AGENDA 2021
| Time | Activities | Speakers | PPT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 am | Registration begins | ||
| 8:00 am | Networking Breakfast (In-person) | ||
| 8:45 am | GLOBAL SUMMIT KICKOFF ACTIVITIES (In-person) | Wink Williams (MC) | |
| 8:45 am | Chairman of the Board Introduction (In-person) | Carl Mount, Senior Supply Chain & Operations Executive Starbucks | |
| 8:50 am | WELCOME REMARKS and Global Supply Chain Outlook (In-person) | Dr. Nick Vyas, Executive Director, Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute, USC Marshall School of Business | Global Supply Chain Outlook |
| 9:15 am | Welcome Remarks (In-person) | Dr. Geoffrey Garrett, Dean, USC Marshall School | |
| 9:35 am | Trojan Band (In-person) | Trojan Band | |
| 9:50 am | Keynote (Virtual) | Dr. Nasim Afsar, Chief Operating Officer at UCI Health | |
| 10:10 am | Port Outlook, Port of Los Angeles (In-person) | Gene Seroka, Executive Director, The Port of Los Angeles | |
| 10:30 am | Award Presentation: 3PL EXCELLENCE (FedEx Logistics) (Virtual) Award Presentation: 3PL EXCELLENCE (Schneider Logistics) (Virtual) Recipients FedEx Logistics Schneider Logistics | ||
| 10:40 am | BREAK | ||
| 10:55 am | Plenary Women in Supply Chain (Hybrid) | MODERATOR: Cindy Elliott, Business Sector Industry Lead, Esri SPEAKERS: Hannah Kain, CEO, ALOM Seema Gupta, Director, Supply Chain Optimization Technologies, Amazon Sue Sundar, Associate Professor, Director Operations & Supply Chain Program, University of Utah Reeanjou Ram, Chief Executive Officer, iTrazo Tracetech | Women in Supply Chain |
| 12:00 pm | Award Presentation: Women in Leadership (In-person) Recipients Cindy Elliott | Dr. Nick Vyas, Executive Director, Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute, USC Marshall School of Business | |
| 12:10 pm | Networking Lunch (In-person) | ||
| 1:15 pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS #1 | ||
| A. Supply Chain Finance (Virtual) | MODERATOR: Kaylee Karumanchi, Vice President, Global Trade and Supply Chain Finance, Bank of America SPEAKERS: Robert Santo, Director of Financial Services, Diageo Rani Surapaneni, Manager, Treasury & Risk Management, Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee Andrew Holmes, Head of Origination, North America, Demica Nicholas Sopkin, Managing Director, Procura | Supply Chain Finance | |
| B. Future State Supply Chain Network Design (Hybrid) | MODERATOR: Dan P. Bumblauskas, Associate Professor, University of North Iowa SPEAKERS:Jeff Weiss, Partner, Steptoe Craig Mygatt, Chief Executive Officer, Ceres Terminals James Nissenberg, Vice President, Santa Monica Seafood Manish Kapoor, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Advatix Dustin Teves, Vice President, Global Trade. Advisory Partners | Future State Supply Chain Network Design | |
| 2:15 pm | BREAK | ||
| 2:30 pm | Plenary Supply Chain Resiliency (Hybrid) | MODERATOR: Laird Burns, Associate Professor of Management Science, The University of Alabama in Huntsville SPEAKERS: Rudy Alvarado, Global Head of Supply Chain, Kite Pharma Raziel Bravo, Vice President Strategic Management Office, GEODIS Paula Natoli, Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Industry Solutions at Google Cloud, Google Fred Gilbert, Vice President Strategy and Marketing, Performance Team Jeff McDonald, Executive Vice President, NNR Logistics | Supply Chain Resiliency |
| 3:35 pm | Award Presentation: Supply Chain Digital Transformation (In-person) Recipients Port of Los Angeles Pluto 7 Award Presentation: Lean Excellence (Hybrid) Recipients City of Hope Nursing | Carl Mount, Senior Executive, Starbucks | |
| 3:40 pm | Keynote (Virtual) | Peter Jameson, Managing Director, Head of Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Asia Pacific Bank of America | |
| 4:00 pm | BREAK | ||
| 4:10 pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS #2 | ||
| A. Global Trade and Economic Outlook (Hybrid) | MODERATOR: Gene Ochi, Executive Board Member, Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute, USC Marshall School of Business SPEAKERS: Tom Kruse, Global Head – Supply Chain Collaboration, Corning Singapore Holdings Jack Mahoney, President and Chief Executive Officer, Westwood Shipping Lines Christopher Chan, EVP, Legal and General Counsel, Lazada, RedMart SG Andrew Hwang, Manager Maritime Business Development & International Marketing, Port of Oakland Ignacio Benitez Landa, Global Trade. Advisory Partners | Global Trade and Economic Outlook | |
