Agenda 2024

Day 1

Day 2


Time (PST)	Activities	Location	Speakers
7:15 am	Registration
7:15 am	Networking Breakfast	Bixby
8:20 am	GLOBAL SUMMIT KICKOFF ACTIVITIES	Bixby	Wink Williams (MC)
8:20 am	Chairman of the Board Introduction	Bixby	Gene Seroka Executive Director Port of Los Angeles
8:25 am	Welcome Remarks	Bixby	Randy Kendrick Founder and Chief Executive Officer Xebec Realty
8:35 am	Opening Remarks	Bixby	Dean Geoffrey Garrett USC Marshall School of Business
8:50 am	Supply Network Design Book Launch	Bixby	Dean Geoffrey Garrett and Randy Kendrick to present
8:55 am	Global Supply Chain Outlook	Bixby	Dr. Nick Vyas Executive Director USC Marshall Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute
9:15 am	The Trojan Band	Bixby
9:25 am	Port Outlook by Port of Los Angeles	Bixby	Gene Seroka Executive Director Port of Los Angeles
9:45 am	Award Presentation: 3PL and Supply Chain Digital Transformation	Bixby	Presented by Dr. Nick Vyas and Gene Seroka Executive Director USC Marshall Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute
9:50 am	Keynote Speaker	Bixby	Geoff Brady Head of Global Trade and Supply Chain Finance Bank of America
10:10 am	Break
10:25 am	Plenary Panel 1 AI and Digital Transformation	Bixby	Ana Achaval (Moderator), Senior Manager, Globalization and Localization, AMD Robert Khachatryan, Founder and CEO, Freight Right Global Logistics Kimon Drakapoulos, Associate Professor-DSO, USC Marshall Sam Vahie, President and Chief Solutions/AI Officer, Advatix Manju Devadas, CEO & Co Founder, Pluto7 Barbara Bickham,Founder & Managing Partner, Trailyn VC
11:25 am	Award Presentation: Lean Excellence Award	Bixby	Presented by Chris Hayes ASQ Lean Enterprise Division
11:30 am	Trojan Band and Networking Lunch	Bixby
12:40 pm	Award Presentation: USC MS GSCM Alumni Excellence	Bixby
12:45 pm	Fireside Chat with Jett McCandless	Bixby	Jett McCandless Founder and CEO Project 44
1:10 pm	Plenary Panel 2: Supply Chain Finance	Bixby	Kaylee Karumanchi Lord (Moderator), Director, North American Trade Product Head, Bank of America Tod Burwell, President & Chief Executive Officer, BAFT (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade) Nicholas Sopkin, Managing Director, Head of North America, Procura Inventory Management Alvin Moreno, Director of Global Supply Chain Credit Risk, Nestlé
2:10 pm	Plenary Panel 3 Navigating the Digital Commerce Landscape	Bixby	Dennis Yao Yu (Moderator), VP of Sales and Business Development, Firework Wynn Austin, CEO and Founder, Wynn's Kitchen Rathna Sharad, CEO and Founder, FlavorCloud Sean McCartney, Chief Supply Chain Officer, StockX Ronald Escopete, Co-founder / COO, BOBABAM
3:05 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Award Presentation: Sustainability Excellence Award
3:20 pm	Plenary Panel 4 ESG/Sustainability and Green Supply Chains	Bixby	Dr. Greys Sošić (Moderator), Senior Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, USC Marshall Jack Braniff, Sr Director, Global Alliances, project44 Dr. Karen A. Eng, President/CEO, CSMI Engineering Dr. Nicole Mau, CEO, Mau Consulting Bonnie Nixon, Director of ESG and Sustainability, Long Beach Container Terminal Brandon Frank, CEO/President, Pacific Packaging Components John Keisler, CEO & Managing Partner, Sunstone Management Inc.
4:20 pm	AI in Higher Education (Supply Chain Directors)	Bixby	Dr.Laird Burns (Moderator), Associate Professor, University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Subhro Mitra, Associate Professor, University of North Texas - Dallas Carlos Paternina-Arboleda, Assistant Professor, San Diego State University Lisa Cherivtch, Distinguised Professor of Business, Oakton Community College Elyse Hallstrom, Senior Data Scientist, Intel Corporation Vishal Gupta, Optimizer, Data Scientist, USC Marshall School of Business
6:00 pm	Industry Network Connect & Alumni Networking Event		Industry Network Connect and Alumni Reception (co-hosted by project 44)


