Episode 33: 79th RWTA Conference – Trade Impacts on the Australian Cold Chain
A recent 15 minute update with Logistics Executive Group regarding our conference, now only days away! Get an inside look at what we have planned for you! Over 100 people are coming, seeing everyone face to face will be incredible after such a long time apart.
A recent 15 minute update with Logistics Executive Group regarding our conference, now only days away!
Get an inside look at what we have planned for you!
Over 100 people are coming, seeing everyone face to face will be incredible after such a long time apart.
Demi Hiriaki discussing her experience as the last Frank Vale Winner, 2019
Demi Hiriaki was our 2019 Frank Vale Award Winner and very recently, competed virtually to be part of the International Next Gen Award held with the IARW in the USA.
Demi works with GRT, Iceland Cold Storage’s transport division, a company that has been active in the refrigerated transport service industry for over 10 years. Demi tells us of her quick progression through the company from being part of the Transport Team to now as the Chief Operations Officer.
Take a couple of minutes to hear from Demi’s perspective how the Frank Vale Award influenced her personally and in her career to where she is today!
Demi Hiriaki was our 2019 Frank Vale Award Winner and very recently, competed virtually to be part of the International Next Gen Award held with the IARW in the USA.
Demi works with GRT, Iceland Cold Storage’s transport division, a company that has been active in the refrigerated transport service industry for over 10 years. Demi tells us of her quick progression through the company from being part of the Transport Team to now as the Chief Operations Officer.
Take a couple of minutes to hear from Demi’s perspective how the Frank Vale Award influenced her personally and in her career to where she is today!
2021 Conference - Program & Order of Events
The program for the 79th RWTA Conference & Exhibition 2021 has been released.
Frank Vale Award Winner 2000 Craig Adams from Primary Connect, part of the Woolworths Group
Craig Adams is the General Manager, National Operations and Customer Experience at Primary Connect, part of the Woolworths Group.
Craig was also the RWTA Frank Vale Winner in the year 2000. He was then working in SA Cold Stores in South Australia.
A stellar career starts somewhere and no better person to talk about that journey than Craig.
Please take a few minutes to listen to what Craig has to say about the RWTA Frank Vale Award, what benefits he sees in hindsight and why he recommends all budding future leaders to be part of this incredible opportunity.
Craig Adams is the General Manager, National Operations and Customer Experience at Primary Connect, part of the Woolworths Group.
Craig was also the RWTA Frank Vale Winner in the year 2000. He was then working in SA Cold Stores in South Australia.
A stellar career starts somewhere and no better person to talk about that journey than Craig.
Please take a few minutes to listen to what Craig has to say about the RWTA Frank Vale Award, what benefits he sees in hindsight and why he recommends all budding future leaders to be part of this incredible opportunity.
We are excited to introduce you to our RWTA Conference and Exhibition, 2021 Master of Ceremonies, Lawrence Christoffelz!
Lawrence has impressive credentials and is Host of the Trade Australia Show, Chairperson at Ethical Trade Alliance and CEO of Australian Trade & Logistics Corporation.
The RWTA welcomes Stefan Jensen as a speaker for the 79th RWTA National Conference.
Stefan will present the detail regarding the enormous differences in annual energy consumption of refrigerated warehouses.
Frank Vale Award Winner, 2014, Jeff Tusa, Head of Distribution, Coles
We would like to introduce our Frank Vale Award Winner from 2014, Jeff Tusa, Head of Distribution, Coles.
With the Frank Vale Award for 2021 hotting up, he encourages contenders to be part of this career and game changing Award opportunity.
Take 2 minutes to hear how participating led him to reach a lofty career milestone in a year, how he overcame nerves to compete in front of top level executives and how he has gone from strength to strength since!
We would like to introduce our Frank Vale Award Winner from 2014, Jeff Tusa, Head of Distribution, Coles.
With the Frank Vale Award for 2021 hotting up, he encourages contenders to be part of this career and game changing Award opportunity.
Take 2 minutes to hear how participating led him to reach a lofty career milestone in a year, how he overcame nerves to compete in front of top level executives and how he has gone from strength to strength since!
Trade discussions with China with the CEO of AMIC
Australia has a tenuous trade relationship presently with China.
