Day 1 - 10th February

8:30am Welcome Breakfast
9:15am Chair's Introduction
Dr. Joel Richard, Senior Vice President, Peptides, CMC & Engineering IPSEN
9:35am Boomers, millennials and the future of packaging materials
Peter J. Schmitt, Managing Director Montesino
10:05am European Standard EN 16679:2015 'Tamper verification features for medicinal product packaging'
Dieter Mößner Technical Services Carl Edelmann GmbH
10:30am Coffee Break/Exhibition visit

11:00am Beyond glass: combining glass and plastic materials in parenteral containers to meet current and next generation pharmaceutical packaging needs
Holger Krenz Senior Applications Scientist SiO2 Medical Products
11:25am A system approach with polymer-based prefilled syringes addressing the challenges of therapeutic proteins
William Dierick Director Technology Development Terumo
11:50am Coated primary glass container families: ALBA, a shortcut solution to reduce time to market for Biotech drugs
Francesco Mestriner Core Team Leader Ompi
12:15pm How packaging could be an innovative and eco-design shield to microbial contaminations: multi-dose ophthalmic solution case
Loic Marchin CEO PYLOTE SAS
12:40pm Lunch break, exhibition visit

1:00pm Pharmapack Awards Ceremony (Exhibitor Category)
2:30pm General trends for medical devices and combination products development
Lionel Jeannin, Device & Packaging Development Novartis Pharma AG
2:45pm Development and lifecycle management of combination products in supply chains
Andy Walker, Head of Device Technology GlaxoSmithKline
3:00pm Regulatory implications of the draft regulation on medical devices for drug delivery systems
Fabien Roy, Partner Hogan Lovells International LLP
3:30pm Coffee break/Exhibition visit

4:00pm Integrated development and scale-up of combination products
Bill Welch, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President Engineering Phillips-Medisize Corporation
4:25pm Global macro trends and the importance of design for emerging markets
Lisa Maree Baker, Senior Human Factors Researcher DCA Design International
4:50pm Developing a comprehensive drug delivery strategy with components intended to minimise risk
Tibor Hlobik, Global Director PFS Technologies
5:15pm Medical device stability: critical design and atmospheric influences
Mark Valentine, R&D Director Baltimore Innovations
5:40pm Conference closes, exhibition visit
6:00pm Exhibition cocktail

Day 2 - 11th February

8:30am Welcome breakfast
9:15am Keynotes from the chair
9:30am Of monsters and toasters – patients’ perspectives on electronic medication dispensing devices for pre-packaged polypharmacy
Samuel S. Allemann MSc Pharm, Pharmaceutical Care Research Group University of Basel
10:00am Packaging as a media
Dr. Christophe Bureau Vice-President, Strategic Innovation Stevanato Group S.p.A.
10:30am Coffee break, exhibition visit

11:00am Improving patient adherence to self-injected therapies
Chris Evans, Vice President, Research & Innovation West Pharmaceutical Services
11:30am Patient-friendly pharmaceutical packaging design
Phill Marley, Chairman HCPC Europe (Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council)
12:00pm Potential of smart plastic technology for drug delivery systems 
1:00pm Pharmapack Awards Ceremony (Health Products Category)
2:30pm Roundtable: emerging technologies and innovation forecast
4:00pm Conference closes, exhibition visit