Prof. Przemyslaw Kardas, MD, PhD is a founder and Director of Medication Adherence Research Center, and Professor of Family Medicine and the Head of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical University of Lodz, Poland. His research covers medication adherence, active and healthy ageing, Big Data and eHealth. He was a Scientific Director of the EU research project Ascertaining Barriers for Compliance (www.ABCproject.eu), and the President of European Society for Patient Compliance, Adherence, and Persistence (ESPACOMP) (2010-2011). He also headed Skills4AAdherence Project – an European training program for medical professionals in the area of adherence and polypharmacy management in elderly.