2026 Agenda
8:00 – 8:30 Breakfast and Registration
8:30 – 8:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks – Patient Voice: From Engagement to Influence
8:45 – 9:00 The State of Patient Engagement: Progress, Gaps, and Emerging Challenges
9:00 – 9:35 The Global Policy Landscape: How Policy Shifts, Including Most Favoured Nation (MFN) Pricing, Are Shaping Healthcare Innovation
Panel discussion highlighting the current state of opportunities and challenges for advancing patient engagement, inclusion, advocacy, and patient support.
9:35 – 9:55 Beyond Availability: Understanding the Patient Impact of Drug Shortages and Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
9:55 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 10:50 From Patient Evidence to Better Decisions: How Patient Voices Shape Reimbursement and System-Level Decision Making
Panel discussion with CDA and pCPA exploring how patients can move beyond participation to meaningful involvement in reimbursement and healthcare decision making. Learn where patient evidence has the greatest impact and where opportunities remain to strengthen patient-centred decision making across the healthcare system.
10:50 – 11:55 Workshop 1*: Where Patient Input is Present but Not Influencing Decisions – Identifying Gaps
Choose 1 of: MFN Policy, Clinical Trials and Access, Patient Trust and Data, System Sustainability
11:55 – 12:45 Lunch – Poster Viewing & Video Interviews Available
12:45 – 1:20 Clinical Research at a Crossroads: Patient Engagement as a Driver of Better Evidence and Better Access
Panel discussion exploring how meaningful patient engagement throughout the clinical research lifecycle can improve study design, recruitment, retention, relevance of outcomes, and ultimately support better evidence generation and equitable access to innovation.
1:20 – 1:45 Patient Voice in Lung Disease – Lessons for Engagement, Access, and System Change
1:45 – 2:20 Creating Conditions for Engagement: Navigating Disclosure, Invisible Challenges, and Support Across Mental Health, Women’s Health, and Chronic Disease
Panel discussion examining the complexities of workplace disclosure, stigma, accommodation, and shared responsibility, and discuss how cross-sector collaboration can foster more inclusive, responsive, and person-centered environments.
2:20 – 3:10 Break and Poster Viewing
3:10 – 4:10 Workshop 2*: What Must Change Now – Patient Voice in Decisions That Shape Outcomes – Identifying Priorities
Choose 1 of: MFN Policy, Clinical Trials and Access, Patient Trust and Data, System Sustainability
4:10 – 4:25 From Insights to Practical Actions: What This Means for You Tomorrow
Key audience reflections from the day to help advance meaningful patient engagement across your work and sphere of influence
4:25 – 4:30 Summary
4:30 – 6:00 Networking Reception
*The workshops will be summarized into an op-ed paper publication after the conference. Patient Inclusion Video Interview Opportunity: Attendees can share brief reflections throughout the day.
8:00 – 8:30
Breakfast and Registration
8:30 – 8:45
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Patient Voice: From Engagement to Influence
8:45 – 9:00
The State of Patient Engagement: Progress, Gaps, and Emerging Challenges
9:00 – 9:35
The Global Policy Landscape: How Policy Shifts, Including Most Favoured Nation (MFN) Pricing, Are Shaping Healthcare Innovation
Panel discussion highlighting the current state of opportunities and challenges for advancing patient engagement, inclusion, advocacy, and patient support.
9:35 – 9:55
Beyond Availability: Understanding the Patient Impact of Drug Shortages and Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
9:55 – 10:15
Break
10:15 – 10:50
From Patient Evidence to Better Decisions: How Patient Voices Shape Reimbursement and System-Level Decision Making
Panel discussion with CDA and pCPA exploring how patients can move beyond participation to meaningful involvement in reimbursement and healthcare decision making. Learn where patient evidence has the greatest impact and where opportunities remain to strengthen patient-centred decision making across the healthcare system.
10:50 – 11:55
Workshop 1*: Where Patient Input is Present but Not Influencing Decisions – Identifying Gaps
Choose 1 of: MFN Policy, Clinical Trials and Access, Patient Trust and Data, System Sustainability
11:55 – 12:45
Lunch
Poster Viewing & Video Interviews Available
12:45 – 1:20
Clinical Research at a Crossroads: Patient Engagement as a Driver of Better Evidence and Better Access
Panel discussion exploring how meaningful patient engagement throughout the clinical research lifecycle can improve study design, recruitment, retention, relevance of outcomes, and ultimately support better evidence generation and equitable access to innovation.
1:20 – 1:45
Patient Voice in Lung Disease – Lessons for Engagement, Access, and System Change
1:45 – 2:20
Creating Conditions for Engagement: Navigating Disclosure, Invisible Challenges, and Support Across Mental Health, Women’s Health, and Chronic Disease
Panelists will examine the complexities of workplace disclosure, stigma, accommodation, and shared responsibility, and discuss how cross-sector collaboration can foster more inclusive, responsive, and person-centered environments.
2:20 – 3:10
Break and Poster Viewing
3:10 – 4:10
Workshop 2*: What Must Change Now – Patient Voice in Decisions That Shape Outcomes – Identifying Priorities
Choose 1 of: MFN Policy, Clinical Trials and Access, Patient Trust and Data, System Sustainability
4:10 – 4:25
From Insights to Practical Actions: What This Means for You Tomorrow
Key audience reflections from the day to help advance meaningful patient engagement across your work and sphere of influence
4:25 – 4:30
Summary
4:30 – 6:00
Networking Reception
*The workshops will be summarized into an op-ed paper publication after the conference.
Patient Inclusion Video Interview Opportunity: Attendees can share brief reflections throughout the day.