Programme themes · PES 2026

Three themes, four days in Tuscany.

PES 2026 is built around three threads, each anchored by a plenary lead and woven through workshops, posters and parallel sessions across the four days.

01
Theme 1

Transformative curriculum and assessment for future-ready graduates

How do we design pharmacy programmes that prepare graduates for practice that doesn't quite exist yet — and assess them in ways that actually predict capability?

a
Innovations in curriculum design — modular, integrated and competency-led approaches.
b
Assessment for capability and practice readiness — moving past time-and-tested exams.
c
Embedding digital literacy and AI in pharmacy education with intent and care.
02
Theme 2

Collaborative and immersive learning

Pharmacy is a team sport. This thread looks at the experiential, interprofessional and industry-aligned learning that builds graduates ready to walk into a real workplace.

a
Work-integrated and experiential learning — placements, simulation, and the bits in between.
b
Interprofessional and multidisciplinary collaboration across health, science and education.
c
Workforce readiness for industry needs — the curriculum-to-career pipeline.
03
Theme 3

Fostering professional growth and leadership in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education

Graduates step into a world that asks more of them than the curriculum alone can teach. Theme 3 is about belonging, identity, and the leadership that grows from both.

a
Equity, belonging and inclusive education — designing for everyone in the room (and those still outside it).
b
Leadership and professional identity formation — what does it mean to grow into a pharmacist or pharmaceutical scientist today?
“PES 2026 brings the global pharmacy education community to Prato to share what works, surface what's emerging, and shape what comes next together.”
— Monash Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Plenary leadsVoices opening each day

Plenary leads are confirmed by Monash and will participate as keynote presenters and workshop leads. Names below are scaffolds based on the institutions Monash has publicly named — the actual speakers will be added as the programme firms up.

D1
Plenary 1 · Theme 1
Plenary lead — Dalhousie University
Dean of the College of Pharmacy
Future-ready graduates: transforming curriculum and assessment for the pharmacy of the next decade.
Confirmation pending
UQ
Plenary 2 · Theme 2
Plenary lead — University of Queensland
Visionary leader in health system transformation
Collaborative and immersive learning in pharmacy: from placement to platform.
Confirmation pending
UCL
Plenary 3 · Theme 3
Plenary lead — University College London
Key influencer in independent prescribing
Leadership, identity and the professional growth of pharmacy educators.
Confirmation pending
MM
Workshop lead
Workshop lead — Monash University Malaysia
School of Pharmacy
Workshop strand on contextual curriculum and assessment design across regions.
Confirmation pending
Programme content — Monash University · Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences