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The Royal Society of Medicine

1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE

(2 minutes from Oxford Circus)

27 July to 2 August 2008

10.00am - 6.00pm

Patrons China State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the UK

The Prince's Charities Foundation (China)

Event managementNewland UK

TRADITIONAL

CHINESEMEDICINE WEEK

THE HEALTH CULTURE

See into China’s deep understanding of the natural world

The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine (UK) （ATCM）

Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the UK　（FTCM）

Chinese Medical Institute & Register, London（CMIR）

Association of Chinese Medicine Practitioners　（ACMP）

The Confucius Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine，London South Bank University

LONDON SOUTH BANKUNIVERSITY

ACMP

Chinese Enterprises Association in Britain

和兴食品有限公司

Fri 1 Aug, UK Team of MOST Expert Committee 10:00-10:30 Registration & coffee 10:30-11:30 Opening remarks by Tai-Ping Fan & Peter Hylands

Jeremy Nicholson: Top-Down Systems Biology Approaches to Understanding Disease, Drug Action and TCM Optimisation

11:30-12:00 Michael Heinrich: Safety of TCM – Lessons Learnt from “Chinese Herb Nephropathy”A ristolochia fangchi

12:00-12:30 Kenneth Muir: Evidence Based Medicine in Application to TCM 12:30-13:30 Lunch Time 13:30-14:00 Monique Simmonds: Authentication of Plants used in TCM: Challenges and

Opportunities 14:00-14:30 Tai-Ping Fan: Angiogenesis Modulators from TCM and their Molecular Targets 14:30-15:00 Qihe Xu: Chinese Herbal Medicines with Genuine Anti-Scarring Activities 15:00-15:30 Tea Break 15:30-16:00 Peter York & Qun Shao: Neural Computing and Knowledge Engineering -

Benefits in TCM Database Analyses 16:00-16:30 Ian Wilson: Metabonomics as a Method for Exploring the Effects of TCM 16:30-17:00 Roundtable Discussion I : Michael Collis, Bill Dawson, Peter Hylands, Man Fong

Mei, Ian Sutherland and the speakers

Chairpersons: Morning: Peter Hylands, Michael Collis Afternoon: Bill Dawson, Ian Sutherland

Sat 2 Aug, CMIR 10:00-10:30 Registration & coffee 10:30-11:00 Stephen Minger: Research Potential of Stem Cells for TCM Drug Discovery 11:00-11:30 Derek Fisher: High-throughput Fractionation of TCM by Countercurrent

Chromatography 11:30-12:00 Elizabeth Williamson: Can Chinese Herbal Medicines Be Taken at the Same

Time as Conventional Drugs? 12:00-12:30 Daryl Rees: Development and Marketing of Pharmaceuticals and Functional

Foods in the West from TCM’s 12:30-13:30 Lunch Time 13:30-14:00 Man Fong Mei: Integration of Chinese Medicine with Western Healthcare 14:00-14:30 Kelvin Chan: Progress in Quality Control of Chinese Medicinal Materials and

Products 14:30-15:00 Khalid Khan: What They Don’ t Teach You about TCM Some Fascinating Facts 15:00-15:30 Tea Break 15:30-16:00 Nick Pare: Chinese Medicine Quality in Healthcare 16:00-16:30 Wendy Denning: The Role of Chinese Medicine in Getting Pregnant and Staying

Pregnant! 16:30-17:00 Roundtable Discussion II: Michael Collis, Bill Dawson, Tai-Ping Fan, Peter

Hylands, Kenneth Muir, and the speakers

Chairpersons: Morning: Bob Hider , Man Fong Mei Afternoon: Daryl Rees, Peter Hylands Note: ATCM: Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine (UK) FTCM: Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine ACMP: Association of Chinese Medicine Practitioners MOST: Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology CMIR: Chinese Medical Institute and Register

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has developed over thousands of years and provides a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the natural world and the treatment of the human body.

The Chinese government recognises the value of TCM and has created legislature for it alongside modern medicine. The development and research of TCM stil l continues today.

T h e T r a d i t i o n a l C h i n e s e M e d i c i n e Administ rat ion of China, the Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom, and the Prince’s Charities Foundation (China) bring TCM Week to London – the f i r s t ever exhibition of its kind in the UK.

