The Making Pharmaceuticals & Distributing Pharmaceuticals conference programme is free to attend, with parallel conference streams, giving visitors a huge choice of topics.
Most sessions run in parallel so you can move between the different conference rooms, creating your own tailored conference programme to suit your interests and professional information requirements.
If you would like to be involved in next year’s programme, please contact Victoria Emerton.

25 April
GDP Theatre
9:15 am
Keynote: Operational and Regulatory Experience of Humanitarian Aid
Speaker
Graham Stewart Head of Supply Chain Delivery and Responsible Person - Department of Health and Social Care
9:45 am
Keynote: Driving the Future of Pharmacy Supply Chain: The Intersection of New Technologies and Sustainability
Speaker
Matthew Harrison Head of Pharmacy – Supply Chain - HCA Healthcare UK
10:15 am
Keynote Q&A
10:30 am
Break & Exhibition
11:00 am

The Importance of a Sustainable Supply Chain – The Challenges and Opportunities (A Trade Association Perspective)
Speaker
Karen Harvey Membership Manager - Chemical Business Association
11:30 am

Common Outsourced Activity and Transportation GDP Deficiencies
Speakers
Peter Coombs GDP Consultant and Director - GDP Pharma Consulting
Clare Glennister GDP Consultant and Director - GDP Pharma Consulting
12:10 pm

Rethinking Pharmaceutical Good Distribution Practice
Speaker
Alan Kennedy GDP-Universal Compliance Initiative
1:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm

The HDA- Safely Delivering Quality Healthcare
Speakers
Geoff Mellor Technical Director - Healthcare Distribution Association UK
Martin Sawer Executive Director - HDA UK
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
3:30 pm

Batch Certification Challenges for an RPI and a QP; The Differences
Speakers
Mukesh Patel Founder and Director - CommQP Ltd
Nilisha Patel Associate Director - CommQP Ltd
4:10 pm

Pharmaceutical Validation; A Risk Basked Approach
Speaker
Aswin James Projects Director - GMP Healthcare
Room E
9:30 am
Workshop: Making Pharmaceuticals… Sustainably?
Speakers
Adam Hawthorne Senior Process Engineer, - PM Group, ISPE UK Facilitator
Adrian LaPorta Technical Director - Bryden Wood (IChemE Facilitator)
Claire Edwards Haleon
10:30 am
Break & Exhibition
11:30 am
The Future of Pharma Distribution – Embracing the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) Model
Speaker
Laura Palmer Business Development Director - PHL Group
11:50 am
Route from Quality Assurance to Responsible Person
Speaker
Migle Mikalajunaite Quality Contoller, RP and RPi - Syner-Med Pharmaceutical Products Ltd
12:10 pm
The Transportation of APIs: Practical Issues Relating to GDP Guideline 6.14
Speaker
Nick Carter Director / Designated Person - Wessex Fine Chemicals Ltd
12:30 pm
Outsourcing – Choosing Your Service Provider
Speakers
Gaynor Brummitt Director & Senior Consultant - SeerPharma UK
Madeleine Ault Director and Senior Consultant - SeerPharma (UK)
12:50 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm

KEYNOTE ROOM A: The Agile Quality System: Doing More with Less – Faster
Speaker
Martin Lush Ex-VP - NSF International
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
3:45 pm
26 April
GDP Theatre
9:15 am

Challenges of Cold Chain Product in The Global Supply Chain
Speakers
Damian Larrington Pharmaceutical Quality Professionals - Pharmaceutical Quality Professionals
Dr Simon Baker PQG
10:00 am
10:45 am
Break & Exhibition
11:30 am

Generation Logistics: Securing the Future of the Logistics Profession
Speakers
Phil Roe President - Logistics UK
Bethany Windsor Head of Programmes and Relationship Management - CILT(UK)
12:30 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
The Qualification of Vehicles and Transport Route Validation
Speaker
Chris Martin Chris Martin, Director & Senior Consultant - Christa GDP Pharma Ltd
2:30 pm
Partnership in Pharmaceutical Industry Post Covid: Collaboration and Competition Relationship
Speaker
Dr Radi Haloub Associate Professor: Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management - University College London - UCL
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
Room E
9:15 am

Workshop: Helping to Secure the Pharmaceutical Excipient Supply Chain
Speakers
Melissa O’Grady SHEQ Manager at The Customer Excellence Centre - Croda
Alan Bentley Director, Senior Consultant - Seer Pharma UK
Jackson Oh Quality Auditor - GSK
Dr Iain Moore Head of Global Quality Assurance, Croda - EXCiPACT
Ian McKeown PQG
10:30 am
Break & Exhibition
11:00 am

Workshop: The Future of the Pharma Industry and What it Will Take to Succeed
Speaker
Martin Lush Ex-VP - NSF International
1:30 pm
Break & Exhibition
2:00 pm
Innovative and Disruptive Cell Transportation and Storage of Medium Product
Speaker
Abeer AL Hubaysh Research Scientist - Life Science Group (LSG)
3:00 pm
Break & Exhibition
