Event Details
DATE
Nov 11th, 2024
TIME
LOCATION
7:45 am - 6:00 pm
Carlton Woods Country Club
About this Event
The 12th annual Global Supply Chain Leaders On Demand Conference is where leaders share and collaborate at this boutique event. The one-day annual conference at the exclusive Carlton Woods Country Club in the Woodlands (Houston, Texas) is an opportunity to directly engage and listen to many of the experts in the Supply Chain, Logistics, Manufacturing and Procurement industries. The conference is noted for its free-wheeling open panel discussions by industry thought leaders without the traditional conference and event trappings. Its peer-to-peer networking has been noted by its previous attendees at this exclusive invite only conference and where individual excellence achievement is recognized through achievement awards. To join the Global Supply Chain Leaders on Demand LinkedIn community, make your request here.
Why Attend
Meet other thought leaders
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Learn from your peers how they are addressing similar challenge
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Share your perspectives with your peers
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Engage with others in your senior role by presenting your thoughts
Cost
Be a Global Supply Chain Insider at this “invite only” conference with no registration costs for approved attendance requests for qualified attendees.
Key Business Challenges Leaders are Seeing today
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Artificial Intelligence will you be left behind.
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Trade & Customs Issues to impact 2025
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Supply Chain demand forecasting risks
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Growing network complexity with Ongoing Supply Chain Disruptions & Crippling Port Shutdowns.
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Rapidly changing carrier financial conditions causing major risks.
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Supply Chain strategic partnerships are required to keep your business strong and vital competitive differentiation for customers.
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Supply Chain IT costs are being challenged and we are searching for alternatives to find ways to reduce costs.
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Supply Chain’s need to address data silos for an AI world.
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Supply Chain’s requirement to reduce omissions shows no signs of letting up.
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Supply Chain’s desire to shape the future of supply chain planning by transforming how people, technology and processes intersect to achieve new levels of resiliency
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Supply Chain’s challenge to retain and recruit talent.
NOV 11, 2024
2024 Agenda
7:45 - 8:15 am
Breakfast & Networking
8:15 - 8:20 am
Welcome
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Tariff Mitigation is now the #1 Priority for Global Supply Chain Leaders
Tim Sensenig, Chairman TMSfirst
8:20 - 9:10 am
Top 5 Customs and Trade issues to watch in 2025 - AI and its effect on the industry, Trade Enforcement, CBP inquiries, Near Shoring Forced Labor
Cindy Deleon, Founder & Managing Director, Deleon Trade, Former CBP Auditor & Asst. Field Director
Jay Acayan, Partner, Roberts & Kehagiaras, Trade and Cargo
Lori Mullins, Director of Operations, LCB, CCS at Rogers & Brown Custom Brokers Inc/ President at Houston Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders Association
9:10 - 10:00 am
Driving Competitive Advantage Leadership, Collaboration & AI Technology in the ever-changing Global Supply Chain On Demand
Raina Avalon & Jamie Bragg have been recognized as the top Executives Leaders in the Retail Industry for Leadership, Supply Chain Technology and Passion for Helping others.
Raina Avalon, Chief Logistics Officer & EVP, The TJX Companies
Jamie Bragg, Chief Supply Chain Officer & EVP, Tailored Brands
Carlos Rabadán, Managing Director, Grupo Ti Mexico, Cross border Transformation
Mike Fahey, SVP, TMSFIRST former VP Supply Chain LG, Haier, Hisense
10:00 - 10:20 am
Awards & Network Break
10:20 - 11:30 am
Redesigning your Global Supply Chain Network for the Future-Tariffs mitigation, resilience & balance, infrastructure, AI, uncertain risk & networking optimization
David Thomas Director Global Logistics Network Optimization & Digital Deployment, HP, Ranked in Top 10th Global Technology Companies you must know
Rob Walpole, CEO Custom Goods former CEO of 3rd Largest Global Forwarder and COO of Largest Global Port Operator
Ted Prince, Founder & CEO Tri-Cities Intermodal Recognized as the Global Expert of Intermodal, JOC.com S&P Global
Michael Fahey, SVP TMSfirst, former Hisense, LG, Haier VP of Supply Chain and completed over 12 new distribution & manufacturing centers globally
Martin Toscano, President, Evonik, Global AI & Chemical Strategist driving highly successful growth worldwide.
11:30 - 12:30 pm
Networking Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Driving AI with the complexity of Global Chemical & Project Cargo Supply Chains in one of the most crippling port shutdowns & difficult supply chain operations of all time.
Margaret A. Kidd, CMILT, CPE™ Program Director Supply Chain & Logistics Technology University of Houston
Martin Toscano President Evonik
Andrew Young Global Logistics Bechtel Corporation
Frank De Castro Global Procurement Director Solvay
1:30 - 2:20 pm
Midstream of the Future with AI Driving Massive Cash Flow through the Supply Chain
Tim Sensenig, Moderator
Tim Roberts EVP Phillips 66
Greg McGavin VP Global Supply Chain, Targa Resources
Ashwin Abraham Manager of Supply Chain Williams
Jason Duff, AI Energy Transformation Expert
The top global experts managing procurement, risk management, and supply chain share the wave of the Future
2:20 - 2:30 pm
Networking & Awards
2:30 - 3:15 pm
Driving Global AI Transformation through the Global Intelligent Supply Chain
Evelyn MacLean Expert Partner Bain & Company
Archana Misra, AI Practice Director Jacobs
Jordan W. Barnes VP Global Supply Chain Rystad Energy
Sherry Harriman fmr SVP Academy + Sports
Srividhya Vaidyanathan Global Supply Chain Strategy & Process Transformation Shell
Venkat Jubudy Global AI Supply Chain IT, LyondellBasell
3:15 - 4:00 pm
Giving Back: How to engage your company to help others
Janai Orozco Supply Chain Manager T.D. Williamson
Bobbie Mark Executive Director Redeemed
David Reid redM Join The Movement Founder
Jeff Chadwick Director of Mission Centers of Houston
Jason Duff AI Energy Transformation Expert
Tim Sensenig CEO TMSfirst
4:15 - 6:00 pm
Awards Global Supply Chain Leaders
Networking
Previous Attendees
INDUSTRY EXPERTS
Meet, Share & Learn from your peers
The Venue
The Club at Carlton Woods
The Club at Carlton Woods offers amenities and activities designed to strengthen the bonds of business partners.
Located at One Carlton Woods Drive, The Woodlands, Texas 77382.
Save Life, Change Life
HELP MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
A key aspect that further differentiates the Global Supply Chain Leaders On demand community is the importance its makes to care about others and pay it forward by giving back with a focus on helping families get out of poverty (TMS Foundations) to Save Lives from Human Trafficking worldwide with Redeemed (redeemedtx.org), the most successful Human & Sex Trafficking recovery program in North America and REDM (joinredm.com) where everyday professionals making a difference in the lives of sex trafficking survivors.
Our community takes corporate social responsibility very seriously, as a platform to becoming an active societal partner for and fulfilling its responsibility. Our mission “Save Life, Change Life, Help Make the World a Better Place”.
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