Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September, 2025
The 26th annual Population Approach Group in Australia and New Zealand (PAGANZ) meeting will take place in Singapore! The meeting will be co-hosted by our colleagues at the Bioinformatics Institute (BII), A*STAR, on Saturday 20th & Sunday 21 September, immediately prior to the 2025 IATDMCT Congress.
We warmly invite you to join us as we connect our Australian, Asian and international based pharmacometrics communities in the vibrant city of Singapore!
Registrations and member support:
Registration and abstract submission will open on 27 January 2025.
Abstract submission closes at 17:00 EAST Monday, March 31st 2025. Authors will be notified of the outcome by Monday 14th April 2025. Meeting Registrations close on 1 September 2025.
A limited number of discounted PAGANZ registrations, inclusive of both workshops and scientific program, is provided for those attending both PAGANZ and IATDMCT on a first come first serve basis.
PAGANZ student members may be eligible to apply for financial support to attend this meeting. See prizes-and-scholarships for more detail.
Scientific program
The scientific program will take place on Saturday September 20th 2025. We aim to feature a full day of engaging pharmacometrics research, including our ISoP keynote speaker (to be confirmed).
Population analysis workshops (PAWs)
As usual, we will offer Beginners and Intermediate workshops. These will be on Sunday September 21st 2025. The workshops will consist of lectures and hands-on exercises at a computer. During the hands-on exercises, tutors will be available for consultation and assistance. The Beginners workshop for NONMEM and the Intermediate workshop will be conducted as parallel sessions.
The Beginners workshop will introduce the theory and practice of population modelling with NONMEM. Attendance at the Intermediate workshop requires experience with the conduct of at least one population approach analysis.
The topic of 2025 Intermediate Workshop will be released soon.
Please note: We will be running both of the PAWS as BYO (bring-your-own) device. You will require your own working installation of NONMEM and R. Meeting attendees will be able to download a NONMEM installation and a temporary license associated with the meeting closer to the time. We recommend you use R Studio with your R installation, which is available through most Universities and is discounted for researchers. More information on this to follow.
Social Program
A casual social event will be held near to the conference venue (BII, A*STAR) on the Saturday evening (20th September). More detail on this to follow.
Who should attend?
The PAGANZ meeting is the Australasian forum for scientists with a research and professional interest in the use of the population approach in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. A strong focus of this meeting is the application of population modelling and simulation techniques in the experimental, clinical and regulatory settings of drug development.
This meeting is designed for scientists and clinicians working in basic or clinical pharmacology research, pharmaceutical industry, regulatory bodies and postgraduate students. The meeting combines a hands-on workshop given by leaders in the field and a scientific meeting giving researchers the opportunity to present and discuss their own work. Our 2025 meeting will be different from our typical, Australasia-based meeting in that it will be held in Singapore. This will allow our community to engage with our colleagues in Asia, as well as those attending IATDMCT.
Location
The 2025 meeting will be co-hosted by the Bioinformatics Institute (BII), A*STAR, in the Matrix building, located at 30 Biopolis St, Singapore 138671. The Matrix building is near to a metro line, close to the NUS campus and around 30 minutes via metro from the center of Singapore. The closest Metro link is the Buona Vista MRT (exit D): approx 7 min walk. You can download additional information on accessing the Matrix building here.
Note: This location is approximately 30 min away from the IATDMCT congress venue (Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel) by taking the 970 bus route. Alternative routes include by MRT (~39 min) or taxi (~14 min). For more information on IATDMCT congress location and program, please visit the IATDMCT 2025 congress website.
Local Organising Committee
Co-Chairs: Associate Professor Daniel Wright1,2, & Dr Janice Goh3
Dr Jacqueline Hannam4
Mr Austin Tan5,6
1) Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney, Sydney
2) Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
3) Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR, Singapore
4) Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, The University of Auckland, Auckland
5) Department of Pharmacy, The National University of Singapore, Singapore
6) Eli Lilly and Company, Singapore
With thanks to our cohosts and sponsors!
