The Mark McKenna Lecture Endowment Series
Event description
- Academic events
- Free
- Health and wellness
- Professional and career development
- Science
ASU and the Center for Advanced Procurement Strategy (CAPS) Research is partnering with the IDN Summit to continue its decade-long commitment to presenting topics that shape health care delivery. The Mark Mckenna Lecture Endowment recognizes McKenna’s contributions to the development of the field of health sector supply chain.
The event will feature Dr. Rob Handfield’s keynote presentation entitled "Building immunity into our medical supply chains." Based on his experience serving on the White House COVID Joint Acquisition Task Force, Handfield will share insights on the fragility of our medical supply chain for medical products and medicines. He will draw from his experiences, including work with the SMI Council, the FDA, and other members of his executive network, in describing the requirements to build “immunity” to disruptions that threaten the resiliency of our nation’s medical supply chain. He will also describe recommendations for policy and incentives.
Handfield is the Bank of America University distinguished professor of supply chain management at North Carolina State University and executive director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative. Registration for the McKenna Lecture and pre-lecture sessions is complimentary for ASU students, faculty, and others interested in learning about the healthcare supply chain.
About the Mark McKenna Lecture Endowment
The annual Mark McKenna Lecture recognizes McKenna’s contributions to developing the health sector supply chain, bringing key innovators and thought leaders in health care to ASU to speak on current health care issues, and highlighting the importance of the supply chain in improving organizational performance and clinical practice.
McKenna, in his role as President of Novation (1998-2006), was a 2004 founding member of the Health Sector Supply Chain Research Consortium (HSRC-ASU) and a continuous supporter of bringing academia and industry partners together to solve major problems across the health sector supply chain. McKenna’s career spanned both the supplier and provider sectors in healthcare, including senior management positions with Imed Corp., Baxter Healthcare Corp., and VHA Inc. He also served as chairman of the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA) and was elected to the Bellwether League Healthcare Supply Chain Hall of Fame (2010).
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Sunday, August 25, 2024
"Is the world really flat?" panel discussion with Supply Chain Management Professor of Practice Hitendra Chaturvedi and Professor of Supply Chain Management Eugene Schneller.
2:45–3:45 p.m.
"Building supply chain human resources for excellence" panel discussion with President and CEO of Capstone Health Alliance Tim Bugg, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at Banner Health Doug Bowen, Professor of Supply Chain Management and Motorola Professor in International Management John Fowler, and Director of the Supply Chain Executive Consortium (SCEC) Thomas Maher.
4–5 p.m.
"Building immunity into our medical supply chains" keynote discussion with Rob Handfield, Bank of America University distinguished professor of supply chain management at North Carolina State University and executive director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative.
5–6:30 p.m.
IDN Summit welcome reception sponsored by Capstone Health Alliance