We are excited to announce that the next CCG North American UGM & Conference will be held from June 22-25 in Montreal, Canada. This 4-day event will feature workshops, scientific presentations, a poster session, and social activities, including receptions and a conference dinner.

If you would be interested in presenting at the meeting, please contact Raul Alvarez at .

TUESDAY, June 22 - Workshops
Day 1
TUESDAY, June 22 - Day 1
Workshops
08:30
Registration Opens (check-in/badge pick-up)
09:00-09:30
Welcome Refreshments
09:30-12:30
Introduction to SVL
SVL / Programming language / Create scripts / Customize MOE
09:30-12:30
Rational Peptide Design and Library Analysis
Linear, stapled and cyclic peptides / Molecular surfaces and maps / Properties / Peptide design and optimization / Fragment replacement / Non-natural amino acids / Mutation Analysis / Protein-peptide docking / Conformational analysis
09:30-12:30
Ligand-Based Drug Design and Interactive SAR and MMP Analysis
MOEsaic / Matched Molecular Pairs / R-group analysis / Similarity and substructure searching / Multi-parameter optimization / Free-Wilson analysis / Molecular alignments / Pharmacophores
12:30-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-17:00
Heterobifunctional Degrader Screening and Design
Ternary Complex Analysis / Method 4B / Degrader Scoring / Fragment-Based Linker Design / Combinatorial Library Enumeration (CLE)
14:00-17:00
Antibody Modeling and Protein Engineering
Protein Engineering / Protein Properties / Protein Contacts / Developability / Molecular surfaces / Hot spot analysis / Antibody modeling
14:00-17:00
Understanding Binding Pocket Properties to Rationalize Small Molecule Designs
Molecular surfaces and maps / SiteFinder / MOE-Project / Structure superposition / Solvent analysis with 3D-RISM / Protein-Ligand interactions / Receptor-based pharmacophores / Fragment-based design
WEDNESDAY, June 23 - Workshops, Talks & Poster Session
Day 2
WEDNESDAY, June 23 - Day 2
Workshops, Talks & Poster Session
09:00-09:30
Welcome Refreshments
09:30-12:30
Molecular Design of Oligonucleotide Therapeutics
siRNA and ASO design / Modified nucleotides / Protein-Nucleic contacts / Molecular surfaces and maps / Nucleic properties / Aptamer engineering / Affinity and stability optimization / Protein-Nucleic docking
09:30-12:30
Advanced Topics in Biologics Modeling
Modeling scFvs / Building bispecific models / ADCs / Protein Properties / Developability assessment / Antibody-Antigen docking / Epitope analysis
09:30-12:30
Small Molecule Virtual Screening
Virtual screening compound libraries / Descriptors / Molecular Fingerprints / QSPR modeling / Database filtering / Pharmacophore modeling / Pharmacophore-guided docking / Template-based docking
12:30-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-17:00
Scientific Presentations
18:30-20:30
Opening Reception & Poster Session
21:00
Group Activities (Brewery Visit or Walking Tour)
THURSDAY, June 24 - Scientific Presentations
Day 3
THURSDAY, June 24 - Day 3
Scientific Presentations
08:30-09:00
Welcome Refreshments
09:00-12:00
Scientific Presentations
12:00-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-17:00
Scientific Presentations
18:30-22:00
Drinks Reception and Conference Dinner
FRIDAY, June 25 - Scientific Presentations
Day 4
FRIDAY, June 25 - Day 4
Scientific Presentations
09:00-12:30
Scientific Presentations
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-14:30
Desserts & Drinks Closing Reception

There will be a poster session to be held on the evening of Wednesday, June 23 as part of the Opening Reception. Presenters of accepted posters will receive a 25% discount from the registration fees. Further information will be available in October 2026.

We look forward very much to seeing you in Montreal this coming June!