• Fresh Future
    Logistics can make it happen

     

     November 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

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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

Organiser

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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


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Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi

Elgon Road Upper Hill, Nairobi
00100 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

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