Presentations Day 1

Opening Plenary Session – The challenge of providing the best care for every patient

• Opening remarks and welcome to the conference - Ulrike Kreysa, Senior Vice-President Healthcare, GS1 Global Office, Belgium; Marianne Timmons, President Industry Engagement & Standards Development, GS1 Global Office, US; Ravi Mathur, CEO, GS1 India; Dr. Vinod K Paul, Member (Health, Nutrition & Gender), NITI Aayog, India

Traceability across the world

• Indian track & trace systems for exports - Ms. Tripti Nakhare Senior General Manager - Regulatory Affairs, FDC Limited, India
• The Implementation of the EU Falsified Medical Directive (FMD) - Andreas M. Walter, General Manager, European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO), Belgium
• The US regulation for traceability of drugs - DSCSA - Dr. Connie Jung, Senior Advisor for Policy, Office of Drug Security, Integrity, & Response, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Jariwala Jay, Assistant Country Director (Drugs), US FDA – Office of International Programs, India Office
• Implementing visibility for the treatment of orphan diseases - Giovanny Cruz, Customer Service & Analytics Manager, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Colombia
• Traceability – in the focus of regulatory bodies - Heran Gerba, Director General, Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority, Ethiopia; Teddy Berihun, Senior Health Information Systems Adviser, USAID Ethiopia
• Drug authentication in India using block chain technology pilot - Angiah Santhanaswamy, Public Sector Director, Oracle India Private Limited

Stream Sessions

• Stream – Traceability happening everywhere – what does that mean to a Contract Manufacturer - Jeff Denton, Senior Director Global Secure Supply Chain Digital Business Solutions, AmerisourceBergen, US; Scott Mooney, Vice President Distribution Operations Supply Chain Assurance, McKesson Pharmaceuticals, US; Dr. Oliver Nuernberg, Chief Product Owner SAP Life Sciences, SAP, Germany; Mr. Anand Garg, Senior Director, Head India Supply Chain, Dr. Reddy’s; Matt Sample, Vice President Manufacturer Operations, AmerisourceBergen, US
• Stream – The hospital of the future - Dr. Eric Hans Eddes, Gastrointestinal and Oncological Surgeon at Deventer Hospital, General Director Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing, Netherlands; Peter O’Halloran, CEO, ACT Health, Australia; Alex van der Putten, Head of Procurement and Supply Chain, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands
• Stream – Identification on the primary packaging level – for patient safety - Sébastien Langlois-Berthelot, Business Capability Analyst, Global Serialization Operations, Roche, Switzerland; Robert Moss, President – Hospital Pharmacy Section, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), Netherlands; Maryanne Molenaar, Systems Pharmacist, Eastern Health, Australia