The seminal conference of the Access to Medicines Movement, hosted by Universities Allied for Essential Medicines.

UAEM's sponsors, partners, and donors help to make the conference accessible to students of any financial background by providing funds for travel and housing assistance.

Thank you to our Conference Sponsors!

Select Panels and Ideas

Select Panels and our Keynote Speaker were livestreamed and recorded Below are their talks.

UAEM Student Voices from Across North America share their views on advocacy, UAEM Chapters, and the future.

Leaders in biomedical innovation, economics, and research practice offer alternative approaches to the standard biomedical research and development process that leads to high cost medicines and/or impedes development of critically needed treatments.

Keynote Speaker Dr JC Mugunga, Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Partners In Health talks about access to medicines, global health equity, and changing global health financing.

Experts in Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines discuss the pros and cons of our IP system around the world, and how to tea it to promote access to medicines.

Meet the Speakers

Friday, March 29

Featuring:

  • UAEM Alumni Panel

  • Welcome Social

  • 4:00-6:00 pm

    Check-In at the Glass Pavilion

    6:00 pm

    Icebreaker

    6:30 pm

    Introductory remarks/Reception

    7:30 pm

    UAEM Alumni Panel

Saturday, March 30

Featuring:

  • Keynote Speaker Dr. JC Mugunga, Partners In Health

  • UAEM Innovation Poster Session

  • 8:00 am

    Breakfast

    9:00 am

    Panel: Student Panel on National Campaign Work

    10:30 am

    Breakout Sessions

    • Track A: UAEM 101

    • Track B: Racial Equity in Clinical Equations

    11:30 am

    Keynote Speech

    12:30 pm

    Lunch & Poster Presentations

    1:45 pm

    Group Photo

    2:00 pm

    Breakout Sessions: Panel + Workshop

    • Track A: Fighting for U.S Drug Prices

    • Track B: Skills Workshop: Write On – Op-Eds and LTEs

    3:00 pm

    Breakout Sessions: Panel + Workshop

    • Track A: Patient Voices Panel

    • Track B: Skills Workshop: Data Dive

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    4:15 pm

    Plenary Panel: Innovation Without Borders

    6:00 pm

    Dinner

Sunday, March 31

Featuring:

  • UAEM Innovation Poster Awards

  • UAEM Chapter & Individual Awards

  • Campaign Workshops

  • 9:30 am

    Networking Breakfast

    10:30 am

    iPIP & UAEM: FOIA Workship

    11:30 am

    Plenary Panel: Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines

    12:30 pm

    Lunch & Awards

    1:00 pm

    Building your Octopus - A Take-this-Home Workshop

    2:00 pm

    Closing Remarks