The 27th Annual ESPACOMP Conference was held in Budapest, Hungary, in a hybrid format from the 29th November to 2nd December, 2023. The focus was on ‘Medication Adherence from drug development to patient care’. The following workshops were held: Workshop: Implementation Science Workshop: Describing Medication…

The 26th Annual ESPACOMP Conference was held in Berlin, Germany, in a hybrid format from the 17th to 19th November, 2022. The focus was on ‘Medication Adherence and Patient Safety’. The following workshops were held: Workshop: Implementation Science Workshop: Adherence Data Analysis Workshop: Discrete Choice…

ESPACOMP 2021 The 25th ESPACOMP Annual Meeting was held online from 8 to 19 November. The focus was on ‘Adaptability and Sustainability of Innovative Care Models to Improve Medication Adherence’. The following workshops were held: Workshop 1: Implementation Science Workshop 2: Data Analysis of Adherence…

ESPACOMP 2020 The 24rd ESPACOMP Annual Meeting was held online from 10 to 20 November 2020 Special focus on ‘Patient and public engagement in medication adherence research’ Parallel pre-conference workshops: Workshop 1: Adherence Data Analysis. Workshop 2: Hybrid designs in implementation science Conference booklet and…

ESPACOMP 2019 The 23rd ESPACOMP Annual Meeting was held on November 21-23 in Porto, Portugal. Special focus on Digital Health and Patient Empowerment. Parallel pre-conference workshops: Workshop 1: Adherence Data Analysis. Workshop 2: Implementation science strategies. Workshop 3: Addressing medication nonadherence with patients. Conference booklet…

ESPACOMP 2018 The 22nd ESPACOMP Annual Meeting was held from November 29th to December 1st in Dublin, Ireland. Special focus on Implementation Science and Polypharmacy. Parallel pre-conference workshops: Workshop 1: Optimizing patient’s adherence to medication: an ESPACOMP interprofessional training program. (Download program) Workshop 2: Implementation…

ESPACOMP 2017 The 21th ESPACOMP Annual Meeting was held in Budapest, Hungary. Parallel pre-conference workshops: Workshop 1: Optimizing patient’s adherence to medication: an ESPACOMP interprofessional training program. (Download program) Workshop 2: Implementation science strategies. (Download program) Scientific program available here. The meeting venue is the…

ESPACOMP 2016 The 20th anniversary edition of ESPACOMP was held in Lisboa, Portugal. Preconference workshop 1: Adaption of Interventions: How to translate existing intervention to your own setting – A practical guide. (Download program) Preconference workshop 2: Interprofessional course in optimizing patient’s adherence to medication….

ESPACOMP 2015 The 19th ESPACOMP Annual Meeting will be held in Prague, Czech Republic. Parallel pre-conference workshops: Workshop 1 : advanced level course: Implementing and sustaining of adherence interventions in real world settings – A practical guide Workshop 2: Economic evaluation methods and applications to medication…

ESPACOMP 2014 The 18th ESPACOMP Annual Meeting was held in Lausanne from November 21-22, 2014. Prior to the ESPACOMP scientific meeting, a pre-conference educational day was organized on Thursday November 20. The conference topics included: Research translation into clinical practice Efficacy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of…

ESPACOMP 2013 The 17th ESPACOMP Annual Meeting was held in Budapest from November 15 -16, 2013. Prior to the ESPACOMP scientific meeting, a pre-conference educational day will be organized on Thursday November 14. Two parallel sessions will be organized in the morning: Workshop 1: Introduction…

ESPACOMP 2012 The 15th ESPACOMP Annual Meeting will be held in Ghent from October 25 until 27 2012 and covers all aspects of adherence thoroughly – from its origins, over definitions and expressions and consequences, to state-of-the-art interventions (both behavioural and via the latest innovative…

ESPACOMP 2011 The 15th European Symposium on Patient Adherence, COMpliance and Persistence was held on the 18th and 19th November 2011 in Utrecht, The Netherlands The Netherlands National Monitor on Patient Adherence Studies will be held in Dutch on Thursday, the 17th November 2011. Program…

