79th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

79th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is organized by International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and will be held from Sep 22 - 26, 2019 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is the global body representing pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences. Through our 140 national organisations, academic institutional members and individual members, we represent over four million pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists around the world.

Four main subtopics :
The subtopics reflect the overarching theme of the congress and look at trends, roles, responses and targets

Topic A: New trends in science, practice and education
This topic focuses on technology, digitalisation, robotics, individualization, virtual classroom, communication, people-centred care and ethical challenges.

Topic B: New roles, opportunities, and responsibilities
This topic looks at pharmacists’ roles, roles of individuals, new services, collaboration and education.

Topic C: Health now!
Responding to the challenges of today This topic recognises that challenges can be faced by looking at new research, ethical considerations, new values, access to health, health systems, sustainability, environmental sustainability, non-communicable diseases, empowerment of patients, empowerment of women, quality and assessment.

Topic D: Targeting special interest
This topic will target special interests in the different fields of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.

New horizons for pharmacy The 2019 FIP congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), invites pharmacy practitioners and pharmaceutical scientists from around the world to consider how new technologies are changing the way they work.