Supply Chain & Logistics Arabia
1st & 2nd November 2017Event Details
EVENT TOPIC
Supply Chain & Logistics Arabia
ROBUST SUPPLY CHAINS FOR A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE UAE
Supply Chain Technology | Logistics | Warehousing | E-Commerce
Day 1
01 Nov 2017
Day 2
02 Nov 2017
08:00 - 08:25
Registration & Coffee
08:25 - 08:30
08:30 - 08:45
Special Address
Sanjeev Dutta
08:45 - 09:30
Global Logistics & Supply Chain Trends: How is GCC preparing to strengthen its position as a logistics Hub
The coming years will see the evolution of supply chains to the next level. It is forecasted that service chains... Read More
Nadia Abdul Aziz
Gopal R
09:30 - 10:15
Expo 2020 and the opportunities and challenges it presents for the transport & logistics sector for investments and capacity building.
In the recent year’s policy initiatives have risen to the challenge and effectively supported the buoyant mood in the industry... Read More
Khaled Musilhy
Arijit Sen
Rajesh Pareek
10:15 - 11:00
VAT in UAE: implications for supply chain and logistics industry
The introduction of VAT in GCC region is being seen as one of the long due steps towards strengthening of... Read More
Gopu Rama Naidu
Naveen Sharma
11:00 - 11:30
Refreshment break
Building a robust E-Commerce business in GCC: Opportunities & Challenges
E-commerce in the Mena region is expected to more than double from $95 bn in 2013 to $200 bn in... Read More
Hussein Wehbe
Jeremy M. Skyrme
Kapil Makhija
Chaminda Gunasekera FCILT
13:00 -13:45
Networking & LunchBreak
13:45 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:15
IoT for Improving Warehouse Efciency
DR. MAKREM KADACHI
14:15 -14:30
14:30 - 14:45
Picking Solutions that Work
ANDREY KRAS
Panel Discussion: Efcient Warehouse Design – the trends, technologies and best practice
Mohamed Abdel Kader
Abhishek Ajay Shah
WALID DANIEL
ARIF SIDDIQUI
DR. MAKREM KADACHI
15:30 -16:00
Detecting Fraud in Supply Chain
KURT WARREN
16:00 - 16:15
Refreshment break
16:15 - 16:45
Supply Chain Sustainability – The Price we pay
SAMER AL MADHOUN
16:45 - 17:15
17:15 - 17:45
17:45
Closing remarks and end of day 1
08:00 - 08:25
Registration & Coffee
08:25 - 08:30
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 09:30
The Operational Implications of Omnichannel Retailing
How Creating a Balanced Retail Strategy Can Increase Basket Size, Grow Conversion Rates, and Reduce Inventory Losses. Globally, meeting omni-channel... Read More
MICHAEL STOCKDALE
09:30 - 10:00
Transportation Spend Optimization – A logistics user perspective
Transportation and shipping costs represent one of the largest spend categories for companies. Sourcing and managing this category is very complex... Read More
MATTHIAS HORMUTH
10:00 - 10:30
Descriptive, Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics for Enhanced Supply Chain Performance
With the flood of data available to businesses regarding their supply chain these days, companies are turning to analytics solutions to... Read More
10:30 - 11:00
Blockchain in Supply Chain
Blockchain enhanced by electronic tracking technology can help speed up supply chains, while adding greater intelligence along the way. It could... Read More
IQBAL ALIKHAN
11:00 - 11:30
Refreshment break
11:30 - 12:00
Artificial Intelligence & Supply Chains
Organizations are increasingly digitizing their supply chains to differentiate and drive revenue growth. The key implication of this change is that... Read More
Marcus Meissner
12:00 - 12:45
End to End Supply Chain Visibility using Cloud and IOT
End-to-end supply chain visibility empowers supply chain and logistics managers to make educated decisions. It helps companies to decrease the impact... Read More
CHRISTOPHER STEIN
BALJEET NAGI
12:45 - 13:15
Supply Chain Design Strategies
Forward-thinking businesses are continuously redesigning and improving their supply chains by using modelling technology to examine how their supply chains will... Read More
VIVEK SARBHAI
SURYANKA JATAIN
13:15 - 14:00
Networking Lunch
14:00 - 14:30
Supply Chain Risk & Resiliency
Integrated approaches to supply chain management have done much to improve the efficiency of inter and intra-organisational supply chain networks. Ever-more... Read More
DR. AMR KORAYEM
14:30 - 15:00
Supply Chain Innovation
New technologies have the potential to create an accelerated business value through a network approach. Mobility, Big Data and Common... Read More
Hussein Nassar
15:00 - 15:30
Digital Disruption in the freight forwarding industry
The freight forwarding industry is ripe for disruption. New technologies make shipping much more simple and transparent – from quotation, to... Read More
KAREEM NAOURI
15:30 - 16:00
Telematics for Supply Chain Efficiency
Telematics plays a vital role in developing innovative solutions for efficient supply chain logistics and fleet management. Telematics provides real-time visibility... Read More
BRODIE VON BERG
16:00 - 16:15
Refreshment break
16:15 - 16:45
Harnessing the Power of Scenario Planning to Create Supply Chain Flexibility in a Shifting Landscape
Scenario planning is a structured program where executives or people working on a transactional level are looking at different scenarios based... Read More
16:45 - 17:15
Panel Discussion: How to Overcome the Challenge of Maintaining Visibility, Transparency and Real-time Information in Multi-Layered Supply Chains
The value chain is a game of layers, and with each layer an organisation adds, transparency vulnerabilities grow. The key elements... Read More
DAVID NICHOLLS
KUNAL GUPTA
SANJAY DESAI
17:15
Closing remarks and end of CONFERENCE
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Our Speakers
KUNAL GUPTA
Director Supply Chain, Bateel International
Abhishek Ajay Shah
Co-Founder & Managing Director RSA Logistics
SANJAY DESAI
Sr. Director Sales Operation Verifone Inc
KIM WINTER
Global Chief Executive Officer Logistics Executive Group
KURT WARREN
Chairman of the Fellow Committee-MENA, CIPS
SANJAY SHARMA
Chief Executive Officer
DR. AMR KORAYEM
Group Supply Chain Director
MICHAEL STOCKDALE
CEO, B2C Logistics
VIVEK SARBHAI
Director Customer Service & Logistics Middle East & Africa, Mondelez International, Eastern Europe
CHRISTOPHER STEIN
Sales Director for Logistics IT solutions, Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics
SURYANKA JATAIN
Principal Consultant KPMG Lower Gulf
DANIEL HAUSER
Managing Director Central Europe & Middle East, Swisslog Warehouse & Distribution Solutions
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