Host(s) Calum Comerford and Kunal GuptaHello, I am CalumAnd I am KunalOur guests today are Siobhan Duggan, Amanda Creane from GS1 Ireland .Can you start by introducing yourselves and give a short overview of GS1?1.Could you tell us about the project you took part in to keep track of Covid-19 vaccines for Ireland’s national health system?2.Further to this could you comment on how the opportunity came about?3.Is the TrackVax initiative unique or was it simply an accelerated version of the kinds of projects that GS1 works on all the time for its members?4.How did you get buy-in from key actors and stakeholders?5.Is this kind of cooperation only feasible when there’s a central government actor, in this case the HSE or the National Immunisation Office (NIO)?6.The pace of the project was unbelievably fast what tools did you use to keep track of milestones, software changes and actions?7.What governance structure was in place to facilitate decision making and transparency of project direction?8.What were the key challenges encountered when implementing this project?9.This sounds like an amazing project to have been involved in, what were the key learnings and what thoughts could you share with our audience as the embark on their careers?10.Where do you see GS1 fitting in the technology adoption cycles of its member companies?11.How do you answer the question of using standards-based technology for competitive advantage versus technology for everyone’s benefit?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences today.Notes:https://www.gs1ie.orghttps://www.eolasmagazine.ie/keeping-track-of-the-covid-19-vaccine/AcknowledgementsMusic Title: ImpulseArtist: Ben PruntySource: https://www.benpruntymusic.com/License: Non-transferable license. Permission granted by Ben Prunty (personal letter)Cover Art Title: Pick and MixArtist: Conor Fitzpatrick; and Graphic Design: Allen HigginsSource: Fitzpatrick_Unamed.jpg -> PickAndMix-Name.pptxLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Permission granted by Conor Fitzpatrick (personal letter))Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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