Empowering Patient Engagement leaders in Asia Pacific & promoting the global health community THROUGH PEOF+

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Tailored to the Asia Pacific Patient Engagement Community

Connecting Patient Engagement Communities across Asia Pacific & with the Global Patient Engagement Community

Innovative & People-Centered Co-Creation

CO-CREATING THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE IN THE REGION: PEOF+ ASIA PACIFIC

The first PEOF+ in-person event

  • 17-18 November, 2026
  • Manila, Philippines (+potential virtual spaces before/during/after the event)
  • 100+ participants, 40%-50% patients & patients reps
  • Ambition to engage at least 1 person from each country/territory in the region
  • 4 core team members
  • Nobutaka Yagi, YORIAILab Japan
  • Paul Mendoza, Psoriasis Philippines
  • Kotone Matsuyama, YORIAILab Japan
  • Josef De Guzman, Psoriasis Philippines

Thematic Tracks & Underlying Topics to guide the community co-creation: PACIFIC

(A) Patient Engagement & Patient Experience Data

(B) Clinical Trials Ecosystem

(C) Access to Innovation

Socio-cultural considerations on healthcare decisions & community engagement

(1) Non-Communicable Diseases

(2) Healthcare Literacy & Patient/Public Education

(3) AI & Healthcare

WHAT IS PEOF+

PEOF+ is a community-led movement, co-created to further PEOF’s overall mission of advancing patient engagement globally and systematically. By sparking connections that “provoke lasting change,” PEOF+ events magnify PEOF’s global impact through tailored forums led by community leaders eager to empower their peers by fostering co-creation.

PEOF+ expands PEOF’s reach and impact by supporting PE leaders worldwide in hosting their own PEOF satellite extensions. PEOF+ includes virtual sessions and in-person gatherings tailored to the needs of specific communities while remaining strongly interconnected to the PEOF global network.

PEOF+ aims to create a sustainable, scalable model that enhances the diversity, inclusivity, and effectiveness of the patient engagement community globally.

WHAT IS PEOF+

THE ONLY MULTI-STAKEHOLDER EVENT FOR SHAPING THE FUTURE OF PATIENT ENGAGEMENT.

Virtual and in-person sessions where patient advocates, industry thought leaders, regulatory influencers and more create real solutions for the future of patient engagement.

  • 8 Editions (2018-2025)
  • 200+ Speakers
  • 5,000+ Attendees
  • 4.3+ Million Reach

Organizers

ENGAGINGTHE PATIENT ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY ALL YEAR LONG

Through co-creation workshops on themes like Patient Experience Data, sustainability, patient engagement in digital health, ethics and fair remuneration, cross-border clinical trials, participants from around the world identify what matters to them and co-create actionable solutions, then implemented through different projects and programs.

#TOGETHER WE PROVOKE LASTING CHANGE

A few of the 200+ PEOF 2025 speakers & attendees

PEOF: PATIENT ENGAGEMENT OPEN FORUM

WHAT SETS PEOF+ EVENTS APART

A PEOF+ event is a community-led extension of the PEOF, designed to further patient engagement by fostering multi-stakeholder co-creation and collaboration in specific contexts.

INDEPENDENTLY ORGANIZED PEOF EVENTS

  • organized by community leaders eager to empower their peers by fostering co-creation;
  • conducted independently under a free license granted by PFMD, following a non-profit, patient-centered model
  • aligned to PEOF values & spirit

TAILORED TO SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES

  • dedicated and shaped to serve communities: a geographical community, or a specific patient engagement community within that broader global context
  • organized by community leaders with the support of the PFMD global team

CONNECTING COMMUNITIES
WITH THE GLOBAL
Patient Engagement ECOSYSTEM

The PEOF+ Model: From Treetops to Grass Roots

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Nobutaka Yagi

Japan & Regional Partners
PEOF+ Asia Pacific Core Team Lead,
YORIAILab Japan

Paul Mendoza

Philippines & Regional Partners
PEOF+ Asia Pacific Core Team Co-Lead, Psoriasis Philippines

Eleonora Barile

PEOF+ Lead
PEOF Global Team, PFMD, The Synergist