Registration and breakfast open from 7:30am, followed by facilitated networking from 8:15–8:45am.

This session is designed to support efficient, high‑value peer connections through a series of light‑touch formats, including:

• 1:1 peer connects based on shared challenges
• Curated conversation stations
• Find someone who' networking game where you grab a persona pin, swap stickers and stories, meet new people

Most manufacturers and retailers are under pressure to move beyond AI experiments, but only 15% of AI transformations succeed. What sets these leaders apart isn’t just technology, it is mindset, structure, and strategy.

This hands-on workshop is designed to help you avoid the common transformation traps and take the right step towards building a practical AI-to-ROI roadmap you can apply inside your organisation:

• Signal from Noise: Where AI actually drives ROI in manufacturing, retail and supply chain planning, and where it's just hype.
• Live in Action: A live look at AI agents running on a real planning platform, responding in real time to questions from the room.
• Case Study Application: Apply the frameworks to a realistic scenario in small groups and leave with a use-case prioritisation approach for your team.

Bring your toughest AI questions - leave with a clear next step from ambition to measurable value.

Scott Curtiss, Director Field Presales - RELEX Solutions

Use the break to engage or recharge. Options include:

• Pre‑matched 1‑to‑1 meetings with solution providers, aligned to your specific challenges and strategic priorities
• Relationship‑building conversation stations for focused, peer to peer discussions
• Curated exhibition tours highlighting relevant innovations, led with insight rather than sales
• Dedicated zones to take calls, manage messages, or step back and recharge

• Deliver faster, more accurate decision-making across the end-to-end supply network by integrating AI agents into demand sensing, supplier risk management, and logistics orchestration to improve responsiveness at scale

• Equip supply chain teams with the roles, accountability frameworks, and workflows that AI-augmented operations demand to strengthen execution without eroding human strategic judgment

• Unlock workforce productivity at scale by designing human-machine collaboration models that amplify supply chain expertise to increase efficiency without displacing critical talent

Kris Moris, SVP, Head of Product Supply Global Strategy, Engineering & Ops Excellence - Bayer
Carlos Vazquez, Vice President Global Purchasing & Supply Chain - Stellantis
Helio Serrano, Senior Vice President Chief Supply Chain Global Operations - IFF
Moderator: Nicholas Vandeput, CEO & Author - SupChains

• Accelerate supply chain performance during large-scale business transformation by integrating planning, supply, and finance through a global IBP model. This drives rapid decision-making and a record 95% OTIF (On-Time-In-Full) delivery, sustainably raising service levels from 50% to 95% without disrupting product availability across 100+ markets.

• Build resilience and agility into complex global operations by combining predictive scenario planning and a €100M investment in regionalised manufacturing. By aiming to produce over 80% of products within their region of sale and reshoring critical API production, local teams can execute faster responses to disruption while balancing risk, service, and cost.

• Create a future-ready supply network by regionalising production, simplifying product complexity, and embedding sustainability directly into operations. Learn how to reduce CO₂ emissions by 74% (scope 1 & 2 vs 2019), strengthen supply security, and support long-term profitable growth.

Rafik Amrane, Chief Supply Chain Officer - Opella
Moderator: Douglas Kent, Founder - SCIA

Network design, real estate, and logistics are typically run as three separate decisions, by three separate teams. The cost of treating them that way is sitting unclaimed in portfolios most companies already hold.

The most expensive decision in your supply chain project is one most teams never see coming. By the time real estate enters the room, the strategy is set and the landlord has the upper hand. This session uses one honest, anonymised case study to show exactly how much value that assumption leaves on the table.

Bringing real estate in from day one changes everything, and none of it requires a new building or a network change to get started. Join us to find out where the value is, and how to act on it now.

Kimberley Cordery, Head of Supply Chain Europe - CBRE
Keith Fernandez Director Warehouse Consultancy CBRE

A seated lunch offering a clear break in the programme and time for informal, extended conversation with peers. Continue discussions from the morning or simply step back and recharge in a relaxed setting.

As global trade evolves amid ongoing volatility, many businesses are seeking to mitigate risk by building more resilient supply chains. For businesses engaged in global trade, access to working capital remains a key consideration to ensure supply chain continuity from purchasing inventory, to fulfilling orders and absorbing supply-chain shocks as they come. Yet access to trade finance remains a significant constraint. DP World’s Global Trade Observatory finds that 61% of surveyed supply chain executives consider trade finance costly or difficult to access, while the global trade finance gap is estimated at US$2.5 trillion. For smaller businesses, the challenge is particularly acute: only 35% report ready access to finance on reasonable terms.

