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Cold chain conference details announced

UK: This year’s Cold Chain Federation conference will take the theme Resilience and Opportunity and feature two days of discussion, insight and debate.

The programmes of speakers and sessions for the annual Cold Chain Live! conference, which will take place at ACC Liverpool on September 14-15, has now been published.

The main stage keynote sessions will be delivered by Professor Tim Lang from City University on the changing world food system; Sophie-Kim Chapman VP sustainable logistics at DFDS on meeting the net zero challenge; and Chris Hall, VP for supply chain at Asda on what UK retails needs from its cold chain. The event will be chaired by ITV broadcaster Sameena Ali-Khan.

Full details of the programme and speakers can be found here

Cold Chain Federation members can book two free Cold Chain Live! conference tickets per storage and distribution member company, and one free ticket for an associate member company.

Tickets for the Cold Chain Live! dinner on 14th September at Hilton Liverpool City Centre are separate and can be booked at £100 each plus VAT. Additional tickets for conference and dinner can be booked at £250 each plus VAT. Non-members can book conference and dinner tickets at £500 each. 

Find out more and book tickets here.

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