INDUSTRIAL DAY | THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2019
The first day consists of presentations by leading industrialists on the
overall theme of the Symposium.
Keynote speakers in 2018 were:
- Juergen Maier, CEO, Siemens UK
- Chris Fielden, Group Supply Chain Director, Innocent
- Michelle Shi-Verdaasdonk, Vice President, Head of Global Manufacturing, Signify (Read an interview with Michelle here)
- Edwin de Boer, Senior Director Supply Chain Operations, Cisco
- John Fleming, Former Executive Vice President Global Manufacturing and Labour Affairs, Ford
- Alain Leroy, SVP GSC Strategy & Transformation, Global Supply Chain, Schneider Electric (Read an interview with Alain here)
- Jon-Paul Sherlock, Global Technology, Strategy Director, AstraZeneca
ACADEMIC RESEARCH DAY | FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2019
The second day comprises a mixture of keynote academic presentations and research papers in several parallel interest streams. Papers presented at the 2018 Symposium (where available) are here.
Keynote speakers in 2018 were:
- Professor Jan Olhager, Lund University
- Professor Fabrizio Salvador, IE Business School
- Dr Sandeep Kapur, Punjab Agricultural University
Research themes covered:
- Global supply networks
- Automotive
- Food
- Sustainability and the circular economy
- Global manufacturing and China
- Clobal value chain
- Supply chain transformation
- Digital supply chain analytics
