Association of Inhalation Toxicologists

Events

Future events

The annual meeting of the Association of Inhalation Toxicologists (AIT) will take place between 8th and 10th October 2008 in Dublin, Ireland.

The title for the meeting is

Inhalation Technology: Back to the Future

This year's 3 day conference will commence with a half-day Continuing Professional Development course focussing on the respiratory tract, featuring presentations on deposition/clearance, upper and lower tract histopathology, as well as special pathology relating to the respiratory tract. This course, together with the rest of the conference has been approved the Royal College of Pathologists to contribute up to 14 points towards the CPD required to remain on the UK and Eurotox list of Registered Toxicologists.

On the second day the main conference programme commences with presentations on dosing techniques for powders, liquids, gases, vapours, fragile molecules, also addressing clinical device design/incorporation into preclinical studies. This is followed by presentations on design and operational considerations relating to intranasal, whole-body, head only, large animal and juvenile exposure systems.

The final day will include presentations on aerosol monitoring methodology (collection, sizing, real-time), respiratory rate measurement methodology (plethysmography, telemetry (including life-shirt®)), dose calculation (including PBPK) with reference to pharmaceutical and chemical studies, through industry experience of regulatory attitudes to newer approaches (oligonucleotides) and ending with an animated (hopefully) open forum discussion of client/regulatory interactions when presented with developing drug therapies - so come prepared!.

If you would like to present a poster please contact the AIT at the address below. Details of posters will be requested before the meeting.

For further information about the meeting, registration details or to express an interest in presenting, please contact the AIT through
ait-conf@dsl.pipex.com.

Past events

  • Spring 1981 – BIBRA – Inaugural meeting
  • September 1981 – Trinity College, Oxford – Problems related to Particulate Atmospheres
  • Spring 1982 – Cambridge – Fibres
  • Spring 1983 – CTL, ICI – Sensory Irritation
  • April 1983 – Univ of Bradford – Chamber design, Generation monitoring
  • Autumn 1983 – Univ of Canterbury – Legislation, QA, Data handling, Smoking effects and Welding Fume
  • Nov 1983 – Harwell – Joint meeting with BALR
  • April 1984 – Swansea University – Cage design, Inhalation chamber design
  • Sept 1984 – York – Electrostatic effects, personal protection and Waste disposal
  • Spring 1985 – Keele University – Biological aspects if Inhal Tox, Combustion Tox and cells at risk
  • Autumn 1985 – Essex University – Production&Measurement of particulate aerosols
  • April 1986 – Bath University – Respiratory rate monitoring, Measurement of Particles and Environmental parameters relevant to study design
  • Oct 1986 – Seven Hills Hotel, Cobham – Rodent respiratory tract pathology
  • Spring 1987 – Holiday Inn, Birmingham – Design of Inhalation Facilities&use of computers in Inhalation Tox
  • Spring 1988 – Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate – Hazard Assessment & Extrapolation of animal data to man
  • Autumn 1988 – Tralee Hotel, Bournemouth – Aerosol and Particulate Generation&monitoring
  • Spring 1989 – HRC Huntingdon – Respiratory Allegenicity Workshop
  • Sept 1989 – Peveril of the Peak Hotel, Dovedale – Environmentally friendly aerosols, OECD protocols and air pollutants research
  • Autumn 1990 – Holiday Inn, Birmingham – Respiratory physiology and measurement of lung function
  • Autumn 1991 – CTL, ICI, Macclesfield – Computing in Inhalation Toxicology
  • Autumn 1992 – AEA Technology, Harwell – Legislation, Registration and Regulation in Inhalation Toxicology, Junior Forum
  • Autumn 1993 – Inveresk Research International – Neurotoxicity Testing in Inhalation Toxicology and free presentations
  • Autumn 1994 – Belmont House Hotel, Leicester – Particle sizing, Calibration and Characterisation and free presentations
  • Autumn 1995 – University of York – Chamber design and workshop Sessions
  • Autumn 1996 – Hotel Bad Budendorf, Switzerland – Powder Aerosol Generation/ In Vitro Technique in Inhalation Dosing
  • Autumn 1997 – Royal Holloway College, London – Impact of Current Regulatory Guidelines/Open Presentations
  • Autumn 1998 – Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate – Toxicology of Inhaled Biotechnology Products/Nasal Toxicology/Open Forum & Competition for new Inhalation Toxicologists
  • Autumn 1999 – Swallow Hotel, Huntingdon – Ultrafine Particles / Open forum
  • Autumn 2000 – Langholm Conference Centre, Stockholm – Dosing and Dosimetry and Open Forum
  • Autumn 2001 – Carlton Highland Hotel, Edinburgh – Inhaled delivery of Biotech Products and the Use of Transgenics in Inhalation Toxicology
  • Autumn 2002 – Ulm / Biberach, Germany – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Toxicology and Investigations using Juvenile Animal Models
  • Autumn 2003 – Down Hall Country House Hotel, Bishop's Stortford,UK – Influences on current Inhalation Study Design and Open Forum
  • Autumn 2004 – Le Centre Sheraton Hotel Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Safety Assessment and delivery of Inhaled Biotechnology Products.
  • Autumn 2005 – SAS Radisson Hotel, Basle, Switzerland – Ultrafines and Nanoparticles: Applications, Exposures and Experimental Aspects.
  • Autumn 2006 – Silver Jubilee Conference. Royal York Hotel, York, UK – Pharmaceutical Combination Products: Inhalation Delivery and Therapy.
  • Autumn 2007 – New Brunswick, New Jersey – The Future for Inhalation Drug Delivery.