AGENDA
Thursday
13
7:15 am
Lobby
Registration
7:30 am
lobby
Innovation Lab / Exhibit Area
Item and UNIS Robotics & AI Live Demonstration
8:19 am
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Welcome
8:22 am
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Opening Remarks & Keynote
Dr. Nick Vyas
Founding Executive Director
USC Marshall Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute
8:38 am
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USC Trojan Band Performance
8:51 am
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Opening Remarks and Welcome
Andy Call
Interim Dean, USC Marshall School of Business
8:59 am
Bixby
9:20 am
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Fireside Chat : Rethinking industrial Growth: Power, Infrastructure, and the Future of Manufacturing
Randy Kendrick
Xebec
9:41 am
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Keynote: The Intersection of Supply Chain and Technology: What changes, What Endures, and What Comes Next
Arun Tirumale
Chief Technology Officer, Amazon
10:02 am
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Panel: Supply Chain Finance
Working Capital, Risk, and Network Decisions Under Pressure
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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: Geoeconomics & Supply Chain – Planning for Disruption
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
12:15 pm
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Lunch
Innovation Lab/ Exhibit Area
Item and UNIS Robotica & AI Live Demonstration
1:00 pm
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Panel: Why Global Trade Keeps Breaking : Geopolitics, Policy, and Cross-Border Risk
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1:31 pm
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Awards:
U.S.- India Global Trade & Diplomatic Excellence Award
U.S.- Mexico Global Trade & Diplomatic Excellence Award
1:35 pm
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Panel: Cold Chain Under Pressure: Food, Agriculture, and the Predictability gap
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2:16 pm
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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
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2:16 pm : Beyond Operational Risk: Financial Risk, Compliance, and Governance
2:36 pm: Inside the Resolution Layer: How Ops Agents Get Built
3:01 pm
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Networking Break
Innovation Lab
Item and UNIS Robotics & AI Live Demonstration
3:11 pm
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Panel: The E-Commerce Fulfillment Cost Trap: Where Speed, Service, and Margin Collide
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3:52 pm
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Panel: Orchestaring Intelligent, Customer- Centric Logistics Networks in an Era of Volatility
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4:33 pm
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Panel: “Meet the Moment”: Agile Stability for Supply Chains of the Future
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