| 23 October 2019 - Wednesday | |
| 08.00 to 09.00 | Registration |
| 09.00 to 10.00 | Inauguration and opening ceremony
Welcome: Reji John, Editor, Logistics Update Africa Opening remarks: Jimmy Kibati, GM Marketing & BD, Kenya Airports Authority Special Address: Clement Tulezi, Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Flower Council Special Address: Issac Macharia, General Manager, KEPHIS |
| 10.00 to 11.00 | Panel Discussion Subject: Impact of the implementation of AfCFTA on African flower trade and how air cargo helps to discover new trade lanes for African flowers Panel Members Clement Tulezi, Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Flower Council (KFC) Fred Kong’Ong’O, Market Linkage Specialist - USAID-East Africa Trade and Investment Hub Shailesh Kumar Rai, Managing Director, Heritage Flowers Limited Peter Musola, Cargo Commercial Manager, Kenya Airways Roland Weil, Vice President Sales Cargo, Frankfurt Airport Jacob Bwana, Commercial Manager-Cargo, Kenya Airports Authority Reji John, Editor, Logistics Update Africa (MODERATOR) |
| 11.00 to 11.15 | Networking Break |
| 11.15 to 11.45 | Presentation by Kenya Airports Authority |
| 11.45 -12.45 | Panel Discussion Subject: Building cold chain capacity; is Africa/Kenya ready for the big export? Panel Members Issac Macharia, General Manager, KEPHIS Jimmy Kibati, GM Marketing & Business Development, Kenya Airports Authority Jack Luft, Head of Business Development, InspiraFarms Maarten Klijnstra, General Manager, Siginon Aviation David Dass, Commercial Manager, Black Tulip Group Surya Kannoth, Associate Editor, Logistics Update Africa (MODERATOR) |
| 12.45 to 13.15 | Presentation by Holland Flower Alliance |
| 13.15 to 14.15 | Networking Lunch |
| 14.15 to 15.15 | Panel Discussion Subject: From growers to customers: visibility through digital transformation Panel Members Conan D’Souza, Director, Vegpro Faith Ndanu, General Manager, Fox International Logistics Eric Gysen, Cargo Sales Manager, Liege Airport Jeroen van der Hulst, Founder, FlowerWatch Serkan Sonmez, Regional Cargo Sales Manager, Africa, Turkish Cargo Blessy Chettiar, Assistant Editor, Logistics Update Africa (MODERATOR) |
| 15.15 to 15.45 | Presentation by Liege Airport |
| 15.45 to 16.15 | Networking Tea/Coffee |
| 16.15 to 16.45 | Presentation by Frankfurt Airport |
| 16.45 to 17.45 | Panel Discussion Subject: Packaging innovations in flower transport by air – do we have a standard box? Panel Members Anne Simone Nyeretse, Regional Sales Manager, Christa Farm Ethan Chege Gathioro, Technical manager, Nirp East Africa Thomas Skaper, Head of Commercial, PJ Dave Flowers Group Robert Stelling, Royal FloraHolland Kenya Parit Shah, Director, Silpack John Kowarsky, CEO, Cargolite Reji John, Editor, Logistics Update Africa (MODERATOR) |
| 17.45 to 18.00 | Closing remarks and vote of thanks |
| 18.00 to 20.00 | Cocktail Reception |
