THE IMAGINE SUMMIT

September 6th - 8th

Westin Washington Dulles Airport
2520 Wasser Terrace
Herndon VA 20171

The Supply Chain Insights Global Summit is designed for extreme networking. All speakers are by invite only—no paid technologist presentations. Use the bespoke research, the speakers, and the discussions with other attendees to elevate your understanding of advances in analytics and how to redesign work. Use this understanding to help better plan for Supply Chain 2030.

September 6 Tuesday

10:001:00River of Demand Gallery Open
Tour the river room and gain an understanding of the current state of the supply chain
12:001:30Lunch: Meet and Greet
1:302:30Kickoff: Reflection. The Journey for 2030
Current State of the Industry and Introduction to Extreme Networking
Lora Cecere | Founder of Supply Chain Insights
2:303:00What is Supply Chain 2030 in Healthcare?
Steve Downey | Chief Supply Chain & Patient Support Services Officer, Cleveland Clinic
3:003:30Break
3:304:00Corporate Social Responsibility. Eco-labeling and Improving Transparency
Lora CecereFounder, Supply Chain Insights
4:004:30A NFT Case Study to Improve Customer Service
Lucas Layden | Strategic Lead, DESK
Followed by a group discussion on NFTs and Blockchain
4:305:30Brainstorming on the Future of Supply Chain 2030
What are the biggest challenges?
What steps do we need to take?
6:007:00Reception
7:008:30Dinner

September 7 Wednesday

7:007:30Virtual Fun Run
7:308:30Breakfast
8:309:00Check-in—Group Discussion on the Prior Day
Discussion on the Results of the Supply Chains to Admire Award Winners
Lora Cecere | Founder of Supply Chain Insights
9:009:30Toro. Supply Chains to Admire Case Study #1
Kevin Carpenter | Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain, The Toro Company
9:3010:00Clorox. Supply Chains to Admire Case Study #2
Rick McDonald | SVP of Supply Chain and Chief Supply Chain Officer, The Clorox Company
10:0010:30Break
10:3011:00Sleep Number. Supply Chains to Admire Case Study #3
Ashley Yentz| Vice President, Supply Chain Strategy and Material Flow, Sleep Number
11:0011:30Panel Discussion with Winners. Followed by Award Presentation
11:3012:00The Need for a Supply Chain Re-Set?
Lora Cecere | Founder of Supply Chain Insights
12:001:30Birds of a Feather Lunch and Book Signing
1:302:00Benefits of End-to-End Digitization. Redesigning Service by Opening the Door
Ryan Inouye | Vice President, Supply Chain, Western Digital Corporation
2:002:30Use of Discrete Simulation to Manage Variability
Brett Barnello | Chief Supply Chain Officer, AmerCare Royal
2:303:00Break
3:003:30Implementing Network Design at Medtronic
Allison Fowler | Senior Director of Global Supply Chain, Senior Director of Global Supply Chain Network Strategy, Medtronic
3:304:00Panel Discussion on Implementing Design Technologies and Analytics in Organizations
4:004:45Building Outside-in Planning Processes. Lessons Learned from Project Zebra
Deana Denton | Corning
Nicole Miara | LKQ Corporation
4:455:30Networking and Brain Storming on Outside-in
6:006:15Meet in Front of the Westin to Board Buses for Smithsonian
6:308:30Let Your Dreams Take Flight:
Tour the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, VA 20151

September 8 Thursday

7:309:00Breakfast
9:009:30Check-in and Brainstorming: Which Dreams Need to Take Flight?
9:3010:30

Academic Panel on Building Next-Generation Talent
John Gradek | Academic Coordinator, Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations and Aviation Management, McGill University,
Jenny Patzlaff | Supply Chain Practice Director at University of Wisconsin

  • The Role of Industry in Curriculum Building and Recruiting
  • Lifelong Learning
  • How Can Industry Best Partner with Academics
10:3011:00Break
11:0011:45Tackling the Supply Chain Talent Crunch
Hannah Kain | President, and CEO, ALOM
11:4512:00Which Dreams Do You Wish Could Take Flight? Final Networking
12:00 Safe Travels

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Can’t travel? No worries!

Register now for the virtual event hosted by Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, Founder of the Podcast Channel, Let’s Talk Supply Chain. We have designed a unique program for virtual attendees. 

The cost of $1500 includes program replay, virtual networking activities during the event, and a one-on-one follow-up dialogue/discussion at your convenience with the Founder of Supply Chain Insights, Lora Cecere.