SCL Canada: Annual Conference

Annual Conference

Creating a Resilient Supply Chain

The 41st Annual Supply Chain & Logistics Association Conference

Conference Schedule:

Conference Magazine

day one | day two

Day 1:

May 5, 2008

Senior National Partners:

7:30 – 8:00 am

Registration/Breakfast

Annual Conference Partners:

Media
Sponsors:

SCL Welcome/Introductions

8:30 – 9:15 am

Keynote Opening Address:

Creating a Resilient Supply Chain

Learn the three main types of vulnerabilities that supply chain disruptions create

Gain knowledge of why collaboration is a critical component of resilience all along the supply chain

Understand the anatomy of a disruption and how to determine the time required to recover

Jim Tompkins, President & CEO, Tompkins Associates

Environmental/ Greening

Adapting to Global Markets

Capital Investment/ROI

9:20 – 10:05 am

Measuring Corporate Footprint, Offsetting, and What You Can Do to Combat Climate Change

Dr. Ron Dembo, CEO, Zero Footprint

Global Supply Chain Collaboration: Case studies from Asia Pacific

Ulf Persson, Director, Solutions Marketing, Axway Inc.

Voicing Your Project: How to build your business case

Philippe Gautrin, Partner, GCL Group, Logistics Consulting

10:05 – 10:30 am

Networking Break

10:30 – 11:15 am

Environmental Strategy: Sustainability for distribution centers

Robert Edwards, Vice President and General Manager, Green Age Design Corporation

International Trade Compliance...Is it only for the rich?

Ajay Gupta, Director, International Supply Chain Logistics & Operations, Sterling Agility

Total Cost of Ownership Analysis

Stuart Pothan, Practice Director, MTS Allstream Inc.

11:20 am – 12:05 pm

Environmental Strategy: Managing the risks and realizing on the opportunities of environmental sustainability

James Evans, Senior Manager of Environmental Risk, Corporate Environmental Affairs, RBC Royal Bank

Supply Chain Opportunity Executive Brief

Matt Gersper, President, Global Data Mining, LLC

Unleashing Working Capital from the Supply Chain

Sankar Krishnan, Senior Vice President/Director, Citibank

12:05 – 1:45 pm

Lunch and Keynote:

Laying Canadian Foundations for Global Resiliency

The Hon. Perrin Beatty, President & CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Human Resources

Transportation

Executive

1:45 – 2:45 pm

PANEL:
Is Anybody Out There? The Human Capital Crisis Facing our Sector as it Prepares for the Future

Moderator:
Kevin Maynard, Executive Director, Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council (CSCSC)

Panelists:
Darren Christle, Executive Director, Motor Carrier Safety and Regulation, Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation

Sharon Ferriss, Director, Communications and Public Affairs, PMAC

Linda Lucas, President, ELLE and Associates Inc.

Hervé Pilon, Directeur General, CEGEP Andre Laurendeau

PANEL:
The State of the Canadian Dollar and Economy on North American and Global Shipping

Moderator:
Dan Goodwill, President, Dan Goodwill & Associates

Panelists:
Geoffrey Bennett, President & CEO, Kelron Logistics

Richard Bickley, Manager Transportation Americas, Alcan

Dan Einwechter, CEO, Challenger Motor Freight

Ginnie Venslovaitis, Manager, Transportation Services, Unilever Canada and Unilever Foodsolutions

PANEL:
Leveraging the Supply Chain for Business Growth

Moderator:
Stéphane Boisvert, President, Bell Canada Enterprise Group

Panelists:
Dan Bingeman, Assistant Vice President, CN World Wide North America

Jean-Marc LeBoeuf, President, The Createch Group

Pat Sinnott, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, Canadian Tire Corporation

2:45 – 3:10 pm

Networking Break

3:10 – 4:10 pm

PANEL:
Attracting and Retaining Your GREAT Employees

Moderator:
Tom Pauls, Business Manager, Manufacturing & Logistics, Hays Specialist Recruitment

Panelists:
Greg Cunningham, Director of Demand Planning and Supply Chain Optimization, Canada Bread Company Limited

Prem Girn, HR Consultant, Purolator Freight Ltd.

Dianne King, President and CEO, Hays Specialist Recruitment Inc.

PANEL:
Direct Store Delivery: The future of retail distribution

Moderator:
Eric Matusiak, Management Consultant, RSM Richter Consulting

Panelists:
James H. Bookbinder, Professor, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo

Ryan Persad, National Manager, Purolator Global Supply Chain Services, Purolator Courier Ltd.

Michael Scott, Senior Director of Logistics, The Source by Circuit City

Life or Death Innovation - Practical Creativity Techniques from a Turnaround CEO

Stephen Hummel, Thundersport C. Inc.

4:15 – 5:00 pm

Developing the Talent Within

John Szold, Managing Director, Caliper Canada

Freight Futures - Strategic Shift in Managing Risk in Supply Chain

Nikhil Sathe, Chief Financial Office, Kelron Logistics

Bold Leadership for Organizational Acceleration

Jim Tompkins, President & CEO, Tompkins Associates

5:00 – 5:30 am

Keynote Address:

Sustaining the Defence Logistics Chain for Global Operations