Presentations
Monday 18 April
Plenary sessions: Traceability from manufacturer to patient
- A starter session on GS1 standards
- Opening remarks and welcome to the conference - Ulrike Kreysa, Vice-President Healthcare, GS1 Global Office; Miguel A. Lopera, President and CEO, GS1 Global Office
- Cross hospital collaboration to develop a GS1 standards framework - Ryan Mavin, Senior Project Manager, ICT, Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate, the Australian Capital Territory Government, Health Directorate
- GS1 standards improving clinical effectiveness and patient safety - Kevin Jones, Director of Performance & Finance; Keith Jones, Clinical Director of Surgery, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom
- Implementation of GS1 barcode standards in a hospital laboratory - a successful case study - Dr. Ina Trapp, Global UDI Change Control Manager, Roche Diagnostics
- Healthcare Provider Advisory Council (HPAC) awards - Case study award and Recognition award
- Introduction to the conference charity Non-Profit Al Jalila Foundation on the Forefront of Medical Research- Dr. Abdulkareem Al Olama, CEO, Al Jalila Foundation
Video recordings: starter session, plenary 1, plenary 2
Implementation reality sessions
- Traceability in the hospital – in theatres, on wards, for instruments, for home care
- Jean-Michel Descoutures, Chief of Pharmacy, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy
- Feargal Mc Groarty, National Haemophilia System Project Manager, St. James’s Hospital, Ireland
- Georges Nicolaos, Chief Pharmacist and President of the Hospital Medicine Commission, Groupe Hospitalier de l’Est Francilien, Hospital of Coulommiers
- Pascal Bonnabry, Chief Pharmacist, Geneva University Hospitals
- Global standards for wholesalers/distributors – implementation and benefits - full presentations deck
- Scott Mooney, Vice President, Distribution Operations - Supply Chain Assurance, McKesson
- Jeff Denton, Senior Director, Global Secure Supply Chain, AmerisourceBergen
- Mike Meakin, Vice President, Global Quality Regulatory & Compliance, Life Sciences & Healthcare
Video recordings: session 1, session 2
Tuesday 19 April
Plenary sessions: Supply Chain Security
- Saudi Food and Drug Authority track and trace: why, when, and how - Abdullah F. Al-Meshal, Director of Business Support Department, Saudi Food and Drug Authority, Drug Sector
- GS1 DataMatrix instructions on secondary packaging in Jordan - Dr. Amal Abu Alrob, Pharmacist, Pricing Department, Jordan Food and Drug Administration
- The traceability roadmap in Egypt - Dr. Makram Atef, Associate Minister, Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt
- Stronger together: How safety of patients benefits from close alignment of authorities and manufacturers - Rene Trotha, MSC Country Coordinator Middle East, Bayer Technology Services GmbH
- EU Falsified Medicines Directive – EU Commission, DG Health and Food Safety - Patrizia Tosetti, Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Health and Food Safety, Medical Products – Quality, Safety and Innovation
- The European stakeholder model with end-to-end authentication of medicines to prevent counterfeiting- Michael P. Rose, Vice President Supply Chain Visibility, Johnson & Johnson
Video recording: plenary 1, plenary 2
Ask the experts
- Tactical steps for hospital implementations - Justin Bitter, Manager Operating Rooms and Serialisation Departments, Bernhoven Hospital, The Netherlands
- EDI - Tania Snioch, Director Healthcare, GS1 Global Office
- GS1 DataMatrix - Chuck Biss, Senior Director, AIDC Healthcare, GS1 Global Office
- Master data management, Peter Alvarez, Senior Director, Master Data Management, GS1 Global Office
- Patient and caregiver identification - Christian Hay, Senior Consultant, GS1 Global Office
- How to start implementing traceability in a country - Grant Courtney, Packaging Lead Manager, GSK
Video recordings: Tactical steps, GS1 DataMatrix, How to start implementing; Master data management; EDI; Patient and caregiver identification
Wednesday 20 April
Plenary sessions: Unique Device Identification (UDI) and regulatory Track & Trace initiatives for Medical Devices
- Saudi UDI expectations and barcode requirements - Dr. Nazeeh S. Alothmany, Vice Executive President, Saudi Food & Drug Authority; Meshal A. Al-Amri, Executive Director, Premarket Approval & Scientific Evaluation Management, Saudi Food & Drug Authority
- UDI and traceability – developing regulations - Duygu Şahin, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, ARTED, Turkey
- UDI – experiences of implementing the U.S. FDA UDI rule - Andrea Mitchell, Regulatory Affairs Operations Manager, Medtronic
- GDSN implementation, UDI Databases and product data for hospitals - Nick Manzo, Global Senior Director of Industry Development, 1WorldSync
Video recording: plenary
Plenary: Global standards - worldwide
- Launch Healthcare EDI implementation kit - Holger Clobes, Head of Global eCommerce and Auto ID, B.Braun Group; Hans Lunenborg, Sector Manager Healthcare, GS1 Netherlands
- Benefits of Quality Data and GS1 EDI for Healthcare - Andrew Potter, Group Inventory Manager, Ramsay Health Care, Australia
- Tanzania and Barcodes: quenching a thirst for data - Brian Taliesin, Senior Program Officer, Digital Health Solutions, PATH
- The RH GTAG – Reproductive Health Global Traceability Advisory Group - Ramy Guirguis, Senior Information Technology Advisor, USAID; Hayley Traeger, Technical Advisor, USAID
- What does a local multi stakeholder journey to global standardisation entail - Muhammad Tariq, Country Director, Pakistan, USAID | Deliver Project and John Snow, Inc., Health Logistics; Dr. Muhammad Aslam, CEO, Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan; Dr. Saqlain Gillani, National Program Manager, Federal EPI
- Invitation to next conference in Beijing, China - Jianhui Li, Vice President, GS1 China
Video recording: plenary