Day 1: November 24, 2023

• Managing humanitarian supply chain risk and disruptions
• Humanitarian supply chain risk mitigation models to manage pandemic
• Demand prediction, forecasting and planning during the pandemic
• Impact assessment of the pandemic on supply disruption of healthcare and medical facilities
• Redesigning of operational activities in manufacturing and service sectors during the pandemic and disaster

Day 2: November 25, 2023

• Impact of the pandemic and disruption on sustainable production and operations
• Effects of the pandemic on procurement, warehousing, and inventory decisions
• Logistics planning and coordination to access the Health Services ( Home based care, Community level care, primary, secondary and tertiary care)
• Logistics planning relief services and ensuring availability of food, vaccines, critical drugs, oxygen, and hospital beds, besides emotional and mental health services at scale.
• Technological innovations identified or assessed in the humanitarian supply chain in the era of pandemic
• Preparedness lessons from the pandemic to manage supply chain disruptions

The topics mentioned above will be covered by the academia (IIMs, IITs and leading business schools), Humanitarian organizations, Government Officials, Ambassadors of developed, developing and underdeveloped countries, NGOs and top executives from the industry.