Program
Program timings are in local time (Melbourne, Australia). Program is subject to change. Additional session information will be added as it becomes available.
Full Educational Session Programs can be downloaded from the below links:
- TRACK A: Designing Transparent and Reproducible Real-World Drug Studies (Beginners/Intermediate)
- TRACK B: Emulating a Hypothetical Drug Trial Using Real-World Data (Advanced)
- TRACK C: Machine Learning in Real-World Drug Studies: Introduction to Prediction and Natural Language Processing (NLP) models
- TRACK D: Learning from Real-World Evidence to Inform Policy and Practice
Click on a session name below to view more details about presentations and presenters.
Friday, October 30, 2026
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Track 1
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Track 2
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Track 3
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Track 4
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| 7:30 - 17:30 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Friday
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| 8:00 - 12:00 | ISPE Board Meeting | |||
| 9:00 - 10:30 | TRACK A: Designing Transparent and Reproducible Real-World Drug Studies (Beginners/Intermediate) | TRACK B: Emulating a Hypothetical Drug Trial Using Real-World Data (Advanced) | TRACK C: Machine Learning in Real-World Drug Studies: Introduction to Prediction and Natural Language Processing (NLP) models | TRACK D: Learning from Real-World Evidence to Inform Policy and Practice |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Morning Break | Friday | |||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Track A.1 cont. | Track B.1 cont. | Track C.1 cont. | Track D.1 cont. |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch | Friday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | Track A.2 cont. | Track B.2 cont. | Track C.2 cont. | Track D.2 cont. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon Break | Friday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Track A.3 cont. | Track B.3 cont. | Track C.3 cont. | Track D.3 cont. |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception | |||
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Track 1
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Track 2
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| 7:30 - 17:30 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Friday
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| 8:00 - 12:00 | ISPE Board Meeting | |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | TRACK A: Designing Transparent and Reproducible Real-World Drug Studies (Beginners/Intermediate) | TRACK B: Emulating a Hypothetical Drug Trial Using Real-World Data (Advanced) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Morning Break | Friday | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Track A.1 cont. | Track B.1 cont. |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch | Friday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | Track A.2 cont. | Track B.2 cont. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon Break | Friday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Track A.3 cont. | Track B.3 cont. |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception | |
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Track 3
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Track 4
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| 7:30 - 17:30 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Friday
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| 8:00 - 12:00 | ISPE Board Meeting | |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | TRACK C: Machine Learning in Real-World Drug Studies: Introduction to Prediction and Natural Language Processing (NLP) models | TRACK D: Learning from Real-World Evidence to Inform Policy and Practice |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Morning Break | Friday | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Track C.1 cont. | Track D.1 cont. |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch | Friday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | Track C.2 cont. | Track D.2 cont. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon Break | Friday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Track C.3 cont. | Track D.3 cont. |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception | |
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Track 1
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| 7:30 - 17:30 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Friday
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| 8:00 - 12:00 | ISPE Board Meeting |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | TRACK A: Designing Transparent and Reproducible Real-World Drug Studies (Beginners/Intermediate) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Morning Break | Friday |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Track A.1 cont. |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch | Friday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | Track A.2 cont. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon Break | Friday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Track A.3 cont. |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception |
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Track 2
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| 7:30 - 17:30 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Friday
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| 8:00 - 12:00 | ISPE Board Meeting |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | TRACK B: Emulating a Hypothetical Drug Trial Using Real-World Data (Advanced) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Morning Break | Friday |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Track B.1 cont. |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch | Friday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | Track B.2 cont. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon Break | Friday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Track B.3 cont. |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception |
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Track 3
