Speaker: Douglas Burgoyne, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Utah College of Pharmacy, USA

Douglas Burgoyne is currently adjunct associate professor at University of Utah College of Pharmacy. His previous roles at Veridicus saw Dr Burgoyne manage clinical pharmacy functions and programmes alongside disease management for self-funded employers. 

In addition, Dr Burgoyne is a member of the Global Respiratory Infection Partnership, a past president of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy and a founding member of UtahAWARE, an antibiotic resistance education programme for the state of Utah. 

As a leader of this organisation, Dr Burgoyne was influential in reducing inappropriate antibiotics use in children and adults through public awareness campaigns and physician education programmes.

Speaker: Jonathan Lloyd Jones, Locum Pharmacist, Caerau Pharmacy, Wales

After studying his MPharm at Cardiff University and completing his pre-registration year in Manchester, Jonathan Lloyd Jones gained extensive experience working throughout Wales as both a locum pharmacist and manager in community pharmacy. A qualified independent prescriber, he used his training to provide an enhanced minor ailments scheme and build an effective services-led pharmacy.

His innovative approaches to service improvement throughout his career have been deservedly recognised and, in 2018, he won both the Independent Community Pharmacy Practice of the Year Award with his colleagues at Sheppards Pharmacists in Aberdare, and the Independent Pharmacy Collaborative Working Award.

Speaker: Efi Mantzourani, Reader in Pharmacy Practice, Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales

Efi Mantzourani is an academic pharmacist and registered practitioner, with expertise in reflective practice and practice-based learning.

Her research relates to technology-enabled provision of pharmacy services. She has provided an evidence-base to health boards in Wales and the Welsh government for commissioning of pharmacy services which have transformed professional practice. Her areas of interest include electronic prescribing, the discharge medicines service, and integration of GP and pharmacy patient records. Recently, she has been focusing on evaluating the first NHS-funded sore throat test-and-treat community pharmacy service in the UK.

Speaker: Sabiha Essack, Professor: Pharmaceutical Sciences, South African Research Chair in Antibiotic Resistance & One Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sabiha Essack is the research chair in antibiotic resistance and professor in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 

Prof. Essack is vice chair of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Antimicrobial Resistance, senior implementation research advisor at the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions in Denmark and member of the International Pharmacy Federation AMR Commission. Prof. Essack is chair of the Global Respiratory Infection Partnership, serves on the advisory board of the Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator in the US, the Fleming Fund Expert Advisory Group in the UK, the Market Analysis Expert Advisory Group of the Global AMR Research and Development Hub in Germany and is a member of the Wellcome Trust Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug Resistant Infections Consortium. She served as vice chair of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on AMR at its inception, the South African Chapter of the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership and the South African Antibiotic Stewardship Programme.

Speaker: Sarah Dineen-Griffin, FIP CPS ExCo member, Australia

Sarah Dineen-Griffin is a lecturer in health services management and leadership at Charles Sturt University, Australia. She holds a doctor of philosophy degree, a graduate certificate in pharmacy practice, a master of pharmacy degree (with distinction) and bachelor of biomedical science degree. She completed her PhD in pharmacy practice focusing on consumer self-care and the co-design, evaluation and implementation of community pharmacy services. Dr Dineen-Griffin has been a research investigator on national and international pharmacy projects. At an international level, she holds a number of leadership roles. She is an editorial board member for the Pharmacy Practice joucrnal, vice hair of FIP’s New Generation of Pharmaceutical Scientists Group and is FIP’s YPG Community Pharmacy Section liaison. At a national level, she is an active member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s New South Wales branch committee, chair of the NSW Early Career Pharmacist Group, and a member of the National Self-Care Policy Advisory Group (2020). Dr Dineen-Griffin was recently named the NSW Early Career Pharmacist of the Year (2021), winner of the Sirianni Scholarship for Future Pharmacist Leaders (2020) and FIP’s Community Pharmacy Champion for Change (2020).

Speaker: Jaime Acosta, Community pharmacist, Farmacia Acosta, Spain

As an experienced community pharmacist, Jaime Acosta has played a significant role over many years on different levels representing community pharmacy. He has a strong passion for the future of pharmacy and a deep understanding of the community pharmacy environment and healthcare's new and changing needs.