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ConnectChains – Humanitarian Supply Chain Conference 2024

The focus of the second ConnectChains - Humanitarian Supply Chain Conference, which will take place at NRW State Representation to the Federal Government, Hiroshimastraße 12-16, Berlin on December 5, 2024, is the transfer of knowledge and the networking of all players in humanitarian and commercial supply chain management with the aim of being able to manage crisis situations even better.

The target group of the summit are logistics and supply chain experts in humanitarian and development aid organizations as well as logistics companies. Representatives from foundations, academia and governments as well as international donors are also invited.

Program

9.00 Registration and coffee
9:30 Welcome
Thilo Jörgl, Conference Director ConnectChains
9:40 Presentation: Public Private Partnerships
First presentation of the results of a current study of Prof. Sander de Leeuw and Prof. Dr. Stephan Wagner
Prof. Sander de Leeuw, Chair of Operations Research and Logistics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen
10:00 Panel: Public Private Partnerships
Martijn Blansjaar, Head of Logistics & Supply, Oxfam, Oxford/London
Mitsuko Mizushima, Chief Logistics Officer, Fritz Institute, San Francisco
Prof. Sander de Leeuw, Chair of Operations Research and Logistics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen
Mayyada Ansari, Global Head of GoHelp, DHL Group, Bonn
N.N.
10:55 Introduction: Lynn C. Fritz Medal
Lynn C. Fritz, CEO Fritz Institute, San Francisco
11:00 Presentation: Winning project of the Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics
Charles Lomali Iria, Business Development Manager, Strategies for Northern Development, Kenya
Ibrahim Ali Dida, Executive Director, Strategies for Northern Development, Kenya-Ethiopia
11.20 Q&A
Winners of the Lynn C. Fritz Medal answer your questions (Strategies for Northern Development, Kenya)
11.30 Coffee Break
12:05 Impulse and panel discussion: Infrastructure and processes – how ports and airports can better facilitate humanitarian logistics
Dr. Florian Eck, Managing Director, Deutsches Verkehrsforum, Berlin
Benjamin Brich, Chairman of the Board, humanilog, Hamburg
Markus Bangen, CEO. duisport, Duisburg
Johannes Peter, Managing Director, humedica, Kaufbeuren
12.45 Panel discussion: sustainability
Ben Safari, Head of SCM Services, UNHCR, Budapest confirmed
Sara Penniman-Morin, Chief Global Supply Chain Officer (CGSCO), International Rescue Committee (IRC), NYC
Dr. Beatrix Becker, Head of Sustainability Region Europe, DB Schenker, Frankfurt
Prof. Dr. Julia Hartmann, Professor of Sustainability Management, EBS University, Wiesbaden
Dro André Gonsi, Regional Medical SC Administrator, International Committee of the Red Cross, Learner of the Year, Abidjan
Thilo Jörgl, moderator, Chairman of the Jury Lynn C. Fritz Medal
13.45 Outlook: Application for Lynn C. Fritz Medal 2024
Thilo Jörgl, Chairman of the Jury Lynn C. Fritz Medal
13.55 Light lunch
networking opportunities
14.30 End

Registration

Registration is mandatory for participation.

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Contact for queries

Thilo Jörgl
Executive Chairman of the Jury
Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics
T +49 89 215384612
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Sponsors

  • 24/7 GmbH
  • AEB
  • Baumann Paletten
  • BLG LOGISTICS
  • Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr
  • Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung
  • Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik
  • Bundesvereinigung Logistik
  • BUSINESS+LOGISTIC
  • BWVL BUNDESVERBAND FÜR EIGENLOGISTIK & VERLADER
  • Deutsches Verkehrsforum
  • DSLV Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik e. V.
  • Duisburger Hafen AG
  • European Logistics Association (ELA)
  • European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL)
  • Exotec
  • Fritz Institute
  • GARBE Industrial Real Estate
  • Gebrüder Weiss
  • German Association of the Automotive Industry
  • German Parcel and Express Association (BPEX)
  • Goldbeck
  • Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG
  • HIAB
  • impact media projects
  • International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
  • International Road Transport Union
  • Interroll Group
  • Krone
  • Lebensmittel Zeitung
  • LIP Invest
  • Locus Robotics
  • LOGISTIK-Kurier
  • LTG Landauer Transport- gesellschaft Doll
  • materialfluss
  • METRO LOGISTICS
  • NIMMSTA
  • pfenning group
  • PSI Logistics
  • RIO - The Logistics Flow
  • RXO
  • Schnellecke Logistics
  • SCHUNCK GROUP
  • Seifert Logistics Group (SLG)
  • Setlog
  • SSI Schäfer
  • STILL (Donor)
  • TGW Logistics Group
  • trans aktuell
  • Wiltsche Fördersysteme
  • Winner Spedition
  • WISAG