Conference Agenda 2022

Food Logistics Conclave

Food Logistics Conclave, 1 December 2022, Thursday, HITEX Exhibition Centre, Hyderabad

Theme: Getting Future Ready – Building Sustainable Food Supply Chains
10:00 onwards Registration
10:30 hrs Inauguration ceremony of the Future Food Logistics Expo & Smart Cold Chain Expo Welcome and lamp-lighting of the conference
Keynote by Rajesh Goyal- President Federation of Cold Storage Associations of India
11:00-12:00 hrs Getting Future Ready & Decoding the Food Supply Chain in India
India’s food supply chain needs to be agile, adaptive, and efficient. How to become future- ready? What trends and technologies will redefine the future of food logistics and supply chains in India?
  • Market overview and vision 2030
  • National Logistics Policy 2022: Key focus and vision
  • Future trends & adoption of technology to ensure ease of operations
  • Getting future ready – challenges and solutions
Anoop Chauhan, CEO- Contract Logistics and Cold Chain Solutions, DP World
Pratap S Chauhan, COO, Lykis Ltd.
Sanjay Sethi, Executive Director, Plant Based Food Industry Association
Sakthivarman R, Vice President - Operations, Snowman Logistics Ltd,
Moderator: Arif Siddiqui, Director, Coign Consulting & Vice President, Warehousing
Association of India
12:00-12:15 hrs Presentation By: Greener & More Profitable Tomorrow with Solar Energy- Anil Kumar Parcha, Tata Power Channel Partner, Tata Power Solar
12:15-13:00 hrs Fire Side Chat on Modernization of Food Manufacturing & Logistics
  • Use of Automation & AIDC in food manufacturing
  • Adopting modern material handling and storage systems
  • Paradigm shift towards the use of automation
  • Redefining supply chain management – digitalization, process redefinition, enhancement of cold chain infra, regulatory standards
Vaibhav Agrawal, Head of Logistics and Customer Service, Britannia Industries
S D Saravana Gughan, MD & CEO, GThree Business Associates
S.K Gautam, CEO, Udyan – A Unit of NRTS Pvt. Ltd.
13:00-14:00 hrs Networking Lunch & visit to the expo
14:00-15:00 hrs Customer centricity in last-mile delivery by e-commerce companies
  • How e-commerce companies are adopting a customer-centric approach by aligning supply chain to customer demand
  • Growth in home deliveries and impact of evolved customer behaviour
  • Achieving last-mile effectiveness with the adoption of technology
Amartyaa Kumaar Guha, Associate Director- Supply Chain, Flipkart
Nitin Arora, AVP-Supply Chain, Zomato Hyperpure
Sameer Shaikh, Regional Head, Buying & Merchandising, Big Basket
Moderator: Dr. Rakesh Singh, Chairman – Institute of Supply Chain Management (ISCM)
15:00-15:15 hrs Harnessing Solar Energy For the Indian Cold Chain- Danish Goswami, Project Lead, Boundless Solar
15:15-16:00 hrs Unlocking the true potential of your food business
  • Engaging intelligent logistics in building a robust supply chain
  • Redefining storage and supply chain eco-system to build profitability
  • Case studies – Journey from small to large food enterprises
Umesh Namdeo, General Manager, Jubilant Foodworks
Hemant S. Naik, VP Strategy & Supply Chain, Natural Ice Cream
Pratap S Chauhan, COO, Lykis Ltd.
Pranav Rajkumar, Investment Team, Ahimsa VC
Moderator: Sanjay Sethi, Executive Director, Plant Based Food Industry Association
16:00-16:45 hrs Panel Discussion: Mitigating food wastage through efficient cold storage and cold transport
  • Mitigating food loss and wastage in storage and transportation
  • Adopting new technologies to identify and monitor gaps
  • Adopting new technologies in the cold chain to enhance shelf-life
Sofie Tolk, Cluster Development, Sohar Port Free Zone
S D Saravana Gughan, MD & CEO, GThree Business Associates
S.K Gautam, CEO, Udyan – A Unit of NRTS Pvt. Ltd.
Sanjay Sethi, Executive Director, Plant Based Food Industry Association
Philip Antony, Head SCM, Graviss Foods Pvt. Ltd.(Baskin Robbins)
Sakthivarman R, Vice President -  Operations, Snowman Logistics Ltd,
Moderator: Baasit Shukri, National Cold Chain Manager, Hindustan Unilver Limited
16:45-17:00 hrs Networking tea-coffee break
End of conference & visit to the Future Food Logistics Expo & Smart Cold Chain Expo

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