The Division's workshops open up forums for interaction. Researchers from industry and academia use the workshops to exchange experiences and discuss future challenges and current topics in the field of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery.

21-23 January 2012 at Seeon Monastery

The future challenges and innovative topics that will be of interest to medicinal chemistry were the subject of an intensive scientific exchange of ideas from 21-23 January 2012 at Seeon Monastery.The two-day "Future Medicinal Chemistry" excellence workshop was organised under the auspices of the GDCh Division of Medicinal Chemistry and with the participation of the Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry Division of the German Pharmaceutical Society and the Swiss Chemical Society.

In the monastic seclusion of Seeon, keynote speeches on future-oriented topics in medicinal chemistry provided the stimulating framework for in-depth scientific discussions between the interdisciplinary participants from chemistry, pharmacology, pharmacy and medicine. The balanced field of participants consisting of successful and aspiring working group leaders/(junior) professors and people with experience from academia and industry offered an excellent basis for a lively exchange between the generations and the best opportunities for networking.

Representing the organising committee: Karl-Heinz Altmann (SCS-FG), Peter Ettmayer, Stefan Laufer (DPhG-FG), Eckhard Ottow (GDCh Division), Daniel Rauh, Ulrich Stilz and Herbert Waldmann

This workshop could also serve as a kind of pilot event for other Divisions in the future.