Monday, 8 March 2021
Opening Remarks
11:00 Welcome to FPConnect 2021
Mostapha Khalil - Group Exhibition Director, Informa Markets Egypt.
Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement
12:00 (AFCFTA) BENEFITS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA On SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES)
Louis Yaw Afful - Group executive director, African Continental Free Trade Agreement Policy Network
12:30 AfCFTA as a cornerstone for Intra-Africa Trade promotion
Sayed Attia - International trade expert
13:00 Women of Africa in the AfCFTA
Joyce Willimas - Managing Attorney at Armooh–Williams, PLLC and Chairperson of Women of Africa Network
African Markets Overview & Insights
13:40 Macro-economic trends in Africa before and after COVID-19
Sébastien Markley - Statistician, Unit for Africa, Middle East and Europe, OECD Development Centre.
14:00 FAPMA’s current initiatives to endorse objectives of the pharmaceutical manufacturing sectors associations across Africa
Emmanuel Mujuru - Chairperson, “FAPMA” the Federation of African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations
14:30 Opportunities/challenges in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector in the East African Region
Nazeem Mohamed - Vice Chair, FAPMA and Past Chair of FEAPM
15:00 A Post Covid-19 Mindset and Policy Reset in Africa – Ensuring Health Security and Self-Sufficiency in the Supply of Quality-Assured Essential Medicines
Skhumbuzo Ngozwana - Board Member “SAMED” the South African Medical Devices Industry Association
15:30 Opportunities/challenges in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector in the South African Region
Gertrude Mothibe - Chairperson, “SAGMA” the South African Generic Medicines Association (Fapma Member)
International Trade with Africa
16:30 The export potential of Ukraine: A 2-ways trade between Ukraine & Africa
Tetiana Miskova - Director Export Promotion Council of Ukraine
17:00 Egypt’s packaging industry: How can Africa be served
Ahmed Gaber - Chairperson of the Egyptian Chamber of Printing & Packaging industries
17:30 Improving access to essential medicines in Africa towards UHC from the China Perspective
Alicia Chang - Senior International Cooperation Manager,CCCMHPIE
Monday, 8 March 2021
Food Safety / Food Security / Food Fraud
11:30 Food Fraud
Karen Constable - Principle consultant at Food Fraud Advisors (Australia)
12:00 Food Security in times of Covid-19
Atef Idriss - Chairperson “MEFOSA: Middle East Food Safety Associates (Lebanon)
12:30 Food Safety: New measures in production post Covid 19 pandemic
Mamdouh Issa - CEO “AHDO” Arab Health & Development Corporation
13:00 SARS-CoV-2 and Risk to Food Safety
Lucia Anelich Food - safety expert, consultant and educator in food safety, food microbiology & food safety management systems. Director at Anelich Consulting.
13:30 AFRICA Opportunities to elevate the food safety culture
Wael Mohamed - QA Food Safety Expert
F&B Packaging
14:30 Challenges for the global packaging industry in 2021
Pierre Pienaar - President “WPO” World Packaging organization
Women in the Food Manufacturing industry in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges, Expertise & Success stories
15:00 The Opportunities and Challenges that face women during this “new normal”.
Langa Sibanda-Lloyd - Founder and Creative Director at House of LANGA
16:15 Creating an Inclusive AfCFTA, 'The Will'
Joyce Williams - Chairman Women of Africa Network
Emmanuela Opoku - International peace scholar
Val Okaru-Bisant - CEO, General Counsel at Afrocosmo Development Impact, LLC
17:00 Food Ingredient
Alex Heuff - EMEA digital and events sales manager - Fi Global, Informa Markets
15:30 ProPak Exhibitions
Fraser Hawkes - Director of ProPak & Plastics, Informa Markets
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
Food Waste & Sustainability
14:00 The importance of Food Sustainability in Africa & the Middle East
Will Cowling - Marketing Manager FMCG Gurus
14:30 Addressing the issue of food Waste in Africa
Mike Hughes - Head of Research & Insight FMCG Gurus
15:00 Valorisation of food industries wastes into sustainable food products: a case study on dairy and brewing industries
Marc Bou Zidan - Coordinator of the Experimental Field of the School of Engineering at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik - USEK
16:00 A circular economy approach to waste in food systems
Annachiara Scandone - Industrial Development Expert UNIDO Egypt
16:30 Food Sustainability
Manal Makki - Supervisor at MEFOSA Medical laboratory technologist & food scientist
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Technology & Digitalization
13:00 Digital transformation in sales, supply chain, and manufacturing
Shereen Mosallam - Symbios Consulting
13:30 Barriers in Food Production & how to overcome it: Foodservice businesses in a post-pandemic world.
Satvik Jaitly - Consultant, Food & Nutrition at Frost & Sullivan
14:00 Leading with technology for efficient food production
Aarthi Janakirama - Research Manager, TechVision, Frost & Sullivan
14:30 Risk Analysis & Mathematical Modelling in Food Industry
Thouraya Attia - Food Safety & Public health expert (Tunisia)
15:00 Africa’s urban transformation: A food market revolution?
Thang Nguyen-Quoc - Economist, Unit for Africa, Middle East and Europe, OECD Development Centre
Monday, 8 March 2021
Complying Despite Challenges
12:30 EU Accreditation (challenges, needs and benefits)
Yara Al Mouti - CEO Agon Academy
13:30 Pricing Dilemma
Miriem Hedibel - Quality Management Specialist at Institut Pasteur & Research Assistant Professor at Algiers University
Crisis Management Strategies
15:00 Business Continuity Plan – A practical Approach for the upcoming crisis
Ayat AlKhatib - Compliance section Head at Agon Academy
16:00 Pharmaceutical Supply Chain response/ resilience during and after the COVID-19
Osaro Aigbogun - Strategist, Crisis management enthusiast, and Educator
16:30 Leadership lessons shifting mindset and rebounding from adversity in a crisis
Florian Hildebrand, Visionary Tech-Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Qualifyze
17:30 Biotechnology and biosimilars
Fernando de Mora, Professor of Pharmacology / Speaker-Consultant on biosimilars regulation and market penetration / How to communicate
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
Status Quo
12:30 Dry Granulation in Oral Solid Dosage Processing & SERIALISATION: Prioritizing Consumer Safety & Driving Business Value
Parth Chokshi - Sr. Manager, International Sales, at Kevin Process Technologies Pvt. Ltd; India
Ayush Nag - Jr. Manager, International Sales at Kevision Systems Pvt. Ltd; India
13:30 Cost benefit of investment on quality in pharmaceutical manufacturing
Yara Al Mouti - CEO Agon Academy
14:00 Pharmacovigilance and drug safety/Fraudulent activity
Nidaa Bawaresh - Head of PV Centre at Jordan Food & Drug administration
The Latest in Guidelines
15:30 The critically needed infrastructure for the pharmaceutical industry
Fatma Taman - Managing Director at Taman & Associates
16:00 Products registration cycle
Rima Nsheiwat - Regional Regulatory and Intelligence Director at The Arab Drugstore Company
16:30 Quality Metrics
Yara Al Mouti - CEO Agon Academy
17:00 Manufacturing of Hazardous Products
Andreas flukiger - Occupational Toxicology and Containment for the Pharmaceutical Industry consultant & Professor at the Viennese Academy of Occupational Medicine and Prevention.
17:30 Data Integrity Roadmap
Roberto Bertini - Operations Director Europe & CIS Region – PQE Group
18:00 Risk Based Cleaning Validation
Leticia Sanz, Industry science responsible, Azierta
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Gate Into New Markets
11:30 Cost optimization/ time-to-market
Jean-Baptiste Guillaume - IAC Partners' healthcare practice leader
12:00 Shifting from local distribution strategy to export strategy
Fatma Taman - Managing Director at Taman &Associates
12:30 Development of African Value Chains and Pharmaceuticals
Elisa Saint-Martin - Policy Analyst, Unit for Africa, Middle East and Europe, OECD Development Centre
13:00 Trends in Low- and Middle-Income countries Health Product Procurement: A case for new markets, new procurement models and new platforms
Panel discussion by DFS Africa
Moderator: Bankole Eniola, Executive Director, DFS Africa.
Keynote speech: Mr. Bolaji Oladejo, Director of policy & planning Federal ministry of health, Abuja Nigeria.
Keynote speech: Mr. Joshua Setipa, Managing Director, The United Nations Technology Bank.
Keynote speech: Jessica Jones, Program officer for market dynamics and systems innovations at the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation.
Panellist: Olakunle Olaniyi-Edwards, Executive Director
and Co-Founder at DFS Africa
Panellist: Dr. Janet Byaruhanga, Senior Programme Officer, Public Health at the Africa Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD).
Innovation & Digitalisation
15:00 Market Access in the Covid Era
Nathan Nagel - CEO Middles East Medical Portal
15:30 Biotechnology and biosimilars
Fernando de Mora - Professor of Pharmacology
