Programme per day (in SAST)

Tuesday 3 September 2024

APTU-01 The FIP Brisbane Calls to Action: One year on – progress on transformation and 2030 workforce planning

Meeting room 1.60
Session accessible on a first come first served basis, place for 300 registered delegates. The session is designed to be interactive, with our member organisations and hub leads collaborating in focused groups to ...
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EMTU-01 Early morning symposium: Point of care testing (POC) in pharmacies as part of chronic disease management in community setting (Supported by Nova Biomedical)

Meeting room 2.40
Attendees will be able to hear real-world examples from different countries of how point of care diagnostics can be successfully used in pharmacy setting for management of most prevalent chronic diseases.
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MOTU-01 Sharing ideas of member organisations: Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) & Indian Pharmaceutical Association

Ballroom East
FIP member organisations will present their best initiatives and challenges.
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MOTU-02 Sharing ideas of member organisations: the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA)

Ballroom West
FIP member organisations will present their best initiatives and challenges.
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MOTU-03 Sharing ideas of member organisations: Ordem dos Farmacêuticos (Portuguese Pharmaceutical Society) & The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association

Meeting room 2.60
FIP member organisations will present their best initiatives and challenges.
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MOTU-04 Sharing ideas of member organisations: Taiwan Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSHP) & Panhellenic Association 0f Hospital Pharmacists (PEFNI)

Roof Terrace room
FIP member organisations will present their best initiatives and challenges.
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PLTU-01 Plenary session – Revolutionising health care with AI

Auditorium
This session on revolutionising health care with artificial intelligence (AI) will explore the impact of AI on pharmacy practices and health outcomes, addressing challenges and ethical considerations, and giving ...
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Coffee and tea break

PSTU-01 AI and chatbots in health care and pharmacy: A brave new world or looming threat

Auditorium
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are computer-based programmes based on deep neural networks that can simulate human-human conversation via text or voice to engage in a dialogue with users. With ...
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PSTU-02 Elevating pharmacy practice: Building foundations for quality prescribing

Ballroom East
As the scope of pharmacists in many jurisdictions is rapidly evolving into prescribing, this session is designed to explore the foundational aspects of quality prescribing within the realm of pharmacy practice. ...
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PSTU-03 Unveiling best practices for implementing Basel Statements and maintaining high-quality hospital pharmacy practice in Africa

Ballroom West
The FIP Hospital Pharmacy Section Basel Statement Promotion Committee will continue to highlight how hospital pharmacy organisations and hospitals in the World Health Organization African Region utilise the Basel ...
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PSTU-04 Addressing antimicrobial resistance

Meeting room 1.60
In 2019, 4.95 million deaths were associated with drug-resistant bacterial infections and 1·27 million deaths worldwide were directly attributed to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) making it a top global health threat. ...
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PSTU-05 Advancing opportunities for patient-centric drug delivery systems

Meeting room 2.40
This session addresses key challenges and opportunities in designing 21st-century patient-centric drug delivery systems for illnesses that disproportionately affect Africa and/or other low- and middle-income countries ...
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PSTU-06 Specialisation in pharmacy — A global perspective

Meeting room 2.60
As the number of patients with advanced, untreatable diseases having multiple symptoms and complicated treatments increases, the need for specialisation in pharmacy becomes more relevant. Specialisations in pharmacy ...
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RFTU-07 Rapid fire session from selected oral abstracts

Lunch break (poster viewing and expo visit)

LSTU-01 Lunch break symposium: Could a simple pharmacy purchase benefit brain health? (Supported by Haleon)

Meeting room 1.60
Is there a simple key to healthy aging already on your pharmacy shelf? Join us at our symposium to hear the evidence revealing the untapped potential of multivitamins. Explore compelling data that shows how ...
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LSTU-02 Lunch break symposium: Enhancing daily management of patients with symptomatic reflux in the community (Supported by Reckitt)

Meeting room 2.40
Managing symptomatic reflux remains a significant contributor to daily life in pharmacy. Whether dispensing medicines or facilitating a consultation, the role of the pharmacist in managing customers with these symptoms ...
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LSTU-03 Lunch break symposium: Panel discussion: Mobilization of the vaccination experience in pharmacy (supported by Pfizer)

Meeting room 2.60
A panel of pharmacy leaders with vaccination experience from the United States, Canada, Portugal, and South Africa will discuss strategies for mobilizing pharmacy vaccination services. They will discuss how they have ...
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LSTU-04 Lunch break symposium: Cannabis products: From the lab to legislation (Supported by the North-West University)

Roof Terrace room
The symposium will focus on the market and regulatory complexities of Cannabis products such as CBD oil.  Ensuring quality products is essential in contributing to the safe and effective use of medicines.  
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PSTU-08 Adapting pharmacy practice: Navigating patient behaviour and AI use

Auditorium
This session delves into the dynamic intersection of patient behaviour and the integration of AI in pharmacy practice. As patient behaviour evolves with online health information seeking there is a need to understand ...
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PSTU-09 Implementing electronic health records in resource-limited settings: Challenges and opportunities

Ballroom East
Implementing electronic health records in resource-limited settings: Challenges and opportunities Electronic health records (EHRs) play a crucial role in modern health systems, allowing storage and sharing of ...
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PSTU-10 Combatting substandard and falsified medicines in formal and informal markets – the role of education and technologies 

Ballroom West
The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified substandard and falsified (SF) medicines as a major public health threat. A particular area of concern is informal markets, both physically as well as online. ...
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PSTU-11 Pharmacovigilance: Redefining medicine and vaccine safety using technological innovations

Meeting room 1.60
The World Health Organization defines pharmacovigilance as “the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention of adverse effects or any other medicine-/vaccine-related ...
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PSTU-12 Artificial intelligence as a tool to combat tuberculosis

Meeting room 2.40
Machine learning algorithms/artificial intelligence (AI) have been used in pharmaceutical science for many years to aid management of large data sets. In the past few years these tools have grown ever more advanced and ...
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PSTU-13 Taking the high out of cannabis

Meeting room 2.60
Against the backdrop of a growing demand for medical cannabis, the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes and its cultivation for research and other legal processes is regulated through the Medicines and Related ...
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RFTU-14 Rapid fire session from selected oral abstracts

Coffee and tea break

APTU-02 Meeting APSSA AGM*

PLTU-02 Plenary session – Re-invigorating patient partnerships in reorienting universal health coverage — the role of pharmacy in transformative healthcare

Auditorium
This plenary session will provide an overview of the UHC landscape, emphasising patient-centred approaches and the role of robust patient-pharmacy partnerships. During the keynote address, speakers will highlight the ...
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APTU-06 FIP ”Medicines to” launch event

Auditorium
Through its HumanityRx programme, FIP aims to support pharmacists and pharmacy teams in humanitarian crises. The “Medicines To” campaign is a project done in partnership with FIP member organisations as part of ...
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APTU-01 Eastern Mediterranean Regional Pharmaceutical Forum*

APTU-03 Western Pacific Regional Pharmaceutical Forum*

Meeting room 2.40
The original Western Pacific Pharmaceutical Forum (WPPF) was established in 2002 to further the development of pharmacy practice in the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). In partnership with ...
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APTU-04 Forum Regional Pharmaceutical Forum of the Americas*

APTU-05 African Regional Pharmaceutical Forum*

Early Career Pharmacists Group evening

Registration for the evening can be done via the registration website. Already registered? Please send an email  to the Congress Secretariat.
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