Registration

Netwroking Breakfast

Welcome Remarks

By Wink Williams

Chariman of the Board Introduction

Gene Seroka
Executive Director
Port of Los Angeles

Plenary Panel
Transforming Supply Chains Through Smart Technology

Moderator:

Speakers:

• Manish Kapoor, Advatix, Founder & CEO
• Erez Agmoni, Interwoven Ventures, General Partner
• Mengxiao (Michelle) Zhang, Niagara Bottling,Sr. Supply Chain Solutions Manager

Port Outlook by Port of Los Angeles

Gene Seroka
Executive Director
Port of Los Angeles

Award Presentation:

3PL  Excellence

Presented by:

Gene Seroka

Award Presentation:

USC MS GSCM Alumni Excellence

Presented by:

Fireside Chat:

Agentic AI

Moderator:

Speakers:

Plenary Panel
Mind the Gap: Building the Next Generation Supply Chain Workforce

Moderator:

Dr. Laird Burns, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Associate Professor

Speakers:

• Patricia Lee, Coffee Break Supply Chain, Founder
• Abe Eshkenazi, ASCM, CEO
• Jonny Park, Northrop Grumman, Director, Supply Chain Programs
• Albert Perez, Innovairre, Global Chief People Officer

Break

Plenary Panel
Built to Move, Prone to Break: Risks in Today’s Supply Chains

Moderator:

Dr. Alireza Kabirian, USC Marshall, Associate Professor of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations

Speakers:

• Alvin Moreno, Nestlé, Director of Global Supply Chain Credit Risk

• Venkit Raman, Vertex Computer Systems, Principal

• Michael Flum, CreditRiskMonitor, CEO & President

• Steve Carpenter, Creditsafe, COO, North America

• Brian Klous, Dun & Bradstreet, Account Executive

Lunch

Award Presentation
Faculty Excellence Award
Sustainability Award

Presented by: 

Plenary Panel
Adapting and Transforming Food Supply Chain Culture

Moderator:

Dimitri Geges, Levitt Foods / Branding Iron Ranch / Ranchers Processing, Vice President of Operations

Speakers:

• Prathamesh Lohakare, Amazon Grocery, Senior Manager
• Neil Nersesian, Silver King Beverage Company, COO
• Carlos Londono, Chipotle, Head Of Supply Chain
  
  

Fireside Chat
Building Resilient and Smart Healthcare Supply Chains: Leveraging AI, Technology, and Innovation

Moderator:

Speakers:

Karen Betancourt, Vanguard Medical Logistics (ex Cardinal Health and Amazon), CEO
Lyanna Ly, Stanford Children’s Health, Executive Director, Strategy for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases

Supply Chain Disrupt: Tech Challenge

Moderator:

Speakers:

Closing and Gift Raffles