will be held in September 16-19, 2014 inthe Garden Hotel,Suzhou,China. The symposium is co-organized by Soochow University and Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Notably, our symposium is organized in one single session, thus offering you the possibility to be present at all invited lectures.Throughout our previous two editions, SIPCD symposium has been established as a high-level conference in the fields of biomaterials, controlled drug delivery, protein and cell delivery, gene delivery, polymer-based diagnostics, and tissue engineering. The following gives an overview of the highlights of the SIPCD 2014 symposium.

Highlights of SIPCD 2014 

    29 invited lectures by leading scientists including editors and associate editors of over 10 prestigious journals.

    248poster presentations selected out of 370 submissions

   Over  400 delegates from more than 150 institutions out of over 20 countries

   3 special lectures to discuss about the breakthroughs as well as future

   3 perspectives in the fields of Direct Cellular Reprogramming, Gene Delivery, and Tissue Engineering

   an author tutorial on Research Misconduct and Publishing Ethics

   8 Biomacromolecules Poster Awards (each with 300 US$ and an official plaque) to be presented by Biomacromolecules (ACS, IF 5.788)

   a special issue to be published in the Journal of Controlled Release (Elsevier, IF 7.261)

   all accepted poster abstracts to be published online in the Journal of Controlled Release

   great sponsors including the National Science Foundation of China, Hee Kyung & Sung Wan Kim, Samyang Corporation, Advanced Academic Exchange Activities of Suzhou (Suzhou City), Suzhou BioBay, Biomacromolecules, Biomaterials Science, SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry, Malvern, SSENS B.V., etc.

   an organized tour to the Humble Administrators Garden and SuzhouMuseum

We warmly invite you to actively participate in SIPCD 2014 (www.sipcd.cn)  and are looking forward to welcoming you inSuzhouin September!