15th Global Gators Symposium
New Developments in
Clinical Pharmacy & Clinical Pharmacology
Saturday, June 6, 2026 at the Paracelsus Medical Private University in Salzburg, Austria
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Global Gators Agenda
Friday, June 5, 2026
| Time | Event | Location | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM | Pharmacotherapy Symposium (In German Language) | PMU Salzburg | Strubergasse 22, 5020 Salzburg, Austria |
| 6:00 - 9:00 PM | Casual Dinner | Augustinerbräu | Lindhofstraße 7, 5020 Salzburg, Austria |
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Scientific Symposium
Location: Paracelsus Private Medical University of Salzburg, Haus C
Address: Strubergasse 22, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Parking: Is available if needed, but please be aware that it will cost €1 per hour.
Wi-Fi: Name: pmuguest Username: aza762, Password: 0575
Model-Informed Drug Development
Block 1
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:00 – 9:00 | Check-in / Welcome / Coffee |
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Welcome from Conference Organizers Almut Winterstein & Stephan Schmidt |
| 9:10 – 9:20 | Welcome from host Johanna Pachmayr & Olaf Rose |
| 9:20 – 9:30 | Welcome and Update from College of Pharmacy Dean Peter Swaan |
| 9:30 – 9:45 | Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling to Optimize Caffeine Dosing in Preterm Neonates Habib Bader |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Bridging PK–PD in Older Adults: Overcoming Data Gaps for Evidence-Based Labeling through In Silico Approaches Jan Schlender |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Inhaled Tigecycline against Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial infections, a Rapidly Growing Danger for Older Women Bernd Meibohm |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Bringing Quantitative Approaches to the Bedside: Forecasting the Risk of Delayed Methotrexate Elimination Marian Klose |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Individualized Network Pharmacology for Targeting Pharmacodynamic Interactions and Variability Don Mager |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
Real World Evidence
Block 2
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11:00 – 11:15 | mediPORT 2.0 – Where AI meets Pharmacotherapy Stephanie Clemens & Olaf Rose |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Development of a hybrid artificial intelligence model for medication review Christopher Mosch |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Long-term outcomes in rare disease Stephan Linden |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | GLP-1 RA Drug–Drug Interactions in Older Adults: Unrecognized Risks Tianze Jiao |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Antibiotic stewardship in pediatric acute otitis media: Help needed! Patrick Antonelli |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Symposium Group Photo |
| 12:30 – 1:45 | Lunch |
| 1:45 – 2:00 | How to lose (and win back) your audience – 7 small tweaks with big impact Lukas Kovar |
Clinical Pharmacy & Personalized Medicine
Block 3
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 2:00 – 2:15 | Pharmacogenomics for Tailoring Induction Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Jatinder Lamba |
| 2:15 – 2:30 | Addressing Blind Spots in Women’s Health: A Pharmacist’s Perspective Across Research, Regulation, and Clinical Practice Evelina Gavazov |
| 2:30 – 2:45 | Digital Dementia Screening in Community Pharmacies Sonja Mayer |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | Philosophy, Policy, and Prescribing: Harm Reduction’s Role in Expanding Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Jordan Wulz |
| 3:00 – 3:15 | Consultant Pharmacy Services: A Model for Improving Safety and Quality in Ambulatory Practice Rachel Reise |
| 3:15 – 3:30 | Coffee Break |
Model-Informed Drug Development
Block 4
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 3:30 – 3:45 | Transforming Clinical Research to Product Development: A Clinical Trial Simulator Case Example Brian Cicali |
| 3:45 – 4:00 | Imaging Technology is a Gateway Opportunity for Informed Dosing Decisions Mark Rogge |
| 4:00 – 4:15 | How to quantify the host-drug-drug-disease interplay: Modelling approaches to support development of novel treatment strategies in resistant bacterial infections Miriam Happ |
| 4:15 – 4:30 | Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling of malaria and opioid overdose utilizing Human-on-a-Chip microphysiological systems Christopher Long |
| 4:30 – 4:45 | Smarter PK modeling: AI meets Monolix Amparo de la Pẽna |
| 4:45 – 5:00 | Closing Remarks |
Gala Dinner
Time: 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Location: Stiegl-Keller
Address: Festungsgasse 10, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Networking Day
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Meet at Salzburg Congress: Rainerstraße 3, 5020 Salzburg, Austria |
| 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | Group travel to Hellbrunn Palace |
| 9:30 AM- 10:30 AM | Group 1: Guided tour of Trick Fountains Group 2: Visit Hellbrunn Palace |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Group 1: Visit Hellbrunn Palace Group 2: Guided tour of Trick Fountains |
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Group bus ride to Nonntal bus terminal |
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Guided city walk to St. Peter Stiftskulinarium |
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Lunch at St. Peter Stiftskulinarium |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Guided city center walking tour |
Symposium Speakers
Speaker Bios & Abstracts
Please click the link below to view the speakers bios and abstracts for the 2026 Global Gator Symposium.
