This event will showcase how nations have coordinated pharmacy support for person-centred care in the fight against COVID-19 with a focus on strategy, policy and practice. Barriers and enablers to pharmacy’s involvement in the pandemic will be discussed as well as insights for countries wanting to advocate for pharmacy’s greater contribution in health systems. The future role of pharmacy in pandemics will be highlighted.

Aim
To describe current and future pharmacy practice in delivering person-centred care during the fight against COVID-19 and possible future pandemics.

Learning objectives:

1. List policy and professional enablers and barriers for developing pharmacy practice during the COVID-19 pandemic;
2. Give examples of pharmacy services used in the fight against COVID-19;
3. Describe approaches for advocating for pharmacy support in pandemics;
4. Predict the role of the pharmacist and their teams in future pandemics.

Moderators:
-Nadia Bukari, FIP Global Lead/Associate Professor, University College London FIP/UCL, UK
-Abby Kahaleh, PhD, MS, BPharm, MPH, FAACP, FIP Global Lead on Quality Assurance for Pharmacy Education, Tenured Associate Professor for Clinical and Administrative Sciences; Board of Trustees Faculty, Roosevelt University, USA

Panelsits:
-Suzete Costa, PharmD, MPH, PhD Executive Director & Senior Research Director Institute for Evidence-Based Health (ISBE), Portugal
-Michael Ganio, Senior Director, Pharmacy Practice and Quality ASHP, USA
-Shepard Mhlaba, FIP Global Lead, FIP Workforce Development Hub, WDG2: Early career training strategy, Drug Information Pharmacist/Research Assistant, Drug and Toxicology Information Services (DATIS), Harare, Zimbabwe

This event is to update pharmacy professionals about managing workforce demand in a pandemic – now and in future. Case studies will be presented from countries across the globe. These will address how we ensure continuity of workforce supply during this and future pandemics, how can we reduce demand on the workforce and the role of healthcare regulators play.

Aim
To present to attendees approaches for managing workforce demand in a pandemic.

Learning objectives
1. Discuss how continuity of workforce supply can be managed during pandemics
2. Discuss how demand for the pharmaceutical workforce can be reduced during pandemics
3. Describe the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the pharmacy workforce
4. Explain how pharmacists can be prepared for the role of vaccinator.

Moderator:
- Christopher John, FIP Lead for Data and Intelligence, FIP, UK

Panelists:
- Mariet Eksteen, Global Lead for FIP Development Goal 7: Advancing Integrated Services; Professional Development Officer, Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa (PSSA), South Africa
- Chima Amadi, Global Lead, FIP Development Goal 13 (Workforce Policy Formation); Education and Training Personnel Pharmacists’ Council Nigeria, Nigeria
- Rula Darwish, Exco committee FIP academic section WDG9 Lead; Professor School of Pharmacy/ The University of Jordan, CPD Chair in JPA,  Jordan
- Bärbel Holbein, FIP Global Lead for DG7 Advancing integrated services; Lecturer University of Bremen, Germany

This event is to update pharmacy professionals about the range of therapeutic options currently available for COVID-19. It will take an evidence-based approach and also look at future development of therapeutic agents.

Aim
To update attendees on the latest therapeutic advances against COVID-19

Learning objectives
1. Explain which medicines are available that target the virus or provide symptom control
2. Discuss which medicines will be effective against new variants.
3. Describe what other medicines are available and what is the evidence for them.
4. List medicines in the pipeline for treating COVID-19

Moderator:
-Christopher John, FIP Lead for Data and Intelligence, FIP - UK

Panelists:
-Syed Shahzad Hasan, Senior Research Fellow University of Huddersfield-UK
-Trevor Jones, Visiting Professor King’s College London - UK

Around the world, community pharmacies play an increasingly consolidated role in vaccination. During the pandemic, pharmacies’ accessibility made them a convenient place for vaccination against COVID-19 in several countries, increasing vaccination coverage and helping achieve herd immunity. As the world slowly begins to emerge from the pandemic, this event will discuss the role of community pharmacies in COVID-19 booster vaccination, and their challenges in vaccine supply logistics and cold storage solutions, particularly in a post-pandemic scenario. Key interventions by community pharmacists in vaccine supply logistics linked to COVID-19 from different parts of the world will be presented.

