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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
- Casey Hehr, Managing Director, Commercial Operations, Port of Long Beach
- Nicole Porpiglia, Managing Director, International Tax, Trade & Customs, KPMG
- Apex Logistics – speaker TBA
- moderated by: Thomas Crockett, Vice President, Government Affairs, FDRA
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 – What the AlixPartners & FDRA Back-to-School Survey Reveals: Key Implications for Sourcing & Supply Chains
- Bryan Eshelman, Partner & Managing Director, AlixPartners
12:00 pm – Sourcing and Materials Panel
- Luka Odak, Vice President of Global Sales, Jones & Vining
- David Kalman, CEO, Trillora Packaging Solutions
- Michael Hanrahan, Senior Vice President, SuperDry International
- Jeff Leake, Business Development Manager, Quality Corrections & Inspections
- moderated by: Thomas Crockett, Vice President, Government Affairs, FDRA
12:30 pm – Lunch and Trading Floor Tours
sponsored by AlixPartners
1:45 pm – AI Footwear Sourcing Demo
- Darren Glenister, CEO, Material Exchange
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)
- Sravanth Kanukuntla, Director, Technical Services, Eurofins
- Patrick Brannan, Enterprise Sales Executive, Centric Software
- moderated by: Andy Polk, Senior Vice President, FDRA
3:30 pm – India, Mexico, and Brazil 2.0 – New Opportunities and Growth
- Aqeel Panaruna, Chairman, Florence Shoe Company
- Juan Carlos Cashat, President, CICEG–Shoes from Mexico
- Karin Becker, Commercial Manager, The South Base
- moderated by Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
4:15 pm – Closing and Adjournment
- Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
Thank you to our 2025 Summit Sponsors
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