AGENDA
DRAFT – Agenda in Progress
*WiFi sponsored by Vi3
8:15 am – Registration and Breakfast Networking
sponsored by Super Dry
9:00 am – Welcome: World on Fire: The New Rules of Sourcing
- Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
9:15 am – Opening Fireside: Unleashing a Proactive & Reactive Shoe Sourcing Strategy
- Charles Brown, VP Global Sourcing & Supply Chain, Johnston & Murphy
- moderated by Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
9:45 am – When the System Breaks: Ports, Chokepoints & Disruption Planning
- Port of Los Angeles (POLA)
- Port of Long Beach (POLB)
- Apex Global
- KPMG
- moderated by TBA
10:30 am – Networking Break
sponsored by Port of Long Beach
11:00 am – RSL Reality Check: What Brands Need to Know Now
- Eurofins
- moderated by Thomas Crockett, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, FDRA
11:15 am – Vision Clarity in Factories: New Eyewear Program to Unlock Productivity Gains
- Vision Spring
- moderated by Andy Polk, Senior Vice President, FDRA
11:30 am – The Next Sourcing Map: Where Production Is Actually Moving
- CICEG (Mexico)
- Steve Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, Jade Footwear
- India representative
- Brazil representative
- moderated by Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
12:30 pm – Lunch and Networking
sponsored by Apex Logistics
1:30 pm – A Vision for Future Factories: Where Your Factory Wastes Nothing and Final Steps of Production Happen in Your Warehouse
- Andy Polk, Senior Vice President, FDRA
2:00 pm – Better Managing Intellectual Property, Traceability, Risk, and Shipping Costs
- ShipSigma
- Centric Software
- Vi3
- LQRA
- moderated by Thomas Crockett, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, FDRA
2:30 pm – Interactive Scenario Lab: Shoe Supply Chain Workshopping
- facilitated by Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
3:30 pm – Artificial Intelligence: How your job is going to change, how your supply chain is going to change, how your company is going to change
- Pete Mento, Director, Baker Tilly US
4:15 pm – Closing Remarks
- Matt Priest, President & CEO, FDRA
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