ISoP General Assembly

The ISoP General Assembly (GA) will take place in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Thursday, 24 September 2026 from 11:30–13:00 (Costa Rica Time, UTC-6) at the InterContinental Hotel Multiplaza Mall (“Real 1 &2”) Autop. Próspero Fernández, San José, Escazú, Costa Rica.
This assembly occured during the 25th ISoP Global Meeting (ISoP 2026).
For members who cannot attend the ISoP 2026 in person, the General Assembly will also be held as a hybrid Zoom event, with online attendance free to all ISoP members.

Agenda

The General Assembly 2026 agenda is available here.

General Assembly 2026 – Committed to Safer Use of Medicines Worldwide
Chairs: Omar Aimer (President of ISoP, Canada) and Felipe Villalobos (Secretary General, Spain)

The ISoP General Assembly (GA) took place in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday, 26 October 2025, from 14:00 to 16:00 (UTC+3) at the InterContinental Cairo Semiramis Hotel (Cleopatra Ballroom), Corniche El Nil, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt.
This assembly occured during the 24th ISoP Annual Meeting (ISoP 2025). For members who could not attend the ISoP 2025 in person, the GA was also held as a hybrid Zoom event, with online attendance free to all ISoP members.

Agenda
General Assembly 2025 – Committed to safer use of medicines worldwide-
Chairs: Angela Caro-Rojas (President of ISoP, Colombia) and Mónica Tarapués (Secretary General, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Ecuador)

1. Welcome, introductions, housekeeping
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes GA 2024
4. Overview of the strategic plan
   4.1. Goal 1 – Long-term financial and organisational sustainability and stability of ISoP
   4.1.1. By-laws Update for adoption and ISoP documents
   4.1.2. Financial Report
   4.1.3. Membership Report
   4.2. Goal 2. Create and build a community for optimising the safer use of medicine
   4.2.1. Communication Team Report
   4.2.2. Overview of ISoP activities 2025 and partnership
   4.3. Goal 3- Maintain and enhance scientific knowledge and competencies in the global pharmacovigilance community
   4.3.1. Report from Chapters
   4.3.2. Report on SIGs
   4.3.3 Report on Communities: Students, Scientific Board, Fellows
5. Fellowship Awards 2025
6. Advisory Board Elections
   6.1. Advisory Board election results
   6.2. Remarks from new ISoP President
7. Q&A (time permitted)

The ISoP General Assembly (GA) took place in Montreal, Canada, on Friday, 4 October 2024, from 13:30 to 15:30 Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) at the Centre Mont-Royal Symposia Theatre. This assembly occurred during the 23rd ISoP Annual Meeting (ISoP 2024). For those not attending ISoP 2024 in person, the GA was held as a hybrid Zoom event, with online attendance free to all ISoP members.

Agenda:

1. Welcome, introductions, housekeeping
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes GA 2023
4. President’s overview of the strategic plan
   4.1 Goal 1 – Long-term financial and organisational sustainability and stability of ISoP
   4.2 Goal 2. Create and build a community for optimising the safer use of medicine
   4.3 Goal 3- Maintain and enhance scientific knowledge and competencies in the global pharmacovigilance community
5. Planned events in 2025 and 2026 
6. Q&A

The ISoP General Assembly (GA) took place in Bali (Indonesia) on Wednesday 8 November 2023 from 14.00-15.30 Central Indonesian Time (WITA), Sanur Prime Plaza Hotel Bali, Jl. Hang Tuah No.46, Sanur Kaja, Denpasar Selatan, Kota Denpasar – Bali 80228 – Indonesia during the 22nd ISoP Annual Meeting (ISoP 2023). For those not attending ISoP 2023 in person, the GA was held as a hybrid Zoom event, with online attendance free to all ISoP members.

Agenda:

1. Welcome, introductions, housekeeping
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes GA 2022
4. President’s overview of the strategic plan
   4.1 Goal 1 – Long-term financial and organisational sustainability and stability of ISoP
   4.2 Goal 2. Create and build a community for optimising the safer use of medicine
   4.3 Goal 3- Maintain and enhance scientific knowledge and competencies in the global pharmacovigilance community
5. Planned events in 2024  
6. Q&A

The ISoP General Assembly (GA) took place in Verona (Italy) on Thursday 22 September 2022 from 13.00-14.30, Polo Zanotto – University of Verona

Viale dell’Università, 4 – Verona – Italy during the 21st ISoP Annual Meeting (ISoP 2022). For those not attending ISoP 2022 in person, the GA was held as a hybrid Zoom event, with online attendance free to all ISoP members.

ISoP General Assembly, 22 September 2022 (13.00-14.30)
Committed to safer use of medicines worldwide
Chairs: Mira Harrison-Woolrych (ISoP President), Deirdre McCarthy (ISoP Secretary General)

Agenda:

1. Welcome, introductions, housekeeping
2. Tribute to Sten Olsson
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Approval of Minutes GA 2021
5. President’s overview of ISoP activities
6. Report from the new ISoP Scientific Board
7. By-law updates
8. Membership Report
9. Financial Report
10. Report from Chapters
11. Report on SIGs
12. Fellowship and Honorary Member Awards 2022
13. Advisory Board election results
14. Looking forward
15. AoB and Q&A

The ISoP General Assembly (GA) was held by Zoom video-conference from 16.30 to 18.00 UTC/GMT on Tuesday 9th November 2021.

The General Assembly took place during the 20th ISoP Annual Meeting hosted from Oman and virtually. Please note that the GA was held as a separate Zoom event, free to all ISoP members.

Agenda:

1. Welcome, introductions, housekeeping
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of 2020 GA Minutes
4. ISoP activities in 2021
5. Overview of online meetings/webinars
6. Patient Safety Day events
7. ISoP 2021 Annual Meeting
8. International Collaborations
9. Scoping Group activities
10. Membership Report
11. Financial Report
12. Communications Strategy
13. Report on Chapters
14. Report on SIGs
15. Fellowship Awards and Honorary Members
16. Looking Forward – plans for next year

The ISoP General Assembly (GA) meeting took place virtually on Wednesday 14 October 2020 from 19.00-21.00 UK time (18.00-20.00 UTC) (via ISoP Zoom platform).

Agenda:

1. Welcome, introductions, housekeeping
2. Approval of Agenda and Minutes GA Bogota
3. ISoP activities in 2020
4. Moving to online/webinar concept
5. Patient Safety Day events
6. ISoP Infographic project
7. Communications Strategy
8. Financial Report
9. Membership Summary
10. Report from Chapters
11. Report on SIGs
12. Report from CIOMS
13. Fellowship Awards
14. Looking forward: plans for next year