Leading speakers confirmed for BPC 2004
Expert speakers from academia, industry, the health professions, the NHS, patient groups and government and acknowledged experts in their fields of research in the pharmaceutical sciences and practice will address the British Pharmaceutical Conference 2004, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has announced.
This year’s conference takes place at Manchester International
Convention Centre from Monday 27 September to Wednesday 29 September.
The conference theme this year is “Medicines: from cell to society”.
Speakers who will address the conference on topics related to the theme
will include the following:
Monday 27 September
· Sir Nigel Crisp, chief executive of the NHS
· Professor Sandy Florence, University of London School of Pharmacy
· Professor Rob Horne, University of Brighton
· Chris Town, Vice-Chairman of the NHS Confederation negotiation team
and Modernisation Agency implementation lead
Tuesday 28 September
· Professor Sir Harry Kroto, Nobel Laureate,
University of Sussex
· Dr Jim Smith, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer
for England
· Carwen Wynne Howells, Chief Pharmaceutical
Adviser for Wales
· Bill Scott, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer
for Scotland
· Professor William Dawson, Bionet
· Dr Jean-Yves Maillard, University of
Brighton
· Mike King, head of professional development
and local pharmaceutical committee Services, Pharmaceutical Services
Negotiating Committee Wednesday 29 September
· Professor Judah Folkman, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US
· Harry Cayton, Director for the Patient and Public Experience
The science programme is developed by the Conference Science Chairman,
Professor Ruth Duncan and the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
New for BPC 2004 is a special day rate of £5 + VAT available for
MPharm fourth-year students and preregistration trainees attending the
conference on Wednesday 29 September. On the Wednesday morning, student
delegates will be able to attend conference scientific and practice sessions
and in the afternoon a special session will be held reviewing career
opportunities.
Also new this year is the opportunity for university spin-out companies
and other research and development-focused small and medium enterprises
to showcase innovation and allied technologies and present their latest
technology and service offerings alongside the main symposium sessions.
Wally Dove, chairman of the Conference Committee, said: “We are
committed to continuously grow and improve the conference and this year’s
programme will include sessions of interest to all, for both pharmaceutical
science and practice.”
Mr Dove added: “I am pleased that once again Boots The Chemists
will be the overall lead sponsor for BPC 2004.”
The programme and booking form are available via the events
section of
the Society’s website (www.rpsgb.org/events) or by contacting the
conference organiser, Health Links (tel 0121 248 3399; e-mail alyons@health-links.fsnet.co.uk).
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