Agenda

Thursday 13th

Friday 14th

Thursday

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7:15 am

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Lobby

Registration

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7:30 am

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lobby

Breakfast & Executive Networking

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8:20 am

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bixby

Welcome

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8:23 am

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bixby

Opening Remarks & Keynote

Dr. Nick Vyas
Founding Executive Director
USC Marshall Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute

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8:39 am

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Bixby

Opening Remarks and Welcome

Andy Call
Interim Dean, USC Marshall School of Business

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8:43 am

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Bixby

USC Trojan Band Performance

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8:59 am

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Bixby

Keynote

Dr. Noel Hacegaba
Chief Executive Officer, Port of Long Beach

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9:17 am

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Bixby

Fireside Chat : Rethinking industrial Growth: Power, Infrastructure, and the Future of Manufacturing

Randy Kendrick
Xebec

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9:38 am

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Bixby

Keynote: The Intersection of Supply Chain and Technology: What changes, What Endures, and What Comes Next

Arun Tirumale
Chief Technology Officer, Amazon

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9:59 am

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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

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10:40 am

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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

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11:12 am

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Bixby

Keynote: Geoeconomics & Supply Chain – Planning for Disruption

Tod Burwell
President & Chief Executive Officer, Bankers Association for Finance & Trade (BAFT)

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11:43 am

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Bixby

Supply Chain Tech Impact Challenge: Live Startup Demos

Nilay Parikh

Arvist AI

Maneesh Apte

Parker AI

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12:13 pm

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Bixby

Lunch

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1:04 pm

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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

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1:35 pm

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Bixby

Panel: Cold Chain Chain Under Pressure: Food, Pharma, and the Cost of Keeping Supply Chains Moving

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.

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2:16 pm

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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

UP.Labs

Nick Vyas

USC Marshall

Vivi Tran Lynch

Lidd

3:17 pm : Beyond Operational Risk: Financial Risk, Compliance, and Governance

Scott Garger

Creditsafe

Yesinne Alvarez

Creditsafe

Alvin Moreno

Nestlé

3:37 pm: The Execution Gap: An interactive operations Lab on AI, Automation, and Decision-Making

Sean Elmurib

BackOps AI

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3:01 am

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Bixby

Networking Break

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3:11 pm

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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

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3:52 pm

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Bixby

Panel: Logistics: The Shock Absorber That’s Cracking

Moderator:

Sally Canario

University of Southern California

Speakers:

Lev Peker

Diversified Foodservice Supply

Jacques Van Der Merwe

GXO

Carsten Jepsen

MVP Logistics

Markus Mau

European Logistics Association

Bhavin Jindal

Amazon Freight

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4:33 pm

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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

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5:04 pm

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Bixby

Day 1 Closing Synthesis

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5:30 pm

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Bixby

Industry Network Connect

Friday

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7:15 am

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Bixby

Registration

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7:15 am

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Bixby

Networking Breakfast

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8:25 am

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bixby

Welcome & Framing

By Wink Williams, Retired Director of Logistics and Goods Movements, Northrop Grumman

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8:28 am

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Bixby

Award Presentation:

Supply Chain Innovation & Digital Transformation Excellence Award

Leadership Excellence

Women in Supply Chain

Logistics & Infrastructure Excellence

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8:41 am

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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

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9:25 am

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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

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10:06 am

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Bixby

Keynote

Gene Seroka
Executive Director
Port of Los Angeles

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10:27 am

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Bixby

Networking Break

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10:38 pm

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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

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11:25 am

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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

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12:00 pm

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Exhibit Hall

Lunch

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1:00 pm

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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

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1:41 pm

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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

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2:22 pm

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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

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3:08 PM

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Bixby

Fireside Chat: Aerospace and Defense Supply Chains

Moderator:

Tom Koponen

General Atomics

Speakers:

Kraig Conrad

NCMA