LogiPharma USA 2025
September 29 - October 1, 2025
Sheraton, Boston, MA
TUESDAY, October 19, 2021
The Connected, Resilient and Agile Supply Chain
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast & Registration In The LogiLounge
8:30 am - 8:45 am
Welcome Remarks and Getting To Know You: Supply Chain Leader’s Ice Breaker
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Chairperson’s Opening Address
Allen Jacques -
Industry Leader,
Kinaxis
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Keynote | Meeting Patient Supply Needs During the Pandemic – Ethics, Regulations and Working With Key Business Partners
Eme Luth -
Executive Director & Global Head of ERP,
Gilead Sciences
9:20 am - 9:45 am
Fire-Side Chat | Voice of the Customer Panel Discussion – Aligning the End-to-End Supply Chain to Meet Today’s Customer Expectations
Kevin Cook -
Vp Supply Chain North America,
Sandoz International GmbH
Communication and information management quickly became critical elements of every manufacturer’s COVID response. There was a need to manage customer expectations and communicate quickly and clearly. Beyond the pandemic, we’ve seen the Amazon effect heighten customer expectations, coupled with more tech savvy and informed customers and patients. How are you meeting your customers’ evolving needs? How have your communication strategies fundamentally changed in the last year?
- Key success factors of crisis communication and lessons learned
- Understanding customer needs throughout the supply chain
- Partnering with customer experience to drive success
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Panel Discussion | Communication and Information Management for Managing Risk and Ensuring Business Continuity in Times of Crisis
Sai Mungara -
Head of North America Supply Chain Vice President,
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc
Allen Jacques -
Industry Leader,
Kinaxis
Syed Rahman -
Director, Corporate Systems, Global Information Management,
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals
Tom Scalone -
Director US Distribution Lead | Market Supply Ops,
Bristol Myers Squibb
Stabilizing supply and avoiding stock-outs are key mandates for supply chain. Global pandemics, natural disasters, security concerns and more will always be potential risks, but how much should you invest in redundancy? What are the use cases for dual sourcing? How can you de-risk complex manufacturing when supplier risk varies by supplier?
Panelists will discuss:
- 5 key factors for a good BCP
- Risk assessment and management approaches to understand your supply network and customer base to avoid disruptions
- Revising business continuity plans in response to pandemics and known security incidents
- Re-thinking sourcing strategies in light of COVID-19, current tariffs and trade regulations
Sai Mungara
Head of North America Supply Chain Vice PresidentSun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc
Syed Rahman
Director, Corporate Systems, Global Information ManagementIdorsia Pharmaceuticals
10:15 am - 11:00 am
Morning Refreshment Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Fire-Side Chat | Thinking Differently to Act as One - Lessons Learned from COVID-19, Mitigating Risk in the Global Supply Chain
Linzell Harris -
Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain and Strategy,
AstraZeneca
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Keynote | The Value of the Digital Supply Chain Network to Build Agility and Resiliency in the Sourcing, Tracking and Distribution of Critical Health Care Supplies
Geoff Annesley -
EVP,
One Network Enterprises
Most network initiatives in Pharma run into problems given the complexity of production and distribution environments. Optimizing direct procurement and inbound supply means much more than just streamlining your “procure-to-pay” processes. In this session, we will describe how a real-time digital supply chain network can enable a new collaborative relationship between manufacturers, suppliers, co-manufacturers, logistics providers and customers, enabling a patient centric and efficient healthcare environment.
• How can you better mitigate the risks in your critical inbound supply of direct materials?
• What are the real-time prescriptive analytics to optimize decision making?
• How a real time demand/supply match can be enabled by an agile distribution network?
• How can you increase resilience, and unlock enormous business value for all parties?
Geoff Annesley
EVPOne Network Enterprises
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Keynote Panel and Live Polling | Digital Supply Chain Transformation to Optimize a More Patient Centric Supply Chain
Priya Durvasula -
Head, Global Quality, Digital Health,
Eli Lilly & Co.
