The theme of the conference is “The present and the future of natural and traditional medicines”. The meeting will consist of oral communications, posters presentations and discussion sessions, all focusing on basic pharmacological, toxicological, clinical researches as well as on new drug discovery and development based on or related to natural and traditional medicines or ethnomedical resources. The conference will offer a golden opportunity for all delegates and guests to expose and communicate their results, new ideas, new methods and technologies in the pharmacological study of the natural and traditional medicines.