The 14th TechNet Conference took place in Bangkok, Thailand from May 11 to 15, 2015. The theme of the conference was: “Immunization Supply Chain and Logistics: Current Challenges, Innovations, Future Prospects”. This page provides a list of conference resources: video recordings of plenary presentations, presentation slides, and posters displayed in the Project Gallery. You can also download a zip file of all conference resources.
Click here for the 14th TechNet Conference Report. This report provides an overview of everything that took place at the conference, and includes links to the presentations, video recordings, summaries of the presentations and discussion highlights. For more information on the agenda of the TechNet Conference, as well as the full list of participants, please refer to the official 14th TechNet Conference Guide.
The resources on this page are divided into the following categories:
- Photos from the TechNet Conference
- Formal opening and keynote presentations (May 11, 2015)
- Designing the supply chain (May 12, 2015)
- Equipping the supply chain (May 13, 2015)
- Managing the supply chain (May 14, 2015)
- Enabling the supply chain (May 15, 2015)
- Project Gallery posters
Photos from the TechNet Conference
Cocktail reception
Plenary sessions
Group photos
Side events
Manufacturers Marketplace
Closing ceremony
Formal opening and keynote presentations (May 11, 2015)
| Type | Presenter | Title | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plenary | Richard Brown (WHO) and Basil Rodriques (UNICEF) |
Formal opening of the TechNet Conference | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Piyanit Tharmaphornpilas (Ministry of Public Health of Thailand) |
Opening remarks | YouTube | |
| Plenary | John Lloyd (consultant) |
The cold chain over last four decades | YouTube | |
| Plenary | James Cheyne (consultant) |
A tribute to Andrew Garnett | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Robert Steinglass (JSI) |
A "Call to Action" was born - Perspectives from an IPAC Member | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Benjamin Schreiber (UNICEF) |
Key immunization supply chain challenges in developing countries - a photo safari | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Paul Colrain (WHO) |
Key immunization supply chain challenges in developing countries - evidence from EVM assessments in 70 countries | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Raja Rao (Gates Foundation) |
A global perspective on immunization supply chain prospects and opportunities for the future | YouTube |
Designing the supply chain (May 12, 2015)
| Type | Presenter | Title | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plenary | Diana Chang-Blanc (WHO) |
Ensuring the basics are fixed: Vaccine management best practice | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Ryan McWhorter (UNICEF) |
Network design and optimization | N/A | YouTube |
| Plenary | Ruth Bechtel (Village Reach) |
Mozambique - Network optimization modelling to prepare for new vaccine introduction | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Henok Benti (JSI) |
Ethiopia - Network optimization for transport to deter mine resource requirements and shorten distribution pipeline | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Philippe Jaillard (AMP) |
Benin - Modelling and moving warehouse | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Jeff Sanderson (JSI) |
Moderated Q&A: Designing the system | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Netnapis Suchonwanich (Ministry of Health) |
Thailand - Experience from streamlining the network design for vaccines by outsourcing to the private sector | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Kyaw Kan Kaung (Ministry of Health) |
Myanmar - Immunization supply chain challenges in a resource-constrained country and during a mass MR campaign | YouTube | |
| Plenary | William Musubire (Ministry of Health) |
Uganda - Lessons learned from supply chain integration and improving vaccine management using the EVM approach | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Douglas Mukwaya (UNICEF Somalia) |
Somalia - Immunization supply chain challenges in a fragile state and lessons learned | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Jeff Sanderson (JSI) |
Moderated Q&A: Designing the system | YouTube | |
| Roundtable | Xiaojun Wang (UNICEF) |
Driving coverage and equity improvements | ||
| Panel | Modibo Dicko (consultant) |
Supply Chain Integration - the good, the bad and the ugly | PDF (1 ,2, 3) |
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| Panel | Walter Proper (JSI) |
Outsourcing logistics - views from both sides | PDF (1, 2) |
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| Breakout | Ryan McWhorter (UNICEF) |
Network modelling - what tools and approaches exist? | PDF (1, 2) |
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| Breakout | Raja Rao (Gates Foundation) |
Setting up network redesign for success - the US CDC example | ||
| Breakout | Emily Bancroft (VillageReach) |
Informed-push distribution - is this the magic bullet to vaccine transportation? | ||
| Breakout | Dmitri Davydov (UNICEF) |
Effective Vaccine Management - let’s get comprehensive! |
Equipping the supply chain (May 13, 2015)
