AGENDA
Thursday
13
7:15 am
Lobby
Registration
7:30 am
lobby
Innovation Lab / Exhibit Area
Item and UNIS Robotics & AI Live Demonstration
8:19 am
bixby
Welcome
8:22 am
bixby
Opening Remarks & Keynote
Dr. Nick Vyas
Founding Executive Director
USC Marshall Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute
8:38 am
Bixby
USC Trojan Band Performance
8:51 am
Bixby
Opening Remarks and Welcome
Andy Call
Interim Dean, USC Marshall School of Business
8:59 am
Bixby
9:20 am
Bixby
Fireside Chat : Rethinking industrial Growth: Power, Infrastructure, and the Future of Manufacturing
Randy Kendrick
Xebec
9:41 am
Bixby
Keynote: The Intersection of Supply Chain and Technology: What changes, What Endures, and What Comes Next
Arun Tirumale
Chief Technology Officer, Amazon
10:02 am
Bixby
Panel: Supply Chain Finance
Working Capital, Risk, and Network Decisions Under Pressure
Moderator:
Caryn Pace Messenger
Bank of America
Speakers:
Kathryn Moncur
IBM
Pawan Joshi
e2open, WiseTech Global Group
Brent Causey
City National Bank
10:43 am
Bixby
Panel: The Ecosystem Behind Intelligence: Capital, Compute, and the Future of AI
Moderator:
Omar El Sawy
USC Marshall
Speakers:
Brexton Pham
Cantor Fitzgerald
Maneesh Apte
Parker AI
Nasim Afsar
Healthcare Innovation Partners LLC
11:24 am
Bixby
Keynote: Geoeconomics & Supply Chain – Planning for Disruption
Tod Burwell
President & Chief Executive Officer, Bankers Association for Finance & Trade (BAFT)
11:45 am
Bixby
Supply Chain Tech Impact Challenge: Live Startup Demos
Nilay Parikh
Arvist AI
Maneesh Apte
Parker AI
Sean Elmurib
BackOps AI
12:15 pm
Bixby
Lunch
Innovation Lab/ Exhibit Area
Item and UNIS Robotica & AI Live Demonstration
1:00 pm
Bixby
Panel: Why Global Trade Keeps Breaking : Geopolitics, Policy, and Cross-Border Risk
Moderator:
Vincent Iacopella
Alba Wheels Up International LLC
Speakers:
Amb. Carlos González Gutiérrez
Consulado General de México en Los Ángeles
Amb. Dr K. J. Srinivasa
Consulate General of India, Los Angeles
1:31 pm
Bixby
Awards:
U.S.- India Global Trade & Diplomatic Excellence Award
U.S.- Mexico Global Trade & Diplomatic Excellence Award
1:35 pm
Bixby
Panel: Cold Chain Under Pressure: Food, Agriculture, and the Predictability gap
Moderator:
Dimitrius Geges
Levitt Foods/Branding Iron Ranch/Ranchers Processing
Speakers:
Carl Mount
Jack in the Box
David Harriss
Heroic Maritime
Eric Holbik
Port Houston
John Pandol
Pandol Bros.,Inc.
2:16 pm
Bixby
Breakout Session: Making the Hard Calls Under Pressure
Exclusive by Invitation Only: Executive Roudtable – AI at the Operating Edge: Where Technology Should Make Decisions, Where Humans Must Stay in Control
Moderator:
Feng Chen
USC Marshall
Laird Burns
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Speakers:
Carl Mount
Jack in the Box
Caroline Brown
Bank of America
Stephanie Hughes
A.P. Moller - Maersk
Carsten Jepsen
MVP Logistics
Manish Kapoor
Advatix
Geoff Tumang
Parker Manufacturing Group
Sean McCarthy
BackOps AI
Stefan Teulon
UP.Labs
Nick Vyas
USC Marshall
Vivi Tran Lynch
Lidd
Wayne Jepson
Röhlig Logistics
Chad Stricklin
Disney Experiences
2:16 pm : Beyond Operational Risk: Financial Risk, Compliance, and Governance
Scott Garger
Creditsafe
Yesinne Alvarez
Creditsafe
Alvin Moreno
Nestlé
2:36 pm: Inside the Resolution Layer: How Ops Agents Get Built
Sean Elmurib
BackOps AI
3:01 pm
Bixby
Networking Break
Innovation Lab
Item and UNIS Robotics & AI Live Demonstration
3:11 pm
Bixby
Panel: The E-Commerce Fulfillment Cost Trap: Where Speed, Service, and Margin Collide
