The "2nd Molecules Medicinal Chemistry Symposium – Facing Novel Challenges in Drug Discovery" will accept abstracts only.

The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference. Moreover, participants will have the opportunity to contribute with a full manuscript to the special issue "Facing Novel Challenges in Drug Discovery" in the journal Molecules.

To present your research at the event

• Create an account on Sciforum if you do not have one, then click on ‘New Submission’ on the upper-right corner of the window, or by clicking on ‘Submit Abstract’ at the top of this webpage.
• Indicate what thematic area is best suited for your research.
• Submit an abstract in English - the word limits are: minimum 150 words and maximum 300 words.
• The deadline to submit your abstract is 31 January 2019. You will be notified by 1 March 2019 about the acceptance for poster presentation.
• Upon submission, you can select if you wish to also be considered for oral presentation. Following assessment by the Chairs, you will be notified by 1 March 2019 in a separate email whether your contribution has been accepted for oral presentation.
• Please note that, in order to finalize the scientific program in due time, at least one registration by any of the authors, denoted as Covering Author, is required to cover the presentation and publication of any accepted abstract. Covering Author registration deadline is 27 March 2019. Your abstract will be withdrawn if your registration is not complete by this date.
• Authors with multiple contributions: please note that one author registration will cover only ONE accepted contribution. Authors presenting more than 1 contribution during the event will be charged 50 euro per additional abstract (e.g., 1 author with 2 abstracts: registration fee + 50 euro; 2 authors with 3 abstracts: 2 registration fees + 50 euro; etc.).

Oral Presentations
Short talks will be 15 min long including questions (12+3 Q&A). The typical presentation should be up to 10–12-minute talk. If you wish to use an event specific graphic as header or footer on your presentation, please see the downloadable banner below:

Optional ppt banner

All presentations must be uploaded in advance. Please bring your presentation to the registration desk at least 30 min before the start of your session, or at the end of the previous day for the early morning sessions. A technician will be available to assist you. For talks scheduled during the morning of the first day (15 May 2019), we ask you to please send the presentation by email before the end of Monday 13 May, to avoid any delays.

Poster Information
Maximum poster size limited to A0: 84 x 120 cm (width x height) in vertical orientation (portrait). Please print your poster prior to the conference. If you wish to use an event specific graphic as the header or footer on your poster, please see the downloadable banners below:

Optional A0 banner (841 x 120 mm)
Optional A1 banner (594 x 85 mm)

Posters will generally be on display during the whole conference for free poster viewing. Therefore, we recommend you set up the poster during the first day of the conference. Otherwise, please put up your poster during the previous Coffee Break to your session. Posters will be attached with material provided on the day, and a staff member will be available to assist you with the location of your poster and other on-site needs.

Your poster will be displayed according to your poster number found in the Book of Abstracts, and it will be allocated to one of the two formal poster sessions listed below, during which you are required to stand at your poster:

• Session A (Thursday, 16 May): Posters with an even number in the book of abstracts.
• Session B (Friday, 17 May): Posters with an odd number in the book of abstracts.

The ten posters selected by the Scientific Committee for the Best Poster Award will be identified with a sign on their board. In addition, these posters will be presented with a 3-min Flash Presentation during a special session on the first day of the conference.

All posters must be removed by Friday at 16:30. After that time, they will be removed and recycled by the Conference staff.

Publication Opportunities

• All accepted abstracts will be available online in Open Access form on Sciforum.net.
• Participants of this conference are cordially invited to contribute with a full manuscript to our Special Issue "Facing Novel Challenges in Drug Discovery" in the journal Molecules.
• The submission deadline for this special issue is 30 October 2019. Conference participants will be granted a 20% discount on the publication fees.
• Molecules is indexed by the indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), MEDLINE (PubMed) and other databases, and has an Impact Factor of 3.098 (2017).