The exhibition aims to create a greater understanding of and cooperation in medicine between China and the UK - allowing British people and those from all over the world to understand the benefits of TCM and how to make it part of their daily lives.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sun 27 July, ATCM 10:00-10:30 Registration & coffee 10:30-11:00 Huijun Shen: The establishment of the position of TCM in the Statutory

Regulation on Complimentary and Alternative Medicines in the UK 11:00-11:30 Mingzhao Cheng: Brief history of Statutory Regulation and its perspectives 11:30-12:00 David Atherton: The Problems of Clinical Trials of TCM Formulas in the Setting

of West Medicine 12:00-12:30 Jin Xu: Attitude of UK based TCM practitioners to future TCM developing 12:30-13:30 Lunch Time 13:30-14:00 Dan Jiang: Introduction of TCM 14:00-14:30 Jidong Wu : Pre-clinic condition 14:30-15:00 Songxuan Ke: Essence, Qi & spirit 15:00-15:30 Tea Break 15:30-16:00 Yu Han: Acupuncture & practice 16:00-16:30 Fanyi Meng: Introduction of Acupuncture Course in Lincoln University

Chairpersons: Morning: David Atherton, Kanwen Ma Afternoon: Dinghui Luo, Huijun Shen

Mon 28 July 10:00-10:30 Registration & coffee 10:30-11:00 Mr. Zhang Qi, Director General, Department of International Cooperation, State

Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, P. R. China Theme: Policy, Law, Regulation and International Dissemination Prospect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Development in China

11:00-11:30 Dr. Tang Xudong: Head, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Theme: Characteristics of TCM Clinical Practice and Health Care

11:30-12:00 Prof. Chen Shilin, Director, Institute of Medical Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Science Theme: Current Situation of Safety and Quality Management of TCM Pharmaceuticals

12:00-12:30 Kenneth Muir: Intention and Proposal on Collaboration between UK and China in TCM Clinical Practice, Scientific Research, Education and Talent Training

12:30-13:30 Lunch Time 13:30-14:00 Dr. Chan HeiLing ( Title TBC )

Tue 29 July TBC

Wed 30 July, FTCM 10:00-10:30 Registration & coffee 10:30-11:00 Boying Ma: A Historical Comparison of Chinese Medicine with Western

Medicine 11:00-11:30 Miansheng Zhu: The Introduction of TCM in France 11:30-12:00 Mary Lonvegrave: The Increasing Importance of Acupuncture Alongside

Western Medicine 12:00-12:30 Ye Zhang: Some Confusion on TCM in the West 12:30-13:30 Lunch Time 13:30-14:00 Shulan Tang: Infertility Treatment of TCM with IVF 14:00-14:30 Xiaoping Zhai: TCM & Infertility 14:30-15:00 Enqin Zhang :TCM Treatments for Gynaecological Diseases - Irregular

Menstruation 15:00-15:30 Tea Break 15:30-16:00 Yueming Ying : TCM Treatment of Urological Disease 16:00-16:30 Mingzhao Cheng: Cooperation Between BUCM & MU on TCM 16:30-17:00 Paul Bater & Li Mao: Safety and Quality Management for TCM Clinics

Chairpersons: Morning: Shulan Tang Afternoon: Boying Ma

Thu 31 July, ACMP 10:00-10:30 Registration & coffee 10:30-11:00 Most Concerned Issues of TCM market 11:00-11:30 A brief of Chinese Medicine in Skin Disease Treatment 11:30-12:00 Nicola Robinson: Research and Education in Acupuncture in the UK 12:00-12:30 Christopher Branford-White: Developing UK/China Collaborative Research to

Understand the Structure/Function of Chinese Herbs 12:30-13:30 Lunch Time 13:30-14:00 Kaicun Zhao: Herbal diet 14:00-14:30 Chinese Medicine and beauty 14:30-15:00 Tiejun Tang: The advantages of TCM in treatment of coronary heart disease 15:00-15:30 Tea Break 15:30-16:00 Mazin Al-khafaji: Treatment of Inflammatory Skin Disorders by TCM 16:00-16:30 Tony Booker: Quality Assurance of TCM in the UK

Chairpersons: Morning: HuiQian Li Afternoon: MingHua Jia