International Conference on Restorative Justice Themed “Consumer Protection – Law and Pharmacy Perspectives”

Saturday, January 4, 2014, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan organized an International Conference on Restorative Justice themed “Consumer Protection – Law and Pharmacy Perspectives”. The Deputy of Health Minister, Republic of Indonesia, represented by General Directorate of Pharmaceuticals Manager and Medical Devices, Drs. Bayu Teja Muliawan, Apt., M.Pharm, MM., presented the keynote speech. There were four guest speakers invited on the plenary session. They were Dr. (Jur). Nils Wagenknecht, Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), Germany, Dr. Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, School of Pharmaceutical Science, University Sains Malaysia, Huzna Zahir, YLKI (Indonesian Consumers Protection Foundation), and Dr. Dyah Aryani Perwitasari, M.Si., Ph.D., Apt., Clinical Pharmacy Department of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan.

Held at Grand Tjokro Hotel, Yogyakarta, the international conference were participated by more than 25o participants from around Indonesia and Malaysia. Some of the participants also presented their papers or posters during the parallel sessions. Azis Ikhsanudin, M.Sc., Apt., as the chairperson of the organizing committee stated that the international conference on Consumer Protection – Law and Pharmacy Perspectives was held due to the number of legal issues in the healthcare section becomes larger and more complicated today and the conference aimed to provide insight to the health professionals, academic and the public as consumers to better understand the legal issue, especially in the health problems.