08:30 - 09:00

• Welcome coffee and registration

09:00 - 09:05

• Introduction

09:05 - 10:15

• Exploring the Belgian Healthcare Landscape: A Medical Affairs Compass by Laura Van Eeckhout (pharma.be)

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  A complete overview will be given of the different stakeholders in the Belgian Healthcare landscape across the product life cycle.

10:15 - 10:45

• The Central Role of Medical Affairs in Modern Healthcare (Speaker TBC)

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  We will set the scene for Medical Affairs' strategic importance, give an overview of Medical Affairs' evolution and its impact on healthcare outcomes and talk about the core competencies for Medical Affairs Professionals.

10:45 - 11:15

• Coffee break

11:15 - 12:15

• The Central Role of Medical Affairs in Modern Healthcare - part 2: strategic planning (Speaker TBC)

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  We will set the scene for Medical Affairs' strategic importance, give an overview of Medical Affairs' evolution and its impact on healthcare outcomes and talk about the core competencies for Medical Affairs Professionals.

12:15 - 13:15

• Network lunch

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  During lunch, you will have networking opportunities with Healixia’s medical affairs education group where experiences and best practices can be shared and discussed.

13:15 - 16:00

• The role of the Medical Affairs professional

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  During the afternoon, you will follow different interactive sessions about the activities and cross-functional collaborations that the Medical Affairs professional engages in, including where in the product life cycle (pre-launch, launch, post-launch) they are applied. Speakers are experienced Medical Affairs professionals.

• 13:15-14:15 - Engagement and partnerships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and insights generation by Cédric Deracourt

• 14:15-14:45 - Presentation Essentials for Medical Affairs professionals by Caroline Van Den Eede

• 14:45-15:15 - Coffee break

• 15:15-15:45 - Internal stakeholder management by Ina Gesquière

• 15:45-16:15 - Medical Advisory Boards: from planning to follow-up by Kristel Janssens

16:15 - 16:45

• The future of the Medical Affairs Professional (Speaker TBC)

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  What does the future of Medical Affairs and the role you play as a professional look like? Get inspired!

16:45 - 17:00

• Closing session