Moderator:
Kate Jostworth
Maersk
Speakers:
Robert Khachatryan
Freight Right Global Logistics
Maia Benson
GCG Companies
Alexandria Collis
Comfrt
Wynn Austin
Wynn's Kitchen
3:52 pm
Bixby
Panel: Orchestaring Intelligent, Customer- Centric Logistics Networks in an Era of Volatility
Moderator:
Sriram Dasu
Speakers:
Lev Peker
Diversified Foodservice Supply
Jacques Van Der Merwe
GXO
Carsten Jepsen
MVP Logistics
Markus Mau
European Logistics Association
Bhavin Jindal
Amazon Freight
4:33 pm
Bixby
Panel: “Meet the Moment”: Agile Stability for Supply Chains of the Future
Moderator:
Jeff McDonald
NNR GSP Inc
Speakers:
Peter Penseel
Delta Airlines Cargo
John Parkinson
ParkWood Advisors LLC
Jennifer Gaurino Strawn
A2 Global Electronics
Kristina Garbe
A.P. Moller - Maersk
5:04 pm
Bixby
Day 1 Closing Synthesis
5:30 pm
Bixby
Industry Network Connect
Friday
14
7:15 am
Bixby
Registration
7:15 am
Bixby
Innovation Lab/ Exhibit Area
Item and UNIS Robotics & AI Live Demonstration
8:25 am
bixby
Welcome & Framing
By Wink Williams, Retired Director of Logistics and Goods Movements, Northrop Grumman
8:28 am
Bixby
Awards:
Healthcare Supply Chain & Community Impact Excellence Award
Women in Supply chain
8:39 am
Bixby
Panel: Selling Through the Storm: When Sales, Ops, and Risk Collide
Moderator:
Alex Albert
Xponential Fitness
Speakers:
Charan Lalwani
Starbucks
Kristina Soric
Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia
Sun Kwok
Niagara Bottling
Fred Gilbert
Maersk
Nayan Khamar
Microsoft
9:25 am
Bixby
Panel: Supply Chain Technology, AI, & Digital Transformation
Moderator:
Bethany Abbate
Software & Information Industry Association
Speakers:
Han Ryoo
Freight Right Global Logistics
Tim Ryder
Microsoft
Chad Engelgau
Innovairre
Julio Andres Diaz
A.P. Moller - Maersk
Henry Pray
UP.Labs
10:06 am
Bixby
10: 27 am
Bixby
Awards:
USC Global Supply Chain Leadership Excellence Award
Logistics & Infrastructure Excellence
10:33 am
Bixby
Networking Break
Innovation Lab/ Exhibit Area
Item and UNIS Robotics & AI Live Demonstration
10:44 am
Bixby
Panel: Sustainability Without the Spin
Moderator:
Stephanie Hughes
A.P. Moller - Maersk
Speakers:
Jon Poelma
APM Terminal
Jennie Abarca
King Fio Trucking
Adam Browning
Forum Mobility
Daniel Salter
Amazon
11:30 am
Bixby
Keynote :Barbie Case: Global Supply Chain as a Key Enabler for Corporate Success
Robert Isaias
Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Offier, Mattel
12:00 pm
Exhibit Hall
Lunch
1:00 pm
Bixby
Panel: Manufacturing, Capacity and Production Strategy: Source. Make. Move.
Moderator:
Dr. Karen Eng
CSMI Engineering
Speakers:
Michael Saludares
Top Hat Engineering
Craig Ruffolo
McKeany-Flavell Company
Heather Perry
Klatch Coffee
Dr. Nicole Mau
Mau Consulting
1:41 pm
Bixby
Panel: Back to Basics: The Human Operating System
Moderator:
Dr. Sue Sundar
University of Utah
Speakers:
John Cordova
HRforGrowth
Christophe Kolb
Taller Technologies
Abe Eshkenazi
ASCM
Andrea Adarmes
Maersk
Tawanda Starms
Din Tai Fung
2:22 pm
Bixby
The Last Mile to the Patient: Risk, Regulation, and Resilience in Healthcare Supply Chains.
Moderator:
Wendy Fong
CAmerican Red Cross
Speakers:
Lyanna Ly
Rush University Medical Center
Dr. Krishna M. Sundar
UC Davis Health
David Reeve
American Red Cross
Dan Solis
Retired FDA
3:08 PM
Bixby
Fireside Chat: Aerospace and Defense Supply Chains
Moderator:
Tom Koponen
General Atomics
Speakers:
Kraig Conrad
NCMA
Dustin Pavon
Parker Fasteners
Sergio Perez-Torreslara
CETYS Universidad