HPAI Clinical Education Conference 2026
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry, Dublin, 24th-26th April 2026
The Hospital Pharmacists Association of Ireland (HPAI) education conference is an the only in person education event for Hospital Pharmacists.
Friday 24th April
6pm Registration and Special Interest Group Meetings
830pm Conference Opening Dinner
Special interest group meetings will be held on Friday or in-parallel with Sunday workshop as determined by SIG Chair. Not attending a SIG? Come along Friday evening for a more relaxed atmosphere allowing friends and colleagues to arrive at leisure and meet and catch up.
Saturday 25th April
8am Registration
8:50am Conference Opening (President of HPAI)
9am Building the Pharmacists of the future - Prof. Roisin O'Hare, NI Lead Clinical Education Pharmacist
Followed by our Oral Presentations
11am Pharmaceutical Exhibition
11:30am Poster Exhibition Opens
2:15pm HPAI AGM
3:45pm Workshop 1
7pm Reception
8pm Conference Dinner
Sunday 26th April
1030am Workshops and SIG meetings*
*times determined by SIG Chairs
Registration Rates
1 Conference Weekend Rate with Accommodation Friday and Saturday nights 250 euro
2 Conference one night with Accommodation Saturday night 150euro
3 Conference Attendance fee (no accommodation) 70euro
*All bundles include Pre-Conference Dinner Friday 24th night, Lunch and Conference Dinner Saturday 25th, and Closing Lunch Sunday 26th April.
Confirmed workshops
1 The Clinical Pharmacist in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Peter Duddy and Cathal Hannafin The Coombe Hospital
2 Evidence based Management of anticoagulation therapy, Dr. Lorenz Van Der Linden University Hospitals Leuven, and Virginia Silvari Cork University Hospital
3 Optimising pharmacotherapy in Liver Disease, Jennifer Dwyer, ASP Liver Transplant
4 Paediatric Palliative Care Update, Dr Maria Ines Alves, Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine CHI
5 Presentation Skills, Jo Irwin i4training
6 Action Research, Dr. Raisa Laaksonen Helsinki University, and Dr. Darren Walsh University Hospital Waterford
Workshops will take place Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning
Conference Programme available