Organizer
Almut Winterstein
Organizer
Stephan Schmidt
Welcome from PMU Host
Johanna Pachmayr & Olaf Rose
UF College of Pharmacy Update
Peter Swaan
Model-Informed Drug Development
Habib Bader
Model-Informed Drug Development
Jan Schlender
Model-Informed Drug Development
Bernd Meibohm
Model-Informed Drug Development
Marian Klose
Model-Informed Drug Development
Don Mager
Real World Evidence
Stephanie Clemens & Olaf Rose
Real World Evidence
Christopher Mosch
Real World Evidence
Stephan Linden
Real World Evidence
Tianze Jiao
Real World Evidence
Patrick Antonelli
Misc.
Lukas Kovar
Clinical Pharmacy & Personalized Medicine
Jatinder Lamba
Clinical Pharmacy & Personalized Medicine
Evelina Gavazova
Clinical Pharmacy & Personalized Medicine
Sonja Mayer
Clinical Pharmacy & Personalized Medicine
Jordan Wulz
Clinical Pharmacy & Personalized Medicine
Rachel Reise
MODEL-INFORMED DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Brian Cicali
Model-Informed Drug Development
Mark Rogge
Model-Informed Drug Development
Miriam Happ
MODEL-INFORMED DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Christopher Long
Model-Informed Drug Development
Amparo de la Peña
Additional Resources
Symposium Map
Location: Paracelsus Private Medical University of Salzburg, Haus C
Address: Strubergasse 22, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Parking: Is available if needed, but please be aware that it will cost €1 per hour.
Previous Symposia
| Date | Place |
|---|---|
| 2024 — 14th Symposium | Bilbao, Spain |
| 2022 — 13th Symposium | Basel, Switzerland |
| 2019 — 12th Symposium | Reims, France |
| 2017 — 11th Symposium | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2015 — 10th Symposium | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| 2013 — 9th Symposium | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
| 2011 — 8th Symposium | Graz, Austria |
| 2009 — 7th Symposium | Stresa, Italy |
| 2007 — 6th Symposium | Munich, Germany |
| 2005 — 5th Symposium | Leuven, Belgium |
| 2003 — 4th Symposium | Vienna, Austria |
| 2001 — 3rd Symposium | Dresden, Germany |
| 1999 — 2nd Symposium | Reims, France |
| 1997 — 1st Symposium | Münster, Germany |
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Thank You …
Conference Organizers
- Almut Winterstein
- Stephan Schmidt
- Olaf Rose
- Stephanie Clemens
- Brendan Clough
- Milena Ozimek
- Kathy Anderson
This symposium is made possible by the generous support of:
- University of Florida College of Pharmacy
- Paracelsus Private Medical University
- Roche
- Sanofi
- Drug & Biotechnology Development, LLC