2nd Patient Empowerment World Congress 2026 Europe
““Part of Patient Centricity & Collaboration Series”
“Connecting Patients, Clinicians, Industry and Policymakers to Transform Healthcare Through Partnership, Innovation and Empowerment.”
Hilton London Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Day 2 - Thursday 15th October 2026
HEALTH EQUITY, ACCESS & PATIENT ADVOCACY
- Examining the structures necessary to support and mandate patient involvement.
- Strategies for implementing and expanding these models across diverse healthcare systems.
- Exploring the vital role of partnerships between different stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem.
- Ensuring that patient engagement initiatives are accessible and representative of all populations.
Moderator:
Panelists:
- Identifying and connecting with groups that currently lack adequate healthcare representation.
- Ensuring that messaging is respectful of and responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices.
- Developing robust frameworks to involve local communities in the healthcare process.
- Identifying and eliminating the systemic and practical obstacles that prevent individuals from receiving care.
- An analysis of current standards and what regulators now require from stakeholders.
- Strategies for ensuring the patient voice directly influences the policy-making process.
- A review of successful international models and frameworks that have effectively integrated patient-centered care.
- Addressing the upcoming shifts in policy and how organizations can prepare for evolving requirements.
- The evolving role of patient communities and advocacy organizations in the current healthcare landscape.
- The implementation and impact of peer education and support programs.
- The development of community-led health initiatives.
- Strategies for expanding patient leadership within these networks.
- Integrating patient insights into every stage of the medicine lifecycle, from discovery to post-market support
- Designing clinical trials that reduce patient burden and improve recruitment, diversity, and retention
- Using patient-reported outcomes and real-world evidence to demonstrate value and improve therapies
- Building transparent partnerships between pharmaceutical companies, clinicians, and patient organisations
- Leveraging digital tools, remote monitoring, and AI to support patient self-management and engagement
- Integrating digital health platforms with healthcare systems to create seamless patient experiences
- Collaborating across healthcare, technology, and pharma to scale patient-centric digital solutions
- Ensuring accessibility, trust, and data privacy while expanding digital health innovation for patients
- Moving beyond clinical treatment to address comprehensive patient needs.
- Incorporating digital monitoring tools to enhance oversight and engagement.
- Focusing on measurable improvements in treatment adherence and patient well-being.
- Establishing clear protocols for measuring the overall success and impact of the programme.
PHARMA & LIFE SCIENCE DRIVING PATIENT-CENTRIC INNOVATION
- Establishing clear channels of information to foster long-term patient relationships.
- Implementing robust standards for compliant and patient-centric interaction.
- Developing proactive strategies to counteract inaccurate health information.
- Clearly articulating the tangible benefits of pharmaceutical innovation and care.
- Integrating patient insights from the initial discovery phase through to post-market engagement.
- Strengthening partnerships with patient advocacy groups to better align goals.
- Improving communication channels to ensure greater transparency for all stakeholders.
- Developing sustainable strategies to provide ongoing support for patients.
- Ensuring that patient perspectives are incorporated early in the research and development phase.
- Developing treatments that accurately reflect the practical requirements of patients.
- Improving engagement strategies to increase involvement in clinical trials.
- Focusing on data and results that hold the most significance for the patient experience.
- Strategies for seamless coordination across various healthcare services.
- Leveraging emerging technologies to improve clinical outcomes and operational efficiency.
- Driving innovation through partnerships between public, private, and non-profit sectors.
- Developing tools and policies that put health management directly into the hands of patients.
- Defining the specific, necessary steps that stakeholders must take to advance patient-centric care.
- Developing strategies to effectively scale collaboration across diverse healthcare systems.
- Establishing frameworks to transition patient empowerment from a conceptual goal into tangible, measurable results.
- How to best align efforts to achieve these goals?
Emma Sutcliffe, Founder, ISPEP
Jennifer Costello, Executive Director, Global Patient Outreach (GPO), Bristol Myers Squib
Gold Sponsor
