'Ideas in Practice' 2021 Supply Chain Summit

'Ideas in Practice' 2021 Supply Chain Summit

Our annual Supply Chain Summit as part of our Ideas in Practice events series.

By Leeds University Business School-Impact&Engagement

Date and time

Wed, 9 Jun 2021 05:00 - 10:00 PDT

Location

Online

About this event

Booking is now closed. Contact L.H.B.Simpson@Leeds.ac.uk if you would still like to attend.

2021 Supply Chain Summit

Recovering from Supply Chain Disruption

Many supply chains have been seriously disrupted in last two years, by COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, geo-political tensions. The recent blockage of the Suez Canal further demonstrates how fragile the global supply chain is.

Leeds University Business School is delighted to invite you our annual Supply Chain Summit for 2021, co-hosted by Squire Patton Boggs, where we will explore how companies have adapted their supply chains to survive these unprecedented disruptions and share lessons learnt. We will explore critical questions which arise, such as whether there is a need to significantly change the structures of the global supply chains to become more resilience and agile, or whether there is a need to deglobalize.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Our conference programme including event timings are currently being finalised. We will update this page when further details are confirmed.

This event is part of the Leeds University Business School’s Ideas in Practice seminar series, bringing together business people, policy makers and academics. The events take place in Leeds and London where we discuss important topics and share ideas to help companies and public bodies both in the UK and globally. Find out more here.

Programme

13:00:

Welcome from Professor Chee Yew Wong, Professor of Supply Chain Management at Leeds University Business School

Welcome from Co-Host Karen French, Partner at Squire Patton Boggs

13:10:

Panel 1: Supply Chain Resilience: Impact of COVID-19, Brexit and other major disruptions

  • Chair: Tim Cummins, President at World Commerce & Contracting
  • David Loseby, Group CPO at Rolls Royce: ‘Real time risk management: deriving earlier insight to avoid disruption in the supply chain’
  • Frank Omare, Senior Director, Global Industry and Value Advisory at SAP (UK) Limited: ‘Growing importance of supply chain resilience’
  • Ian Radford, IT Supplier Management Consultancy
  • Kate Hobson, Supplier Assurance, Story Contracting Ltd

14:40

Introduction to Wonder.me networking tool by Lucy Simpson, Impact and Engagement Officer at Leeds University Business School

14:45:

Break and networking on Wonder.me

15:15

Panel 2: Sustainability in Supply Chains: Implications of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Criteria

  • Chair: Anita Lloyd, Squire Patton Boggs
  • Barry Hooper, Chief Commercial Officer at Ministry of Justice
  • Nigel Nugent, Vice President Global Sales at EcoVadis
  • Jennifer Williams, Senior Consultant, Proxima Group

16:45:

Coffee Break

17:00:

Keynote presentation from David Boynton, Chief Executive at The Body Shop: ‘Ethical Supply Chains During the Time of Covid-19’ followed by Q&A

17:40:

Closing remarks

Organised by

The Research Impact and Engagement team at Leeds University Business School organises the 'Ideas in Practice' seminar series. The purpose of the seminars is to support the Business School's mission and values of producing research that makes an impact on society, business and the economy.

For further information, please contact Grace Carter, Impact and Engagement Officer (G.M.Carter@leeds.ac.uk).

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