13^th World Congress on Pharmacology and Toxicology November 14-15, 2018 | Mercure Albert Park | Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. Melbourne is the coastal capital of the south eastern Australian state of Victoria. At the city’s centre is the modern Federation Square development, with plazas, bars, and restaurants by the Yarra River. It was named “Melbourne” by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Richard Bourke, in honour of the British Prime Minister of the day, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. In the Southbank area, the Melbourne Arts Precinct is the site of Arts Centre Melbourne – a performing arts complex – and the National Gallery of Victoria, with Australian and indigenous art. Melbourne rates highly in education, entertainment, health care, research and development, tourism and sport, making it the world’s most liveable city—for the sixth year in a row in 2016, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.

It is the core central activities district (CAD) of Melbourne’s inner suburbs and the major central business district (CBD) of Greater Melbourne’s metropolitan area and is a major financial centre in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The Hoddle Grid in the City Centre is home to Melbourne’s famed alleyways and arcades and is renowned for its distinct blend of contemporary and Victorian architecture as well as expansive parks and gardens which surround its edges The City Centre is home to five of the six tallest buildings in Australia. In recent times, it has been placed alongside New York City and Berlin as one of the world’s great street art meccas, and designated a “City of Literature” by UNESCO in its Creative Cities Network.