Agenda
DAY 1 - 06 May 2025
Case Study
08:40AM - 09:05AM
A State-of-the-State for SCRR—SCRMC’s POV
Greg Schlegel
Founder/CEO, SCRM Consortium
Observations over 14 years
Keynote
09:05AM - 09:30AM
Resilience: A Strategic Choice and An Executional Imperative
- Resilience imperative now and in the years ahead
- Embedding resilience in strategy
- Building and executing resilience without adding huge costs
Vineet Khanna / Senior Vice President / Nestlé
Case Study
09:30AM - 09:55AM
Supply Network Modeling on the Global Scale for Impact Analysis of Disruptions
Thomas Hoppe
Project Manager and Research Associate, Fraunhofer FOKUS
- Climate change and geopolitical events increase the likelihood of supply chain disruptions
- Disruptions may affect multiple chains of the global supply network
- Greater transparency of n-tiers helps to assess risks as early as possible
- No single company can integrate all the required information alone to increase the transparency of their n-tier supply chains
- Collaborative supply chain modelling can be a cornerstone to exchange disruption-related information between companies
Case Study
09:55AM - 10:20AM
Future of Supply Chain, Geopolitical Risks and Power Shifts
The impact of BRICS, Russia-China, Middle East and Trump on security and sustainability of global and regional supply chains. Multipolar world to hit globalization?
Cyril Widdershoven / Director, Supply Chain, Oil, Gas and Global Economic Trade Program / Strategy International Think Tank
Case Study
10:20AM - 10:45AM
Supply Chain Mapping
- WHAT is it
- WHY is it important
- HOW does it work
Speakers
Greg Schlegel
Founder/CEO, SCRM Consortium
Jim de Vries
Managing Director, Enhance International Group
Case Study
10:45AM - 11:10AM
Identifying and Assessing Emerging Risks in the Automotive Industry
Marion Gillich
Head of Supplier Risk Management, Daimler Truck AG
- What are early warning indicators and how to catch them?
- What are the main influencing factors in 2025/26 for supplier insolvency?
- What could be possible mitigation measures?
Networking Break
11:10AM - 11:40AM
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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Case Study
11:40AM - 12:05PM
Mapping Supply Chain Risks and Monitoring Events Risks in a Multi-tier world
- Why map your supply chain risk? - improve visibility and mitigate risks
- What are the major supply chain mapping elements?
- Supply chain risks mapping tools and techniques: Risk BowTie
- Effective risk assessment and qualifications: opportunities and challenges
- Effectively identifying risks & mitigating disruptions in the supply chain
Case Study
12:05PM - 12:30PM
360 Supplier Risk Visibility
- How to start the journey
- What pitfall to avoid
- You’re as good as your data (provider)
- Visibility it’s just first step, mitigation is the second
Jakub Watemborski / Director Global Supplier Risk and Capacity Management – Supplier Performance Management / KION Group
Panel Discussion
12:30PM - 01:05PM
AI-ML Algorithms Utilized in SC Risk and Resilience
- Use cases across multiple industries
- Supported by SCMC partners and clients
Moderator
Greg Schlegel / SCRM Consortium
Panelists
Jim de Vries / Enhance International Group
Carlos Valderrama / Optilogic Jan-Henner / TargetP
Lunch Time
01:05PM - 02:05PM
Lunch Time Break
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Networking Break
02:05PM - 02:15PM
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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Case Study
02:15PM - 02:40PM
Digitization of the Supply Chain for Risk and Resilience
- Partner presentation
- WHAT-IF scenario planning to identify, assess and mitigate SC risks
- Use cases
Case Study
02:40PM - 03:05PM
How to Handle Cyber Risks of Emerging AI for Digital Supply Chains
Roman Zhukov
Global Product Security, Intel
- Why expansion of AI and generative AI is unstoppable
- AI in manufacturing and other industries real use cases
- What happens when Digital Supply Chain meets AI – different realms
- Regulation landscape best Security practices for AI applications
Case Study
03:05PM - 03:30PM
SCRMC’s AI-ML Driven SCM Process Maturity Assessment and our Risk Assessment Tools
Jim de Vries
Managing Director, Enhance International Group
- Description
- Capabilities
- Graphical Outcomes and use cases across multiple industries
Case Study
03:30PM - 03:55PM
Artificial Intelligence in the Supply Chain
Ralph Grothmann
Head of Data Analytics & AI Lab, Germany, Siemens AG
- Demand forecasts and planning uncertainty
- Commodity price forecasting and price risks
- Surveillance of outgoing good and visual inspection of incoming goods
- Preventive maintenance and anomaly detection
Networking Break
03:55PM - 04:25PM
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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Case Study
04:25PM - 04:50PM
AI-ML in the Supply Chain/Risk Arena—SCRMC’s POV
- Use cases from our friends at MIT, Gartner and McKinsey
Speakers
Greg Schlegel
Founder/CEO, SCRM Consortium
Jim de Vries
Managing Director, Enhance International Group
Case Study
04:50PM - 05:15PM
Leverage Technology to step up our Supplier Risk & Supply Chain Resiliency Management
Stephane L'Hermine
Head of Suppliers Risk & Supply Chain Resilience, Schneider Electric
