AGENDA
Thursday
13
7:15 am
Lobby
Registration
7:30 am
lobby
Breakfast & Executive Networking
8:20 am
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Welcome
8:23 am
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Opening Remarks & Keynote : Nick Vyas
Dr. Nick Vyas
Founding Executive Director
USC Marshall Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute
8:39 am
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Opening Remarks and Welcome
Andy Call
Interim Dean, USC Marshall School of Business
8:43 am
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The USC Trojan Band Performance
8:59 am
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9:17 am
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Fireside Chat : Randy Kendrick
Randy Kendrick
Rethinking industrial Growth: Power, Infrastructure, and the Future of Manufacturing
9:38 am
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Keynote: Arun Tirumale
Arun Tirumale
Chief Technology Officer, Amazon
The intersection of Supply Chain and Technology: What changes, What Endures, and What Comes Next
9:59 am
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Panel: Supply Chain Finance
Working Capital, Risk, and Network Decisions Under Pressure
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10:34 am
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Awards :
Women in Supply Chain
Logistics & Infrastructure Exellence
10:43 am
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Panel: The Ecosystem Behind Intelligence: Capital, Compute, and the Future of AI
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11:24 am
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Keynote: Tod Burwell
Tod Burwell
President & Chief Executive Officer, Bankers Association for Finance & Trade (BAFT)
11:45 am
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Supply Chain Tech Impact Challenge : Live Startup Demos
Arvist AI
Parker AI
12:15 pm
Exhibit Hall
Lunch
01:16 pm
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Panel: Why Global Trade Keeps Breaking : Geopolitics, Policy, and Cross-Border Risk
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1:47 pm
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Panel: The E-Commerce Fulfillment Cost Trap: Where Speed, Service, and Margin Collide
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02:32 pm
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Panel: Cold Chain Chain Under Pressure: Food, Pharma, and the Cost of Keeping Supply Chains Moving
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3:12 pm
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Networking Break
3:22 pm
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Breakout Session: Making the Hard Calls Under Pressure
Option A: Executive Roudtable – AI at the Operating Edge: Where Technology Should Make Decisions, Where Humans Must Stay in Control
Option B: 3:17 pm : Beyond Operational Risk: Financial Risk, Compliance, and Governance
3:37 pm: The Execution Gap: An interactive operations Lab on AI, Automation, and Decision-Making
4:07 pm
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Panel: Logistics: The Shock Absorber That’s Cracking
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