Time is running out to take advantage of early bird pricing for the 2024 NextGen Supply Chain Conference.
Registrants can access the special pricing until Friday, Sept. 6 before the full price kicks in following that date. Attendees receive access to the keynotes, awards and featured presentations; networking opportunities in the Exhibit Hall, evening receptions on Monday, Oct. 21 and Tuesday, Oct. 22, as well as breakfast and lunch each day of the full conference agenda.
To take advantage of the discounted pricing, click here: https://ngsc.regfox.com/nextgen-supply-chain-conference-2024
This year’s NextGen Supply Chain Conference, presented by Supply Chain Management Review (SCMR) and Peerless Media, will be held on Oct. 21-23 at the Chicago Athletic Association hotel in downtown Chicago. The event starts with an opening reception on the evening of Monday, Oct. 21, at the famous Chicago hotel, with full days of content following Tuesday and Wednesday. SCMR is a sister media brand to Modern under Peerless Media.
The NextGen Supply Chain Conference’s theme this year is “Digitization is here, what’s next?” More information, including registration information, is available on the NextGen website.
Keynote speakers this year include Amy Rardin, global senior director at Procter & Gamble; Luis Roman, vice president of MedTech Supply Chain at Johnson & Johnson; and Jennifer Springer, senior director of customer fulfillment at Whirlpool.
Sponsors for this year’s NextGen Supply Chain Conference include Diamond Sponsor Honeywell Intelligrated. Platinum Sponsors are Korber, Addverb and Zion Solutions Group. Gold Sponsor is Hai Robotics. Silver Sponsor is Dematic. Bronze Sponsor are Aptean and Gather AI and Associate Sponsors are TGW, Made4Net, Peak Technologies, Paccurate, Squint and Waites Sensor Technologies.
Award winners include Walmart, which will receive the Visionary Award winner. Karisa Sprague, senior vice president of fulfillment and reverse operations, Walmart U.S. Supply Chain, will accept and present. The NextGen Supply Chain Start-Up Award will be presented to Squint, an artificial intelligence and augmented reality technology firm.
Other award winners to be presented include our Solution Provider and End User Awards. Each winner will give a short presentation followed by participation in a panel discussion.
The Solution Provider Award winners are:
Robotics category: Agility Robotics
Digital Transformation: Westfalia Technologies
Artificial Intelligence: AutoScheduler.AI
Predictive Analytics: Waites Sensor Technologies
The End User Award winners are:
Artificial Intelligence: Estee Lauder
Digital Transformation: Schneider Electric
Robotics: S&S Activewear
Discounted hotel rates are available until Oct. 4. More information on the hotel, including links to secure rooms at the discounted rate, is available here: https://www.nextgensupplychainconference.com/venue/.
There is still time to be a sponsor or exhibitor as well. Information on available sponsorships or if you are interested in exhibiting, can be found here: https://www.nextgensupplychainconference.com/sponsors-exhibitors/.
Other speakers scheduled to appear include:
- Amy T. Augustine, senior director of network supply chain at U.S. Cellular
- Douglas Kent, executive vice president for corporate and strategic alliances, ASCM
- Craig Moss, director of data and change management at the Digital Supply Chain Institute
- Sankalp Arora, CEO & co-founder of Gather AI
- Devin Bhushan, founder & CEO of Squint
- Drew Eubank, EVP and co-founder, Zion Solutions Group
- Tony Gariety, VP distribution operations, Carhartt
- Jade Jolene Johnston, director, procurement, strategic sourcing, Leidos
- Matthew Kelly, director of strategic partnerships and commercial development, Hai Robotics
- Keith Moore, CEO, Autoscheduler.AI
- Craig Moss, director of data and change management, Digital Supply Chain Institute
- Mike Packer, director of healthcare automation and implementation, UPS Healthcare
- Dan Pellathy, faculty, University of Tennessee
- AJ Raaker, director of warehouse development, Taylor Logistics
- Rob Ratterman, CEO and co-founder Waites Sensor Technologies
- Rochelle M. Savel, manufacturing and supply chain management director, Emerging Innovations Group, Corning
- Ryan Smith, VP of automation, Westfalia Technologies
- Jonas Swarttouw, executive VP commercial and chairman North America, NewCold
- Pras Velagapudi, chief technology officer, Agility Robotics
- Adrian Stoch, chief automation officer, GXO Logistics
- Douglas Kent, executive VP, corporate and strategic alliances, Association of Supply Chain Management
- Vijay Cherukuru, head of product, Walmart
- Sanjeev Ganesh, CPO, Diageo
- Jay Koganti, VP supply chain COE, Estee Lauder
- Michael Labhart, NA innovation and smart factory director, Schneider Electric
- Cole Lohman, director of automation, S&S Activewear
- Dr. Yanfeng Ouyang, professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
More speakers will be announced soon.
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