The fairly well-attended Cold Chain Refrigeration , Logistics and Technology Summit 2024 was held at Protea Hotel Techno Park , Stellenbosch on 22 – 23 May 2024 .
EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
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Cold Chain Refrigeration , Logistics and Technology Summit 2024
The fairly well-attended Cold Chain Refrigeration , Logistics and Technology Summit 2024 was held at Protea Hotel Techno Park , Stellenbosch on 22 – 23 May 2024 .
WEDNESDAY
The conference was a very full day of techheavy presentations from 8:30 until 17:00 .
Presenters included :
• Mark Cairns , a cold chain and transport consultant spoke on ‘ Examining the strategies on how we can improve the cold chain across Africa ’.
• Floris Visser , CEO of Relog SA , spoke on ‘ Building the cold chain in SA : Models and strategies shaping the industry ’.
• Samuel Jacobs , executive head , business development : Energy Partners Refrigeration , discussed ‘ How Cooling as a Service can Solve South Africa ’ s cold chain challenges : Climate resilience and the cold chain ’.
• Casandra Barnes , CEO of CLCircular SA spoke on ‘ Cold chain visibility and monitoring – innovating for smarter and faster delivery : IoT technologies – real time monitoring of refrigerated goods in transit ’.
• Sean Petzer , founder of ESBD spoke on ‘ Leveraging AI and digitalisation in cold chain logistics ’.
• Professor Leila Gerber : cold chain specialist , Department of Logistics : University of Stellenbosch , lectured on ‘ A comparison of different technologies to improve temperature control in refrigerated containers ’.
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Samuel Jacobs , executive head , business development : Energy Partners Refrigeration .
• Eckart Zollner , business development , Ikhaya Automation Systems , discussed ‘ Net-zero cold chain management ’.
• Mesuli Mduli , mechanical engineering manager : County Fair WC , spoke on ‘ A sustainable cold chain for a cooler tomorrow – How green technologies are shaping the cold chain industry ’.
• Oghenetega Lortim , founder of Figorr Nigeria gave a pre-recorded presentation titled ‘ Case study : How IoT monitoring is changing the cold chain ’.
Exhibitors included :
• LogTag
• Lomnitz & Associates
• Testo
• Sollatek
• Koolpak polyurethane medical boxes
• Palian Rack Lock
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Casandra Barnes , CEO of CLCircular SA .
Professor Leila Gerber : cold chain specialist , Department of Logistics : University of Stellenbosch .
Eckart Zollner , business development , Ikhaya Automation Systems .
Floris Visser , CEO of Relog SA .
Sean Petzer , founder of ESBD .
Mesuli Mduli , mechanical engineering manager : County Fair WC .
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