- One source of truth for risk and resilience
- Visualize the upstream supply network including tiers X for our critical products and critical parts
- Dynamic risk management leverage IA to get on live alerts
- Manage mitigation plans in collaborative platform
- Develop IA capabilities to support Business Continuity and Scenarios comparison in case of disruption
Case Study
05:15PM - 05:40PM
A New Twist--- AI-ML Powered SC Relationship Trust Index [Heat Map Dashboard]
Greg Schlegel
Founder/CEO, SCRM Consortium
- Risk Management is all about Culture and Relationships
- A profile of a New, online Trust Dashboard that is accelerating SC performance, mitigating risks and saving lives in the Healthcare supply chain arena
- Also, a use case from an ongoing project to establish WHY SUPPLY CHAINS DON’T SHARE DATA
Case Study
05:40PM - 06:05PM
Building an Ethical and Inclusive Supply Chain
- Promoting diversity and inclusion within the supplier network.
- Ensuring ethical labour practices and compliance with human rights standards.
- Governance structures for managing social responsibility in procurement.
- Transparency, accountability, and supplier audits for social impact. Samuel Cliff / Global Lead – Supply Chain Risk / Compass Group PLC
Samuel Cliff / Global Lead – Supply Chain Risk / Compass Group PLC
Case Study
06:05PM - 06:30PM
Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain
Clare Francis
Sustainability Program Lead, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- An overview of Thermo Fisher’s journey to build a sustainable supply chain
- Net Zero commitments and the approach that Thermo Fisher has embarked on
- Regulations and reporting that procurement needs to consider
- Key business requirements that need to be incorporated into strategic sourcing and category management activities
Closing Remark
06:30PM - 06:40PM
End of Day 1 and Chairman Closing Remark
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DAY 2 - 07 May 2025
Case Study
08:40AM - 09:05AM
Innovations in Supply Chain Risk Management
- Emerging Technologies for Risk Prediction and Management
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications
- Block chain for Enhanced Traceability and Transparency
- Predictive Analytics for Supply Chain Optimization
Case Study
09:05AM - 09:30AM
New Approach Toward Supply chain and Risk Management
- Holistic Risk Assessment
- Geopolitical events and climate change impacts
- Implementing real-time monitoring and predictive analytics
- Resilience-Centric Strategies
- Next Step
Case Study
09:55AM - 10:20AM
Mitigate Global Supply Chain Risk
Geert Behets
Risk & Capabilities Lead, UCB Pharma
- Structure of a Risk Management Committee
- Leverage the heat map tool to assess risk within your supply chain
- Create a resilient supply chain
- Include political uncertainty and risk considerations in your third-party approach
Case Study
10:20AM - 10:45AM
Business Continuity in the Supply Chain: Embedding resilience
- Business continuity' role in supply chain resilience
- Business Continuity Plans and effective supply chain security
- integrating business continuity into supply chain risk management to achieve supply chain resilience
- How to measure our business continuity management capability
- Supply chain resilience a risk intelligent approach to managing global supply risk
- Enhancing resilience: data analytics & data science
Case Study
10:45AM - 11:10AM
Speed and Resiliency in an Uncertain World
Pat Grainey / Director Global Supply Chain Risk and Resiliency / VERTIV
Networking Break
11:10AM - 11:40PM
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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Case Study
11:40AM - 12:05PM
Rethinking Supply Chain Resilience in a Shifting Global Landscape
Zera Zheng
Head of Business Resilience Lead Logistics, Maersk
- Regionalization vs. Globalization: Redesigning Supply Chain Networks
- Regulatory Compliance Challenges in a Changing Global Landscape
- Supply Chain Scenario Planning: Preparing for Uncertain Futures
Case Study
12:05PM - 12:30PM
Supply Chain Stability Meets Integrity: Responding to Crisis with a Powerful Approach Driving Resilience and Competitiveness
Jan Henner Theissen
Founder, targetP evolving procurement
- Why Risk Culture matters: Fail or not to fail
- Establishing practical effective Frameworks to make it happen fast. People-Structure-Process-Tools
- Digital Supply Chain (Risk) Management: Connecting Humans and Machines, combined intelligence to monitor and improve Supply Chain performance
- Learn from leaders: Implementation strategies, legislative challenges, avoiding pitfalls
Case Study
12:30PM - 12:55PM
Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience
- Lean vs. Resilient Supply Chain Strategies
- Implementing Dual Sourcing and Diversification
- Leveraging Digital Technologies for Resilience
Tanuj Shekhar / Sr. Director / Shipsy / Netherlands
Lunch Time
12:55PM - 01:55PM
Lunch Time Break
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Networking Break
01:55PM - 02:05PM
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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Case Study
02:05PM - 02:30PM
Is Supply Chain Talent Resilient Enough to Drive Supply Chain Resilience?
