{"454111":{"#nid":"454111","#data":{"type":"event","title":"2015 Health \u0026 Humanitarian Logistics Conference (South Africa)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe 7th annual \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2015\/\u0022\u003EConference on Health \u0026amp; Humanitarian Logistics\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E will take place \u003Cstrong\u003ENovember 18-20th\u003C\/strong\u003E at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022gibs.za.co\u0022\u003EGordon Institute\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(GIBS) in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference draws practitioners from private industry, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government, and military, who are active participants or interested in health and humanitarian operations,\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E*If you are interested in presenting a\u0026nbsp;poster\u0026nbsp;at the conference,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eplease upload your submission online\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2015\/posters\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;as soon as possible or email\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:msmithgall@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emsmithgall@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. A limited amount of funding may be available for accepted poster presenters.including both disaster response and long-term development.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2015\/program\/agenda\/\u0022\u003EPLENARY PANEL\u003C\/a\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Etopicsinclude:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPlanning for and Responding to Complex Humanitarian Emergencies\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EImproving Public Health Systems in Developing Countries\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHealth Crisis Supply Chains: Reflections on the Ebola Response\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInfrastructure and Capacity: Begin Today to be Ready Tomorrow\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2015\/speakers\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESPEAKERS\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Einclude representatives from the following organizations:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, BI Norwegian Business School, Clinton Health Access Initiative, The Coca-Cola Company, FHI 360, GAVI- The Vaccine Alliance, Georgia Tech, Humanitarian Logistics Association, ICRC, Imperial Health Sciences, IMRES Medical Solutions, INSEAD, Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson, Last Mile Health, MIT, McKinsey \u0026amp; Company, M\u0026eacute;decins Sans Fronti\u0026egrave;res, Medic Mobile, North Star Alliance, Northeastern University, Northwestern University, OXFAM, People that Deliver, Stanford University, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, \u0026nbsp;UNICEF, UN Mission on Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), UN World Food Programme, UPS, USAID, UTi Pharmaceuticals, and the World Health Organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETHE GOAL of the conference\u003C\/strong\u003E is to identify challenges and solutions in logistics and supply-chain topics related to a broad range of health and humanitarian operations including preparation, response, and recovery from natural and man-made disasters and disease outbreak as well as ongoing humanitarian crises due to war, famine, infectious diseases, and chronic health problems.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETHE AGENDA\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Efeatures \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2015\/program\/agenda\/\u0022\u003Eplenary panels, interactive workshops\u003C\/a\u003E, and poster sessions on supply chain management and logistics in global health and humanitarian emergency response and long-term development. The program also includes ample opportunities for networking, health and humanitarian related \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2015\/program\/site-visits\/\u0022\u003Esite visits\u003C\/a\u003E around Johannesburg, and leisure excursions in South Africa.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOUR\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESPONSORS\u003C\/strong\u003E have made this year\u0026#39;s conference possible through their generous support: UPS, IMRES Netherlands\/Imperial Health Sciences, Walmart, Georgia Tech Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering, and Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humlog2015\/sponsors\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESponsorship\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E opportunities are available.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EPlease contact Meghan Smithgaall at \u003Ca 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