At the same time, the growing digitalisation of global supply chains is creating new possibilities. As logistics networks generate richer, real-time data on the movement of goods, inventory and operational performance, lenders have an opportunity to look beyond traditional assessments of balance sheets, collateral and financial history. This real-time commercial data that could help lenders make better, faster financing decisions, while de-risking the underlying transactions to a large extent. DP World’s research finds that 70% of businesses have already at least partially digitalised their operations, creating an increasingly rich data environment across global supply chains. This creates an opportunity for lenders to incorporate supply chain and logistics data into credit decisions, complementing traditional assessments with a more real-time picture of business performance and behaviour.

This workshop will explore how the convergence of logistics and embedded finance could transform access to working capital - using real-time, data-driven insights to better assess risk and potentially enable faster, more efficient and more inclusive financing for businesses engaged in global trade.

Sascha Tilli, SVP Commercial, Logistics - DP World
Sinan Ozcan, Senior Executive Officer & Board Director - DP World Trade Finance

AI is everywhere, yet for many supply chain teams, the gap between ""cool technology"" and ""meaningful planning impact"" is a significant hurdle. In this interactive workshop, we move beyond the hype to share use cases, real world lessons and the frameworks required to turn AI concepts into reality. Come prepared to share your thoughts, ask questions and learn from those around you.

Be a part of the conversation:

• High-Impact Use Cases: Identifying the specific planning challenges - such as SKU complexity and volatility - where AI delivers the highest ROI.
• Adoption Frameworks: How to navigate the transition from experimental AI pilots to scalable, value-driving planning tools.
• The Human-in-the-Loop Model: Strategies for integrating agentic AI alongside planners to enhance decision-making rather than replacing it.

Matt Hoffman, Vice President of Product & Industry Solutions - John Galt Solutions
Ruud Verstegen, Account Executive - John Galt Solutions

• Improve planning accuracy and execution performance by identifying and prioritizing the master and transactional data defects that most distort forecasts, inventory, lead times, and capacity assumptions, to focus remediation on the issues that deliver the greatest planning impact.

• Strengthen cross-functional accountability for planning data by establishing clear business ownership, governance, and shared definitions across functions and regions, to embed trusted data discipline into day-to-day planning decisions.

• Enable scalable, AI-driven decision-making by building a minimum viable, standardized, and governed data foundation that connects fragmented data to operational context, to support explainable, closed-loop decisions in real time

Abhishek Agrawal, Head of ERP - Domino's
David Senk, Head of Supply Chain Operating Model - Tesco
Loutchka Tchakarova, Sr. Director for Business End-2-End Data - Mondelez International
Pablo Quintano, VP Industry Solutions – e2open – WiseTech Global Group
Moderator: Edwin Tuyn, Managin Director - Inspired Search

Start Day 2 on the right foot! Lace up your running shoes and join fellow attendees for an energising 5K fun run. Whether you're a seasoned runner or prefer a leisurely jog, this is a great opportunity to network, clear your mind, and get your blood pumping before diving into another day of insights and innovation.

Begin the day over breakfast with two structured ways to connect with peers: join a 30‑minute, pre‑matched peer connect for one‑to‑one conversations with leaders facing similar challenges, or take a seat at one of the breakfast topic tables, each focused on a key supply chain priority.

• Align cross-functional teams around shared transformation goals by establishing unified KPIs, accountability frameworks, and communication channels - to accelerate execution and sustain momentum across planning and logistics.

• Integrate digital tools and human expertise by embedding AI, automation, and data-driven workflows into daily operations - so teams can act faster and smarter, without sacrificing strategic judgment.

• Embed transformation into operating rhythms by designing scalable pilot-to-enterprise rollouts, continuous improvement cycles, and feedback loops - to ensure change sticks and delivers measurable impact across the supply chain.

Sarah Dayre, SVP, EMEA Supply & Sweden Operations - AstraZeneca

• Equip supply chain leaders with commercial frameworks and board-level narratives, to position the function as a driver of growth and competitive advantage.

• Deliver strategic influence by translating operational performance into boardroom metrics, to secure sustained investment in resilience, technology, and talent.

• Build cross-functional relationships and governance structures, to give supply chain a permanent seat at the strategy table.

Jessica Öhrblad, CEO - Logivity
Susanne Waidzunas, CSCO - IKEA
Chiara Giulia Laudani, SVP, Brand Value Chain - The Estée Lauder Companies
Moderator: Douglas Kent, Founder - SCIA

• Build a future-ready supply chain workforce by moving beyond one-off training and creating a connected learning ecosystem that strengthens functional onboarding, people-leader capability, cross-industry learning, and continuous experimentation at every career stage.