| Type | Presenter | Title | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plenary | Denis Maire (WHO) |
WHO PQS and prequalification of cold chain equipment, technologies and devices for immunization | ||
| Plenary | Dereje Haile (UNICEF) |
Lastest from UNICEF SD on cold chain equipment, technologies and support package | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Benjamin Schreiber (UNICEF) |
Temperature monitoring evidence, strategies, technologies and practices - Where do we go from here? | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Khadidiatou Gomis (Ministry of Health) |
Senegal - Using long holdover passive storage devices at the last mile | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Nguyen Van Cuong (Ministry of Health) |
Vietnam - Using solar direct drive CCE: the needs, success and challenges | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Dadja Essoya Landoh (Ministry of Health) |
Togo - Implementing a controlled temperature chain (CTC) approach during a Meningitis A vaccine campaign | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Pat Lennon (PATH) |
Moderated Q&A: Equipping the system | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Kongxay Phounphen ghack (Ministry of Health) |
Lao PDR - Implementing a temperature monitoring strategy with 30 day temperature recorders (30 DTR) - opportunities and challenges | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Ruth Bechtel (VillageReach) |
Mozambique - Innovations in cold chain temperature monitoring | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Tarkan Yamanoglu (Ministry of Health) |
Turkey - Innovative approach for end-to-end temperature monitoring of the vaccine cold chain | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Benjamin Schreiber (UNICEF) |
Moderated Q&A: Equipping the system | YouTube | |
| Roundtable | Robert Steinglass (JSI) |
What is the optimal number of doses per vaccine vial size? | ||
| Panel | Lauren Franzel (Gavi) | Cold chain equipment optimization platform – how can we refresh and extend country cold chain systems to reach our coverage and equity goals? | N/A | N/A |
| Panel | Anna-Lea Kahn (WHO) |
The innovation of the Controlled Temperature Chain - where do we go from here? | PDF (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |
YouTube |
| Breakout | Steve McCarney (SELF) |
Solar cold chain equipment versus solar systems: where should we be going? | ||
| Breakout | Richard Anderson (University of Washington) |
Data standards for temperature monitoring and cold chain equipment inventories: developing frameworks for interoperability | ||
| Breakout | Modibo Dicko (consultant) |
Cold chain equipment management and maintenance systems in countries - how to solve this conundrum? | N/A | |
| Breakout | Adama Sawadogo (UNICEF) |
How can we design effective temperature monitoring systems in developing countries? | PDF (1, 2, 3, 4) |
Managing the supply chain (May 14, 2015)
| Type | Presenter | Title | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plenary | Musonda Kasonde (UNICEF) and Andrew Brown (People that Deliver) |
Global activities influencing HR for supply chain management | PDF (1,2) |
YouTube |
| Plenary | Dorothy Leab (AMP) |
Vietnam - Innovative approaches to managing and strengthening HR for supply chain management | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Kyaw Kan Kaung (Ministry of Health) |
Myanmar - Developing leaders and HR capacity for effective supply chain management: challenges and opportunities | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Ataur Rahman (UNICEF Laos PDR) |
Laos PDR - Developing leaders and HR capacity for effective supply chain management - challenges and opportunities | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Srihari Dutta (UNICEF India) |
India - Building institutions for HSS: Experience of a National Cold Chain and Vaccine Management Resource Center | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Andrew Brown (People that Deliver) |
Moderated discussion: How do we achieve country based change to improve immunization and health supply chains? | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Gemma Orta-Martinez (UNICEF) |
Global report from the data for management working group on challenges/priorities | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Nabeel Maqbool (USAID DELIVER) |
Pakistan - Networked information systems for vaccine logistics: the vLMIS | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Bhrigu Kapuria (Ministry of Health) |
India - Engaging end users to increase mobile LMIS adoption | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Chathura Edirisuriya (Ministy of Health) | Sri Lanka - Web Based Immunization Information System (WEBIIS) | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Jan Grevendonk (WHO) |
Moderated Q&A: Managing the system with data | N/A | YouTube |
| Roundtable | Paul Colrain (WHO) |
Immunization session sizes are Binomial! Implications for forecasting, vaccine wastage and stock management | ||
| Panel | Maeve Magner (Gates Foundation) |
Country blueprints for supply chain Visibility and Analytics Networks | PDF (1,2) |
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| Panel | Brian Taliesin (PATH) |
