Call for Papers is now open
Submission Deadline is Friday 11th July 2025 (at 23:00 BST)
DDL2025 will be held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (the EICC), with three days of live lectures including internationally renowned speakers, presentations from submitted research, the prestigious Pat Burnell Young Investigator Award together with the Emerging Scientist Award.
This is your opportunity to share your new and exciting work within the field of pulmonary drug delivery.
The organising Committee would like to invite you to submit a 2 – 4 page conference paper for presentation at the meeting this year.
Selected conference papers will be invited to present either a Podium presentation or a Poster Presentation, in person at the EICC, Edinburgh. We are unable to accept remote / virtual presentations.
We are keen to receive papers that address the following themes that will be included in the conference programme:
Advances in Preclinical Drug Development
• Innovation in early drug discovery through to the clinic
• AI and in silico models
• Organ on a chip
• Advanced in vitro and ex vivo models
• Preclinical models of lung disease
Making Innovation Happen
• Overcoming barriers to innovation
• Connecting business with research and education
• Turning ideas into commercially viable products
To the airways & beyond!
- Innovative nasal and pulmonary formulations
- New delivery methods and devices
- Delivery of biologics
- Nose to brain
- Novel approaches to targeting diseases
The Pat Burnell Young Investigator Award – Applications now accepted
If you wish to apply for this prestigious award, please read the full details on the webpage. You must submit your aerosol science research topic paper using the call for papers submission form below.
Please note the Conference Paper Submission Timeline:
Please note – from this year we are no longer accepting any extension requests to conference paper submissions.
Requests will be rejected and all conference papers must be submitted using the correct template and adhering to the guidelines, by the deadline.
Conference Paper submission deadline – strictly NO EXTENSIONS accepted
Papers reviewed and feedback given to authors by
Author to submit final paper with requested amendments by:
Friday 11th July – 23:00 BST
Monday 22nd September
Friday 17th October
How to submit your paper:
To participate, please submit your conference paper following the guidelines and using the DDL2025 Conference Paper template which you can download below.
**Please note we DO NOT accept encore abstracts.
When submitting your Conference Paper please:
- Review the essential Guidelines for the DDL2025 conference paper submission process
- Download the ESSENTIAL DDL2025 Conference Paper Template and populate with your paper
- Save your document in Word, using the guidelines to check you have completed the document fully and correctly
- You are also required to upload a short biography and a photograph when you submit your paper
- Click Submission Page button below
- Complete the form on the next page, uploading your Conference Paper
- Conference Papers will be reviewed by our scientific review panel and all authors will be notified of the review outcome by Monday 22nd September