Learning objectives:

1. Understand the supply chain and distribution process of COVID-19 vaccines from manufacturer to hospitals, community pharmacies, and the public;

2. Explore the role of community pharmacies in vaccine supply logistics for COVID-19;

3. Discuss the challenges of COVID-19 booster vaccination supply logistics and cold storage solutions in community pharmacies, particularly in a post-pandemic scenario;

4. Explore supply models that involve community pharmacies contributing to population vaccination coverage in a post-pandemic scenario.

Moderator:
- Catherine Duggan, Chief Executive Officer FIP, the Netherlands

Panellists:
- Vibhu Paudyal, Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmacy University of Birmingham, UK
- Ronald T. Piervincenzi, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer USP, USA
- Loganathan Fahrni, Senior lecturer and pharmacist Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

This is the COVID-19 programme initiator and will set the scene: why this programme; main outcomes; FIP advocacy role. It aligns with 800 days since pandemic and will launch SustainabilityRx website/ Visualisation (FIP’s response to COVID-19) with a focus on pandemic preparedness.


Learning objectives
1. Describe the functionality of the SustainabilityRx website
2. Outline the current COVID-19 situation from the perspectives of practice, science and workforce/education;
3. Consider steps that can be taken to prepare for future pandemics.

Moderators:
- Christopher John, FIP Lead for Data and Intelligence, FIP, UK
- Dr Lina Bader/Dr Sherly Meilianti FIP Lead for Workforce Transformation/FIP Data and Intelligence Specialist, FIP-Saudi Arabia

Panelists:
- Dr Hoai-An Truong, Professor and Director of Public Health, School of Pharmacy & Health Professions, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA
- Dr John Grabenstein, Member of FIP COVID-19 Expert Advisory Group, President Vaccine Dynamics SP, USA
- Prof. Trevor Jones, Visiting Professor King’s College London, UK
- Dr Ally Dering-Anderson, Current member of the FIP COVID-19 Expert Advisory Groupm, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy, USA
- Shaun Gleason, FIP Hub DG1 Lead, Member of the COVID-19 Expert Advisory Group, Assistant Dean for Distance Degrees and Programs; Associate Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA

Current and future science. Enablers and barriers to innovation and collaboration across pharmaceutical science.

This event will showcase how nations have coordinated pharmacy support for person-centred care in the fight against COVID-19 with a focus on strategy, policy and practice. Barriers and enablers to pharmacy’s involvement in the pandemic will be discussed as well as insights for countries wanting to advocate for pharmacy’s greater contribution in health systems. The future role of pharmacy in pandemics will be highlighted.

Aim
To describe current and future pharmacy practice in delivering person-centred care during the fight against COVID-19 and possible future pandemics.

Learning objectives:

1. List policy and professional enablers and barriers for developing pharmacy practice during the COVID-19 pandemic;
2. Give examples of pharmacy services used in the fight against COVID-19;
3. Describe approaches for advocating for pharmacy support in pandemics;
4. Predict the role of the pharmacist and their teams in future pandemics.

Moderators:
-Nadia Bukari, FIP Global Lead/Associate Professor, University College London FIP/UCL, UK
-Abby Kahaleh, PhD, MS, BPharm, MPH, FAACP, FIP Global Lead on Quality Assurance for Pharmacy Education, Tenured Associate Professor for Clinical and Administrative Sciences; Board of Trustees Faculty, Roosevelt University, USA

Panelsits:
-Suzete Costa, PharmD, MPH, PhD Executive Director & Senior Research Director Institute for Evidence-Based Health (ISBE), Portugal
-Michael Ganio, Senior Director, Pharmacy Practice and Quality ASHP, USA
-Shepard Mhlaba, FIP Global Lead, FIP Workforce Development Hub, WDG2: Early career training strategy, Drug Information Pharmacist/Research Assistant, Drug and Toxicology Information Services (DATIS), Harare, Zimbabwe

This event is to update pharmacy professionals about managing workforce demand in a pandemic – now and in future. Case studies will be presented from countries across the globe. These will address how we ensure continuity of workforce supply during this and future pandemics, how can we reduce demand on the workforce and the role of healthcare regulators play.

Aim
To present to attendees approaches for managing workforce demand in a pandemic.

