Your morning of dialogue and designing the future. 

Thursday, 11 September
Kuehne+Nagel Chicago warehouse cool chambers 
Bensenville, Illinois, United States.


Doors open at 08:00, event ends at 13:00
(These seats book fast. Register before 31 July).
Healthcare logistics industry leaders are gathering in a space normally reserved for GxP-compliant, temperature-controlled healthcare products.

In this annual, warehouse-insider event, you’ve been invited along with other select industry professionals to take part in an immersive discussion on where the healthcare industry is going next.

Join us in covering topics of resilience, innovation, quality and collaboration in designing the future of healthcare supply chains.

Featured speakers

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Vice President Analyst,
Gartner

Maria Nieradka

Maria brings 36+ years of leadership in healthcare supply chain and logistics, driving global transformations at Fortune 500 companies. She's a strategic advisor, award program leader, and passionate advocate for innovation, resilience, and talent development in the industry.
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Policy analyst and Where Next documentary speaker

Alexandra Helfgott

Alexandra is a policy analyst, Yale MPP candidate, and former Wilson Centre researcher. She explores global supply chains and North Americaen energy policy. A "Where Next" documentary cast member, she brings a fresh, policy-driven lens to logistics and cross-border collaboration.
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Senior Director, Global Transport Solutions, Pfizer

Mark Baker

Mark brings over two decades of end-to-end logistics expertise at Pfizer, where he leads global transport innovation and delivery. As a supply chain strategist, he has made a career in driving performance, resilience, and patient-focused impact worldwide.

Moderator

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Adam O'Sullivan

SVP Global Business Development Healthcare
Kuehne+Nagel

Why attend

  • Exclusive access to a behind-the-scenes facility tour in the cool chamber with a live, active-to-passive packaging demonstration. 
  • Conversations on supply chain resilience. 
  • Fresh insights from select, cross-industry thinkers facing similar challenges. 

The speaker line-up:

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Nico Sacco

SVP Strategy Global Healthcare
Kuehne+Nagel
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Maria Nieradka

Research VP in the Organizational Development, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Gartner
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Alexandra Helfgott

Co-author of Swans and Rhinos; Where Next documentary speaker, MPP student, Yale
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Mark Baker

Senior Director, Global Transport Solutions, Pfizer
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Marcus Bennett

President & CEO North America Kuehne+Nagel
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Jason Ashlock

Organizational Development Strategist; Co-Founder, The Tomorrow Company
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Michael Giudice

Director International Air Gateway Devlopment, Kuehne+Nagel
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Michael Sweeney

Global Head of Strategy (CGT & DTP) QuickSTAT
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Greg Tompsett

Vice President Customs Brokerage USA, Kuehne+Nagel
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Adam O'Sullivan

SVP Global Business Development Healthcare
Kuehne+Nagel

Agenda

08:00  Doors open, opening connections, registration, breakfast

09:00 | Where next?
 
  • Featured talk: The future of healthcare logistics and patient-centered supply
  • Featured talk: Healthcare logistics in motion: how data and trends are shaping tomorrow's supply chain

09:45 | Collaboration and cool corridors

  • Featured talk: Partnership, sustainability, quality and innovation in healthcare logistics.
10:45 | Break

11:15 | US tariffs and cell and gene therapy logistics
 
  • Two featured talks
12:15 | Logistics for every future
 
  • Panel discussion
13:00 | Closing reflections

13:15 | Cool chamber experience with live demo and networking

The event theme, WhereNext

This is an invitation for you and other bright minds in the healthcare industry to address questions that matter about the future of your organization:
  • What can healthcare logistics learn from other industries facing similar challenges? 
  • Where can we take supply chain durability next with cool corridors and the product lifecycle? 
  • Where do we find opportunities for customs and sustainability? 

We look forward to welcoming you in September. 

Register here

First registration window open until 31 July.