Description
Join a live webinar featuring a high-level panel of experts as they discuss how COVID-19 is disrupting global supply chains for medical equipment, pinpoint weaknesses in supply chain management, explore solutions for businesses, and suggest how governments and international agencies can help.
Objectives
During the webinar, attendees will have the opportunity to:
- Learn about the supply chains for personal protective equipment (PPE) and how they have been disrupted by COVID-19
- Discuss how governments and businesses have responded as well as the role of multilateral development banks
- Discuss lessons from recent epidemics and pandemics, and ways forward
Target participants
Policy makers in Asia and the Pacific; researchers in academia and think tanks; members of the international development community; ADB Board, Management, and staff
Resource speakers
Bambang Susantono
Webinar Host
VP Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development
ADB
Kijin Kim
Presenter
Economist, Regional Cooperation and Integration
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD)
ADB
Karen Lane
Moderator
Director
Department of Communications
ADB
Panelists
Cyn-Young Park
Director, Regional Cooperation and Integration
Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD)
ADB
Susann Roth
Principal Knowledge Sharing and Services Specialist
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
ADB
Jesper Pedersen
Principal Procurement Specialist
Procurement, Portfolio and Financial Management Department
ADB
Rafaelita "Fita" Aldaba
Undersecretary for Competitiveness and Innovation
Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Michael Griffin
Strategic Development and Public Private Partnerships
World Health Organization (WHO)
Presentations
- Global Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment Amid COVID-19: Supply Chains, Bottlenecks, and Policy Implications
by Kijin Kim, Economist, ERCD, ADB
Background material
- Global Shortage of Personal Protective Equipment amid COVID-19: Supply Chains, Bottlenecks, and Policy Implications
- Supply Chain Maps for Pandemic-Fighting Products
- COVID-19 Response: ADB Trade and Supply Chain Finance
- ADB Study Maps Supply Chains for Key Products in COVID-19 Response