Building with peers and industry leaders
Across the conference, we will cover the latest trends in supply chain optimisation and evolution, global health initiatives, personalised medicines, patient identification standards, and pharmaceutical traceability, all through a lens of interactivity, networking and exchange.
Who is this conference for?
All sessions at the conference are open to anyone interested in the latest developments and best practices in the healthcare industry.
This includes:
- Regulatory authorities and health agencies
- Pharmaceutical manufacturers
- Medical device companies
- Wholesalers and logistics providers
- Healthcare institutions
- Solution providers
- Healthcare and Development organisations
- GS1 Member Organisations
Whether you are looking to develop your knowledge, network with peers, or discover new opportunities, attendees from diverse backgrounds and levels of experience can benefit from the insights and resources presented during the conference sessions.
10:00 - 11:00
Starter sessions
Starter session about GS1 standards in healthcare supply chain
This session provides an overview of GS1 standards used in healthcare for product, location and logistics identification, data sharing and visibility.
Open to all attendees | Session leaders: Neil Piper, AIDC Healthcare Senior Manager, GS1 Global Office, Craig Alan Repec, Senior Manager, Supply Chain Visibility, EPCIS & RFID, GS1 Global Office and Pete Alvarez, Senior Director, Identification and Data Strategy, GS1 Healthcare, GS1 Global Office.
13:00 - 13:10
Plenaries
Opening plenary - Opening remarks and welcome speakers
Open to all attendees | Session leader: Géraldine Lissalde-Bonnet, Vice President GS1 Healthcare (GS1 Global Office) | Confirmed speakers: Renaud de Barbuat, CEO (GS1 Global Office), Greg Reh, Deloitte Global Life Sciences & Health Care Leader (Deloitte) and more speakers to be announced soon.
13:10 - 13:55
Plenaries
Plenary - Rx for Success: Trends and analysis in healthcare supply chain optimisation
Explore the evolving landscape of healthcare supply chain optimisation. Uncover the latest emerging trends and their impact on streamlining operations, emphasising how GS1 standards enhance efficiency and visibility. Learn how GS1 enables real-time forecasting to effectively mitigate shortages.
Open to all attendees | Session leader: Kathryn Wengel, EVP, Chief Technical Operations & Risk Officer (Johnson & Johnson) | Confirmed speakers: Greg Reh, Global Life Sciences & Health Care Industry Leader (Deloitte) and more speakers to be announced soon.
13:55 - 14:40
Plenaries
Plenary - Beyond borders: A deep dive into GS1-driven supply chain in global health initiatives
Learn more on the role of GS1 standards in global health initiatives, working in collaboration with esteemed partners like GAVI, WHO, and The Global Fund.
Open to all attendees | Session leader to be announced soon | Confirmed speakers: Sachin Jagtap, co-lead TRVST project (GAVI), Rutendo Kuwana, Team Lead, Incidents and substandard/ falsified medicines (WHO), Parambir Gill, Advisor, Supply Chain Digitalisation, Planning & Innovation (The Global Fund) and more speakers to be announced soon.
14:40 - 14:45
Other
Introduction to conference charity
Open to all attendees | Session Chair: Géraldine Lissalde-Bonnet, Vice President GS1 Healthcare, Global Office (Belgium).
14:45 - 15:00
Meet the Experts sessions
Meet the Experts #1
Open to all attendees | Expert to be announced soon.
9:00 - 9:40
Breakout sessions
World tour of recent regulatory updates
Open to all attendees | Session leader: Dennis Black, UDI Program Director, BD | Speakers to be announced soon.
9:50 - 10:25
Breakout sessions
Mastering data quality for a seamless integrated supply chain
Gain insights into ensuring data quality for an integrated supply chain, addressing best practices for maintaining data quality and effective master data management using GS1 standards.
Open to all attendees | Session leader: Marc van den Camp, Product Master Data Domain Champion (Medtronic) | Gaurav Rai, Director, Central Master Data Management Head (B Braun Medical Inc.) and more speakers to be announced soon.
10:35 - 11:10
Breakout sessions
Small steps add up: Driving pharmaceutical traceability in the African context
Discuss the last updates on pharmaceutical traceability in Africa and the collaborative efforts with national authorities.
Open to all attendees | Session leader: Ramy Guirguis,Senior Information Technology Advisor (USAID GHTASC USAID GHSC-PSM) | Confirmed speakers: Nyambe Lyoko,Assistant Director-Marketing Authorisation (Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority - ZAMRA), Dr. Denis Mwesigwa, Chief Inspector of Drugs (National Drug Authority - NDA) and more speakers to be announced soon.
11:20 - 11:35
Meet the Experts sessions
Meet the Experts #2 with Zebra Technologies
Open to all attendees
Zebra empowers organisations to thrive in the on-demand economy by making every front-line worker and asset at the edge visible, connected and fully optimised. With an ecosystem of more than 10,000 partners across more than 100 countries, Zebra serves customers of all sizes – including 94% of the Fortune 100 – with an award-winning portfolio of hardware, software, services and solutions that digitise and automate workflows.
Supply chains are more dynamic, customers and patients are better served, and workers are more engaged when they utilize Zebra innovations that help them sense, analyze and act in real time. In 2021, Zebra expanded its industrial automation portfolio with its Fetch Robotics acquisition and increased its machine vision and AI software capabilities with the acquisitions of Adaptive Vision and antuit.ai.