Learning objectives
1. Discuss how continuity of workforce supply can be managed during pandemics
2. Discuss how demand for the pharmaceutical workforce can be reduced during pandemics
3. Describe the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the pharmacy workforce
4. Explain how pharmacists can be prepared for the role of vaccinator.

Moderator:
- Christopher John, FIP Lead for Data and Intelligence, FIP, UK

Panelists:
- Mariet Eksteen, Global Lead for FIP Development Goal 7: Advancing Integrated Services; Professional Development Officer, Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa (PSSA), South Africa
- Chima Amadi, Global Lead, FIP Development Goal 13 (Workforce Policy Formation); Education and Training Personnel Pharmacists’ Council Nigeria, Nigeria
- Rula Darwish, Exco committee FIP academic section WDG9 Lead; Professor School of Pharmacy/ The University of Jordan, CPD Chair in JPA,  Jordan
- Bärbel Holbein, FIP Global Lead for DG7 Advancing integrated services; Lecturer University of Bremen, Germany

This event is to update pharmacy professionals about the range of therapeutic options currently available for COVID-19. It will take an evidence-based approach and also look at future development of therapeutic agents.

Aim
To update attendees on the latest therapeutic advances against COVID-19

Learning objectives
1. Explain which medicines are available that target the virus or provide symptom control
2. Discuss which medicines will be effective against new variants.
3. Describe what other medicines are available and what is the evidence for them.
4. List medicines in the pipeline for treating COVID-19

Moderator:
-Christopher John, FIP Lead for Data and Intelligence, FIP - UK

Panelists:
-Syed Shahzad Hasan, Senior Research Fellow University of Huddersfield-UK
-Trevor Jones, Visiting Professor King’s College London - UK

Around the world, community pharmacies play an increasingly consolidated role in vaccination. During the pandemic, pharmacies’ accessibility made them a convenient place for vaccination against COVID-19 in several countries, increasing vaccination coverage and helping achieve herd immunity. As the world slowly begins to emerge from the pandemic, this event will discuss the role of community pharmacies in COVID-19 booster vaccination, and their challenges in vaccine supply logistics and cold storage solutions, particularly in a post-pandemic scenario. Key interventions by community pharmacists in vaccine supply logistics linked to COVID-19 from different parts of the world will be presented.

Learning objectives:

1. Understand the supply chain and distribution process of COVID-19 vaccines from manufacturer to hospitals, community pharmacies, and the public;

2. Explore the role of community pharmacies in vaccine supply logistics for COVID-19;

3. Discuss the challenges of COVID-19 booster vaccination supply logistics and cold storage solutions in community pharmacies, particularly in a post-pandemic scenario;

4. Explore supply models that involve community pharmacies contributing to population vaccination coverage in a post-pandemic scenario.

Moderator:
- Catherine Duggan, Chief Executive Officer FIP, the Netherlands

Panellists:
- Vibhu Paudyal, Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmacy University of Birmingham, UK
- Ronald T. Piervincenzi, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer USP, USA
- Loganathan Fahrni, Senior lecturer and pharmacist Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

This is the COVID-19 programme initiator and will set the scene: why this programme; main outcomes; FIP advocacy role. It aligns with 800 days since pandemic and will launch SustainabilityRx website/ Visualisation (FIP’s response to COVID-19) with a focus on pandemic preparedness.


Learning objectives
1. Describe the functionality of the SustainabilityRx website
2. Outline the current COVID-19 situation from the perspectives of practice, science and workforce/education;
3. Consider steps that can be taken to prepare for future pandemics.

Moderators:
- Christopher John, FIP Lead for Data and Intelligence, FIP, UK
- Dr Lina Bader/Dr Sherly Meilianti FIP Lead for Workforce Transformation/FIP Data and Intelligence Specialist, FIP-Saudi Arabia

Panelists:
- Dr Hoai-An Truong, Professor and Director of Public Health, School of Pharmacy & Health Professions, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA
- Dr John Grabenstein, Member of FIP COVID-19 Expert Advisory Group, President Vaccine Dynamics SP, USA
- Prof. Trevor Jones, Visiting Professor King’s College London, UK
- Dr Ally Dering-Anderson, Current member of the FIP COVID-19 Expert Advisory Groupm, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy, USA
- Shaun Gleason, FIP Hub DG1 Lead, Member of the COVID-19 Expert Advisory Group, Assistant Dean for Distance Degrees and Programs; Associate Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA