After a successful conference in December 2013 about the new GDP guidelines, the DARQA GMP commission now organizes in cooperation with Air France KLM (AFKL) and Schiphol airport a conference about GDP in practice.

This conference will be organized on Wednesday 22 October 2014 at Schiphol centrum. The number of participants is limited to 40.

09:00 – 09:30    Coffee/Welcome

09:30 – 09:45     Opening by Schiphol and AFKL

09:45 – 10:15      Introduction by DARQA: “The role and responsibilities of a quality department within the pharmaceutical industry towards transportation.”

10:15 – 10:35      IATA: Role of IATA in GDP implementation in air cargo industry

10:45-11:10         Coffee break

11:10 – 11:40      Introduction by AFKL “The air cargo supply chain and AFKL cargo products for Healthcare Industry” by AFKL

11:40 – 12:00      Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate: Riekert Bruinink    

12:00 – 13:00      Lunch

13:00 – 14:30      Making the Air Cargo process transparent Gwen Roelofs (Airfrance-KLM)

14:30 – 17:00     Workshop carrousel

Workshop 1: How to manage segregation within the logistic chain? What is acceptable what is not acceptable?

Workshop 2: Risk based approach. Where do you see highest risk in the Schiphol process? What can be done to manage this risk? What can a shipper do to manage the risk? What are the possibilities and expectations with regards to packaging?

Workshop 3: Planning for future: Given the fact AFKL will built a new warehouse facility for Pharma, what are the ideal requirements for such new facility?

17:00-17:15         Workshop wrap up and Closure  

17:15 – 18:30      Drinks