Throwback to BSMA 2016

At the 2016 conference you had the opportunity to meet and exchange with some of the top leaders of the industry from companies such as Bayer, Baxalta, Baxter, UCB, GSK Vaccines, GSK Cell&Gene, Biomarin, Mölnlycke, Illumina, J&J, MSD, Thermofisher and many more. Executives with various responsibilities across the supply chain tackled a large scope of subjects:

Agenda of the BSMA Conference 2016:

• 07h30 – 08h30 – Breakfast and registration
• 08h30 – 08h50 – Welcome and introduction presentation – History of Bio Supply Management Alliance in USA, benefits and future –by Devendra Mishra, Co-founder of BSMA, Adjunct Professor Decision Sciences Pepperdine University (USA)
• 08h50 – 09h40 – (Thematic) Clinical Trials Supply Chain
  • 08h50 – 09h10 – The Journey to Build a System for Managing Clinical Supplies – Bill Coakley, Director, Global Supply Chain Planning, BioMarin Pharmaceutical
  • 09h10-09h40 – Trends and evolution in the supply chain management of clinical trials – Jen Worsfold, Senior Director Supply Chain Solutions, Fisher Clinical Services will present on “Trends in the supply chain management of clinical trials”
• 09h40 – 10h10 – Cold Chain Panel discussion
  • Damian Grantham (Supply Chain Manager – Cell & Gene Therapy GSK)
  • François Leclercq (Director, Global Logistics Operations, Baxalta)
  • Frédéric Peelman (Director Ops & Development BioPharmaLogistics)
  • Olivier Simonnot (Strategic Marketing Manager Life Sciences EMEA at Sensitech)
  • Moderator Alex Guillen, Global Cold Chain Director Fisher Clinical Services)
• 10h10 – 10h35 – Collaboration initiatives in the life sciences supply chain industries –Analysis of collaboration models and the need to foster collaboration – Franck Toussaint, Managing Director Biolog Europe / BSMA Europe
  • Testimonials
    • Horizontal partnerships and collaborative communities among shippers. By bundling and synchronizing freight flows across multiple supply networks – Alex Van Breedam, CEO, Trivizor
    • Benjamin Brands (Supply Chain Manager – Mithra Pharmaceuticals (Belgium) – launch of a collaboration initiative and shared service center for pharma manufacturers
• 10h35 – 11h05 – Networking Break
• 11h05 – 11h30 – M&A impact on Supply Chain: a real case study – Laurent Foetisch, Managing Director Supply Chain Operations – Former Head of Supply Chain Merck Serono
• 11h30 – 12h00 – Industry 360°c – Advancing the efficacy of Life Sciences supply chain
  • Paul Anderson – Senior Director, Toll Manufacturing and Supply Chain – Illumina Cambridge Ltd (UK)
  • Ludovic Ménédème, Head of Global Distribution, Customer Service and Commercial relationships, UCB (Belgium-Switzerland)
  •  Peter Lieckens – ex leader external supply Operations EU/AfME – Zoetis 
• 12h00 – 12h20 – GMP requirements for ATMP production – Hughes Bultot, CEO, MaSTherCell
• 12h20 – 12h40 – Get ready for serialization – easily and effectively – Michel Bullen – Track & Trace Solution Manager (Optel Vision / Canada – Ireland)
• 12h40– 13h40 Walking Dinner
• 13h40 – 14h10 Transforming Logistics Oversight through the Internet of Things- Rich Kilmer, CEO Cargosense (USA)
• 14h10 – 14h30 – The evolution of Biosafety Regulation and impact on supply chain– Toon De Kesel – Board Member – International Federation of Biosafety Associations – ex Bayer Cropsciences – Febris Biorisk Consult
• 14h30 – 15h30 (Thematic) Transport & Logistics solutions
  • 14h30 – 14h45 The Airport, is it really a controlled environment for bio product? (Bert Selis, Cargo Manager, Liege airport)
  • 14h45 – 15h15 Oceanic transportation – from Air Logistics to sea-based solutions? – Jeroen Janssens – Senior Manager, Centre of Excellence for Packaging & Cold Chain GSK Vaccines
  • 15h15 – 15h30 Trends and evolution for the transport between China and Europe – The silk road challenge – M. WANG Jiapu, VP Wuhan Asia-Europe Logistics Co., Ltd – Raphael Cabolet, Biolog Consulting
• 15h30 – 16h00 – Networking Break
• 16h00 – 16h45 (Thematic- Education) Talent Development, Education and training / Panel Discussion
  • Prof. Dr. Maria Jesus Saenz (Director, Zaragoza Logistics Center – MIT Global Scale Network – talent hub for supply chain)
  • Devendra Mishra – University of Pepperdine (USA)
  • Prof. Dr. Alassane B. Ndiaye – Director, Qalinca Labs – Logistics & Transport Systems – Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Pascale Schütz, Partner Board & Executive, Mercuri-Urval (Recruitment)
• 16h45 – 17h00 – Next Generation Blending Processes For Efficient  And Green Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industries Prasanna Deshmukh – CEO Utopia Control & Gravynex (India)
• 17h00 – 17h20 – Rethinking Biomanufacturing to face the global challenges of the future – José Castillo – CEO Univercells, Benjamin Damien – Business Developer, Univercells
• 17h20- 17h30 – Closing remarks and keynote speech by Pr Joseph Martial. He was adjunct assistant professor of Biochemistry in Medicine at UCSF (77-80). He participated to the discovery of Growth hormone gene and was then founder of several biotech companies.
• 17h30-19h00 – Reception and cocktail + BSMA Awards