Finalist
Making Connections, Knowledge Exchange, Co-Creation: The HS Patient Partnership Summit
by Mearns & Pike on behalf of UCB
Summary of work
Our inaugural HS Patient Partnership Summit (15-16 April 2024) marked an important milestone in the hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) community’s efforts to address this chronic, inflammatory and painful disease. For two inspiring days, twenty representatives from HS patient advocacy groups around the world gathered to make connections, share knowledge and co-create together.
With the mantra of ‘by patients, for patients’, the Summit was more than an event—it was a clarion call to action and a demonstration of what can be achieved when empathy meets collaboration. As the Summit concluded, participants clearly felt that this was just the beginning. The seeds of change were planted, ready to grow into a movement that promises to transform the landscape of HS care and advocacy.
Judges’ comments
The project by Mearns & Pike and UCB had spirit and the ethos of what partnership is all about. It spoke to the spirit of the category and it was clear that they had worked collaboratively. The work was authentic and productive and was very well written.
