 3 hours each day. Recorded sessions will also be available for viewing at individual convenience. Posters and short presentations from authors will also be available, with a link to contact the authors for more information. Best TDM and Best Tox Poster awards will be presented. Our sponsors will be providing a series of informative sessions highlighting their latest innovations and technology, starting on September 23, 2020.

We are excited to be able to bring our members this exciting series of TDM/Toxicology presentations even though we cannot meet in person. We hope that you will plan to take advantage of this Virtual Banff 2020 Congress.

Penny Colbourne and David Kinniburgh
Co-Chairs Banff 2020; On behalf of the Organizing Committee