The X Congress of Pharmaceutics looks at the future of the profession

The scientific program tackles topics such as perception of pharmacy, what direction they want to take, in what additional fields they want to develop, as well as issues related to the technology used in pharmaceutics.

The Fonseca Guesthouse held the celebration of the X Pharmaceutical Congress of Castile and Leon. This event happens twice a year and is organized by the Board of Pharmaceutical Professional Schools of Castile and Leon. The congress tackles perspectives and concerns on present topics and tries to look at the future of pharmacists and the pharmacy in our community. The scientific program of the congress allows them to reflect on perception of the pharmacy, what direction they want to take, in what additional fields they want to develop, as well as tackle issues related to the technology used in pharmaceutics. I had the honor of attending the opening ceremony, at which the Health Councilor was present, Antonio Sáez Aguado; the President of the General Board of Pharmacists in Spain Jesús Aguilar Santamaría; the Mayor of Salamanca Alfonso Fernández Mañueco and the President of the Academy of Pharmacy of Castile and Leon, Carlos Gómez.

Posted in: Congress
Tagged in: pharmacy

Posted by Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.

All Posts Website