AGENDA
Thursday
13
7:15 am
Lobby
Registration
7:30 am
lobby
Breakfast & Executive Networking
8:30 am
bixby
Welcome
8:32 am
bixby
Opening Remarks & Keynote – Nick Vyas
Dr. Nick Vyas
Founding Executive Director
USC Marshall Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute
8:52 am
Bixby
Opening Remarks – TBD
By TBD
8:57 am
Bixby
The USC Trojan Band
9:12 am
Bixby
Keynote — Dr. Noel Hacegaba: Ports as Strategic Infrastructure
Dr. Noel Hacegaba
Chief Executive Officer, Port of Long Beach
9:32 am
Bixby
Keynote: Fireside Chat — Arun Tirumale, CTO Amazon Canada
Arun Tirumale
Chief Technology officer, Amazon
The intersection of Supply Chain and Technology: What changes, What Endures, and What Comes Next
9:52 am
Bixby
Panel:
Supply Chain Finance (Bank of America)
Working Capital, Risk, and Network Decisions Under Pressure
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10:32 am
Bixby
Networking Break
10:42 am
Bixby
Panel:
The Ecosystem Behind Intelligence: Capital, Compute, and the Future of AI
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11:22 am
Bixby
Keynote: Supply Chain Finance- Bank of America
11:42 am
Bixby
Supply Chain Tech Impact Challenge : Live Startup Demos
12:12 pm
Exhibit Hall
Lunch
01:12 pm
Bixby
Panel:
Why Global Trade Keeps Breaking (and What Comes Next)
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1:52 pm
Bixby
Awards :
Leadership Excellence; Women in Supply Chain; Logistics & Infrastructure Exellence
2:02 pm
Bixby
Panel
The E-Commerce Fulfillment Cost Trap: Where Speed, Service, and Margin Collide
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02:42 pm
Bixby
Panel:
Cold Chain Chain Under Pressure: Food, Pharma, and the Cost of Keeping Supply Chains Moving
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3:22 pm
Bixby
Networking Break
3:32 pm
Bixby
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: CreditSafe Interactive Lab – Financial Risk is Supply chain Risk: A Supplier Triage Lab
Format for Lab: 15-minute mini panel + 20- minute interactive supplier risk triage exercise +5- min report-out
4:12 pm
Bixby
Panel:
PM Logistics: The Shock Absorber That’s Cracking
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4:52 pm
Pike Room
Day 1 Closing Synthesis/ Transition to Industry Network Connect
5:30 pm
Pike Room
Industry Network Connect & Alumni Networking Event
Friday
14
7:15 am
Bixby
Registration
7:15 am
Bixby
Networking Breakfast
8:30 am
bixby
Welcome & Framing
By Wink Williams, (MC), Retired Director of Logistics and Goods Movements, Northrop Grumman
8:41 am
Bixby
Panel:
Selling through the Storm: When Sales, Ops, and Risk Collide
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9:22 am
Bixby
Panel
Why Supply Chain Tech & AI Still Fail in Production
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10:03 am
Bixby
Keynote — Gene Seroka (Port of Los Angeles): Ports Under Pressure
Gene Seroka
Executive Director
Port of Los Angeles
10:23 am
Bixby
Networking Break
10:34 am
Bixby
Panel- Source. Make. Move
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11:15 am
Bixby
Keynote — Roberto Isaias (Mattel): Responsible Sourcing at Global Scale
Robert Isaias
Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Offier, Mattel
11:35 am
Bixby
Award Presentation:
Supply Chain Innovation & Digital Transformation Excellence Award
11:45 am
Exhibit Hall
Lunch
12:36 pm
Bixby
Panel:
Sustainability without the Spin
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1:17 pm
Bixby
Panel:
Back to Basics: The Human Operatng System
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1:58 pm
Bixby
Panel:
Beyond Red Tape & Borders: Saving Lives in a Regulated World
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2:39 PM
Bixby
Fireside Chat
Aerospace and Defense
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