Using mobile technologies to strengthen vaccine LMIS in Uttar Pradesh | ||
| Breakout | Chris Wright (JSI) |
How do we strengthen supply chain leadership in countries? | ||
| Breakout | Jan Grevendonk (WHO) |
How should we use immunization supply chain data for continuous improvement? | N/A | |
| Breakout | Andrew Brown (People that Deliver) |
The role of national logistics and supply chain working groups | N/A | |
| Breakout | Souleymane Kone (UNICEF) |
Effective Vaccine Management (EVM) as a tool for human resource capacity building |
Enabling the supply chain (May 15, 2015)
| Type | Presenter | Title | Slides | Video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plenary | Debra Kristensen (PATH) |
Update from the Vaccine Products and Packaging Advisory Group (VPPAG) | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Alan Brooks (Gavi) |
Update on the Gavi Immunization Supply Chain Strategy | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Benjamin Schreiber (UNICEF) |
Update on the joint WHO & UNICEF Immunization Supply Chain Hub | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Heidi Lasher (PATH) |
Global update on the PATH Immunization Supply Chain Advocacy Project | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Lisa Hedman (WHO) |
Global update on the Inter-Agency Supply Chain Group (ISG) | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Andrew Brown (People that Deliver) |
Moderated Q&A: Enabling the system | N/A | YouTube |
| Panel | Patrick Lydon (WHO) |
What are global enablers for supply chain strengthening and how to achieve country-driven change? | N/A | YouTube |
| Roundtable | Heidi Lasher (PATH) |
Generating political will for supply chain improvements—from cEVM to cMYP | ||
| Plenary | Patrick Lydon (WHO) |
TechNet Conference closing remarks | YouTube | |
| Plenary | Alan Brooks (GAVI) | Tribute to the Supply Chain Architects | YouTube |
Project Gallery posters
| Category | Organization | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaccine products | JSI | What is the optimal number of doses per vaccine vial? | |
| Vaccine products | MSF | A cluster randomized non-inferiority field trial on the immunogenicity and safety of tetanus toxoid vaccine kept in CTC compared to cold chain | |
| Vaccine products | WHO | What is a controlled temperature chain? | |
| Vaccine management | JSI | Mixed presentation study on Pentavalent 1- and 10-dose vials in Kenya | |
| Vaccine management | CHAI | Cold chain planning: Beyond cold chain inventories | |
| Network design | AMP | The role of a mobile laboratory in the vaccine response to meningitis epidemic | |
| Distribution systems | USAID | DELIVER | Nigeria: Bauchi & Ebonyi DDIC pilot | |
| Distribution systems | USAID | DELIVER | VMI-based distribution system helps Zimbabwe achieve public health goals | |
| Cold chain equipment | WHO | Freeze protection for vaccine cold chain equipment | |
| Cold chain equipment | UNICEF | Cold Chain Support Package | |
| Cold chain equipment | CHAI | Building a cold chain maintenance system in Ethiopia | |
| Temperature monitoring | CHAI | Key considerations for the selection of temperature monitoring systems | |
| Temperature monitoring | CHAI | Implementing remote temperature monitoring devices (RTMDs) at upper-level stores | |
| Temperature monitoring | CHAI | Maximizing the impact of temperature monitoring studies | |
| Temperature monitoring | Nexleaf Analytics | Evaluating the benefits and costs of remote temperature monitoring: Evidence from Mozambique | |
| Human resources | USAID | DELIVER | Pre-Service training: An innovative workforce development intervention to improve contraceptive service delivery | |
| Human resources | UNICEF | Developing supply chain leaders | |
| Human resources | Gavi | HR leadership for supply chain managers | |
| Human resources | People that Deliver | The People that Deliver Initiative - Addressing the health supply chain capacity development gap | |
| Human resources | USAID | DELIVER | Systematic assessment & planning of the supply chain workforce | |
| Human resources | AMP | Vietnam: Empowering supply chain managers for saving more lives in hard-to-reach villages | |
| Human resources | JSI | IAPHL: Powering the spread of supply chain knowledge to health professionals around the world | |
| LMIS and data | UNICEF | ViVa: Visibility for Vaccines | |
| LMIS and data | Auto-ID Labs | Connecting vaccine-related logistical and healthcare information systems using linked data | |
| LMIS and data | USAID | DELIVER | Improving Pakistan’s vaccine supply chain for better health outcomes | |
| LMIS and data | UNICEF | Vaccine Arrival Report – Mobile application | |
| LMIS and data | PATH | Standards-based equipment inventory and temperature monitoring data: Principles, challenges & opportunities | |
| LMIS and data | JSI | Using mobile phones to improve supply chain management of public health commodities | |
| Procurement and forecasting | VillageReach | Unveiling the hidden costs of the vaccine supply chain | |
| Procurement and forecasting | GAVI | Forecasting as a foundation: Gavi’s Strategic Demand Forecast | |
| Procurement and forecasting | CHAI | Beyond procurement: Ensuring successful rollout of cold chain equipment |