General Information Further information will be available soon at: www.gtfch.org BONN The Organizing Committee 2010 One Chairs: TIAFT Meeting Hans H. Maurer Frank Musshoff GTFCH of Science “Oh friends, not these Tones! Rather let us sing and Joy! Contact More cheerful and more Joyful ones. Joy! Joy! [email protected] All people become brothers...” L. van Beethoven [email protected] BONN 48th Annual Meeting 2010 of the TIAFT International Association GTFCH of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) Joint Meeting with the Why come to Bonn? Society of Toxicological and Forensic Chemistry (GTFCh) s Highest scientific level s Nice venues Bonn, Germany s Easily accessible by plane, train, or car August 29—September 2, 2010 s All types of accommodation (after the ICADTS meeting in Oslo, Norway) s Attractive surroundings s Great en”joy”able social program Chairs: Hans H. Maurer – Frank Musshoff s Interesting pre-/post-congress tours Main Scientific Topics Preliminary Program s Alcohol, Drugs, and Driving Sunday, Aug. 29 (Bonn University) Clinical Toxicology, Drug Monitoring Morning: Young Scientists Symposium s TIAFT Board Meeting s Drugs of Abuse Afternoon: Young Scientists Committee Meeting Regional Representatives Meeting s Drug Facilitated Crimes Evening: Welcome Reception (Bonn Castle) s Forensic Chemistry s Postmortem Toxicology Monday, Aug. 30 (Beethoven Hall) s Workplace Drug Testing, Doping Control Morning: Opening Ceremony Oral Session 1 Afternoon: Oral Sessions 2, 3 Evening: Wine and Cheese Reception Subtopics to the Main Topics with Exhibitors s Analytics Tuesday, Aug. 31 (Beethoven Hall) s Alternative Matrices Morning: Oral Sessions 4, 5 Afternoon: Oral Session 6 s Epidemiology Industry Workshops Evening: Social Event s Pharmaco-/Toxicokinetics s Pharmaco-/Toxicogenomics Wednesday, Sep. 1 (Beethoven Hall) s New Drugs Morning: Oral Sessions 7, 8 Afternoon: Excursion s Case Reports s Forensic/Clinical Interpretation Thursday, Sep. 2 (former Parliament) s Quality Assurance Morning: Oral Sessions 9, 10 Afternoon: Oral Session 11 Closing Ceremony Scientific Committee Business Meeting Evening: Farewell Banquet Chairs: Mon—Wed Thomas Kraemer Posters and Exhibition during Coffee Frank T. Peters photographs: Michael Sondermann, Presseamt der Bundesstadt Bonn; WorldCCBonn and Lunch Breaks Congress Destination Bonn Bonn – Rhine – Siebengebirge (“Seven Mountains”) – UN Campus – Post Tower (Deutsche Post World Net) Congress Destination Bonn Kofi A. Annan, former UN Secretary-General: in his speech at the inauguration of the UN campus in Bonn on July 11 2006 Old town hall New ground in an area steeped in tradition The Romans were the first to discover the appeal Today, Bonn is a location for future technologies, Ludwig van Beethoven – of Bonn and much has happened in the 2000- a lively university city, home to UN organisations born on December 17 th 1770 in Bonn year history of the city, with the traces left over and a metropolis of the arts boasting high-calibre the centuries making Bonn a truly colourful city. exhibitions. Bonn/Germany From Beethoven to the United Nations Bonn – a dynamic city filled with tradition Middle Ages and the Baroque period. Their secular as well as religious structures characterize the face The Rhine and the Rhineland – the sounds, the of the historic center. music of Europe. And there, where the Rhine and the Rhineland reach their pinnacle of beauty, lies After World War II, Bonn served as the capital of Bonn. The city is the gateway to the romantic part the Federal Republic of Germany until the late of the river, to water and wine, to mountains and 1990’s, when, following the reunification of the castles, to a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bonn is two German states in 1990, Parliament and the the headquarters of important UN organizations top offices of the government were returned to and shares the role of administrative center for the Berlin, the country’s pre-war capital. However, Federal Republic of Germany with Berlin. The most government ministries remained in Bonn and 2,000-year-old city boasts a renowned university other important federal offices relocated to the city specializing in medicine and science. It is home to on the Rhine. the headquarters of global corporations as well as important museums, with Beethoven’s birth home International presence as the crown jewel. The architecturally enchanting government edifices Each year, this prosperous, vibrant region at the foot now compete with the equally impressive corpo - of the Siebengebirge (“Seven Mountains”) hosts rate headquarters of Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche millions of visitors, among them tourists, business Post/DHL and Postbank to define the core of the people, scientists and researchers. It’s an ideal place city. Bonn is also home to