Anis Ghossain -
Enterprise Supply Chain Analytics Associate Director,
Bristol Myers-Squibb
Prasad Bav -
Product Master Data CoE Director,
Genentech, Inc.
COVID-19 rewarded companies that invested into digital transformation and accelerated the overall rate of change across the industry. How have manufacturers across the industry accelerated the digital supply chain transformation? Where should you get started if you’re behind the curve and where will future opportunity arise?
Panelists will discuss:
- How to work on the supply chain from a process and technology standpoint to keep in step with what’s happening with the business
- How to conduct a capability assessment to understand where to best leverage technology
- Key components for the foundational layer of the integrated supply chain to support the predictive and prescriptive layers that drive business value
- What digital means for delivering a more patient centric supply chain
- Leveraging digital to improve end-to-end visibility
12:20 pm - 12:40 pm
Keynote: Four Reasons to Reduce Inventory that Don't Involve Cashflow
Allen Jacques -
Industry Leader,
Kinaxis
12:40 pm - 1:30 pm
Interactive Roundtable Discussions
Rick Bowen -
Key Account Manager Americas, Life Science and Healthcare Logistics,
DACHSER Americas Air & Sea Logistics
Frank Butch -
Director of Engineering,
Sonoco Thermosafe
Scott Barnard -
Managing Director,
Bluecrux
Since the morning was jam-packed with detailed presentations and thought-provoking panel discussions, here’s your opportunity to be part of the discussion! You pick which roundtables to partake in – choose the ones relevant to your most pressing initiatives and send your teammates to others to cover full ground. Each Roundtable discussion lasts 25 minutes – choose 2!
#1 Rediscovering the Passion for Delivering Innovative Treatments to Patients / Pros and Cons for Global Versus Domestic Sourcing of Components
Rick Bowen, Key Account Manager Americas, Life Science and Healthcare Logistics, DACHSER Americas Air & Sea Logistics Corp.
#2 Packaging as a Core Critical Component to Achieving Sustainability CSR Goals
Frank Butch, Director Sales, Sonoco ThermoSafe
#3 How to Design Planning Processes to Unleash the Potential of Digital Planning Capabilities
Scott Barnard, Managing Director, Bluecrux
Rick Bowen
Key Account Manager Americas, Life Science and Healthcare LogisticsDACHSER Americas Air & Sea Logistics
Scott Barnard
Managing DirectorBluecrux
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Luncheon For All Attendees
Track A The Digital and Data Driven Supply Chain
2:30 pm - 2:40 pm Chairperson’s Afternoon AddressTrack A The Digital and Data Driven Supply Chain
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm Panel Discussion | Developing Data Interoperability Serialization Standards for Tracking and Enhanced Customer Centricity Priya Gopal - Pharma Strategist/Industry Expert/Consultant, Gilead Gregg Gorniak - Vice President - Manufacturer Operations & Data Services, Secure Supply Chain Lead, Cencora Arthi Nagaraj - Manager, Analytics and Serialization, Sanofi Max Peoples - Owner, RxScan- Looking at regulations globally and developing programs to achieve success
- Examining particularly unique market regulations such as Brazil
- How an interconnected supply chain relies on data interoperability and protects against counterfeiting
- Working with vendors and thinking about tailored channels
Gregg Gorniak
Vice President - Manufacturer Operations & Data Services, Secure Supply Chain LeadCencora
Arthi Nagaraj
Manager, Analytics and SerializationSanofi
Max Peoples
OwnerRxScan
Track A The Digital and Data Driven Supply Chain
3:10 pm - 3:40 pm Panel Discussion | Activating Next Generation Planning, Powered by Digital Brian Coleman - Director Supply Chain Data & Optimization, GSK Chandra Pandey - Supply Chain / ERP Thought Leader - Global Operations IT, Biogen Idec Rohan Sheth - Senior Program Manager, Supply Chain Strategy & Development, Johnson & Johnson Bobby Criss - Head of Customer Success, Paxafe Michael Haley - Business Development Director, SkyCell North AmericaOrganizations with strong digital capabilities in production planning have reaped the benefits of this transformation in a landscape of disruption. This discussion will examine the ways companies can strengthen their demand planning by using technologies that can best respond to uncertainties.
