Working as part of the International Board of Counselors in helping to coordinate the conference are Ford Khorsandian and Trudi Jones. Both have worked in the patent information profession for over 20 years and have extensive experience in organising conferences in North America and in Europe.
Ford Khorsandian is known, among other things, for having spearheaded the concept of the International Patent Information IPI™ Award since 1998, which made its debut in 2000 (see the Award website at IPI-Award.com). Ford Khorsandian explains: "The biggest impetus for Pharma-Bio-Med, and the reason that it has come into being, is to meet a needs of the Information Professional and to provide a common focal point for the professional development of the members of the different user groups and all information professionals in Europe and elsewhere.”