Membership Opportunity Guide 2025
We’re uniting to create an even stronger presence in communities across Australia. Our improved strategic range, greater support with health programs and new local and national marketing initiatives we are focused on will help you grow your pharmacy in 20025. Download the guide now.
Member Summit 2024
At the IPA Member Summit 2024, we will show you how together, as Australia’s largest unified group of independent pharmacies, we can:
- Deliver the right mix of services to achieve better health outcomes for your community
- Drive more customers and patients into your pharmacy through our new IPA national marketing program
- Gain more productivity with your team through our technology platforms and business intelligence
- Deliver buying power and trading terms for better margins and profit
- Navigate the new 8CPA and legislative changes including the new vape reforms
We know together we can build great pharmacies and we can better support health in your community.
For more information on the Member Summit 2024 please view the brochure below.
We can achieve more when we come together
With the industry’s ongoing rapid change, driven primarily by regulatory and economic factors, our priority is to protect and preserve your flexibility as a pharmacy owner, allowing you to tailor your care to your community’s needs.
We know that Australians support their local independent pharmacy, but today, they want more convenience and affordability from our pharmacies.
This year, at our first Independent Pharmacies of Australia Group (IPA) Member Summit, which will bring together pharmacies across our membership brands for the second time, we want to show you how we will use our 1100-strong membership and its collective scale to meet the health needs of Australians across the country.
We are together in health.
Be inspired by our keynote speakers
Dennis Bastas
Executive Chairman and CEO DBG Health
Kos Sclavos
Chief Pharmacist
DBG Health
Peter Bol
Olympian
Brian Walker
Founder & CEO
Retail Doctor Group
Steve Sammartino
AI Expert
Carolyn Butler-Madden
Speaker, Author, Podcast Host
Our inspiring MC’s
Cassandra Eifler
Consistent Excellence Consulting Director and Facilitator
Craig Edwards
Consistent Excellence Consulting Director and Facilitator
Event details
Please save the following event details to experience all three days of connecting with like-minded partners and members from across Independent Pharmacies of Australia Group network.
14 Oct
Arrivals & check-in
12.00pm -1.30pm
Women’s Lunch
Venue: Binna Burra Room Level 2
JW Marriott
2.00pm-4.00pm
Welcome & IPA Strategy session at
JW Marriott
6.00pm-9.00pm
Networking function in Partnership Village at JW Marriott
15 Oct
8.30am-5.00pm
Full Day Conference JW Marriott
6.30pm
Drinks & Dinner on YOT Cruise private charter
16 Oct
8.30am-3.45pm
Full day workshops and streamed sessions – JW Marriott
6.30pm
Gala and Awards Dinner at JW Marriott
17 Oct
Check out & departures
Gain insights and practical tools from your support team
Steven Kastrinakis
Pharmacist, Founder and Managing Director
IPA
Michael Flannery
Pharmacist, Founder, Executive Director IPA
CEO Life Pharmacy Group
Lynne Gallucci
Chief Operating Officer
IPA
Pre-Conference Lunch Mon 14 Oct and Session Streams Wed 16 Oct
Please confirm your attendance at the Pre-Conference Lunch Mon 14 Oct and Session Streams Wed 16 Oct
Pre-Conference lunch: Supporting women to succeed in pharmacy
Mon 14th October 2024, 12.00pm – 1.30pm (registration from 11.30am),
Venue: Binna Burra Room Level 2 JW Marriott Surfers Paradise
Hosted by Nicole Hooley, IPA and Hayley Tamborini, DBG Heatlh
Sponsored by: Arrotex and Allfin Financial Services
Session Streams Wednesday 16th October 2024, starting late morning
- Stream 1: Chemist Discount Centre – The recipe for success in 2025 – hosted by Theo Gakelos, IPA – Note this session is for Chemist Discount Centre members only
- Stream 2: Excellence in Merchandising and Marketing – hosted by Darragh O’Se, IPA and Kate McGrath, IPA
- Stream 3: Excellence in Health Programs – hosted by Nicole Hooley, IPA
IPA Pharmacy Excellence Awards 2024
We will present our annual IPA Pharmacy Excellence Awards at the Member Summit Gala and Awards Dinner on October 16th.These awards recognise, honour and celebrate excellence and dedication to elevating industry standards within the IPA pharmacy network. From innovative practices, to an unwavering commitment to the health and wellbeing of our local communities, each award recognises the outstanding contributions that shape the future of pharmacy and serve as inspiration for others to follow.Member Summit 2023 highlights.
Nominations are now closed. Finalists will be announced closer to the event.
What members had to say about the Member Summit 2023:
“I loved the networking with other pharmacists, essential suppliers and the presence of many of the PAG team members.”
“A great opportunity to hear from and connect with such a wide group of individuals who work with and within PAG.”
Stay tuned for more information, we look forward to seeing you there.
T&Cs apply.