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| 7:30 - 17:30 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Friday
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| 8:00 - 12:00 | ISPE Board Meeting |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | TRACK C: Machine Learning in Real-World Drug Studies: Introduction to Prediction and Natural Language Processing (NLP) models |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Morning Break | Friday |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Track C.1 cont. |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch | Friday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | Track C.2 cont. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon Break | Friday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Track C.3 cont. |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception |
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Track 4
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| 7:30 - 17:30 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Friday
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| 8:00 - 12:00 | ISPE Board Meeting |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | TRACK D: Learning from Real-World Evidence to Inform Policy and Practice |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Morning Break | Friday |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Track D.1 cont. |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch | Friday
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| 13:30 - 15:00 | Track D.2 cont. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Afternoon Break | Friday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Track D.3 cont. |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Welcome Reception |
Saturday, October 31, 2026
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Track 1
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| 7:30 - 17:00 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Saturday
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| 8:30 - 9:00 | Conference Opening and Welcome Addresses |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Keynote Presentation: Prof Dame Juliet Gerrard, The University of Auckland |
| 9:44 - 9:45 | Saturday poster presentations/abstracts |
| 9:45 - 10:25 |
SIG Meetings
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| Morning Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Symposium 1: Privacy-Preserving Federated AI-Enabled Analytics for Regulatory Decision-Making: Bridging Innovation and Decision-Grade Evidence |
| 12:00 - 13:25 |
Lunch - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday
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Spotlight poster session - Saturday 12:15 - 13:25 |
Spotlight poster session - Effectiveness and safety outcomes |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Contributed Paper Session 2: Diabetes and Obesity: Treatment Safety and Outcomes |
| 15:00 - 15:25 |
Afternoon Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Symposium 4: Beyond Traditional Cohorts: Within-Individual Designs for Drug Safety Research in Asia |
| 18:00 - 22:30 | Conference Dinner |
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Track 2
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| 7:30 - 17:00 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Saturday
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| 8:30 - 9:00 | Conference Opening and Welcome Addresses |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Keynote Presentation: Prof Dame Juliet Gerrard, The University of Auckland |
| 9:44 - 9:45 | Saturday poster presentations/abstracts |
| 9:45 - 10:25 |
SIG Meetings
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| Morning Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Symposium 2: Target Trial Emulations in Neurology and Mental Health |
| 12:00 - 13:25 |
Lunch - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday
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Spotlight poster session - Saturday 12:15 - 13:25 |
Spotlight poster session - Effectiveness and safety outcomes |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Contributed Paper Session 3: Cardiovascular–Kidney–Metabolic Therapeutics |
| 15:00 - 15:25 |
Afternoon Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Symposium 5: Counting What We Stop: Measuring Deprescribing in Older Adults with Real-World Data — from Global Methods to Asia-Pacific Practice |
| 18:00 - 22:30 | Conference Dinner |
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Track 3
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| 7:30 - 17:00 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Saturday
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| 8:30 - 9:00 | Conference Opening and Welcome Addresses |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Keynote Presentation: Prof Dame Juliet Gerrard, The University of Auckland |
| 9:44 - 9:45 | Saturday poster presentations/abstracts |
| 9:45 - 10:25 |
SIG Meetings
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| Morning Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Symposium 3: Advancing Medication Adherence Measurement in Pharmacoepidemiology: Leveraging novel datasets, cutting-edge methods and patient-reported perspectives |
| 12:00 - 13:25 |
Lunch - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday
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Spotlight poster session - Saturday 12:15 - 13:25 |
Spotlight poster session - Pharmacovigilance |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Contributed Paper Session 4: Cancer Treatment Effectiveness, Safety and Economics |
| 15:00 - 15:25 |
Afternoon Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Symposium 6: Next-generation vaccine pharmacovigilance: real-world evidence, AI and global collaboration |
| 18:00 - 22:30 | Conference Dinner |
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Track 4
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| 7:30 - 17:00 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Saturday
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| 8:30 - 9:00 | Conference Opening and Welcome Addresses |
| 9:00 - 9:45 | Keynote Presentation: Prof Dame Juliet Gerrard, The University of Auckland |