| B. Lean Excellence (Virtual) | Christianna Hayes, Chief Executive Officer, Impact Performance Solutions Klay Grover, Chief Executive Officer, Homestead Cabinets Justin Meehan, Plant Manager, Cytiva Doug Carlberg, President and Chief Executive Officer, M2 Global Technology Brian Bakke, Director Of Continuous Improvement, IDEX Health & Science, LLC | ||
| C. Technology Innovation and Digital Transformation in Supply Chain (Virtual) | MODERATOR: Jeff Amerine, Founder and Managing Director of Startup Junkies SPEAKERS: Charu Thomas, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ox Aayush Thakur, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, FR8Relay Michael Patton, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fetch Gene Song, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SeaVantage Ben Jackson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bungii Sean Petterson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, StrongArm Tech | ||
| 6:00 pm | Alumni & INC Reception (In-person) |
| Time | Activities | Speakers | PPT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 am | Networking Breakfast (In-person) | ||
| 9:00 am | GLOBAL SUMMIT KICKOFF ACTIVITIES (In-person) | Wink Williams (MC) | |
| 9:05 am | Fireside Chat (Virtual) | Randy Kendrick, Chief Executive Officer, President, Xebec | |
| 9:20 am | Keynote (Virtual) | Scott Penberthy, Director, Applied AI, Office of the CTO Google | |
| 9:45 am | Award Presentation: USC GSCM Alumni Excellence (In-person) Recipients Sally Canario Laura Springer | Carl Mount, Senior Executive, Starbucks Dr. Nick Vyas, Executive Director, Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute, USC Marshall School of Business | |
| 9:55 am | BREAK | ||
| 10:10 am | Plenary Global Food Supply Chain/Food Traceability (In-person) | MODERATOR: Carl Mount, Senior Executive, Starbucks SPEAKERS: Ron Volpe, SVP International Markets, PSQR Bradford Kent, Co-founder, Blaze Pizza Bob Wolpert, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Golden State Foods Julie McGill, Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy and Insights, FoodLogiQ | |
| 11:15 am | Port Outlook, Port of Long Beach (Virtual) | Dr. Noel Hacegaba, Deputy Executive Director/COO, Port of Long Beach | Dr. Noel Hacegaba |
| 11:40 am | Fireside Chat Networking Lunch (Virtual) | Aubrey Chernick, Founder, Celerium Dr. Nick Vyas, Executive Director, Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute, USC Marshall School of Business | |
| 12:50 pm | Plenary Emerging Technologies in Supply Chain (Hybrid) | MODERATOR: Sam Vahie, Chief Strategy Officer, Advatix SPEAKERS: Rob Haney, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Clockwork Logistics Systems Emanuel Greisen, Managing Director, PSQR Aljosja Beije, Director, BlockLab Rotterdam Manjunath Devadas, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pluto7 Eric Fullerton, Senior Director, project44 | Emerging Technologies in Supply Chain |
| 1:55 pm | Award Presentation: Corporate Social Responsibility Excellence Award (In-person) Recipients Port of Long Beach | Carl Mount, Senior Executive, Starbucks Dr. Nick Vyas, Executive Director, Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute, USC Marshall School of Business | |
| 2:00 pm | BREAK | ||
| 2:20 pm | BREAKOUT SESSIONS #1 | ||
| A. Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental, Social, & Governance (In-person) | MODERATOR: Duncan Lodge, Director, Global Head of Traditional Trade, EMEA Head of Trade & SCF Product, Bank of America SPEAKERS: Ned Tomasevic, Chief Executive Officer, Reusability Rob Barnes, Chief Executive Officer, Marco Polo Network Cindy Elliot, Director, Business Sector Industry Lead, Esri Alvin Moreno, Director of Global Supply Chain Credit Risk, Nestle | ||
| B. Future of Commerce (In-person) | MODERATOR: Gary Sankary, Industry Marketing Strategy for Commercial Business, Esri SPEAKERS: James Prewitt, Group Vice President, Blue Yonder Laura Hoffman Duke, Vice President of Enterprise Return (former VP of E-Commerce), Walmart Brian Kilcourse, Principal, Retail Systems Research Greg Buzak, President, IHL | Future of Commerce | |
| 3:30 pm | Plenary Logistics, Transportation, Air, Sea and Ground (In-person) | MODERATOR: Sam Ganguly, Global Supply Chain Manager, Tesla SPEAKERS: Ralph Riehl, Managing Director, DACHSER Mike Webber, Airport and Cargo Planning Specialist, Webber Air Cargo Gary Kendle, Vice President, Operations, Pacifica Trucks Jeff Kellan, Senior Vice President, Maersk | |
| 4:30 pm | Closing Remarks / End of Day (In-person) |