3-7 May 2022

Below you will find programme details for the 53rd EMWA conference in Berlin. Further information on workshops offered at this event, the Symposium and Expert Seminar Series sessions can be found on their own relevant pages. 

Please note this programme is subject to change. All timings are in CEST (Central European Summer Time)

Tuesday 3 May

• 5:30 PM
  to
  5:40 PM
  

  Welcome from the EMWA President and Conference Director
  


• 5:40 PM
  to
  5:50 PM
  

  Nick Thompson Fellowship Award & Geoff Hall Scholarship
  Art Gertel Lisa Chamberlain James


• 5:50 PM
  to
  6:30 PM
  

  EMWA 30th Anniversary
  Art Gertel


• 6:30 PM
  to
  7:00 PM
  

  I used to want to change the world and now I’m just caring about a parking place - performing Acting Students
  


• 7:00 PM
  to
  9:00 PM
  

  Networking
  

Wednesday 4 May

• 7:00 AM
  to
  7:45 AM
  

  Yoga
  


• 7:45 AM
  to
  8:30 AM
  

  Empowering Medical Writers - using the ground-breaking learnings from the 2021 AMWA workstream
  Julia Forjanic Klapproth Rona Claire Grunspan


• 7:45 AM
  to
  8:30 AM
  

  Publication-associated Plain Language Summaries (PLS): What and How
  Adeline Rosenberg


• 8:45 AM
  to
  12:15 PM
  

  EPDP Workshops
  


• 9:00 AM
  to
  12:00 PM
  

  Introduction to Medical Writing
  Sarah Hopwood


• 9:00 AM
  to
  12:30 PM
  

  ESS 1: Medical Devices
  


• 12:15 PM
  to
  1:15 PM
  

  Salary and Compensation Survey
  Andrea Rossi


• 1:30 PM
  to
  5:00 PM
  

  EPDP Workshops
  


• 1:30 PM
  to
  5:00 PM
  

  ESS 2: MedComms
  


• 5:15 PM
  to
  6:15 PM
  

  EMWA Annual Meeting
  


• 8:00 PM
  to
  11:00 PM
  

  EMWA 30th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
  

Thursday 5 May

• 7:00 AM
  to
  7:45 AM
  

  Yoga
  


• 7:45 AM
  to
  8:30 AM
  

  Empowering Medical Writers - using the ground-breaking learnings from the 2021 AMWA workstream
  Julia Forjanic Klapproth Rona Claire Grunspan


• 7:45 AM
  to
  8:30 AM
  

  Publication-associated plain language summaries (PLS): what and how
  


• 8:45 AM
  to
  12:30 PM
  

  EPDP Workshops
  


• 9:00 AM
  to
  5:00 PM
  

  10th EMWA Symposium: Communicating with the Public – what has the COVID-19 pandemic taught us?
  


• 12:30 PM
  to
  1:30 PM
  

  Poster presentations
  


• 12:15 PM
  to
  1:00 PM
  

  MD SIG Meeting
  


• 12:15 PM
  to
  1:00 PM
  

  RPD SIG Meeting
  


• 1:30 PM
  to
  5:00 PM
  

  EPDP Workshops
  


• 5:15 PM
  to
  7:00 PM
  

  Freelance Business Forum
  

Friday 6 May

• 7:00 AM
  to
  7:45 AM
  

  Yoga
  


• 7:45 AM
  to
  8:30 AM
  

  Empowering Medical Writers - using the ground-breaking learnings from the 2021 AMWA workstream
  Julia Forjanic Klapproth Rona Claire Grunspan


• 7:45 AM
  to
  8:30 AM
  

  Publication-associated plain language summaries (PLS): what and how
  


• 9:00 AM
  to
  12:00 PM
  

  How Mindfulness Can Improve Your Medical Writing (and Your Life)
  Helen Baldwin


• 9:00 AM
  to
  12:30 PM
  

  ESS 3: A Journey Through Marketing Authorisation Applications from a Regulator’s and a Medical Writer’s Perspective
  


• 12:30 PM
  to
  1:30 PM
  

  Predatory Publishing
  Thomas Schindler Andrea Bucceri


• 1:30 PM
  to
  5:00 PM
  

  ESS 4: Veterinary Writing in 2022 – New Regulatory Challenges and Interfaces with Human Safety
  


• 5:00 PM
  to
  7:00 PM
  

  Getting into Medical Writing
  


• 5:15 PM
  to
  6:15 PM
  

  VET SIG Meeting
  


• 5:15 PM
  to
  6:15 PM
  

  Med Comms SIG meeting
  

 Saturday 7 May

• 7:00 AM
  to
  7:45 AM
  

  Yoga
  


• 8:45 AM
  to
  12:00 PM
  

  EPDP Workshops
  

Virtual workshops will take place between 11-16 May