WELCOME COCKTAIL RECEPTION Club 101
5:00PM – 7:00PM
BREAKFAST Bella Bistro & REGISTRATION Nikko Ballroom
7:15AM – 8:45AM
INTRODUCTIONS & AGENDA – UPDATE FROM SDI
Krish Nathan | CEO at SDI
9:00AM – 9:30AM
Doing Business with a Soul: How Purpose is Driving Profits for Today’s Forward-thinking Companies
Rod Arnold | Chief Marketing Officer at SOLES4SOULS
9:30AM – 10:30AM
BREAK
10:30AM – 10:45AM
Supply Chain Across Borders: The Story of Medline’s North American Expansion
Mike Cook | Director of Program Management & Strategy at Medline Industries
10:45AM – 11:45AM
Robots in the DC. Why? How?
Jeff Huang | Sr. Manager at HIKROBOT
Jatin Lewis | Sr. Sales Consultant at SDI
11:45AM – 12:45PM
LUNCH
12:45PM – 1:45PM
Panel | Methods to improve efficiency, throughput and flexibility in the DC
Andrew Rotondi | Dynamic 3PL
Brenton Orender | JCPenney
Domenic Carbone | Reitmans
Moderator – TBA
1:45PM – 3:00PM
BREAK
3:00PM – 3:15PM
Tailored Solutions. Why are they necessary?
Pierre Boucher | VP IT and Logistics at Peerless Clothing Inc.
Jean-Francois Désy | Chief Engineer at Peerless Clothing Inc.
3:15PM – 4:15PM
CLOSING REMARKS
Krish Nathan | CEO at SDI
4:15PM – 4:30PM
DINNER The Chandelier @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
8:00PM – 11:00PM
BREAKFAST Bella Bistro & REGISTRATION Nikko Ballroom
7:30AM – 8:45AM
WELCOME BACK / AGENDA
Krish Nathan | CEO at SDI
9:00AM – 9:15AM
Competing For Knowledge
Brian Gibson | Professor & Executive Director of the Center for Supply Chain Innovation at Auburn University
9:15AM – 10:15AM
Developing innovative supply chain solutions in a global network
Robby Valenciano | Head of IT Operations Management at MAERSK
10:15AM – 11:15AM
BREAK
11:15AM – 11:30AM
Increasing Capacity & Efficiency through Software
Charles Sheppard | VP Global Distribution at Superior Group
11:30PM – 12:30PM
LUNCH
12:30PM – 1:15PM
The Greening of a Large Urban Distribution Network
Orlando Torres | National Logistics Manager at Alqueria
1:15PM – 2:00PM
Take Chances, Fail, Learn & Lead Forward
Austin Smith | CEO at ZEROS
2:00PM – 2:45PM
E-Commerce. Why are the numbers so big?
Christopher Larkins | President at SDI
2:45PM – 3:45PM
CLOSING REMARKS
Krish Nathan | CEO at SDI
3:45PM – 4:00PM