Introduction

• A starter session on GS1 standards

Plenary session - Hospital Implementation

• Welcome to the conference - Ulrike Kreysa, Vice President Healthcare, GS1 Global Office
• Opening of the conference - Miguel A. Lopera, President and CEO, GS1 Global Office
• Healthcare, trends and developments, global and local – Jörg Pretzel, CEO, GS1 Germany; Boris Fröhlich, Senior Vice President Marketing, B.Braun, Germany: Wilfried Winzer, Chief Financial Officer, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Germany
• NHS Supply chain strategy – GS1 adoption in a trust - Alan Foster, CEO, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, UK 
• GS1 standards in German hospitals - Oliver Gründel, Managing Director, AGKAMED, Germany 
• Procurement and patient care - Charles-Edouard Escurat, Deputy Director General, Resah GPO, France 
• Enhancing patient safety by medication checking - Gertrud Türk-Ihli, IT and medical technology, clinical information systems, Medius Kliniken, Germany; Martin Reitstätter, R&D ORBIS Cardiology, HE/Medical Documentation, Agfa HealthCare 
• Supply chain, traceability and patient safety - Rob Drag, Scan4Safety Programme Manager, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, UK 
• Healthcare Provider Advisory Council (HPAC) Award
• Winner of the 'Healthcare Provider Implementation Best Case Study Award' - Jeroen van Winden; Kelly van Gool, ETZ (Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis), Tilburg / Waalwijk, The Netherlands 
• Winner of the ‘Healthcare Provider Recognition Award' ’ - Francois Bisch, Logistics Engineer, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire du Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe / France
• Charity – McDonald’s Kinderhilfe Stiftung

Breakout sessions

1. Bedside scanning – Facilitated by European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP)

• Rob Moss, Director of Professional Development, EAHP: Hans Ros, Pharmacist, Gelre Hospital, Netherlands: Pascal Aulagnet, Market Client Partner, Europe Middle-East & Africa, Pfizer

 2. Hospital collaboration – Healthcare providers collaborating to drive efficiency and safety using GS1 standards

• Megan Main, CEO, NZ Health Partnerships, New Zealand; Wilfried Winzer, Chief Financial Officer, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Germany; Lawrence Koh, Senior Director, Supply Chain Operations, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

3. Hospital Implementation – Exciting results of implementing GS1 standards in a hospital 

• Feargal Mc Groarty, National Haemophilia System Projcect Manager, St. Jaems's Hospital, Ireland; Andrew Raynes, IM & T Programme Director, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK; Terry Hoy, Regional Supply Chain Manager, South West Supply & Logistics, South West Healthcare, Australia 

Posters

• Managing logistic challenges by EPCIS, GS1 identification and RFID – GS1 Denmark 
• RESAH strengthens patient safety through Data Quality RESAH – GS1 France
• Using the GTIN to establish the essential link between healthcare items, pack sizes and product information to enable improved patient safety – GS1 Ireland
• GS1 Standards on Surgical Instruments Improving Patient Safety and Economic Efficiency in Japanese Hospitals – GS1 Japan
• Celebrating the first year of Scan4Safety – GS1 UK
• Ethiopia’s journey towards traceability – USAID
• GS1 Healthcare Provider Database – GS1 Global Office
• Patient and caregiver identification for better safety – GS1 Global Office
• Optimise the healthcare supply chain with a GTIN – GS1 Global Office
• Meeting stakeholders’ needs by blending HRI and regulatory requirements – GS1 Global Office
• Data Matrix is the data carrier of choice in healthcare – GS1 Global Office
• Using GS1 EDI in the healthcare supply chain – GS1 Global Office
• What the GS1 Public Policy Database can do for you – GS1 Global Office
• Improving patient care with GS1 standards – GS1 Global Office

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Plenary session - Pharmaceutical traceability from manufacturer to patient 

