eXplore Conference
Why is finance vital for supply chain performance?
Finance has become an integral part of Supply Chain Management - a lead topic of all news worldwide since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic - we will take a deep-dive into the intricacies of the supply chain, with special regard for financial and operations planning in the process - here is a sampling of topics:
- optimizing my working capital with rising interests rates
- financing my suppliers and their suppliers
- deep supply chains and transparency
- due diligence in SCs
- geopolitical implications and nearshoring
- risk and resilience
- fintech and SC finance
Conference Agenda
09:00 Coffee & registration
10:00 Welcome by Benny Mantin, Director of the Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LCL)
10:10 What is Supply Chain Finance (SCF)? Available solutions? Challenges?
Spyros Lekkakos, Zaragoza Logistics Center
10:35 SCF & Resilience: How to talk to the finance guy. How to measure resilience.
Jim Rice, MIT
11:00 Looking deeper into supply chains to overcome disruptions
Dirk Zetzsche, Full professor in Financial Law, University of Luxembourg
11:20 Geopolitical implications of latest disruptions on nearshoring vs. off shoring decisions -
Paul Schockmel, CEO, IEE Smart Sensing Solutions
11:40 Supply chains and Sustainable Finance: an ambidextrous relationship
Enrico Benetto, LIST
12:00 Panel discussion on geopolitical and sustainability implications of supply
chain disruptions and critical components moderated by Malik Zeniti
Panelists: Paul Schockmel, Dirk Zetzsche, Enrico Benetto
12:30 Lunch break & networking
Poster presentations by LCL Students of University of Luxembourg
14:00 Supply chain finance: beyond the first tier suppliers
Antonella Moretto, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano
14:20 Supply Chain Dashboards and KPIs from an analysts perspective
Jean-Baptiste Danckaert, Manager in Organization and Change Management at Resultance
14:35 How to get supply chain visibility for better Operational Resilience
Christophe Philippart, VP Sales EMEA at Resilinc
14:50 Supply chain financing and risk at Dow Chemical
Kamil Mizgier, Global Supplier Relationship and Risk Management Leader at Dow Chemical
15:10 Coffee Break
15:30 Leverage on customs and VAT to reduce supply chain cost
Karine Bellony, Founding Partner at VAT Solutions
15:50 Investors perspective
Mark Douglas, Managing Director, Strategic Accounts at PrimeRevenue
16:10 Conclusions by Spyros Lekkakos and Malik Zeniti
16:20 Networking Cocktail
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