We invited Patrick Hutchinson, CEO of Australian Meat Industry Council to discuss his opinions on the meat industry which has been heavily hit by deteriorating communication between Australia and China…and that it may not be all bad news.
Take a break and get the up to date news with Patrick from AMIC in this 10 minute grab!
Australia has a tenuous trade relationship presently with China.
We invited Patrick Hutchinson, CEO of Australian Meat Industry Council to discuss his opinions on the meat industry which has been heavily hit by deteriorating communication between Australia and China…and that it may not be all bad news.
Take a break and get the up to date news with Patrick from AMIC in this 10 minute grab!
The Global Next Generation Award
Back in 2019, the RWTA excitedly announced Demi Hiriaki from Iceland Cold Storage as the Winner of the 2019 Frank Vale Award. This is the first step for young leaders to progress over the span of a year to an international platform, the GCCA Next Generation Award (NextGen).
Back in 2019, the RWTA excitedly announced Demi Hiriaki from Iceland Cold Storage as the Winner of the 2019 Frank Vale Award.
This is the first step for young leaders to progress over the span of a year to an international platform, the GCCA Next Generation Award (NextGen).
This International Award annually acknowledges talented young people within the industry, who have demonstrated to their employers that they have the potential to make a positive contribution to the development of the industry and become future leaders in the cold chain sector.
The Global NextGen competition was to be held in the USA in September 2020; but as the pandemic dictated, this was cancelled and the International Competition was instead held virtually this week.
This final competition was to seek a winner from three great contestants from around the world. These competitors included our very own Frank Vale Winner, Demi Hiriaki, Chief Operations Officer of Iceland Cold Storage, Luca Quaresima, the Europe Operations and Logistics Manager from Newcold and Zeshan Hassan, Continuous Improvement Leader from Congebec Inc in Canada.
We are pleased to invite you to view the presentations of the three professionals, below!
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/4231235616622678796
On this occasion, Luca Quaresima was the overall winner this year, and we would like to pass our congratulations to him from Australia on behalf of the RWTA.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank and congratulate Demi for participating at world class level and representing Australia in it’s very best light.
She has worked hard to be part of this competition in the most challenging of circumstances and did an excellent job and did herself, company and RWTA proud!
Well Done Demi Hiriaki!
Introducing Brett Lynch, Scotts RL new appointed CEO
The RWTA is excited to introduce you to Brett Lynch, the brand new CEO of Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics, formerly known as AHG.
Brett discusses this recent business name change, the plans he has to bring the different companies under one united banner and his passion for encouraging future leaders of the cold chain in the year ahead. We would like to welcome our new colleague into the Australian Cold Chain, sit and have a 10 minute break to get acquainted!
The RWTA is excited to introduce you to Brett Lynch, the brand new CEO of Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics, formerly known as AHG.
Brett discusses this recent business name change, the plans he has to bring the different companies under one united banner and his passion for encouraging future leaders of the cold chain in the year ahead. We would like to welcome our new colleague into the Australian Cold Chain, sit and have a 10 minute break to get acquainted!
An update from Washington by the new CEO of the Global Cold Chain Alliance
Matt Ott is the CEO of the Global Cold Chain Alliance in Washington and hit the ground running at the beginning of 2020 just as COVID hit. In this interview, Matt spoke of the Presidential Election and the pandemic situation. He discusses the availability of the COVID vaccine in terms of storage and transport and the effect that it has had on the American psyche. Take 10 mins and a coffee to find out more about what’s happening in the Cold Chain in the USA!
Matt Ott is the CEO of the Global Cold Chain Alliance in Washington and hit the ground running at the beginning of 2020 just as COVID hit. In this interview, Matt spoke of the Presidential Election and the pandemic situation. He discusses the availability of the COVID vaccine in terms of storage and transport and the effect that it has had on the American psyche. Take 10 mins and a coffee to find out more about what’s happening in the Cold Chain in the USA!
Steve Johnstone from Lago Cold Stores discussing his experience as the Frank Vale Winner, 2002
Take 7 minutes today to listen to Steve speak about the long term benefits of his experience. From the great mentors, professional and personal contacts, public speaking opportunities and his belief that the Australian Cold Storage Industry has indeed become a desirable career for all manner of promising people in the future.
