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