- Addressing delays and fluctuations
- Control towers and dashboard best practices that can create visibility into production operations
- Utilizing AI, big data and other services that provide insights and cost savings
Bobby Criss
Head of Customer SuccessPaxafe
Michael Haley
Business Development DirectorSkyCell North America
Track B Mastering Temperature Control and Sustainable Logistics
2:30 pm - 2:40 pm Chairperson’s Afternoon Address Bill Flaherty - Engineering Team Lead, Sonoco Thermosafe
Track B Mastering Temperature Control and Sustainable Logistics
2:40 pm - 3:10 pm Fire-Side Chat | Converting Warehouses and Container Parcel Shipments to Reusables Rupa Vadodaria - Director - US Commercial Operations, Merck
Track B Mastering Temperature Control and Sustainable Logistics
3:10 pm - 3:25 pm CLINICAL TO COMMERCIAL | Risk Mitigation and Cost Effectiveness through Supply Chain Planning James Klingelhoefer - Director of Sales, Americas, Pelican BioThermalWith Pharma R&D Pipelines continuing the trajectory to Biologics & Advanced Therapies, learn how to develop a strategy that de-risks the Supply Chain against Temperature Deviations
- Review the aspects of Commercial Scale that highlight the importance of cost containment in the Supply Chain
- Establish best practices that support your Supply Chain whether insourced, outsourced, and Globally
- Learning from the Pandemic, what we can apply to our Supply Chains as a result of these key learnings
Interested in showcasing your solutions in a session? Contact Charles McNiff (646)200-7828 or Charlie.McNiff@wbresearch.com
Track B Mastering Temperature Control and Sustainable Logistics
3:25 pm - 3:40 pm Innovation Spotlight | AeroSafe Global Jay McHarg - CEO, AeroSafe Global
3:40 pm - 4:20 pm
Afternoon Refreshment Break
Track A The Digital and Data Driven Supply Chain
4:10 pm - 4:40 pm Case Study | Creating End to End Visibility through Control Towers to Drive Agility and Proactive Identification of Issues Rohan Sheth - Senior Program Manager, Supply Chain Strategy & Development, Johnson & JohnsonTrack B Managing Capacity Constraints and Supply Disruption
4:10 pm - 4:40 pm PANEL DISCUSSION | Avoiding Business Disruption and the Maxing out of the Supply Chain – What is the State of Transportation and How can Companies Get Creative? Rich Romano - Director Global Transportation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pratik Ahuja - Director, Supply Chain, AmgenIt’s estimated that most companies can meet demand for roughly a month but if any part of supply is disrupted longer, manufacturing will come to a halt. With the various disruptions challenging the industry, this is reality, but agile supply chain can ensure companies are prepared.
- What tools are available to provide visibility when crisis arises?
- How can manufacturers identify shortaged before they occur?
- Partnering with forwarders and shippers – the current status of air and ocean shipping
- Staffing challenges and subsequent factory backlogs
Supply Chain Leaders Boardroom (For manufacturers, by invitation only)
3:25 pm - 4:45 pm By invitation only
4:40 pm - 4:50 pm
Innovation Spotlight: The Magic of AI Applied to Time Critical Shipping: Led By Airspace
Sarah O'Brien -
VP - Healthcare Solutions,
Airspace Technologies
Coby Little -
Account Executive,
Airspace Technologies
4:50 pm - 5:00 pm
Innovation Spotlight: Led By MaxQ
Balaji Jayakumar -
Co-Founder & COO,
MaxQ
Balaji Jayakumar
Co-Founder & COOMaxQ
5:00 pm - 5:20 pm
Keynote Case Study | The Silver Linings of Disruption and Accelerating Digital Transformation
Pratik Ahuja -
Director, Supply Chain,
Amgen
5:20 pm - 6:20 pm
LogiPharma Reception
Join new friends and colleagues for our reception in the LogiLounge. This is the perfect time to keep the networking going over a drink, or two!