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THE SUMMIT
The World Immunisation & Logistics Summit by HOPE Consortium, Bringing Leaders Together To Help Combat COVID-19
The World Immunisation & Logistics Summit, hosted by the HOPE Consortium, took place from the 29th – 30th March 2021. Bringing together world leaders and senior decision-makers representing key multi-national NGOs, IGOs, academia and public and private stakeholders, leading the charge in the collective human effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The biggest global gathering of its kind, the virtual summit was attended by over 2,500 participants, including key representatives from WHO, UNICEF and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The open forum discussed the logistical challenges of vaccine mobilisation from production to patient, intending to find scalable, real-world solutions to achieve mass, equitable worldwide distribution.
The discussions, ideas, solutions and connections made during this groundbreaking event will undoubtedly contribute to our collective future as we face the next critical phase of the fight against COVID-19.
OUR INITIATIVE
The HOPE Consortium
We moved quickly, utilising our infrastructure and logistics capabilities and geographic proximity with Africa, Asia and Europe, to offer medical and food aid to many countries. Our HOPE Consortium has gathered its expertise to secure more vaccines for the world – the faster we can vaccinate populations, ensuring the equitable and fair access to vaccines in a cost-effective manner, the faster we overcome the virus and begin to recover globally. The UAE will continue to work with partners and play a leading role to accelerate the pace and overcome the crisis.
H.H. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, UAE
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Cooperation and Collaboration: The collective human effort...
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Ensuring supply chain integrity...
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Demand planning, preparedness and overcoming challenges...
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Focus on Middle East Panel: Coordinating vaccine logistics...
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Cooperation and Collaboration: The collective human effort to save lives and support global economic recovery
A keynote panel discussion on the key challenges faced so far, the corresponding actions taken, and the learnings made, as we face the next critical phase of the fight against COVID-19.
COVID-19 Vaccines Pharma and Manufacturers Panel: The race against time
A session exploring the unprecedented, accelerated process of COVID-19 vaccines R&D, vaccine efficacy against current and future strains of COVID-19, WHO recommendations on vaccines use, understanding the unique vaccine properties and distribution requirements, forecasting the vaccine pipeline and equity in distribution and access to the COVID-19 vaccines.
Ensuring supply chain integrity
A panel discussion looking at the role of technology as a fundamental part of a complete integrated logistics solution for efficient vaccine transport and distribution. Exploring demand planning to maintain vaccine integrity, interface between modes of transportation, data-enabled supply chains: Digital solutions for real-time monitoring of vaccine cargo and blockchain solutions for supply chain performance.
Demand planning, preparedness and overcoming challenges in vaccine administration
A panel discussion bringing together a diverse panel of experts to discuss how best to coordinate and overcome the challenges of a mass global COVID-19 immunisation programme discussing: vaccination programme roll-out, public education, workforce preparedness and workforce shortages and supply, storage and capacity challenges.
Focus on Middle East Panel: Coordinating vaccine logistics operations in the Middle East
A session exploring the work that is being done across the region to vaccinate all citizens and residents and the lessons learned to date, examine ongoing challenges and how these are being addressed and finally, examine the role the region can play in supporting the efficient and effective delivery of vaccines to other parts of the world.
Focus on Africa Panel: Overcoming complex logistical challenges to ensure equitable access to vaccinations across Africa
A panel discussion bringing together a range of experts to talk about how supply chain partnerships can help to bridge the gap, overcoming financial and infrastructural challenges to ensure and estimated total population of over 1.2billion across 54 countries receive access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Focus on Asia Panel: Vaccine production and distribution across Asia
A panel discussion looking at the latest developments in vaccine production and the current challenges facing distribution around the region, and how further collaboration and partnership agreements are supporting supply chain performance to navigate regulatory hurdles, overcome supply bottlenecks and accessing and supplying remote locations.
Cooperation and Collaboration: The collective human effort...
WATCH Session
COVID-19 Vaccines Pharma and Manufacturers Panel...
WATCH Session
Ensuring supply chain integrity...
WATCH Session
Demand planning, preparedness and overcoming challenges...
WATCH Session
Focus on Middle East Panel: Coordinating vaccine logistics...
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SPEAKERS
Keynote Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
HH. Sheikh Abduallah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Cabinet Member, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Internal Cooperation, UAE
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
H.E. Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi
Chairman, Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
H.E. Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Hamed
Chairman, Department of Health-Abu Dhabi
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus
Director-General, WHO
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Henrietta Fore
Executive Director, UNICEF
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Mark Suzman
CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Robert Mardini
Director-General, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Panelists
H.E. Falah Mohammed Al Ahbabi
Chairman, Abu Dhabi Ports, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT)
Prof. Jose Manuel Barroso
Board Chair, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Dr. Richard Hatchett
CEO, CEPI
Stanley C. Erk
President and CEO, Novavax
Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
Chief Scientist, WHO
Dr. Yang Xiaoming
Chairman National Biotec Group (CNBG)
Tony Douglas
Group CEO, Etihad Aviation Group
Ashish Koshy
CEO, G42 Healthcare
Capt. Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi
Chairman HOPE Consortium Executive Committee; Group CEO, Abu Dhabi Ports
Eng. Abdulla Abdul Aziz Nasser AlShamsi
Head of Investments and New Initiatives, UAE Investments Platform, Mubadala Investments Company
Stephen Cahill
Director of Logistics and Field Support, WFP
Dr. Noura Al Dhaheri
CEO, Maqta Gateway
Richard Ettl
Co-founder and CEO, SkyCell
Jack Muhs
Regional President, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa, FedEx Express
Robert Sutton
Head of Logisitics Cluster, Abu Dhabi Ports
Roert Coyle
SVP, Pharma and Healthcare Vertical, Kuehne + Nagal
Martin Drew
SVP Sales and Cargo, Etihad Aviation Group
Thomas Kipp
COO, Aramex
Jean-Cedric Meeus
Chief Transport, UNICEF
Tarek Sultan
CEO and Vice Chair, Agility
Wesley P. Wheeler
President, UPS Healthcare
Prof. Nachman Ash
COVID-19 National Coordinator, Israel
Nadhim Zahawi MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment, UK
Dr. Farida Al Hosani
Official Spokesperson, UAE Health Sector, Manger, Communicable Disease Department, Abu Dhabi Public Health Center
Rashed Saif Al Qubaisi
CEO, Rafed
H.E. Dr. Mariam Ibrahim Al Hajeri
Assistant Undersecretary of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Bahrain
H.E. Dr. Hani Jokhdar
Undersecretary of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
H.E. Dr. Hussain Abdul Rahman Al Rand
Assistant Undersecretary for Health Centers and Clinics and Public Health, Ministry of Health and Prevention, UAE
Ghassan Aboud
Chairman, Ghassan Aboud Group; Founder Orient Human Relief
Simon Blande
Chief Executive Officer, GLIDE
Dr. Rana Hajjeh
Director of Programme Management, WHO-EMRO
Dr. E. Osagie Ehanire
Honorable Minister of Health, Nigeria
Sen. Muthai Kagwe, EGH
Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health, Republic of Kenya
David Hadley
Chief Executive Officer, Mediclinic Middle East
Kashif Khalid
Regional Director- Africa & Middle East, IATA
Bruce Mokaya Oriana
ICRC Head of Delegation in Addis; Permanent Representative to the Africa Union
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology, and Earth Sciences; Chairman, Executive Board, World Health Organization
Madhav Kurup
Regional CEO MESA, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
Dr. Pascal Rey-Herme
Co-Founder and Group Medical Director, International SOS
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