Time (PST)	Activities	Location	Speakers
7:15 am	Registration	Bixby
7:15 am	Networking Breakfast	Bixby
8:30 am	GLOBAL SUMMIT KICKOFF ACTIVITIES	Bixby	Wink Williams (MC)
8:35 am	Chairman of the Board Introduction	Bixby	Gene Seroka Executive Director Port of Los Angeles
8:40 am	Plenary Panel 1 Sales and Operations Planning	Bixby	Alex Albert (Moderator), Vice President of Supply Chain and Procurement, XPonential Fitness Aaron Zelhart, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Mattel Michael Suh, Ocean Carrier Service Manager, Hyundai Glovis Chris Allison, Principal, Explorer Systems and Industry, LLC Andre Winters, Founder and Principal, HudsonWinters & Co. LLC Alexandria Collis, Senior Director of Operations, Princess Polly
9:45 am	Port Outlook by Port of Long Beach	Bixby	Dr. Noel Hacegaba Chief Operating Officer Port of Long Beach
10:05 am	Award Presentation: 3PL Excellence	Bixby	Presented by Dr. Hacegaba
10:10 am	Award Presentation: Women’s Leadership Excellence	Bixby	Presented by Stephanie Hughes and Nick Vyas
10:15 am	Fireside Chat	Bixby	Yujie Sue, Head of Product Innovation, Maersk Maneesh Apte, CEO, SimpleLabs Moderator: Dr. Nick Vyas
10:40 am	Break
10:50 am	Keynote Speaker	Bixby	Dipti Gupta Head of SRM Business Samsung SDS
11:10 am	Plenary Panel 2 Supply Chain Best Practices	Bixby	Sally Canario (Moderator), Head of Operational Excellence & Analytics, Strategic Projects and Ci, Maersk Christopher Longhito, SVP & Chief Supply Chain Officer, Global Industrial Mary McNelly, Vice President, Global Distribution and Logistics, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Markus Mau, President, European Logistics Association Wayne Jepson, Global Key Account Manager, Rohlig Chris Bonner, SVP Global Fulfillment, lululemon
12:10 pm	Lunch	Bixby
1:10 pm	Plenary Panel 3 Food Supply Chain & Traceability	Bixby	Carl Mount (Moderator), Chief Supply Chain Officer, Zaxby’s Franchising LLC Ron Volpe, CEO & Co-Founder, TraceChain.Ai David Stepp, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP Dimitrius Geges, Senior Director of Operations, Levitt Foods Gregory V. Brown, Executive Director, The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability
2:10 pm	Plenary Panel 4 Logistics/ Cross Border Logistics and Trade Compliance	Bixby	Gene Ochi (Moderator), Board Member at TrendPoint Systems Andre Bryan, Managing Partner, BridgePort Group, LLC Andrew Hwang, Director of Transpacific Export and Government Affairs, Wan Hai Lines USA Jason Walker, Regional Head of Maersk Contract Logistics, NAM Region, Maersk Robert Choy, SVP Vertical Leader-Technology, DP World Scott McMurrey, Manager Specialty Sales, FEDEX
3:10 pm	Award Presentation: Faculty Excellence Award
3:15 pm	Rethinking Higher Education Business Models	Bixby	Dr.Sue Sundar, Director Operations & Supply Chain Program Professor - Lecturer, Department of Operations and Information Systems, University of Utah Dr. G. Tony Bell, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Rutgers University - Business School Dr.Yao Zhao, Professor - Lecturer, Department of Operations and Information Systems, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey Dr. Alireza Kabirian, Associate Professor of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations, USC Marshall
4:15 pm	Closing