The Meloneras Conference Centre is not just an architectural gem overlooking the Atlantic; it is, above all, a barometer of the knowledge economy. In October 2026, this strategic location in southern Gran Canaria will shed its leisure attire for a few days to don the white coat of the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy (SEFH). The event, the 71st National Congress, comes at a time of great activity for a society that has evolved from a professional association into a veritable engine of scientific production.
The Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy (SEFH) is arriving on the island with the strength of its 29 working groups and a network of nearly 2.000 members that continues to grow. But they aren't coming to Maspalomas just to present posters. The 2026 congress will be about consolidating an internal cultural shift: the complete digitalization of management. After deploying its collaborative work ecosystem on Slack and centralizing research funding, the pharmacists are arriving in the south with their work already done, seeking in Gran Canaria the perfect setting to foster the synergies that only face-to-face interaction allows after years of remote work and screens.
The event is a major boost to the conference tourism model that the San Bartolomé de Tirajana area has so fiercely championed. While the luxury hotels in Meloneras prepare to be fully booked, the SEFH (Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy) will present its most ambitious projects: from consolidating its Patient School to launching new research grants for the 2026-2027 biennium. It's a triumph for knowledge logistics in a region that aspires to be much more than just a picture-postcard landscape of dunes and palm trees.
What unfolds in those conference rooms will shape the course of Spanish hospital pharmacy for the next decade. With 21 multicenter research projects already underway and scientific output on the rise, Maspalomas will be more than just the destination of a conference; it will be the command center for a healthcare innovation that is slowly but surely developing, fueled by rigorous data and driven by a new generation of professionals who see the south of the island as the ideal place to connect science, management, and the future.
