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The SOT Strategic Plan in Action: Thematic Programming
Currently, plans are underway to finalize the Strategic Priorities (Goals) and Strategic Objectives (Key Metrics) identified by the various SOT committees and task forces. Each of these groups will provide their findings to SOT Council as well as an action plan, progress made to date, a workable timeline of activities, and a general statement of how the progress toward goals will be assessed. All of these measures help ensure that our Society is on a progressive track to remain the preeminent Society dedicated to advancing health through understanding and applying toxicology.
Understanding these priorities enables the Society to provide to our Annual Meeting attendees the opportunity to exchange the most recent advances in toxicological sciences through the scientific program. In 2010, the Annual Meeting sessions will highlight 6 scientific themes of topical interest:
- Cell Signaling
- Gene-Environment Interactions
- Metabolic Disease
- Mitochondrial Basis of Disease
- Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century
- Translational Toxicology
The use of this thematic approach for our Annual Meeting will afford attendees the opportunity to benefit from depth of analysis and reflection on timely topics of relevance to toxicologists and will help position meeting participants to effectively develop strategies for active involvement in these areas.
As part of the development of a thematic approach, a specific goal is to actively recruit abstract submissions that will be highlighted in featured platform and poster sessions at the Annual Meeting and that will illustrate the core contributions of toxicology to these areas.
We hope you will present your most recent significant research results at the SOT 2010 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. Additional details on the sessions highlighted under these themes can be found on the Scientific Sessions section of the 2010 Annual Meeting Web site.
For more information, go to the Annual Meeting section of this Communiqué.
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