There are many ongoing faces of the Frank Vale Legacy.
Steve Johnstone from Lago Cold Storage has been in cold storage since 1986 and competed as a Frank Vale Contender, and won, in 2002.
Take 7 minutes today to listen to him speak about the long term benefits of his experience. From the great mentors, professional and personal contacts, public speaking opportunities and his belief that the Australian Cold Storage Industry has indeed become a desirable career for all manner of promising people in the future.
The Frank Vale Award is an extraordinary opportunity, just take it from Steve!
We would like to introduce you to Mathew Reiffel, the Frank Vale Winner of 2017
Take a minute to see what this invaluable opportunity has done to fast track his career, give international visibility to he and his company and further his personal growth.
With the Frank Vale Competition to be announced in March this year, make sure you nominate a workmate before the 22nd January!
Take a minute to see what this invaluable opportunity has done to fast track his career, give international visibility to he and his company and further his personal growth.
With the Frank Vale Competition to be announced in March this year, make sure you nominate a workmate before the 22nd January!
Episode 1 - The Australian Cold Chain Show
Featuring - Matt Ott, CEO at the Global Cold Chain Alliance, Brett Lynch, the new CEO of Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics & Patrick Hutchinson, CEO of Australian Meat Industry Council.
Brought to you by Better Storage Systems
We kicked off with Matt Ott, CEO at the Global Cold Chain Alliance, who spoke of the Presidential Election and the pandemic situation. He discusses the availability of the COVID vaccine in terms of storage and transport and the effect that it has had on the American psyche.
Next is Brett Lynch, the new CEO of Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics. We discussed the recent business name change from AHG to Scott’s RL, the plans he has to bring the different companies under one united banner and encouraging future leaders of the cold chain in the year ahead.
To wrap up the episode, I spoke with Patrick Hutchinson, CEO of Australian Meat Industry Council. His information about the meat industry which has been heavily hit with the deteriorating communication between Australia and China may not be all bad news.
The game changing pandemic and how it has affected the Temperature Controlled sector in Europe
Whether it’s been virtual events, OH&S requirements or the availability of skilled labour, the pandemic in Europe has been a game changer. Join with the RWTA as we speak with the European Director of the Global Cold Chain Alliance, Julie Hanson for the inside information.
Whether it’s been virtual events, OH&S requirements or the availability of skilled labour, the pandemic in Europe has been a game changer. Join with the RWTA as we speak with the European Director of the Global Cold Chain Alliance, Julie Hanson for the inside information.
Since when has alcohol NOT been considered as an essential item??
RWTA speaks with long time Member, James Cunningham from Barpro in Cape Town about skewed pandemic priorities in Africa and the flourishing contraband market.
RWTA speaks with long time Member, James Cunningham from Barpro in Cape Town about skewed pandemic priorities in Africa and the flourishing contraband market.
Transport Women, Cold Chain & Optimism
Watch this vodcast hosted by Trade Australia and Lawrence Christoffelsz, interviewing Marianne Kintzel, Executive Officer of RWTA who speaks about gaining visibility for the Australian Cold Chain during the pandemic and upcoming events in 2021.
Watch this vodcast hosted by Trade Australia and Lawrence Christoffelsz, interviewing:
Marianne Kintzel, Executive Officer of RWTA who speaks about gaining visibility for the Australian Cold Chain during the pandemic and upcoming events in 2021.
Jacquelene Brotherton, Chair of transport Australia Limited regarding mentoring and how TAL encourages women to join the Industry for a fulfilling career in the Transport sector.
Victor Perton, Chief Optimism Officer of The Center for Optimism who covers with energy and enthusiasm about how to create positive relationships, and that trust is inherently optimistic.
A power-packed episode that you don't want to miss!
Energy Consumption in Refrigerated Warehouses and how to cut Operating Expenses
Stefan Jensen, Managing Director of Scantec Refrigeration
Marianne Kintzel, Executive Director of the RWTA
Stefan Jensen, Managing Director of Scantec Refrigeration
Marianne Kintzel, Executive Director of the RWTA
The UK Cold Chain in 2020; Brexit, COVID and Vaccines
Shane Brennan, CEO of the Cold Chain Federation;
Marianne Kintzel, EO of the RWTA
