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AGENDA
*Subject to change
8:00 am – Registration and Breakfast Networking
sponsored by Jones & Vining
8:50 am – Welcome, Realtime Sourcing Review and Analysis (Asia to Europe to Central America to America)
- Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
9:30 am – Navigating the Global Trade Landscape from Factory to Retail
- Doug Howe, CEO, Designer Brands, Inc.
- Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
10:00 am – Shoe Supply Chain Deep Dive
- Port of Long Beach – speaker TBA
- Apex Logistics – speaker TBA
- KPMG – speaker TBA
10:30 am – Networking Break
sponsored by Apex Global
11:00 am – Frontline Tariff War Tales
- Josue Solano, CEO, BBC International
- Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
11:30 am – AI Sourcing Case Study
- Bryan Eshelman, Partner & Managing Director, AlixPartners
12:00 pm – Sourcing and Materials Panel
- Jones & Vining – speaker TBA
- Trillora – speaker TBA
- Super Dry – speaker TBA
- QCI – speaker TBA
12:30 pm – Lunch and Trading Floor Tours
sponsored by AlixPartners
1:45 pm – AI Footwear Sourcing Demo
- Material Exchange – speaker TBA
2:10 pm – Global Shifts: Trump’s Trade Agenda, Asia’s Geopolitical Future, and the Business Case for AI
- Patrick Woody, Former CIA Daily Briefer to the President on National Security issues for Presidents Obama and Trump
- Andy Polk, Senior Vice President, FDRA
3:00 pm – Supply Chain Regs 2.0 – How to Comply with New Regulations (Data Collection and Management)
- Eurofins – speaker TBA
- Centric Software – speaker TBA
3:30 pm – India and Mexico 2.0 – New Opportunities and Growth
- Aqeel Panaruna, Chairman, Florence Shoe Company
- Juan Carlos Cashat, President, CICEG–Shoes from Mexico
4:00 pm – Closing and Adjournment
- Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
Thank you to our 2025 Summit Sponsors
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