• Turn capability development into operational impact by connecting structured talent programmes with the real challenges facing supply chain teams - from accelerating time to competence and improving end-to-end decision-making, to building the leadership pipeline needed to deliver through constant change.

• Create meaningful, scalable career pathways for new and existing talent by combining graduate development, action learning, immersive leadership experiences, and internal mobility opportunities that equip people with both deep functional expertise and the broader business perspective required to lead the supply chain of the future.

Alina Domnica, Head of Business Operations - Philips
Rajasunath Gondi, Head of Integrated Supply Chain, IGT Systems & Devices - Philips
Moderator: Melanie Salter, Chief Executive Officer - BOOM Global Network

Supply chain leaders have invested heavily in visibility — yet most still operate in a world of dashboards, not decisions. As disruption accelerates, the gap between seeing a problem and acting on it is where value leaks. Where can Agentic AI close that gap, and what does it take to move from fragmented signals to connected, real-time decisions?

Drawing on lessons from Amazon’s decision-centric approach to supply chain operations, this 60-minute workshop will explore how connected data, automation, and AI agents can help organisations make faster, smarter, and more resilient decisions — and what it actually takes beneath the surface: the data foundations, governance, and operating model that make agents work in practice, not just in demos.

This 60-minute session will explore:

• Lessons from Amazon’s Supply Chain Model: What does “decision-centric” operations mean day to day, and why does it beat more dashboards?
• From Fragmented Data to Connected Decisions: How do you connect fragmented supply chain data into trusted decisions — and what role does Amazon Connect Decisions play?
• The Practical Reality of Agentic AI: Where — and why — does Agentic AI actually change the game: demand planning, inventory, fulfilment, or exception handling? What makes some use cases ready today and others premature?
• Agents That Recommend vs. Agents That Act: What’s the realistic line today between agents that recommend vs. agents that act — and how do we keep humans augmented, not replaced?
• An Interactive Roundtable Discussion: AWS moderators will lead interactive discussions, exploring practical use cases, implementation realities, and the first steps leaders can take to pilot Agentic AI in their supply chains.

Nelson Galindo, Principal Enterprise Technologist - AWS

Take some time to explore the exhibition hall and engage in meaningful, solution-focused discussions with your industry peers and exhibitors.

This Reuters Editors Briefing examines how tariffs, industrial policy, and geopolitical fragmentation are reshaping European supply chains, not as temporary disruptions, but as lasting features of the global trading landscape.

Drawing on recent Reuters reporting, the discussion explores how companies and governments are responding to evolving U.S.-EU trade dynamics, efforts to reduce dependence on China, and Europe's growing push for industrial sovereignty. Throughout the session, Reuters journalists will explain how they cover the changing trade environment, from tariff developments and industrial policy initiatives to shifting manufacturing footprints, nearshoring strategies, and the wider implications for European supply chains.

Julia Payne, EU Trade and Industry Correspondent, Reuters
Philip Blenkinsop, Chief Correspondent, Trade and Economic Policy, Reuters
Moderator: Toby Sterling, Senior Correspondent, Reuters

This session is hosted by a Reuters journalist under the Trust Principles.

• Embed sustainability into end‑to‑end supply chain performance by using AI‑driven energy optimisation, circularity models, and low‑carbon ecosystems, to improve efficiency, trust, and resilience at scale.

• Scale AI from forecasting to execution by orchestrating connected planning, decision‑making, and operations across the network, to shift from reactive processes to predictive and increasingly autonomous supply chain flows.

• Design a resilient, multi‑hub operating model by combining regional ecosystems, unified governance, and real‑time data visibility, to anticipate disruption early and deliver reliable, high‑speed execution for hyperscale demand.

Stéphane Piat, SVP GSC Strategy and Performance, Schneider Electric

• Build orchestration architecture that replaces linear supply chain management with dynamic, multi-directional networks, to meet evolving market and customer demands.

• Deliver enterprise agility by connecting supplier, logistics, and customer data into a real-time intelligence layer, to respond before disruption spreads.

• Accelerate commercial performance by deploying digital platforms across the supply network, to turn fragmented relationships into coordinated value-generating ecosystems.

Philippa Hawkes, E2E Supply Transformation Office Lead - Mars Petcare
Alfredo Molin, VP Supply Chain EMEA -Driscoll's
Robert Van der Waal, VP Supply Chain - Sandvik
Seda Radmard, Director, Head of Global Supply Chain Planning and Distribution Transformation - Merck Group
Moderator: Stephan Gotthard, Former SVP Europe Supply Chain - Teva Pharmaceuticals

Enjoy your lunch while engaging with industry leaders and colleagues to share ideas and build valuable connections.