ESPACOMP 2010 The 14th European Symposium on Patient Adherence, COMpliance and Persistence was held on September 17th – 18th, 2010 in Lodz, Poland. Program DAY1 – September 17th 09:00-09:15 Welcome and Introduction. 09:15-10:00 Jean-Michel Métry Memorial Lecture. Improvement of drug adherence using single pill combinations:…

ESPACOMP 2009 The 13th edition of the European Symposium on Patient Adherence, COMpliance,  and  Persistence was held on Thursday, the 10th September 2009 in Bangor, (Wales), UK. On September 11, 2009, the EU-funded project entitled “Ascertaining Barriers for Compliance: policies for safe, effective and cost-effective…

ESPACOMP 2008 The 2008 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Basel on September 5. Program 8:45-9:00 Welcome and Introduction. Sabina De Geest, Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Switzerland. 09:00-10:30 Interventions designed to enhance patient adherence (chair: Sabina…

ESPACOMP 2007 The 2007 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Lyon on November 16. Program 8:45-9:00 Welcome and Introduction. Pr. Lionel Collet, President of Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University. Pr. François-Noël Gilly, Dean of the Medical School, Claude Bernard…

ESPACOMP 2006 The 2006 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Bonn, Germany on November 30. Program 08:30- 08:45 Welcome from the city of Bonn. Peter Finger, mayor of the city of Bonn 8:45-9:15 Welcome and Introduction. Rainer Düsing 09:15-10:45…

LOWLANDS 2005 The 2005 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Liège on November 14. Program 13:00-13:30 Welcome and coffee. Chair: Prof. P. Gérard 13:30-14:00 Do registered medications also work in practice? Ron Herings, Pharmo Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands 14:00-14:30…

LOWLANDS 2003 The 2003 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Utrecht on November 6. Program   12:00-13:00 Registration and lunch 13:00-13:05 Welcome 13:05-13:50 Update session A – Marcel Bouvy Nurse-led adherence support in hypertension: pragmatic primary care based randomised…

LOWLANDS 2002 The 2002 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Leuven on November 7. Program  13.00-13.15 Registration, lunch and welcome. Sabina De Geest, RN, PhD, Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Switzerland and Center for Health Services and…

LOWLANDS 2001 The 2001 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Gent on November 14. Program 12:00 – 13:00 Welcome, Registration, Lunch. 13:00 – 13:45  Patient compliance in hypertension: noncomplier or nonresponder? Michel Burnier, MD. Division of Hypertension and Vascular…

LOWLANDS 2000 The 2000 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Maastricht on November 9. Program 12.00 – 13.00 Welcome, Registration, Lunch. 13.00 –13.45 Key note lecture: Measurement Guided Medication Management. Joyce Cramer, Lecturer in Psychiatry,Yale University, School Of Medicine,New…

LOWLANDS 1999 The 1999 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Leuven on November 15. Program 1:00 – 2:00 Welcome and Registration 2:00 – 2:30  Practical aspects of electronic monitoring of patient’s adherence in the management of resistance to treatment…

LOWLANDS 1998 The 3rd Lowland Minisymposium on Drug Exposure was held at the SIR Institute for Pharmacy Practice Research, in Leiden on November 17th 1998. Theme: Measuring and optimizing drug compliance in 5 different diseases. Goal of the minisymposium is to get active  researchers in…

LOWLANDS 1997 The 1997 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Gent on December 4. Program 13:00-14:00  Welcome with sandwiches and beverages 14:00-14:30  Estimating annual prevalence of drug usage from annual sales data and dosage patterns Robert Vander Stichele 14:30-15:00   Expressing variable…

LOWLANDS 1996 The 1996 symposium on patient compliance and persistence was held at the University of Maastricht on May 13. Program 13:00-13:15  Welcome and Introduction John Urquhart 13:15-13:45 Innovation in compliance measurement, data expression, and analytical strategy: 5 delusions and 5 promises Bob van der Stichele…

1st International Symposium on Compliance Monitoring Heidelberg, West Germany June 6, 1988 Pictured: Top Row, L-R, Wolfgang Kruse,    __2__, Jean-Louis Steimer,  __4__, Louis Lasagna, David Lee, Frederick Engstrom, Jergers, __9__, Ralph Levy, Jean-Marc Husson, Jean-Paul Raynaud. 2nd row, L-R, __1__, __2__, __3__, John Urquhart,…