The international symposium will focus on current developments, novel approaches and cutting-edge technologies in the field of medicinal chemistry and drug research with sessions on Chemical Biology, Probes, Tool Compounds; Case Studies & First Disclosures; Ion Channels, Membrane Transport; New Modalities (RipTACS); Computational Medicinal Chemistry; New Synthetic Methods; High-throughput Chemistry; Highlights in Medicinal Chemistry; Next GenMedChem, and Young Investigators.The scientific program will include lectures, and poster presentations. It is the goal of the organizers to make this meeting an event of scientific excellence, attractive to both industrial and academic scientists in Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and related fields of research.