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 [email protected]