First EFIC® Symposium Societal Impact of Pain - SIP

Albrecht Kloepfer
Dr. Phil. Albrecht Kloepfer
Bureau for communication in health politics
Albrecht Kloepfer studied Musicology and German
Literature in Paris and Berlin. From 1987
to 1999 he taught history of German literature
as an academic assistant at several universities
in Berlin and Tokyo. From 1996 to 2001,
he worked as a journalist and editor for the
magazine “Deutschland“ for German Ministry
of Foreign Affairs.
Since 2001 Dr. Kloepfer has been focussing
on public relations, event management, lobbying
and strategic communications for enterprises
and associations in health care and public
health. He also is publisher of “Letters on
Health Policy,“ a weekly news summary of German
health policy, and as a publisher and moderator
he is well known in health political circles
in Germany and in the German speaking EU.
Currently in Berlin’s Hotel Adlon, Dr. Kloepfer
hosts the weekly “Health policy round tables”
as well as regular round tables in Brussels. As
a moderator Dr. Kloepfer brings the different
stakeholders in the health care system together
in public events, closed meetings and
managed care projects.
Dr. Albrecht Kloepfer and pain
Voluntarily engaged in raising funds for a rest
home for elderly persons Dr. Kloepfer is very
well aware of the day to day challenges related
to the sociatal impact of pain. Professionally
he is engaged with the Association for Pain
Specialist in Germany (BVSD).
At the symposium “sociatal impact of pain”
Dr. Kloepfer will have 2 functions. He will assist
the EFIC president Prof. Varrassi in the moderation
of the plenum sessions and will moderate
one of the workshops. After the symposium
his team will realise the symposium proceedings
based on the outcomes of the symposium
and workshops.
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