Smart Cold Chain Expo – Exhibition & Conference for Cold Storage, Cold Chain, Cold Transport & Cold Supply Chain

Conference

Cold Chain Congress
Theme: Building Resilient Cold Chain
8 December 2023, India Expo Centre, Gr. Noida

Conference Agenda
9:00 - 10:00 hrs	Registration
10:00- 11:15 hrs	Inauguration ceremony Sanoj Jha, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) Priya Ranjan, Joint Secretary - Horticulture, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Rajesh Goyal, President, Federation of Cold Storage Associations of India (FCAOI) Arijit Sengupta, Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Asheesh Fotedar, Chief Operating Officer, National Center for Cold-Chain Development (NCCD)
11:15- 12:00 hrs	Sustainable Global Value Chain - Role and Impact in Cold Chain ● Rural Livelihood Development ● Environment and Climate Change Reduction ● Improving Food & Nutrition Security Session Lead : R. Sivakumar, MD, Agri Valuechain Services Pvt. Ltd Speaker : Baasit Shukri, National Cold Chain Manager- Hindustan Unilever Limited
12:00- 12:45 hrs	Panel Discussion : Defining the Supply Chain - Cold Chain for E-Commerce-Delivery Challenges & Opportunities Session Lead : Dr. Rakesh Singh, Chairman, Institute of Supply Chain Management (ISCM) Speaker : Vinay Dhanani, President, Zepto Speaker : Tarun S Goyal, Business Head, Celcius Logistics Solutions Speaker : Pratap S Chauhan, Sr. Vice President, IB Group Speaker : Amartya Guha, VP Supply Chain, SUGAR Cosmetics
12:45- 13:30 hrs	Role of Standards & Protocols - Perspective and Benchmarking new technologies, methodology, innovations and practices on global platform Session Lead : Arun Bhatia, TED Group Consulting & Training Speaker : Pankaj Mehta, Managing Director, Carrier Transicold India & South Asia Speaker : Soumya Sinha, Director Supply Chain & Logistics Practice Middle East & South Asia, Frost & Sullivan Speaker : Izhan Javeed, Fruit Master Agro Fresh Pvt. Ltd. Speaker : Ashish Gupta, Regional Director - North, Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE)
13:30- 15:00 hrs	Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
15:00- 15:45 hrs	Phase Down of Refrigerants - Timelines and moving towards net zero. Session Lead : Pramod Singh, Senior Director Research, Alliance for Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE) Speaker : Prof RS Agarwal, Ozone cell, MoEFCC Speaker : Chirag Gandhi, Business Leader, Honeywell Speaker : Kapil Singhal, Director, BP Refcool
15:45- 16:30 hrs	Fireside Chat on The Future of Cold Chain Logistics • Cold Storage - Packhouses, Distribution • Cold Transport • Food Safety Session Lead: Rakesh Kumar Mehra, Consultant, Advisor Agri Business Market Linkage Speaker : Majid Wafai, President, Jammu and Kashmir Fruit and Vegetable Processing and Integrated Cold Chain Association (JKPICCA) Speaker : Michelle K Dennia, Sr. Sub Editor, SPM Group
16:30- 17:15 hrs	Investment Opportunities - Capitalising the Cold Chain market- Funding, Business Development, Growth Session Lead : Srishti Mahajan, Consultant, ADB Speaker : Devika Panse, Climate Change Analyst, World Bank Speaker : Chirag Gajjar, Associate Director, PWC Speaker : Sumedha Awasthy, Senior Consultant, CLASP Speaker : J & K Bank
17:15 onwards	End of Conference Networking Tea & Coffee Exhibition Visit