Founded in 1912, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is the global federation of national associations of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists and is in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO). Through its 132 Member Organisations FIP represents and serves more than two million practitioners and scientists around the world.

Both internal and external forces are steering the course of modern healthcare and in turn how each profession can best contribute to it. Recognising this fact, FIP has developed a new Vision, Mission and Strategic Plan with the goal of firmly integrating the Federation and those it serves in global healthcare decisions and actions.

Every year, FIP organises the World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, where thousands of pharmacists meet, learn, share and exchange views. Lectures, plenary sessions, poster exhibitions and section programmes, together with Council meetings and the Leadership Conference make this event the premier international event in pharmacy each year. The social side - finding new friends and greeting old ones - complements the varied Congress programme. The annual Congress also serves the Young Pharmacists Group with specially planned sessions and workshops focussed on current issues facing this unique segment of the profession.

In addition to the Annual Congress, FIP organises a separate Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress every three to four years.

FIP also endeavours to support and organise a variety of symposia, and short conferences throughout the year as educational opportunities to update knowledge and skills.

The 2015 FIP congress in Düsseldorf, Germany invites practitioners, researchers and academics from all over the world to delve into the issue of working towards the best possible pharmacy practice, which should be based on pharmaceutical sciences and has to be evidence driven. The attendees can visit expopham as well which is the most significant pharmaceutical trade fair in Europe.

The ABDA and its 34 member organizations welcome all pharmacists in Düsseldorf, the bustling Rhine metropolis in the heart of Europe.

ABDA - The Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists is the umbrella organization of the approximately 60,000 pharmacists in Germany. Members of the ABDA are 17 chambers of pharmacists and 17 associations of pharmacists at state level.

Dr. Shima Naghavi, Director of International Affairs