HCA Conference 2025

Building on the success of our HCA Annual Conferences, we are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming hybrid sessions for the 2025 HCA Annual Conference:

Closing the healthspan-lifespan gap

Thursday 19^th June 2025: Unicorn Theatre, London, SE1

• The session will focus on how we're living longer but data shows that the time we spend in good health is declining. What’s driving this and what are the implications in terms of pharma R&D and healthcare communications.

Speakers and Panellists Include:

• Tina Woods, Founder and CEO, Collider Health

• Patrick Swain, Research and Development Manager, International Longevity Centre UK

• Prof. Paul Shiels, Professor of Geroscience, SoMB, University of Glasgow 

• Dame Tracey Crouch, Managing Director of Sport, Hanover Sport. Former Sports Minister & MP

• Prof. Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Lead Pharmacist, AMR, UK Health Security Agency; Deputy Chief Scientist, RPS; Honorary Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Public Health, University of Nottingham

• Sarah Funderburk, Senior VP, Senior Medical Strategy Director, Caudex

• Sam Petyan, Senior Director, Marketing, AXON Communications

• Claire Long, Head of Communications and Patient Partnerships, Envision 90TEN

Why innovation is the best course of treatment in healthcare

Thursday 5^th June 2025, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

• The session will explore the need for innovation in healthcare – why this is especially important now with all the external pressures facing healthcare systems and how innovation/AI are helping to shape future healthcare systems.

Speakers and Panellists Include:

• Karen Taylor,  IPFA, OBE, Director,  Deloitte Centre for Health Solutions

• Jo Taylor, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Shionogi Europe

• Dr Rebecca Pope (she/her), UK Digital & Data Science Innovation Lead, Roche

• Alexandra Mendoza, Corporate Communications Partner, Roche

• Kathryn Gray PhD, Global Agency Head, Envision Medical Communications

We look forward to seeing to see you at one or both of the conferences!

The HCA activity in 2025 is sponsored by AXON Communications, Envision Pharma Group, Havas SO, IPG Health Medical Communications, Obsidian Healthcare Group and Scientific Group