| 9:44 - 9:45 | Saturday poster presentations/abstracts |
| 9:45 - 10:25 |
SIG Meetings
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| Morning Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday | |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Contributed Paper Session 1: Vaccine Safety Surveillance and Signal Detection |
| 12:00 - 13:25 |
Lunch - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday
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Spotlight poster session - Saturday 12:15 - 13:25 |
Spotlight poster session - Pharmacovigilance |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Contributed Paper Session 5: Psychotropic and ADHD Medication Safety |
| 15:00 - 15:25 |
Afternoon Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Saturday
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Contributed Paper Session 6: Pregnancy and Intergenerational Medication Safety |
| 18:00 - 22:30 | Conference Dinner |
Sunday, November 1, 2026
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Track 1
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| 7:30 - 16:00 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Sunday
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| 8:00 - 8:50 | AsPEN Showcase |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Contributed Paper Session 7: Opioids, Pain Medicines and Sedative-Related Harms |
| 10:29 - 10:30 | Sunday poster presentations/abstracts |
| 10:30 - 10:55 |
Morning Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | Symposium 7: Integrating machine learning into pharmacoepidemiology methodology: hybrid research approaches across the Asia-Pacific |
| 12:30 - 13:55 |
Lunch - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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Spotlight poster session - Sunday 12:45 - 13:55 |
Spotlight poster session - Pharmacy practice and drug utilisation |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Contributed Paper Session 12: Biologics and Therapies for Immune-Mediated Disease |
| 15:30 - 15:55 |
Afternoon Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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| 16:00 - 16:45 | Keynote Presentation: Prof Brian L. Strom, Rutgers University |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Conference Close |
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Track 2
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| 7:30 - 16:00 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Sunday
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| 8:00 - 8:50 | AsPEN Showcase |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Contributed Paper Session 8: Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Resistance and Treatment Outcomes |
| 10:29 - 10:30 | Sunday poster presentations/abstracts |
| 10:30 - 10:55 |
Morning Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | Symposium 8: Drug-Environment Interactions: Real-World Studies Across the Life Course |
| 12:30 - 13:55 |
Lunch - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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Spotlight poster session - Sunday 12:45 - 13:55 |
Spotlight poster session - Pharmacy practice and drug utilisation |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Contributed Paper Session 13: Perinatal, Reproductive and Women’s Health Pharmacoepidemiology |
| 15:30 - 15:55 |
Afternoon Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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| 16:00 - 16:45 | Keynote Presentation: Prof Brian L. Strom, Rutgers University |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Conference Close |
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Track 3
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| 7:30 - 16:00 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Sunday
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| 8:00 - 8:50 | AsPEN Showcase |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Contributed Paper Session 9: Medicines Policy, Access and Economic Impact |
| 10:29 - 10:30 | Sunday poster presentations/abstracts |
| 10:30 - 10:55 |
Morning Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | Symposium 9: Modernizing safety evaluation using real-world data: Future direction and opportunity for pharmacoepidemiologists |
| 12:30 - 13:55 |
Lunch - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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Spotlight poster session - Sunday 12:45 - 13:55 |
Spotlight poster session - Effectiveness, economics and clinical course |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Contributed Paper Session 14: Causal Inference, Prediction and Real-World Data Methods |
| 15:30 - 15:55 |
Afternoon Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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| 16:00 - 16:45 | Keynote Presentation: Prof Brian L. Strom, Rutgers University |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Conference Close |
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Track 4
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| 7:30 - 16:00 |
Registration and Information Desk Open | Sunday
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| 8:00 - 8:50 | AsPEN Showcase |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Contributed Paper Session 10: Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacist-Led Interventions |
| 10:29 - 10:30 | Sunday poster presentations/abstracts |
| 10:30 - 10:55 |
Morning Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | Contributed Paper Session 11: Respiratory and Cardiopulmonary Outcomes |
| 12:30 - 13:55 |
Lunch - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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Spotlight poster session - Sunday 12:45 - 13:55 |
Spotlight poster session - Effectiveness, economics and clinical course |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Contributed Paper Session 15: Emerging Medication Effects and Safety Signals |
| 15:30 - 15:55 |
Afternoon Break - Exhibition - Poster Viewing | Sunday
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| 16:00 - 16:45 | Keynote Presentation: Prof Brian L. Strom, Rutgers University |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Conference Close |