11:45 - 12:20
Breakout sessions
Building a sustainable future for patient safety: A collective brainstorm
Discussion of the main obstacles and drivers will be addressed to provide an overview of how to move towards sustainable quality health systems and how GS1 standards can support this transition.
Open to all attendees | Session leader to be announced soon | Confirmed speakers: Sonia Roschnik, Executive Director (Geneva Sustainability Centre), Rune Dalsenni Rask, Software Developer (Denmark - Region Midtylland) and more speakers to be announced soon.
12:30 - 13:05
Breakout sessions
ePIL/eIFU: Streamlining access to product information
Opportunities and challenges associated with leveraging a single barcode to enhance accessibility to product information. Discover how it facilitates seamless access to crucial information for both patients and healthcare providers.
Open to all attendees | Session leader: Michael Kinsella, Centre of Expertise Director (Servier) | Confirmed speakers: Elizabeth Scanlan, Scientific Communication Officer & ePI Product Owner (European Medicines Agengy - EMA), Craig Anderson, Director, R&D Labeling Lead (Pfizer), Dani Mothci, CEO (International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations - IAPO).
13:15 - 13:50
Breakout sessions
Digital waters: GS1's role in delivering connected care
Showcase how GS1 standards can be effectively integrated into health information systems, improving health records and information management processes, enhancing data accuracy and interoperability with other SDO.
Open to all attendees | Session leader: Olivia Chauvel, Pharmacist (Hospital Foundation Adolphe De Rothschild) | Confirmed speakers: Ryan Mavin, Branch Manager - Connected Care (Australian Digital Health Agency) and more speakers to be announced soon.
14:00 - 14:15
Meet the Experts sessions
Meet the Experts #3 with SoftGroup
Open to all attendees
SoftGroup is a software company that provides end-to-end serialization, aggregation and track & trace solutions to pharmaceutical companies worldwide. In the last 20 years of experience, SoftGroup is recognized as a reliable long-standing traceability partner from Big Pharma Leaders with many production lines to small Marketing Authorization Holders (MAHs) with no real production.
SoftGroup Solutions provide a link throughout the whole value chain that is allowing complete traceability of every single product, enhancing transparency and fighting against the global challenge - drug counterfeiting.
SoftGroup is a Certified Gateway Provider and Trusted partner of the European Medicine Verification Organization (EMVO) and Bulgarian Medicine Verification Organization (BgMVO), as well as certified partner of GS1. Additionally, SoftGroup is an accredited solution provider and integrator of CRPT system, Asl Belgisi, Tatmeen and IS MPT.
14:25 - 15:00
Breakout sessions
Positive patient identification using GS1 standards
Learn how the new GS1 standard facilitates positive patient identification, enhancing patient safety and streamlining healthcare processes.
Open to all attendees | Session leader: Ron Lavater, CEO (IHF) and more speakers to be announced soon.
15:10 - 15:50
Breakout sessions
Beyond UDI reporting
Discover emerging practices for leveraging UDI beyond reporting. Stakeholders are switching their focus in preparing business and system processes to handle exceptions, and prepare for suspect product investigations, audits and recalls.
Open to all attendees | Session leader: Jay Crowley, VP of Medical Device Solutions and Services (USDM) | and more speakers to be announced soon.
16:00 - 16:35
Breakout sessions
Navigating new frontiers: personalised medicines
Brainstorming session on the challenges and strategies for maintaining integrity and traceability throughout the lifecycle of personalised/precision medicines by using GS1 standards.
Open to all attendees | Session leader and speakers to be announced soon.
16:45 - 17:00
Meet the Experts sessions
Meet the Experts #4
Open to all attendees | Expert to be announced soon.
17:10 - 18:00
Breakout sessions
DSCSA in Action: Implementation insights from dispensers
This session will focus on real-world experiences of different dispensers, including small independent pharmacies, large chain pharmacies and hospital pharmacies, in implementing the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) in the United States. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the challenges, solutions, and best practices that have emerged throughout the DSCSA implementation process.
Open to all attendees | Session leader and speakers to be announced soon.
12:45 - 13:00
Meet the Experts sessions
Meet the Experts #5
Open to all attendees | Expert to be announced soon.
13:00 - 14:00
Plenaries
Closing plenary - The next wave of digital evolution in healthcare supply chain
Anticipate the next wave of digital evolution and its implications for the healthcare supply chain, paving the way for future advancements. How to leverage data and emerging technologies to increase efficiency and outcomes across the supply chain.
Open to all attendees | Session leader and speakers to be announced soon.
14:00 - 14:45
Plenaries
Plenary - A spotlight on smart hospital initiatives for better patient outcomes
Highlight smart hospital initiatives aimed at improving patient outcomes through innovative technologies and processes.
Open to all attendees | Session leader: Prof.Dr Susan Moffatt-Bruce, Cardiothoracic surgeon & President (Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health) | Confirmed speakers: Dr Javier Sala Mercado, Vice CMO & COO (Cardiology Clinic, Cordoba), Joe Schmitz, Executive Director - Optimisation (Mercy Health) and more speakers to be announced soon.
14:45 - 15:00
Other
Invitation to the next GS1 Healthcare Global Conference with a surprise reveal
Open to all attendees | Session leader: Géraldine Lissalde-Bonnet, Vice President GS1 Healthcare, Global Office (Belgium) | speakers to be announced soon.