Conference Agenda

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Each Day will run from 10:00am EDT to 2:00pm EDT

DAY 1: Tuesday, September 29th

  10:00– 10:15         CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION & AIMS 

• Pinar Keskinocak Ph.D., Professor, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech; Co-founder & Director, Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS)

• Julie Swann Ph.D., Department Head & Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, NC State University; Co-founder, Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS)

 

10:15 – 11:00          KEYNOTE ADDRESS (Fireside Chat) (i)

• Ed Martinez, President - The UPS Foundation 
• Michelle Nunn, President and CEO - CARE USA  Moderator

 

11:00 – 11:15         POSTER SESSION/COFFEE BREAK (i)

11:15– 12:15          PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS BREAKOUT SESSION 1 

12:15 – 12:30         POSTER SESSION/COFFEE BREAK (i)

 

12:35 – 1:45          PLENARY PANEL 1  (i)

-Strengthening Health Systems and Health Supply Chains

• Samira Asma, Assistant Director-General for Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact - WHO
• Suvi Rautio, Deputy Director - UNICEF Supply Division 
• Jenny Parker, Vice President, Infectious Disease Programs - CDC Foundation

• Prashant Yadav, Senior Fellow - Center for Global Development & Affiliate Professor, INSEAD Moderator 

• Pinar Keskinocak , Professor, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering - Georgia Tech; Co-founder & Director, Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) Moderator 

* The day will conclude with another opportunity to engage and network with poster presenters. For those that wish to participate the session will end at 2pm

 

DAY 2: Wednesday , September 30th

10:00 –  10:15         Opening Remarks 

• George Fenton, Chairman & CEO - Humanitarian Logistics Association
• Luk Van Wassenhove, PhD, Academic Director, Humanitarian Research Group - INSEAD

 

10:15 – 11:00          KEYNOTE ADDRESS (i)

•  Esperanza Martinez, MD, Head of Health -The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

 

   

11:00 – 11:15         POSTER SESSION/COFFEE BREAK (i)

11:15– 12:15          PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS BREAKOUT SESSION 2

12:15 – 12:30         POSTER SESSION/COFFEE BREAK (i)

 

12:35 – 1:45          PLENARY PANEL 2  (i)

-Disasters & Development - Market Systems Analysis

• Helene Juillard, Director - Key Aid Consulting
• Claire Louise Travers, Global Impact Lead - Field Ready, Co-Founder - Local Procurement Learning Partnership, Independent Consultant    
• Abdoulaye Hamidou, West and Central Africa Capacity Building Lead, Global Market Thematic Lead - The Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP)
• Alexandre Gachoud, Cash & Markets Specialist - International Committee of the Red Cross
• Stephen A. Vosti, PhD,  Adjunct Professor - UC Davis, Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics
• George Fenton, Chairman & CEO - Humanitarian Logistics Association Moderator 

* The day will conclude with another opportunity to engage and network with poster presenters. For those that wish to participate the session will end at 2pm

 

DAY 3: Thursday, October 1st

10:00 –  10:15         Opening Remarks

• Özlem Ergun, PhD, Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - Northeastern University, Co-founder - Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS)

 

10:15 – 11:00          KEYNOTE ADDRESS (i)

• Anuradha Gupta, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, GAVI - The Vaccine Alliance

 

11:00 – 11:15         POSTER SESSION/COFFEE BREAK (i)

11:15– 12:15          PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS BREAKOUT SESSION 3

12:15 – 12:30         POSTER SESSION/COFFEE BREAK (i)

 

12:35 –  1:45          PLENARY PANEL 3 (i)

-Protecting Supply Chain Essential Workers

• Ruth Bechtel, Mozambique Country Director - VillageReach
• Kathy Fulton, Executive Director - American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN)
• Francesca Hine, Head of Food and Shop - SafeBoda (Uganda) 
• Lloyd Mbasela, Executive Director - Industrial Training Centre, Zambia
• Dominique Zwinkels, Executive Manager - People that Deliver
• Simon Patrick Obi, Executive Director - GreenLight Initiative 
• Jarrod Goentzel, PhD, Director, Research Scientist and Lecturer - MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab, Moderator

 

 1:45 –  2:00           CLOSING REMARKS

• Jarrod Goentzel, PhD, Director, Research Scientist and Lecturer - MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab

* Note there will be no poster session at the end of this day but you are welcome to utilize the networking lounges. (Note these lounges will close Friday October 2nd, 2pm).