Detailed programme - draft based on previous edition (2025)
The draft program looks as follows (changes might occur, based on last year's edition):
Day 1: Setting the Scene
- Welcome
- Introduction to the Patient & Health Care Centricity Ecosystem
- The roles of supply chain and logistic modes
- Transport Strategies
- Business Case
- Welcome Reception
Day 2: Products, the Cold Chain & Risk
- Products, their value chain and their risks
- Cold Chain Management + Monitoring
- Cold Chain Management @ Etihad
- Control Tower technologies
- Business Case
Day 3: Quality, Regulation & Certification
- The UAE & the World: Life science developments
- Quality management (including data) – Theory
- Quality management (including data) @ Zoetis
- Regulatory bodies
- Logistics certification processes
- Field visits
- Desert Field Trip
Day 4: Distribution Logistics
- Distribution & warehousing
- Last-mile logistics – The COVID case
- Humanitarian logistics & disruption (crisis) management
- Field visits
Day 5: Strategy & Ecosystems
- Ecosystems
- Setting your logistics strategy
- Group work + Lunch
- Small group presentations on a business case
- Goodbye & Gala Dinner
Target group
The Pharma Logistics Winter University is designed for Master’s students, Management trainees, Junior Managers, etc., from diverse fields such as Supply Chain, Air, Road and Maritime Transportation, Business, and Pharmacy. Also, students (bachelor's/master's) with a business or economics background can join.
Campus
This winter school takes place at Khalifa University. More information will follow soon.
Micro-credential and study credits (ECTS)
3 ECTS credits are awarded upon successful completion of the programme. To include the credits in the curriculum at the home institution, participants need an agreement with the responsible person at their university. A certificate will be awarded at the end of the programme. All certificates of completion are issued as a micro-credential.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- identify and understand the unique challenges in managing pharmaceutical and vaccine products within the logistics sector.
- identify ways to optimise logistics networks to ensure the timely and safe delivery of pharmaceutical products.
- assess potential risks in pharma logistics and develop strategies to mitigate them
- explain the crucial role of cold chain management in pharma logistics and identify best practices.
- analyse successful and unsuccessful case studies to extract key lessons in pharma logistics.
- evaluate innovations and technological advancements shaping the future of pharma logistics.
- strategise how companies in the UAE can leverage regional clusters and partnerships to boost their pharma logistics capabilities.