Assalamualaikum,

It gives me a great pleasure to welcome all of you to Pekanbaru, Indonesia. On behalf of the organizers of the 1st  International Conference on Pharmacy Science and Practice (ICPSP), I would like to express my most sincere gratitude for your presence in this conference. The conference which will be held on 6th – 7th December 2018 at Pangeran Hotel, downtown of Pekanbaru city is organized by Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Farmasi Riau (STIFAR), with the theme “Recent advancement of natural product for drug design”.  

Natural products constitute a key source of pharmacologically active ingredients in a variety of  novel agents  with therapeutic potential in a wide range of diseases.  Pharmaceuticals containing natural products or compounds derived from natural product scaffolds or templates have to undergo the same stringent approval process as drugs obtained from purely synthetic origin. In our attempt to use natural products for drugs,  drug design is needed. Drug design is an area where computational approaches have created a major impact since they are very fast, cost efficient and are almost universally applicable across a wide range of targets.

By bringing together some of the most recognized leading academic scientist, researcher and reserach scholar in natural products, drug design and pharmacy practice, we hope to provide you with the opportunity to gain new knowledge, exchange and share your experience and research results. We are expecting about 100-200 pharmacists, pharmaceutical experts, academicians allied health experts and practitioners including emerging healthcare professionals to participate in this event. 

I wish to take this opportunity to thank all individuals, organizations and government agencies for making this conference succesful.