The Airfreight Pharma Conference is a yearly event focusing on handling pharmaceutical products in the supply chain. It provides a platform for attendees to expand their understanding and knowledge in this field. The 4th edition of the conference will be held in Athens and in association with Pharma.Aero! All Cool Chain Members are entitled to a 15% discount.
DAY 1 | September 20 | Day moderator: Trevor Caswell, Chairman, Pharma.Aero
14:30-15:00 Welcome and introduction. Setting the scene on healthcare logistics
Trevor Caswell, Chairman, Pharma.Aero
Frank Van Gelder, Secretary General, Pharma.Aero
15:00-15:30 Increasing value of healthcare treatments vs. the value chain needed.
Mark Edwards, Managing Director, Modalis Ltd.
15:30-16:00 Healthcare for everyone: How the African continent needs an adapted approach for healthcare logistics.
Mark Woolf, Chief Business Development Officer, Oximio (SMO Group)
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:30 Panel discussion – Future strategic decision making in pharma logistics: what we learned from the Pharma Logistics Masterclass 2023 and the academics.
Pharma.Aero Board of Directors and Masterclass stakeholders
17:30-18:00 Panel discussion – Cross-industry collaboration: Sharing experience of logistics stakeholders and upgrade life science logistics.
Tom Heymans, Managing Partner, Hazgo
Barry Shields, Manager Cargo Operations (Special Products), Dnata
Daniel Johnson, Senior Vice President, Cargo Products, Turkish Airlines
Jimmy Nares, Section Chief Aviation Marketing, Miami-Dade Aviation Department
DAY 2 | September 21 | Day moderator: Pharma.Aero
09:00-11:00 Raising the bar to set global standards.
Sarfraz Nawaz, J&J
Sajid Ullah Ghumman, Chief Executive Officer, PDH Laboratories
Moderator: Frank Van Gelder, Secretary General, Pharma.Aero
Trevor Caswell, Chairman, Pharma.Aero
Daniel Johnson, Senior Vice President, Cargo Products, Turkish Airlines
Sarfraz Nawaz, J&J
Sajid Ullah Ghumman, Chief Executive Officer, PDH Laboratories
11:00-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-12:30 Increasing quality and efficiency: industry innovation used cases.
Damien De Chillaz, CEO and Founder, Katal X
Andreas Behnke, CEO – Station Manager Basel, Swissport
Yvonne Ziegler, Managing Director, Mytigate
12:30-13:30 Panel: The logistics requirements for a growing MedTech industry
Introduction: Pharma.Aero Med Tech project
Moderator: Rashmi Gurung, Manager, Climate Control Product Pharma, Qatar Airways (moderator)
Olivier Mary, Chief Commercial Officer & Supply Project Director, EuroMed Pharma
Katharina Tyrakowski, Senior Manager Global Logistics Performance, Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Matt Way, Director Supply Chain Operations, Porton Biopharma Limited (PBL)
Dr. Peter Olusola Obabori, Executive Director, Business Development and Commercial, The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahco aviance)
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-14:40 Building pharmaceutical supply chain ecosystems. Challenge and opportunity:
Stavros Evangalakakis, Head of Global Healthcare, Cargolux and Chairman, Cool Chain Association
Trevor Caswell, Chairman, Pharma.Aero
14:40-15:00 Last mile distribution models for Pharma logistics world-wide
Prof.Dr. Roel Gevaers, University of Antwerp
15:00-15:20 Packaging solutions
Nicola Caristo, Senior Quality Manager, SkyCell AG and Secretary General, Cool Chain Association
Chiara Venuti, Global Head of Strategic Partnerships, SkyCell AG
15:20-15:40 View from the shipper
Anne-Catherine Nihoul, Comirnaty Logistics Delivery Operations Lead, Pfizer
15:40-16:00 View from the airline
Janet Wallace, Managing Director, Cargo Operations &Transformation, Air Canada
16:00-16:20 Case study – a new vision for pallets
Stefan Trinkaus, Technical Director, Trilatec
Andreas Langemann, Managing Director, Trilatec
16:20-16:50 New ideas – a best practice training video for perishables and a fresh approach to pharma supply chain trials
Vijan Chetty, General Manager, PPECB and CCA Board Director
Felix Johannes, Representative Operations, Lamprecht Pharma Logistics AG
16:50-17:20 Update on Pharma.Aero Green Lane Project
Jaisey Yip, Vice President Cargo Business Division, Changi Airport Group
17:20-17:30 Conference wrap-up and major take-aways
Frank Van Gelder, Secretary General, Pharma.Aero
Working together to improve the temperature-sensitive supply chain to reduce food loss and waste in the perishables sector as well as benefiting the pharma community.
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