• GS1 standards as the foundation for implementing the EU FMD - Dirk Van Den Wouwer, Serialization and end-to-end traceability leader EMEA, Johnson & Johnson 
• EMVO plus NMVO presentation (Bulgaria) - Andreas Walter, Coding & Serialisation Director, EFPIA & Director General a.i., EMVO; Illiana Paunova, Executive Director, Bulgarian Medicines Verification Organisation(BgMVO) 
• What is next after the results of implementing GS1 Pilot in the Public Health Supply Chains - Muhammad Tariq, Country Director, Pakistan, USAID | Deliver Project and John Snow, Inc., Health LogisticsDrug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) 
• Pharmaceutical serialization and traceability system in Korea - JeongHwa Oh, Deputy Manager, Pharmaceutical information management department, Korea Pharmaceutical Information Service (KPIS) 
• EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and Beyond – Implementation Challenges for a Manufacturer - Stefan Artlich, Director Product Tracking and Authentication, Bayer, Germany 
• Implementation traceability system - Christina Kögler, Packaging Engineer, Bausch & Lomb
• The traceability regulation in US and roadmap towards implementation - Peggy Staver, Packaging & Delivery Systems, Pfizer; Scott Mooney, Vice President, Distribution Operations, McKesson; Jeff Denton, Sr. Director, IT Global Secure Supply Chain, AmerisourceBergen Corp 

Ask the expert sessions

1. Pharmaceutical subjects 

• Shared packs, coding status/NTIN to GTIN - Joan Cahill, Director, Packaging & Delivery Systems, Pfizer; Grant Courtney, Manager, Falsified Medicines Directive Project, GSK
• DataMatrix/HRI - Chuck Biss, Senior Director, AIDC Healthcare, GS1 Global Office 
• Traceability/serialisation - Peggy Staver, Director, Product Integrity, Pfizer; Scott Mooney, Vice President, Distribution Operations, McKesson; Jeff Denton, Sr. Director, IT Global Secure Supply Chain, AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Craig Alan Repec, Senior Manager, Supply Chain Visibility, EPCIS & RFID, GS1 Global Office
• IDMP/FMD in hospitals - Christian Hay, Senior consultant, GS1 Global Office; Rob Moss, Director of Professional Development, EAHP

2. Medical Device, Identification and Data Management - Linda Sigg, Associate Director for Informatics, Office of Surveillance and Biometrics FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), U.S. FDA; Terrie Reed, MS Industrial Engineering, Senior Advisor for UDI Adoption, U.S. FDA; Georg Keller, Manager Regulatory Affairs/Labeling Coordinator B. Braun/Aesculap; Jackie Elkin, Global Regulatory Affairs, Global Process Owner Standard Product Identification, Medtronic; Peter Alvarez, Senior Director, Identification and Data Strategy, Healthcare, GS1 Global Office 

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Plenary session - Unique Device Identification (UDI)

• UDI implementation - Melissa Finocchio, Senior Director, Product Labeling & Documentation, BioMerieux, France 
• UDI implementation at an SME - David Imad, Head of Information & Data Technologies Department, Ulrich Medical 
• Master data management with GDSN - Michaela Berlich, VP Purchasing & Logistics, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Hajo Reissmann, MD, Anesthesiologist, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Plenary session - Worldwide implementations

• Leveraging GS1 standards at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi - Lawrence Koh, Supply chain management expert, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
• Traceability for vaccines in Nicaragua - Rehana Wolfe, Director, Global Developing World Vaccines, Pfizer 
• USAID strategy for adoption of global standards for improved supply chain efficiency - Ramy Guirguis, Senior Information Technology Advisor, USAID; Hayley Traeger, Program Advisor for Strategic Engagement, USAID 
• Public-Private Global Supply Chain for Pandemic Preparedness and Response - Wolfgang Herbinger, Special Adviser, World Food Programme 
• Invitation to next conference in Chicago, USA - Siobhan O’Bara, Senior Vice President, Industry Engagement & Services, GS1 US 

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