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Global Supply Chain Leaders Conference 2024

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Chemicals, Oil & Energy, Automotive, High Technology and Consumer Goods

Meeting Global Transportation Challenges in a Post Covid World

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.

Key Speaker

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

  • Artificial Intelligence will you be left behind.

  • Trade & Customs Issues to impact 2025

  • Supply Chain demand forecasting risks

  • Growing network complexity with Ongoing Supply Chain Disruptions & Crippling Port Shutdowns.

  • Rapidly changing carrier financial conditions causing major risks.

  • Supply Chain strategic partnerships are required to keep your business strong and vital competitive differentiation for customers.

  • Supply Chain IT costs are being challenged and we are searching for alternatives to find ways to reduce costs.

  • Supply Chain’s need to address data silos for an AI world.

  • Supply Chain’s requirement to reduce omissions shows no signs of letting up.

  • 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

  • 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

Speakers
Agenda

Meet, Share & Learn from your peers

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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.

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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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