AESGP 51st Annual Meeting

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Barcelona26-28 May 2015Hilton Diagonal Mar

Citizenempowerment:

A megatrend

of the 21st century51st AESGP Annual Meeting


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08.30 Welcome coffee / tea

09.00 Consumer Health Industry: How to providethe best service?

An overall perspective for the consumer health industry will be provided bya distinguished expert of a leading management school.

Pedro Nueno , Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship, IESEBusiness School and Professor and President, CEIBS (Shanghai, Beijing)

Global perspectives on Citizen Empowerment:What I would change if I could

Representatives from market research, industry and politics will discusswhere we stand with self-care and citizen empowerment and what needs tobe done to make progress in the future.

Roger Scarlett-Smith , AESGP President Andy Tisman , IMS Health Dagmar Roth-Behrendt , Former Member of the European Parliament

10.30 Break | Networking

11.00 New technology new guidance betterself-care

This session will discuss the implications of new technologies and new mediaon health information and citizens behaviour.

Brian McNamara , Head of Americas and Europe, GSK ConsumerHealthcare

Ryan Olohan , Industry Director, Healthcare, Google Inc Sastry Chilukuri , Principal, McKinsey&Company Didier Deltort , Global Monitoring Solutions General Manager, GE

Healthcare, Finland Carlos Lens , Ministry of Health, Spain

12.30 Lunch | Networking

14.00 How to make health care affordable Numerous studies carried out over the last years show the economic and

social value of self-care. However, it is important to update or renew suchstudies to be of best possible use. This session will present the results ofnew work done on a pan-European level as well as in Spain and Greece.Participants will get insight in new methodologies applied which should behelpful for all kinds of similar work in the future.

Jaume Pey , Director General, anefp, Spain Peter Schneider , Researcher, Austrian Health Institute

Laura Pellis , Senior Researcher Center for Research in Health and Economics (CRES) at the University Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona Toni Gilabert , Director of Pharmacy Management and Pharmacoeconomics, Catalonia Health Department Nikos Maniadakis , Associate Dean, National School of Public Health, Greece


16.00 The new European Union platform for thepromotion of self-care systems

In order to make progress in the wide promotion of self-care, a close cooperationwith all relevant stakeholders is a key prerequisite. Such cooperation hasbecome far more intensive over the last years and is now supported andfacilitated by the new European Union (EU) project on the promotion ofself-care systems, which is a most useful extension of the work on goodgovernance of non-prescription medicines carried out under the mandate ofthe previous European Commission. The session will give an update of thenew EU project and discuss how to make the new platform relevant for theEuropean citizens.

Rosa Suol , Director General, Avedis Donabedian Institute, Barcelona Birgit Beger , Secretary General of the Standing Committee of

European Doctors (CPME) Cristina Cabrita , Senior Project Ofcer, Portuguese Consumer Organization (DECO) on behalf of the European Consumer Organization (BEUC) Carmen Pea , President, International Pharmacists Federation (FIP)

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Wednesday27 May 2015


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08.30 Welcome coffee / tea

09.00 Self-care medical devices and food supplements:New drivers for the self-care market?

Substance-based, self-care medical devices and food supplements have becomean important part of self-care. However, their regulatory future is uncertain. Thecurrent revision of the medical device legislation addresses the adequate futurelegal basis for substance-based medical devices with different approaches under

consideration. In the area of food supplements, the evaluation of botanical claimscontinues to be put on hold with uncertainties for the whole marketplaceincluding in particular herbal medicinal products, for which an elaborated systemhas been put in place in the European Union. The session will give an overview onwhere the debate stands and what the likely future environment will be.

Hubertus Cranz , AESGP Director General Valeriu Curtui , Head of the Nutrition Unit, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Gwenole Cozigou , Director, DG GROW, European Commission

Werner Knoess , Chair, Herbal Medicinal Products Committee (HMPC), European Medicines Agency (EMA)


11.00 Switching: A mega trend?Is the move of medicines from prescription to non-prescription slowing downor speeding up? How important is it for the future of self-care? What needs tobe done to be successful?

