| Time | Topic | Speaker/Moderator | 
  
    | 0900–0910 | Welcome | Mr Richard Kneebone Chairman, Board of Directors    Therapeutic Guidelines Limited | 
  
    | 0910–0930 | Setting the scene: Rationale for the forum and its aims
 | Dr Sue Phillips Chief Executive Officer, Therapeutic Guidelines Limited
 | 
  
    | 0930–1010 | Therapeutic independence: An international view of a global problem
 | Professor Silvio Garattini Director, Mario Negri    Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy | 
  
    | 1010–1030 | Moderated discussion | Professor Paul Komesaroff Director of the Monash    Centre for the Study of Ethics in Medicine and Society, Melbourne | 
  
    | 1030–1100 | Morning tea |   | 
  
    | 1100–1130 | Evidence-based medicine: Strengths and    limitations | Assistant Professor Barbara Mintzes School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia,    Vancouver, Canada
 | 
  
    | 1130–1230  | Discussion by panel of experts selected to    represent a range of viewpoints | Professor Paul Komesaroff | 
  
    | 1230–1330 | Lunch |   | 
  
    | 1330–1350 | Cautionary tales about how we make decisions:    Balancing truth, facts, values and interests | Professor Paul Komesaroff | 
  
    | 1350–1410 | Experts, guideline development and competing    interests | Associate Professor Ian Kerridge Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine, University of Sydney
 | 
  
    | 1410–1500 | Discussion by panel of experts selected to    represent a range of viewpoints | Professor Paul Komesaroff | 
  
    | 1500–1530 | Afternoon tea |   | 
  
    | 1530–1615 | Informal small group discussions to develop draft    recommendations | Professor Paul Komesaroff | 
  
    | 1615–1655 | Moderated discussion of proposed recommendations | Professor Paul Komesaroff | 
  
    | 1655–1700 | Thank you and farewell | Mr Richard Kneebone |