Radharaman(Rad) Jha
VP Supply Chain, flaconi
- capabilities and preparedness of supply chain professionals in addressing the increasing complexities of global supply chains
- potential risks posed by the skills gap in supply chain management, particularly in adapting to new trends and technologies
- strategies for fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation within supply chain teams
Case Study
02:30PM - 02:55PM
Achieving SC Resilience Intrinsically by Applying S&OP Process
- Would you still be vulnerable if you would know what the future will bring?
- Would you then be able stabilizing your Supply Chain/ operation?
- How could you assure that your organization is able to cope with the unexpected?
- An example from Schott Business Unit Flat Glass, operating in a volatile market and dealing with the well-known disruptions during the last years.
Andreas Knierim / Head of Global Supply Chain Management / SCHOTT AG
Case Study
02:55PM - 03:20PM
Improving Strategy for Managing Third Party Cyber Security Risk
- Discussing emerging trends and approaches to third party cybersecurity
- Reducing time, cost and resources
- Including cybersecurity in the broader picture of overall third party risk
Case Study
03:20PM - 03:45PM
Supply Chain Information Security – Obligations Verses Risk
Mike Seeney
Head of Supply Chain Information Risk, Pinsent Masons LLP
- What are the latest regulatory and legislative (i.e. compulsory) obligations around oversight of your supply chain’s information security controls?
- What do international information security standards (such as ISO27001 and PCI-DSS) mandate around supply chain assurance and risk management?
- How do your clients’ sector specific information security requirements have an impact in terms of these trickling down to your organisation, which in turn obliges you to trickle these down to your supply chain?
- How can you balance all of the above into your existing information security program, and manage the associated risks with limited resources?
Networking Break
03:45PM - 04:15PM
One-to -One Meetings & Networking Break
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Case Study
04:15PM - 04:40PM
Securing the Software Supply Chain: Mitigating Risks and Ensuring Resilience in an Increasingly Connected Ecosystem
Sabna Sainudeen
Director of Application Security, Carlsberg Group
This presentation would focus on the growing importance of securing the software supply chain, which is increasingly vulnerable to attacks due to its complexity and reliance on third-party vendors.
Topics could include:
- Identifying software supply chain vulnerabilities
- Best practices for vetting and managing third-party software providers
- Implementing security measures throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Leveraging automation and continuous monitoring tools to detect and mitigate risks
- The role of industry standards and frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO) in enhancing software supply chain security
Case Study
04:40PM - 05:05PM
Hardware Supply Chain Security
Basel Halak
Director of the Cyber Security Academy, University of Southampton
Dr Basel Halak / Director of the Cyber Security Academy / University of Southampton
Case Study
05:05PM - 05:30PM
The Cyber Security Gap within the Supply Chain and why it matters
Sjaak Schouteren
Cyber Practice Leader, Marsh McLennan
- Share research on the gap between SME, Mid-cap and large organizations
- See the differences between segments
- Focus on how to tackle this
- How the Digital Agenda of the EU can help
Case Study
05:30PM - 05:55PM
Strategize & Analyze the Cyber Risk to Supply chain Fireside Chat – Is your Digital Supply chain Safe? Yes.
Roman Zhukov
Global Product Security, Intel
Discussion point
- What are the Essentials of supply chain defense
- How to keep track of your expanding eco system
Learning Point
- Understanding the cyber risk of devices, Internal Software, and Data
- Strategies to prevent Digital supply chains cyber-attack by cybercriminals everyday
- Ransom ware attacks
- Thirdparty data breaches
Practical tips
- How to Utilize inherent risk practices to build prioritization
- Automate your vendor assessment process for faster and more secure onboarding
- Produce actionable risk remediation plans custom-tuned for each of your vendors
Closing Remark
05:55PM - 06:05PM
End of Day 2 and Chairman Closing Remark
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