Beyond Digital Tools - Building the Infrastructure Humanitarian Supply Chains Need to Work Together

22 Oct 2026
Supply Chain and Procurement Room

Supply chains are the backbone of the humanitarian response, and yet even as coordination increases across the sector, individual organizations supply chain systems don’t have ways to speak with each other. Sure, bilaterally individual organizations share distinct pieces of data, but what would an organization-wide and system-integrated approach to a digital supply chain look like? The goal of this session is to challenge previous assumptions are interoperability and offer a path forward for large and small organizations alike to work towards system-interoperability.

Speakers
Gareth Bailey
Gareth Bailey, Director Emergency & Health Supply Chain - International Rescue Committee
Felicia Saiah
Felicia Saiah, Supply Chain Program Manager - Médecins Sans Frontières
Kieto Mahaniah
Kieto Mahaniah, Operations Coordinator - HELP Logistics
James Carey
James Carey, Policy officer Innovation, Private Sector Engagement, Innovative Finance and Digitalisation - DG ECHO