Official Conference Association Partner:
Medical Devices Manufacturers Association of South Africa (MDMSA)
Overview:
This concise one-day educational programme serves as the premier platform for engagement between all senior stakeholders engaged in healthcare procurement, across the African region.
By providing a comprehensive review of the latest challenges, trends and developments in this ever-evolving field, delegates will partake in never before had discussions and leave equipped with the most up-to-date knowledge of procurement best practice.
The conference ultimately provides healthcare professionals with novel skills that radically improve the return of investment on all purchased medical devices.
Theme: African Procurement: through the looking glass
What’s new?
- New international and regional expert speakers
- All new topical sessions including: quality management, procurement principles & processes, industrial procurement and e-procurement
- Procurement principles & processes: regional and international perspectives
- Ethical considerations
- Quality management
- Industrial procurement
- Medical Device Regulation
- E-Procurement
- Identify strategies and processes that support value-based procurement and encourage high ROI
- Consider the role of e-procurement and evaluate the parameters that it presents in improving the efficiency and productivity of your procurement
- Explore how to ensure quality, and identify the latest medical device procurement regulations to ensure your organisation’s compliance
- Discover how to remain ethical in the unethical healthcare procurement playground
Chair:
- Anton Coetzee’, Outgoing MDMSA Chairperson, Medical Device Manufacturers Association of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Organising committee:
- Simone Rudolph Shortt, Consultant Pharmacist, Technical and Regulatory Consultant, Rudolph-Shortt Consultancy, Durban, South Africa
- Lindsay Curran, Managing Director, VIVA Medical, Cape Town, South Africa
- Melanie Kuster, Regulatory Manager, SteriTech, Durban, South Africa
