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Fresh Future
Logistics can make it happenNovember 24, 2022
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Speakers
General Manager, Marketing and Business Development
Kenya Airports Authority
Jacob Bwana
Executive Director
Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association
Tewodros Zewdie
CEO
Avocado Society of Kenya
Muthomi Ernest
Managing Director
Perishable Center Frankfurt
Rainer Wittenfeld
Station Director BRU
Swissport
Wouter Sysmans
VP Air & Ground Services
Liege Airport
Eric Gysen
Director
Maisha Agro Farm Limited
Mahdi Mohamed Issak
Technical, Standards and Compliance Officer
Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK)
Paul Peter Muthanga
Chief Executive Officer
Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya
Okisegere Ojepat
Cargo Business Development Manager
Brussels Airport
Samuel Quintelier
Farmer, Agricultural Engineer
Consultant
Dennis Getuba
Regional Director Africa
SACC
Ken Mbogo
CEO
Avocado Exporters Association of Kenya
Philliph Mutooni
Managing Director
Total Herbs
Millicent Rutere
General Manager
KEPHIS
Dr. Isaac Macharia
Director
Nile chilli Supplies
Robert Webuye
CEO and Chief Consultant
IAgriBiz Africa
Rodgers Kirwa
For speaking opportunities, please contact reji@statmediagroup.com
Agenda
Time
Subject
9:30 - 9:45 hrs
Welcome
9:45 - 11:00 hrs
Presentation followed by panel discussion
Presentation
Jacob Bwana, General Manager, Marketing and Business Development, Kenya Airports Authority
Panel - 1
Subject: Cool ports and cold storages – building perishable hubs of the future
How could airports close to production centres become centres of excellence in building cold chain infrastructure to support the export and import time critical perishable products?
11:00 - 11:30 hrs
Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:45 hrs
Panel - 2
Subject: Future is end-to-end cold chain logistics, underpinned by data and digitalisation
How do companies right across the cool supply chain now work to elevate operations beyond their four walls with network visibility, real-time data and remote control, plus a growing array of intelligent technologies to better predict and respond to change, improve cargo care, and maximise utilisation of infrastructure and transport assets?
12:45 - 14:00 hrs
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:30 hrs
Presentation
Brian Vander Mey, Director of Business Development and Partnerships, Aergility
Subject: Exploring the advantages of large cargo drones
What are the capabilities of large scale VTOL cargo drones? Explore how such an aircraft could transform day-to-day logistics operations for perishable goods.
14:30 - 15:45 hrs
Panel - 3
Subject: Investing to build infrastructure for perishable logistics of future - sustainable and profitable
The need for significant investment in cold chain infrastructure and transport assets. These include automation, clean energy, refrigeration and climate control technology. How do we develop reliable reefer logistics and multimodal logistics network?
15:45 - 16:15 hrs
Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:30 hrs
Panel - 4
Subject: How can logistics help shippers discover new markets?
Is Africa the food basket of the world? How can logistics help reduce wastage of fresh produce? Can logistics industry help African fresh produce community to identify and discover new markets for their produce?
*Programme agenda is subject to change
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Organiser
Logistics Update Africa (LUA) is a bi-monthly magazine that brings the most credible news, views and stories of and from Africa about the continent’s evolving transport and logistics industries.
LUA is one of the three publications from STAT Media Group, the earliest business to business trade publication in transport and logistics in the world. LUA gives an insight of the untapped potential of Africa’s economy and its unexplored and emerging markets that are eventually opening to the world.
LUA has a circulation of 13,000 copies and readership of close to 41,000 industry professionals from air cargo, sea freight, rail & road transport industries within Africa and Europe. LUA is available online at www.logupdateafrica.com and it is updated regularly with the latest transport and logistics news from around the world.
Venue
Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi
Elgon Road Upper Hill, Nairobi00100 Kenya
Tel: +254 (0) 709 810 000
Email: info.nairobi@radissonblu.com
Post Address
Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi Upper Hill
P.O. Box 21695 - 00200 GPO
Nairobi, Kenya
