World Class Supply Chain Summit

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World Class Supply Chain 2024: Thriving in volatile times
May 1, 2024

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This year’s theme, Thriving in volatile times, promises to delve into crucial aspects of navigating uncertainties.
 
This year we welcome Wendy Tate, Professor in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee Knoxville as the Academia Keynote speaker. Specializing in the financial impacts of supply chain decisions, she translates academic work into global learning activities. Her research focuses on services purchasing and environmental business practices, presenting at conferences and publishing in top-tier journals. With 17 years of industry experience, Tate is also co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management.
 
Presented by the Milton Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Lazaridis School of Business at Wilfrid Laurier University, and CN, the World Class Supply Chain Summit has evolved into a renowned platform where leaders from academia and industry converge to exchange expertise and insights on supply chain dynamics.

AGENDA

 7:45 a.m. Registration Opens 

 8 a.m. Light Breakfast  

8:30 a.m. A Welcome from our Master of Ceremonies 

• MC, Bianca Caramento, CEO and President of the Milton Chamber of Commerce, welcomes attendees, and introduces Chief R. Stacey Laforme, of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. 

8:35 a.m. Land Acknowledgement and Prayer 

• Led by Chief R. Stacey Laforme.   

8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks                       

• Dr. Michael Haughton, Professor, and CN Research Fellow in Supply Chain Management at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University 
• Keith Reardon, Senior Vice-President, Interline and Network Development, CN 
• Student Co-Chairs Aldo DeBiase and Amorette Rubio.  

9:10 a.m. Industry Keynote    

• Zeina Elhami, Chief Supply Officer, Ontario Power Generation 

10 a.m. Break 

1030 a.m. Industry Panel (Moderated by Keith Reardon)  

• Sian Smith, General Manager, OR Doug Saunders, Director, Operations, Riptide 

• Warrington Ellacott, Senior Manager, Government Relations, Whirlpool 
• Jonathan Chia, Head of Commercial & Corporate Development, PSA Halifax 
• Dianna Fioravanti-Ashikwe, Managing Director, Kuehne+Nagel Canada 

11:20 a.m. Academia Keynote   

• Wendy Tate, Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management, Haslam College of Business, the University of Tennessee Knoxville.  

12:10 p.m. Morning Session Closing Remarks  

• Dr. Michael Haughton, Professor, and CN Research Fellow in Supply Chain Management at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University 
• Keith Reardon, Senior Vice-President, Interline and Network Development, CN 
• Student Co-Chairs Aldo DeBiase and Amorette Rubio.  

12:15 p.m. Networking Lunch 

1:15 p.m. Student Forum 

• TBA  

2  p.m. Fireside Chat  

• TBA  

2:45 p.m. Final Remarks 

• Dr. Michael Haughton, Professor, and CN Research Fellow in Supply Chain Management at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University 
• Keith Reardon, Senior Vice-President, Interline and Network Development, CN 
• Student Co-Chairs Aldo DeBiase and Amorette Rubio.  

3:00 p.m. Adjournment  

• Until World Class Supply Chain 2025, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Milton.