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8:00

Welcome Coffee, Registration & Itinerary Collection

8:45

Welcome Remarks from World BI

8:50

Chair Welcome Address
Worldbi Speaker
Nigel Cryer

Managing Director & Senior Consultant, Bluciela-Lifesciences

9:00

Keynote Presentation

Unlock the Power of Large Language Models in Supply Chain Management

Worldbi Speaker
Frank Giroux

Manager Digital SCM Transformation, Bayer

9:20

Partner Slot 1

How New Real Time Visibility Technologies are Helping Drive Sustainability Initiatives

World BI
Alex Guillen

Global SME Life Science and Pharma Director, Tive

9:35

Presentation 1

Optimizing Supply Chain Strategies in Pharma

Worldbi Speaker
Philip Olabode

Senior Manager, Supply Chain, Logistics & Reporting, Celgene

9:55

Presentation 2

Integrating Company Strategy into Your Manufacturing and Supply Role

Worldbi Speaker
Eduardo da Fonseca

Senior Director Supply Chain Management, Neurocrine Biosciences

10:15

Coffee Break & Networking Session

11:05

Presentation 3

Ensuring Compliance in a Pharma Warehouse

Worldbi Speaker
Stephen Evans

Quality & Compliance Manager, RP & RPI, B.Braun

11:25

Presentation 4

Sustainability - Think Outside the Box, or Better Still, Don't Get into the Box

World BI
Philip Coetzee

Director CMO Management, Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH

11:45

Partner Slot 2

TBC

Murata ID Solutions

12:00

Deep Dive Presentation

Learnings in Adopting Advanced Planning System (RapidResponse/KINAXIS): Strategical and Operational Insights

Worldbi Speaker
Fabrizio Cocciola

Global Supply Chain Specialty Care Head of Industrial Planning, Sanofi

12:25

Presentation 5

The Role of AI in Bridging IT and OT for Generic Drug Manufacturing

Worldbi Speaker
Robert Pławiak

CDIO / CTO, Polpharma

12:45

Presentation 6

Reconciling Business & Logistics Efficiency with Environmental Objectives - Three Use Cases of Greener Network Design, Greener Transportation, and Greener Packaging

Worldbi Speaker
Tsu Rasolonjatovo

Former Director, Global Logistics Transformation

13:05

Networking Lunch

14:05

Presentation 7

AI Trends and Innovations in Supply Chain Management - Future of Healthcare Operations

Worldbi Speaker
Dr. Jaya Mishra

Associate Director Strategy, Global Healthcare Operations | COO Office, Merck Healthcare

14:25

Presentation 8

AI-Driven Operational Excellence - Unlocking the Value of Interaction Data for Automation at Scale

Worldbi Speaker
Radovan Simic

Director, Data & Digital, Bayer

14:45

Partner Slot 3

How GDP Compliance Can be Implemented to Ensure Supply Chain Integrity?

Excellis Health Solutions, an NNIT Group Company

15:00

Coffee Break & Networking Session

15:50

Presentation 9

S&OP, From Tactical to Strategic Level

Worldbi Speaker
George Cioban

Senior Director S&OP, Pharmanovia

16:10

Presentation 10

Supply Chain Planning Transformation

Worldbi Speaker
Merve Kirci

Associate Director, Planning Center of Excellence Lead, Biogen

16:30

Interactive Panel

Future of Manufacturing Industry: A Strategic Roadmap Toward Industry 4.0

Moderator

Worldbi Speaker
Frank Giroux

Manager Digital SCM Transformation, Bayer

Panellists

Worldbi Speaker
Cem (Sam) Asma, PhD

Factory of the Future Program Manager, Takeda

World BI
Nigel Cryer

Managing Director & Senior Consultant, Bluciela-Lifesciences

17:00

Chair Closing Remarks
Worldbi Speaker
Nigel Cryer

Managing Director & Senior Consultant, Bluciela-Lifesciences

17:05

Happy Hour Session

8:00

Welcome Coffee, Registration & Itinerary Collection

8:50

Chair Welcome Address
Worldbi Speaker
Nigel Cryer

Managing Director & Senior Consultant, Bluciela-Lifesciences

9:00

Co-Presentation

Developing Interaction Mechanisms Between INTERPOL and Global Pharma

Worldbi Speaker
Moussa THIOMBIANO

Criminal Intelligence Officer, Public Health and Pharmaceutical Crime Unit, INTERPOL

