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The Centennial will offer all participants an invaluable venue

for enriching their career while at the same time participating

in events and decisions that will steer the future of pharmacy

and healthcare around the world.

The main theme of the Centennial is Improving Health Through

Responsible Medicines Use, a theme that calls on pharmacists

and pharmaceutical scientists to take their place as leaders in

the healthcare team and do their part to usher in a new era of

healthcare on a global scale. The theme will be supported by

a world­class programme of expert speakers, symposia, work­

shops and posters that will bring together participants from

diverse areas of pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical science.

Please click here to visit the full programme online.

The ambition of the FIP Centennial is to not only be a point of

influence for FIP s Leaders, Members and Participants, but also

to be a turning point for healthcare on a global level across

professions, cultures, geographical borders and socio­economic

challenges. Contributing to the success of this ambitious goal

is a Ministers Summit on the Benefits of responsible use of

Medicines, supported by the Dutch Ministry of health and

focused on practical solutions that make the use of medicines

both more responsible and more cost­effective. The Summit

takes place immediately before the FIP Congress, supported by

FIP­lead, high­level Stakeholder Roundtables, where influential

stakeholders from around the world and from a cross­section

of sectors will convene to discuss current and relevant issues

facing the development and delivery of healthcare now and in

the coming era.

After 100 years, the time is now and the opportunities are here

FIP and all who join us at the Centennial Congress will begin

realising the vision and potential we have worked throughout

a century to achieve.