the World Climate for exchanging information and opinions, making Secretariat and the other 16 United Nations organi - Bonn a highly-regarded host city for national and zations, which together give Bonn its international international conferences and conventions. Its character. They are joined in good company by convenient location in the center of Europe and Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international excellent connections to the roadway, rail, air and broadcasting network with programming in over even waterway transportation networks contribute 30 languages. to its appeal, as does a first-rate infrastructure. In this heavily pulsating heart of the city lies a uni - Founded by Romans que meeting place: The World Conference Center Bonn (WorldCCBonn), a large, new building The allure of Bonn was felt as early as during the (opening in 2009) equipped with the latest techno - Roman Empire. Around the start of the first millen - logy, along with the “Bundeshaus”, the former nium AD, Roman generals founded a legionary Plenary Chamber of the German Parliament. fortress here, built a bridge over the Rhine and laid Directly adjacent rise the buildings of the UN the foundation for the present-day city. Bonn was campus. Equally nearby lie the “Villa Hammer - home to notable regional princes during the schmidt”, the former first and current second Bonn/Germany Post Tower University of Bonn Art and Exhibition Hall “Museum Mile“ Castle Poppelsdorf The famous Castle Poppelsdorf – Post Tower – University of Bonn – the “Museum Mile”, Bonn’s prime attraction for art, music and culture – the World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB), a modern as well as historical meeting place – the Beethovenfest, a music World Conference Center Bonn Beethoven Festival festival dedicated to the city’s most famous son, Ludwig van Beethoven Bonn/Germany The former US-President John F. Kennedy and Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany official residence of the Federal President and the “Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutsch - “Palais Schaumburg”, the home of the country’s land” (House of the History of the Federal Republic first post-war chancellors. of Germany), “Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der A “Path of Democracy” links places of special Bundesrepublik Deutschland” (Art and Exhibition relevance to the history of the Federal Republic of Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany) and Germany, founded in 1949. “Kunstmuseum Bonn” (Bonn Museum of Art) have made a name for themselves on the The Pope’s university European museum scene since opening in 1992 and 1994, respectively. Science and research enjoy an exceptionally high status in Bonn. The university, with its urban The objective of the House of History is to present Pope Benedict XVI has campus housed in the former royal palace, hosts and visualize the contemporary history of the taught at the University of Bonn 520 professors, 1,700 scientific staff members and Federal Republic of Germany in an instructive 29,000 students (of which 2,600 attend medical manner. The permanent exhibit covers 4,000 school) from around the world. Two Nobel Prize square meters and displays photos, documents winners are graduates of the university (founded in and, above all, original objects relating to German 1818): the physicist Wolfgang Paul (1913-1993) history since 1945. The Art and Exhibition Hall of and the economist Reinhard Selten (born in 1930). the Federal Republic of Germany features rotating Among the world-renowned professors who have exhibits from the great museums of New York and taught here are the physicist Heinrich Hertz, the St. Petersburg, among others, and archeological chemist August Kekulé, the astronomer Friedrich treasures from around the world. Not surprisingly, Wilhelm Argelander, the historian Ernst Moritz the House of History and the Art and Exhibition Arndt and the current Pope, Benedict XVI. Hall are two of the three most popular museums in Germany. The University Clinic, with 1,250 beds in 30 clinics Dalai Lama in Bonn and an annual budget of 500 million Euros, is one The Koenig Museum ranks among Germany’s most of the best in Germany. Research specialties important zoological museums. Under the headline include genetic medicine and genetic epidemiology “The Blue Planet” it has been revamped into a of human diseases, neurosciences, immunology unique ecological information center. Milestones of and infectious diseases, hepato-gastroenterology research from the past fifty years are displayed on as well as cardiovascular diseases. The clinic also over 1,500 square meters in the Deutsches contains the Institute of Pathology, with twelve Museum Bonn. The approximately 100 original work groups. exhibits in the Science Center range from a Maglev train