Supply Chain Unfiltered: Confronting the Decisions Shaping Tomorrow
Location: Sheraton Grand, Nashville Downtown, TN, USA
Join industry leaders and disruptors for a no-holds-barred exploration of the toughest questions in supply chain today. From the real impact of supplier diversification and the ethics of AI-driven decision-making to the tension between sustainability and profitability, this event challenges conventional thinking at every turn.
We’ll debate what’s working, what’s failing, and what comes next, cutting through the noise to uncover what truly drives performance in modern supply chains. Expect bold perspectives, candid discussions, and practical insights designed to help you navigate complexity and lead with confidence in an increasingly unpredictable world.
AI-Enabled Decision-Making in the Supply Chain
AI isn’t replacing your workforce, its redefining what productivity looks like. As AI moves from experimentation into daily operations, organizations are using technologies like agentic systems, digital twins and advanced analytics to accelerate decision-making across routing, inventory, procurement and planning. The real opportunity isn’t full automation, its driving efficiency, reducing operational drag, and enabling teams to do more with less.
Building Resilience and Anti-Fragility in an Uncertain World
The era of brittle, just-in-time logistics is giving way to supply chains designed to grow stronger through disruption. Anti-fragile systems don't just resist shocks, stress and volatility; they actually benefit, grow stronger and improve as a result of them. Strategies such as nearshoring, reshoring, network diversification, modular architectures and scenario testing via digital twins are proving crucial to this concept.
Turning ESG into a Competitive Advantage
For smart organizations, concepts such as sustainability, ESG and transparency are increasingly moving from compliance mandate to strategic advantage. Best-in-class firms are unlocking benefits such as enhanced brand reputation, deeper customer/investor trust, improved operational efficiency, better access to capital, stronger talent attraction, and innovation – all driven by verifiable data and open reporting that turns potential risks into long-term value and market leadership.
Talent Evolution & Organizational Adaptation in the Age of AI
A shift to technology-driven supply chains brings a growing demand for digital literacy, AI fluency, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic thinking. And with the World Economic Forum predicting that 44% of workers' skills will be disrupted by 2027, organizations must reskill, recruit and evolve roles in order to adapt to the new demands of a rapidly shifting operating environment as a matter of urgency.
Agenda
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Registration
4:30pm - 4:40pm
MOC Welcome & Meet the Team
4:45pm - 6:15pm
Mission Tracks: The Catalyst
6:30pm - 7:00pm
Cocktail Reception
7:20pm - 9:30pm
Gala Dinner
7:30am - 8:30am
Breakfast
8:30am - 8:40am
MOC Opening
8:40am - 9:05am
Gamechanger
9:10am - 10:40am
Mission Tracks: The Blueprint
As a continuation of the Catalyst Mission track, these sessions will establish a strategic blueprint to chart the pathway toward identifying a solution.
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10:45am - 11:15am
Future on Fire
11:20am - 11:50am
Future on Fire
1:00pm - 2:05pm
The Provocation Tables
2:05pm - 2:35pm
Radical Perspectives
2:40pm - 3:45pm
The Provocation Tables
3:50pm - 4:20pm
Radical Perspectives
4:25pm - 4:55pm
Radical Perspectives
7:15pm - 10:00pm
Offsite Evening Experience
7:00am - 8:15am
Breakfast
8:15am - 8:20am
MOC Opening
8:20am - 9:50am
Mission Tracks: The Reckoning
Continuing your mission tracks, having built the blueprint we now enter the reckoning – a decisive phase where insights are rigorously challenged and crystallised into solution-led outcomes.
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9:55am - 10:25am
Ecosystem Exchanges
10:30am - 11:00am
Radical Perspectives
11:05am - 11:35am
Radical Perspectives
12:15pm - 12:45pm
MOC Closing
Why attend?
Connect with like-minded senior leaders for a curated agenda, focused on tackling your current business critical challenges and driving industry forward.
Be a part of exclusive shared learning, horizon scanning and actionable insights enabling organizations to deliver transformative strategies.
Build meaningful relationships with solution providers matched to your business priorities to help accelerate your projects and deliver your objectives.
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