Verity Baker, Project Manager - UK Stroke Forum
I have been a project manager for several years and joined the Stroke Association after
leaving Leeds City Council in 2010. I joined the Association to set up the UK Stroke
Forum Education and Training - a Department of Health funded initiative to 'endorse'
stroke-specific training against an agreed framework. I am now UK Stroke Forum Project
Manager, overseeing the two annual UK Stroke Forum conferences (including obtaining
accreditations for the events), the Education and Training initiative and a range of other
projects.
Nicola Heard, Head of Education and Membership Services, Association of
Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
Jane Landles
Secretary
Presciptions Medicine Code of Practice Authority
Jane is a pharmacist and spent the early part of her career in hospital
pharmacy. Jane then spent 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry,
first as a medical information officer with a small US company but later
moved into the area of promotional affairs and was ultimately a
nominated signatory, signing off promotional material for a major UK company. Jane
joined the PMCPA in 1996.
Eugene Pozniak
Programme Director
European CME Forum
Eugene is Programme Director of European CME Forum, a Not-ForProfit organisation and Managing Director of Siyemi Learning, an
independent European CME provider.
Following his degree in
Chemistry, Eugene spent
12 years working in a variety of positions in the
pharmaceutical industry, advertising and medical communications agencies.
He left the promotional sector for good in 2000, working since then exclusively in
Continuing Medical Education (CME), initially devising and delivering e-learning for the
European Society of Cardiology - “ESCed” being the first CME accredited e-learning
platform in Europe. He worked as Director of CME ex-US for Wolters Kluwer Health,
before setting up Siyemi Learning in 2006 – an independent CME Provider in Europe.
He co-founded the European CME Forum with Peter Llewellyn in 2008 and is a founding
member of the Good CME Practice group: both initiatives looking specifically at how
European CME can be progressed through sharing experiences and co-operation
between key stakeholder groups to set or improve standards.
Eugene has delivered over 500 hours of CME accredited meetings and 50 hours of
accredited e-learning, primarily for European doctors (pan-European and national), but
also has experience in CME for North America, Latin America, South East Asia, Japan,
India and the Middle East.
He serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of European CME (JECME), and on the
Board of the Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME)
Christine Sainvil,
Compliance Officer
EthicalMedTech, EUCOMED
Christine Sainvil is a consultant in project management with over 8
years of experience in non-profit and humanitarian association
management on an international level, particularly in the healthcare sector.
For 6 years, Christine worked for various US-based professional associations in the
capacity of Business Development Manager. She has also acted as Project and Grant
Manager with Soros Foundation in DR Congo.
She joined Eucomed’s initiative on ethics and compliance: Ethicalmedtech, in February
2012. Her role is to manage, develop and act a focal point for the conference vetting
system.
Christine holds a Bachelor in General Business from IHEC, Belgium.
Julie Simper, CCMEP, CMP
CME/CPD and Compliance Manager
Kenes Education
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Julie is a Certified Continuing Medical Education and Certified Meeting
Professional with over 13 years international experience and a
passion for offering innovative and well-designed medical education
activities that contribute toward improved patient care.
Julie was born and raised on the West Coast of the United States, but attended
university and began her career in Belgium and the Netherlands. In 2002, she returned
to the United States and joined the CME department of one of San Diego, California’s
leading healthcare systems. During her 8 years there, she was responsible for
organizing hundreds of conferences, managing a team of 11 CME professionals, and
leading the organization to obtaining accreditation with commendation; the highest
standard for CME providers in the United States.
She joined Kenes Education in 2011 as the CME/CPD and Compliance Manager.
Together with its clients, the Kenes Education team develops integrated knowledge
portals, online CME courses, webcasting, e-posters, and other learning initiatives. Julie
also provides CME/CPD accreditation and industry compliance support to Kenes’
international event operational teams along with CME/CPD consultancy services.
Julie has taught at several industry conferences and is appreciated for bringing a strong
collaborative and pragmatic approach to the challenging and ever-changing world of
medical education.
Contact Julie at jsimper@kenes.com or +31.20.763.05.16.
Nicky Simpson, Associate Director, Congress, Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd
I graduated from Leeds University with a Biochemistry and Genetics degree in 1991.
After working for Lilly for a year in Qualitative Assessment testing I moved to London in
1993 to join a UK medical education agency focussing on running training courses for
GPs. I continued to work in Medical Education as a Client Services Director supporting
pharma accounts (UK , European and Global) managing booths, congress activities,
symposia publication planning, HCP and patient education programmes until 2005
when I joined Astellas Europe Pharma. At Astellas I am responsible for coordinating
European activities at major congresses of interest to our therapy areas including
contracting sponsorship activities, exhibition space and housing. I am also a council
member for IPCAA (International Pharmaceutical Congress Advisory Association).
Eugene Pozniak
Programme Director
European CME Forum
Eugene is Programme Director of European CME Forum, a Not-ForProfit organisation and Managing Director of Siyemi Learning, an
independent European CME provider.
Following his degree in
Chemistry, Eugene spent
12 years working in a variety of positions in the
pharmaceutical industry, advertising and medical communications agencies.
He left the promotional sector for good in 2000, working since then exclusively in
Continuing Medical Education (CME), initially devising and delivering e-learning for the
European Society of Cardiology - “ESCed” being the first CME accredited e-learning
platform in Europe. He worked as Director of CME ex-US for Wolters Kluwer Health,
before setting up Siyemi Learning in 2006 – an independent CME Provider in Europe.
He co-founded the European CME Forum with Peter Llewellyn in 2008 and is a founding
member of the Good CME Practice group: both initiatives looking specifically at how
European CME can be progressed through sharing experiences and co-operation
between key stakeholder groups to set or improve standards.
Eugene has delivered over 500 hours of CME accredited meetings and 50 hours of
accredited e-learning, primarily for European doctors (pan-European and national), but
also has experience in CME for North America, Latin America, South East Asia, Japan,
India and the Middle East.
He serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of European CME (JECME), and on the
Board of the Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME)