Scientific & Medical Communication Today

MedComms Networking Event 1 June 2016 Oxford

www.medcommsnetworking.com

Dr. Julie Charlesworth PhD

Director: A Tree of Life Sciences Ltd www.atreeoflifesciences.com

Scientific & Medical Communication Today

A Summary of the EMWA Symposium 12 May 2016

Key Themes and Discussion Points

Setting the Scene

Day 2 of EMWA Spring conference 2016 in Munich

Attendees and Atmosphere

Scientific & Medical Communication Today

The role of the writer is in the process of evolving from regulatory, medical and scientific writing to the role of

medical communicator, specialising in a specific area or field of communication

Proceedings led by

Andrea Rossi and Slavka Baronikova

The Speakers…........

Programme and Speakers

•  The roles and practices of science communicators in an evolving media ecosystem

Nico Pitrelli (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati Sissa, Italy)

•  Communication creates your brand Chris Colaço (Initiate Training & Development, Switzerland)

•  How to communicate scientific and medical information to patients, caregivers and patient advocates Jan Geissler (European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation, EUPATI, Germany)

•  Making science accessible—scientific communication and non-scientific media Fabienne Huebener (inword.de, Germany)

•  Medical translation—dos and don'ts Laurence Auffret (CINETIQUE Translations, UK)

•  A regulator’s (European Medicines Agency) perspective on how to communicate medical information •  Juan Garcia Burgos (European Medicines Agency, UK)

•  Industry-driven research and communication to healthcare professionals and the non-medical audience

Hartwig Buettner (Eli Lilly, Germany)

•  In the middle of it all—medical communication agency experience Chris Winchester (Oxford PharmaGenesis, UK)

•  Podcasts, video abstracts, and other supplementary and digital material Andrea Bucceri (Dove Press, UK)

•  Scientific article of the future Jan Seal-Roberts (Adis, Springer Healthcare, UK)

•  Extending the impact and reach of science publications Martin Delahunty (Springer Nature Publishing Group, UK)

+ PANEL SESSIONS

The Flow

•  How to communicate science effectively

•  How scientific communication works

•  Communicating scientific and clinical research - past, present and future trends

How to communicate science effectively

•  Science communicators in an evolving media ecosystem

•  Your brand

•  Patients, caregivers and patient advocates

•  Making science accessible

•  Medical translation—Dos and don’ts

Nico Pitrelli – Chris Colaço – Jan Geissler – Fabienne Huebener – Laurence Auffret

How scientific communication works

•  A regulator’s (European Medicines Agency) perspective

•  Industry-driven research and communication

•  Medical communication agency experience Juan Garcia Burgos – Hartwig Buettner – Chris Winchester

Communicating scientific and clinical research Past, Present and Future Trends

•  Podcasts, video abstracts, and other supplementary and digital material

•  Scientific article of the future

•  Extending the impact and reach of science publications

Andrea Bucceri – Jan Seal-Roberts – Martin Delahunty

An Overview

What it all means now for

Medical Writers

The medical writer in the ever-changing field of medical communications

notes and thoughts from the EMWA Symposium

Further Information

Slides on EMWA website www.emwa.org

Articles to be Published in EMWA Medical Writing Journal

And Finally - a Short Story

Scientific & Medical Communication Today

In the ever-changing field of scientific and medical communications, medical writers and communicators have

a key role:

Stay true to the science!

Dr. Julie Charlesworth PhD Director: A Tree of Life Sciences Ltd

www.atreeoflifesciences.com info@atreeoflifesciences.com