Worldbi Speaker
Nigel Cryer

Managing Director & Senior Consultant, Bluciela-Lifesciences

9:35

Spotlight Presentation

Smart Supply Chains: Using Big Data and Machine Learning to Solve Medicine Shortages and Disrupt Illicit Trade

World BI
Dr. Emilia Vann Yaroson

Programme Director MSc Business Analytics, Sheffield University Management School

9:55

Presentation 11

Transformative Impact of AI on Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management: Revolutionizing Agility Through Dynamic Capabilities, and IBP

World BI
Antonio Pesqueira

Editorial Review Board Member - International Journal of AI in Medicine and Healthcare (IJAIMH), IGI Global Scientific Publishing

10:15

Coffee Break & Networking Session

11:05

Interactive Panel

People's Impact on the World of Supply Chains: A Few Unrecognized Problems

Moderator

World BI
Silvia Garcia Gonzalez

Head, Logistics & Network Performance - Vaccines Business Unit, Takeda

Panellists

Worldbi Speaker
Nigel Cryer

Managing Director & Senior Consultant, Bluciela-Lifesciences

Worldbi Speaker
Gianpiero Lorusso

Operations and Supply Chain Leader

Worldbi Speaker
Luiz Alberto Barberini

External Manufacturing Organization - Consumer Health LatAm ; Community Board Chair at CSCMP, Bayer

11:35

Presentation 12

Smarter, Faster, Better! AI in Action

Worldbi Speaker
Doron Azran

Head Of Global Supply Chain, SK Pharma

11:55

Deep Dive Presentation

Creating Value in a Fast Growing Organization within Logistics and Distribution

  • Our Journey with Digital Transformation for Upgrading the Level of Maturity
  • Driving a Fast Growing Organization Towards the Next Level of Maturity in Global Logistics and Distribution
Worldbi Speaker
Andrea Czikorova

Supply Chain Digital Transformation Manager, Straumann Group

12:15

Presentation 13

Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence - Perfect Storm

Worldbi Speaker
Aleksandar Raic

Global VP of AI, Bridgewest Group

12:35

Featured Presentation

Digital Supply Chain Twin - Mastering Sustainability and Risk Management

Worldbi Speaker
Dr. Tobias Engel

Professor Supply Chain Management, HNU - Hochschule Neu-Ulm, University of Applied Sciences

13:00

Networking Lunch

14:00

Presentation 14

Application of Machine Learning to Supply Planning

Worldbi Speaker
Gianpiero Lorusso

Operations and Supply Chain Leader

14:20

Co-Presentation

Enhancing Patients Access to Electronic Product Information and the Key Considerations for Going Paperless in Packs

Worldbi Speaker
Ronnie Mundair

Regional Labelling Head, Snr. Director, Pfizer

Worldbi Speaker
Giovanna Ferrari

Regional Lead - Snr Director within GRS, Pfizer

15:00

Coffee Break & Networking Session

15:30

Presentation 15

Procurement Beyond Savings: Building Resilient, ESG-Compliant, and AI-Enabled Supply Chains in Pharma

Worldbi Speaker
Sapan Gandhi

Head of Materials Procurement (Europe and China) and Global Procurement Strategy, Zentiva

15:50

Presentation 16

Solving Supply Chain Disputes via Commercial Mediation

World BI
Stefan Ibing

Head of Legal International Commercial, Apellis International GmbH

16:10

Deep Dive Session

What Measures will Best Secure Future Supply Chain Resilience?

Moderator

World BI
Nigel Cryer

Managing Director & Senior Consultant, Bluciela-Lifesciences

Panellists

Worldbi Speaker
Gianpiero Lorusso

Operations and Supply Chain Leader

Worldbi Speaker
Luiz Alberto Barberini

External Manufacturing Organization - Consumer Health LatAm ; Community Board Chair at CSCMP, Bayer

16:40

Presentation 17

TBC

World BI
Olusegun Adetunji

Global External Manufacturing & Supplier Stream Lead, Sanofi

17:00

End of Day 2 with Closing Remarks
Worldbi Speaker
Nigel Cryer

Managing Director & Senior Consultant, Bluciela-Lifesciences