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Annual Meeting
31 May 2016 - 2 June 2016
Athens
The future
of self-care:
Shaping the new
environment
Programme
Background
The AESGP Annual Meeting has for decades been the most significant and best attended
meeting of the consumer healthcare industry. It brings together more than 400 delegates from
relevant partner organisations and the industry. Major trends for the sector are elaborated with
leading experts in the field. In addition, the AESGP Annual Meeting is a unique occasion
to meet colleagues from the industry and relevant organisations in the commercial and
political environment.
A positive development of the sector is very much influenced by the overall political climate. To
make real progress, many countries initiated campaigns - publicly or privately funded - focusing
either on changing behaviour or on amending the regulatory requirements. Best practices in
both contexts will be exposed at the conference and will provide food for thought.
A distinguished range of experts will finally make sure that participants do not leave the event
without a good understanding of the global trends affecting self-care.
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09.00
10.15
The European market place:
How to be successful in a
competitive environment
The session will give an update on the situation of the consumer healthcare industry
and how to maximize the contribution of self-care to an efficient healthcare system.
Moderated by Babis Papadimitriou, Journalist
10.15 16.00
10.45 Coffee break / Networking 17.30
10.45
12.30
Big becoming bigger: Mergers and
Acquisitions in the consumer health
and pharmaceutical industry
The pharmaceutical sector has recently seen an unprecedented level of mergers and
acquisitions. What are the consequences for industry, citizens and the public at large?
Moderated by Babis Papadimitriou, Journalist
12.30
14.00 Lunch break / Networking
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15.30
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16.00 Coffee break / Networking
16.00
17.30
Getting full support for self-care
from stakeholders
Some European countries are about to go through a thorny process of change
nd following major economic difficulties. This has implications on healthcare in
general and on healthcare professionals, including in particular community
alth pharmacists. How can such a situation best be managed and what kind of
support is needed?
09.00
10.30
Digital strategies to provide support
to the European citizens
Changes in the way how people interact, e.g. through social media, will have a
major impact on consumer behaviour. What are the concrete implications for
the manufacturers of self-care products? How to best develop a digital strategy
which corresponds to market expectations?
- Moderated by Sophia Filaktou, Business & Industry Solutions, SAP
- Laurent Faracci, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing and Digital Excellence, RB
- Inma Riu Torrens, Pharmacist, Director, Saludability
- Laurent Corazza, DIGILITYX
15.30
10.30 16.00
11.00 Coffee break / Networking
16.00
17.30
11.00
12.30
Branding self-care
Brands are the major asset of the self-care industry. What needs to be done to
strengthen their role?
Moderated by Roger Scarlett-Smith, AESGP President
12.30
14.00 Lunch break / Networking 17.30
19.00
port European level in the areas of self-care medical devices, food supplements and
non-prescription medicines.
Moderated by Hubertus Cranz, Director General, AESGP
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- Lars Ritter, European Parliament
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- Alexandra Nikolakopoulou, Head of Unit, Directorate General Health, European
Commission
- June Raine, Chair, European Medicines Agencys Pharmacovigilance Risk
Assessment Committee
cellence, RB - Jurate Svarcaite, Secretary General, Pharmaceutical Group of the European
Union (PGEU)
15.30
16.00 Coffee break / Networking
16.00
17.30
Challenges for tomorrow
What will really make a difference in the future? What is needed to be
e done to successful? This session will give the answers.
Moderated by George Dokios, Director General, EFEX
- Declan Costello, Mission Chief for Greece, Directorate General for Economic
and Financial Affairs, European Commission
- Nikos Vettas, Professor of Economics and Managing Director of the Foundation
for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE)
- Laurent Alexandre, President, NBIC Finance
17.30 Invitation to the 53rd AESGP Annual Meeting 30 May - 1 June 2017 in Vienna
19.00 Closing event at the restaurant Mythos of the Sea, the seaside restaurant of the
Divani Apollon Palace Hotel
Registration
The registration form for the meeting is
available at aesgp.eu/52. Registrations should
be made no later than 29 April 2016 in order
to ensure adequate provision of all conference
related activities.
Conference Secretariat
7 avenue de Tervuren
1040 Brussels
Tel: +3227355130
info@aesgp.eu
There are no more rooms available at the
conference hotel with the special rates. www.aesgp.eu