Keynote & Workshop Topics:
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Pharmaceuticals
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Critical Care: The Future of Local Pharmacies in Today’s Economy
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The economic environment we are facing today is dramatically different than any we have experienced in the last decade – and is, in some ways, different from the environment our society has faced in the last 80 years. This means that the ways of responding to it must also be different.
Richard Worzel is a strategic planner, Chartered Financial Analyst, and Canada's leading futurist. In this presentation, he will provide a road map of the future for the local pharmacy/retailer, which will cover:
- What's happened to the economy, the financial markets, and the consumer, and what's going to happen next, including the prospects for different parts of Canada;
- The prospects for 2009 and beyond, with particular emphasis on retailing;
- How the shifts in demographics are going to affect health care in Canada, and how that will affect the role of the local pharmacist;
- Tuning in on what's going through the minds of your customers, and how to develop new ideas to support and improve your retail prospects in a tough market.
Pharmacies, especially those associated with larger retail outlets, fill a special niche in our society – and one that is, in some ways, one of the most competitive in the economy. Turbulent times are times when market share is up for grabs, and they play to the strengths of those who anticipate the future properly, and plan well for the changes ahead.
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Critical Care: The Future of Local Pharmacies in Today’s Economy
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The economic environment we are facing today is dramatically different than any we have experienced in the last decade – and is, in some ways, different from the environment our society has faced in the last 80 years. This means that the ways of responding to it must also be different.
Richard Worzel is a strategic planner, Chartered Financial Analyst, and Canada’s leading futurist. In this presentation, he will provide a road map of the future for the local pharmacy/retailer, which will cover:
• What’s happened to the economy, the financial markets, and the consumer, and what’s going to happen next, including the prospects for different parts of Canada;
• The prospects for 2009 and beyond, with particular emphasis on retailing;
• How the shifts in demographics are going to affect health care in Canada, and how that will affect the role of the local pharmacist;
• Tuning in on what’s going through the minds of your customers, and how to develop new ideas to support and improve your retail prospects in a tough market.
Pharmacies, especially those associated with larger retail outlets, fill a special niche in our society – and one that is, in some ways, one of the most competitive in the economy. Turbulent times are times when market share is up for grabs, and they play to the strengths of those who anticipate the future properly, and plan well for the changes ahead.
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The Dangers in Opportunity
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The pharmaceutical industry faces challenges when it expected opportunities: the rising demand for pharmaceutical products, diagnostics, and tests has brought a faster rising tide of complaints and threats from consumers and governments. At the same time, research pipelines, which were expected to be overflowing from the boom in genetic research and molecular biology, is increasingly struggling to get product to market. Futurist and strategic planner Richard Worzel assesses the prospects ahead, outlining what drug companies can expect in consumer behavior and demands; policies by governments; and developments both in and outside of the pharmaceutical industry that will affect bottom-line profitability. Along the way, he'll discuss the strategies that successful firms will have to adopt if they are to achieve the levels of profitability that should accompany the undoubted opportunities brought by an aging society, and remarkable new research tools.
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