These are key questions for many executives in the consumer health industry.The session will follow up on the 2014 London conference and expose recentpositive developments and what needs to be done to keep the momentum.

Suneet Varma, President, Consumer Healthcare, Pzer Erin Gainer , Chief Executive Ofcer, HRA Pharma

Darragh OLoughlin , President, Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)

Beln Crespo , Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices, Spain

12.30 Lunch | Networking

14.00 How to ensure availability of safe products? Over the last years, there has been an unprecedented increase in discussions

about safety issues on the European level, the so-called referral procedures.Questions were raised as to whether all these procedures are justied and if theydo not unnecessarily question existing products and hamper the move tonon-prescription status.

The session will also look at the intensive ongoing work in relation to theimplementation of the directive on falsied medicines with potentiallyconsiderable implications in the marketplace.

Vincent Warnery , Senior Vice President, Global Consumer Healthcare

Division, Sano Natalie Gauld , Director, Pharmacy Projects and Alison van Wyk , Professional Services Manager, Green Cross Health, New Zealand Sarah Branch , Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

(MHRA), United Kingdom Beln Escribano , Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices, Spain Stefano Soro , European Commission


16.15 Perspectives for the futureThe nal session will allow a discussion on the future of citizen empowermentand self-care. Participants will get a good understanding of the priorities ofthe European Parliament.

Roger Scarlett-Smith , AESGP President Peter Liese , Member of the European Parliament Nol Wathion, European Medicines Agency (EMA)

17.15 Invitation to the 52nd AESGP Annual Meeting 31 May 2 June 2016 in theDivani Apollon Hotel, Vouliagmeni, Athens, Greece

George Dokios , Executive Director, Association of the Greek Self-Care Industry, EFEX

18.30 Departure of buses from the Hotel Hilton Diagonal Mar

19.00 Dinner at Restaurant Barceloneta Calle De lEscar, 22, Moll dels Pescadors Port Vell, 08039 Barcelona

From Buses return to the hotel21.45onwards

Thursday28 May 2015


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Simultaneous translationThe conference languages are Englishand Spanish. Simultaneous translationwill be provided into French.

Conference VenueHilton Diagonal MarPasseig del Taulat, 262-26408019 Barcelona, SpainTel: +34 93 507 00 70Fax: +34 93 507 00 78

Hotel room reservationA block booking has been made at theconference hotel, the Hilton DiagonalMar.

Reservations can be made by using thefollowing registration system

http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/B/BCNDMHI-GAESA-20150525/index.jhtml

It is recommended to make thereservations as soon as possibleas the blocked room contingent isgetting lled up.

Social programmeParticipants and accompanying personsare invited to attend the reception anddinner at the Casa Llotja de Mar(Passeig dIsabel II, 1, 08003Barcelona) on Tuesday, 26 May2015 as well as the closing dinnerat the Restaurant Barceloneta(Calle De lEscar, 22, Moll delsPescadors Port Vell, 08039Barcelona) on Thursday, 28 May 2015.

Accompanying persons are invited totake part in a guided tour on Wednesday,27 May 2015. The tour bus will departfrom the Hilton Diagonal Mar at 9.00hours and will return at 17.00 hours. Inthe morning participants will visit thepremises of Codorniu, famous for itsCava. Lunch will be served there. Thiswill be followed by a visit of GothicBarcelona: the Cathedral, Town Halland Santa Maria del Mar.

RegistrationThe registration form for the meeting isavailable at aesgp.eu/51 and should bemade no later than 30 April 2015.

Registration feesConference participants: 1.350 Euro

Accompanying family members: 300 Euro

Conference SecretariatFor all questions on participation andregistration, please contact AESGP.

7 avenue de Tervuren, B-1040Brussels

Tel: +3227355130info @aesgp.euwww.aesgp.eu

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