2nd PtD Global Conference on Human Resources in Supply Chain Management

Since the first PtD conference in Geneva, Switzerland in 2011 there has been significant international and country based activity in pursuit of our vision;

‘to build global and national capacity to implement evidence-based approaches to plan, finance, develop, support and retain the national workforces needed for the effective, efficient and sustainable management of health supply chains.’

Under the theme of 'People Must Deliver: Workforce excellence is essential for sustainable health supply chains' the 2nd PtD Human Resources for Supply Chain Management Conference will showcase a variety of international and country based activities addressing the following five sub themes:

i. Assessment and planning. Assessing HR systems, creating policies, plans and SOPs for an effective and sustainable SCM workforce

ii. Leaders and change agents. Engaging powerful stakeholders and SCM leaders to put HR for SCM on the agenda and enact local change

iii. Workforce development. Developing the SCM workforce through contextualised pre-service education and continued professional development

iv. Increasing performance. Increasing the performance and retention of SCM personnel within an organisational context.

v. Professionalization. Improving education approaches for health logistics and supply chain personnel, and growing professional communities.

Conference Program

An overview of the Conference program.

Publication in Journal

All accepted abstracts will be published in a special conference issue of "Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice" in October 2014

For further information please visit www.peoplethatdeliver.org or e-mail your enquiry to info@peoplethatdeliver.org

In the event that you need a visa, please contact info@peoplethatdeliver.org to be issued a personalized visa letter. We strongly recommend that you start your visa application process as soon as possible.

Please note that this conference is a self-funded conference with no sponsorship available for speakers.

Major Financial Sponsors:

Imperial Health Sciences, John Snow Incorperated, USAID

This conference is brought to you by the People that Deliver Board:

Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK),

International Pharmaceutical Federation

United Nations Population Fund

Directorate of Public Medicine Pharmacy Director General, Ministry of Health of Indonesia

Ministry of Health & Social Services of Namibia

The Global Fund

USAID

Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition

UNICEF, Supply Division

The Bioforce Institute

University of Michigan

Imperial Health Sciences

Central Medical Supplies Public Corporation, Sudan

GAVI Alliance

IntraHealth International

John Snow, Inc.

Management Sciences for Health

Pharmaceutical Systems Africa,

Deloitte