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About this Event
Global Supply Chain Leaders Conference
This isn’t another conference. It’s the room everyone else spends their career trying to get into.
The 14th Annual Global Supply Chain Leaders Conference at the exclusive Carlton Woods Country Club in The Woodlands, Texas, isn’t about hierarchy—it’s about access.
This one-day experience connects the people who make things happen-the engineers, managers, directors, and builders who keep the world moving—with the executives shaping what’s next.
Event Details
DATE
October 27, 2025
TIME
LOCATION
7:45 am - 6:00 pm
Carlton Woods Country Club
Cost
Be a Global Supply Chain Insider at this event and register today and get approved to for your reservation.
Why Attend
Meet other thought leaders
Learn from your peers how they are addressing similar challenge
Share your perspectives with your peers
Engage with others in your senior role by presenting your thoughts
In today's business landscape, leaders are navigating a myriad of challenges that require strategic foresight and innovative solutions.
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AI Hyperscale Server Farm Expansion: Driving Global Supply Chains towards efficiency and scalability.
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Procurement and AI Rate Management: Resulting in substantial savings exceeding $100 million in Ocean and Trucking rates.
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Artificial Intelligence Integration: The imperative question arises - will you be left behind? Exploring AI use cases and fostering connections with like-minded colleagues.
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Customer-Facing AI Agents Integration: With the Global Supply Chain to enhance customer experience and operational efficiency.
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Cost Savings Amidst Trade Uncertainties: Balancing the need to drive cost savings while ensuring revenue stability amidst Trade and Tariff uncertainties.
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Mitigating Inventory Uncertainties: Implementing Risk Management strategies for 1st and middle-mile operations leveraging AI technologies.
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Lessons from Demand Planning Failures: Extracting valuable lessons to enhance operational efficiency.
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Redesigning Global Supply Chain Networks: Achieving significant cost reductions exceeding $90 million in transportation costs.
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Merger & Acquisitions Impact: Driving Supply Chain consolidation and operational synergy.
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Financial Risks Management: Addressing the challenges posed by rapidly changing financial conditions in carrier, brokerage & forwarder sectors.
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AI Robots & Transloading Implementation: To reduce costs post Trade & Customs impact in 2026.
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Strategic Partnerships: Vital for maintaining competitive differentiation and robustness in Supply Chain operations.
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IT Cost Optimization: Exploring alternatives to reduce Supply Chain IT costs and enhance operational efficiency.
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Data Silos Integration: Addressing the need to break down data silos for a more cohesive AI-driven Supply Chain ecosystem.
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Empowering High-Performance Executives: Leveraging AI in Supply Chain planning to achieve
OCT 27, 2025
2025 Agenda
7:45 - 8:20 am
Breakfast & Networking
8:20 - 8:30 am
Welcome
AI Hyperscale Server Farm expansion driving Global Supply Chains
Tim Sensenig, Chairman TMSfirst
8:30 - 9:00 am
Strategic M&A: Reshaping Global Supply Chains in the Age of AI and Economic Shifts
Arunava Mitra EVP & CFO Weatherford International
Sebastian Pagès, Director of Mergers & Acquisitions and New Energy, SLB
9:00 - 9:50 am
Major Retailers and Brands Deliver Amid Tariff Uncertainty: Mitigating Inventory Risk in First- and Middle-Mile Operations with AI-Powered Robotics
Lessons from AI demand planning failures: extracting valuable lessons to enhance operational efficiency.
Jonathan Gold, VP, National Retail Federation
Jamie Bragg, Chief Supply Chain Officer & EVP, Tailored Brands
Terry Finnegan, VP Global Logistics, Academy Sports + Outdoors
Rick Gonzalez, fmr VP Supply Chain Distribution Lowe’s Companies
9:50 - 10:00 am
Awards & Network Break
10:00 - 11:40 am
The New Global AI Hyperscale Server Farm Gold Rush expansion driving Global Supply Chain Collaboration – Leading AI Tech Platforms Meta Open AI Google Oracle Construction Energy and Manufacturers
Pat Lynch Executive Managing Director and Global Lead, CBRE Data Center Solutions
Ganesh Periaswamy VP Regional Planning and Materials Management, HPE
David Holmes Global Industries CTO at Dell Technologies
Ashwin Abraham, Director of Supply Chain at Williams
Chad Burk SVP Power Systems Siemens Energy
Anthony Garcia VP OVERWATCH Mission Critical
11:50 – noon
Lunch pickup
12:15 - 12:45pm
Keynote
Eli Viamontes CEO of Entergy
1:00 - 1:50pm
Driving Global AI Transformation Through Intelligent Supply Chain Collaboration
Tim Sensenig CEO TMSfirst
John Wright President & CEO McLane Global
David Reid CTO & CMO NOV
David Thomas, Director Global Logistics Network Optimization & Digital Deployment, HP
Michael Fahey, SVP TMSfirst
1:50 – 2:40 pm
Profitability Amid Uncertainty: How Global Chemical Supply Chains Are Thriving Through AI and Strategic Risk Management amidst Trade and Tariff uncertainties.
Timothy Madden CEO Jiahua Chemicals
Martin Toscano, President. Evonik
Frank De Castro, Global Procurement Director, Solvay
2:40- 3:30pm
Accelerating Cash Flow in Oil & Gas: Strategic Supply Chain Partnerships for Rapid ROI
Discover cost-saving technologies, scalable delivery strategies, and real-world transformation blueprints driving global AI innovation through the Intelligent Supply Chain
Margaret Kidd, President, Houston Maritime Center & Museum and Lecturer Supply Chain, University of Houston
Joel Shibley VP Global Supply Chain Helmerich & Payne
Jeffrey Ostrander Head of North America Basin Supply, SLB
Janai Orozco Supply Chain Manager T.D. Williamson
Srividhya Vaidyanathan Global Supply Chain Strategy & Process Transformation Shell
3:30- 4:30pm
De-Risking the Global Supply Chain for Sustainable Profitability
Dan Hopkins, SVP Resilinc
Warren Spiwak VP Trucordia
Keith Savino, Managing Partner National Cyber , Trucodia
Thomas Shochat Risk Management Consultant Allianz
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Networking
Expert Panelists
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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