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Supply Chain Management Conference

Sustainability, Social Responsibility, and Resilience in Supply Chains

February 23-24, 2024

Chancellor Ballroom at the I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center
Champaign, IL

Sponsored by the Supply Chain Management Program, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Deadline to Register: February 8

Today, businesses have increased focus on efforts to manage supply chains in an ethical and socially responsible way while minimizing the environmental impact of their activities. Supply chain resilience is paramount for businesses to navigate an ever-changing and unpredictable world; it plays a critical role in adapting to disruptions and maintaining operational continuity while upholding the principles of sustainability and social responsibility.

There are three main objectives for this conference:

  1. To bring together academics and industry professionals who lead their research and other endeavors with a focus on sustainable, socially responsible, and resilient supply chains.
  2. To learn from practice about issues that are important and potentially impactful to address.
  3. To provide a platform for our students to learn about recent research and developments in supply chain sustainability, social responsibility, and resilience.

Agenda

Friday, February 23

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Registration and Breakfast

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Inauguration and Welcome

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Session 1
Sustainability and Social Responsibility in Agriculture Supply Chains

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Break

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM: Keynote Address

Fusing Learning and Optimization with Applications in Supply Chains
Pascal Van Hentenryck, A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor, Georgia Tech

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Session 2
Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Industry Panel

Matt Francis, Global Supply Chain Manager, Caterpillar Inc.
Dave Carrizales, Director of Sales - International Supply Chain, Noatum Logistics
Michael Ritter, Chief Operating Officer, Horizon Hobby

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Break

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM: Session 3
Sustainable Manufacturing and Operations

5:15 PM - 6:30 PM: Keynote Address

Supply Chain Resiliency Lessons from the COVID-19 Disruptions
Sridhar Seshadri, Alan J. and Joyce D. Baltz Endowed Professor and Professor of Business Administration, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM: Dinner

Saturday, February 24

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM: Registration and Breakfast

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Session 4
Environmental and Social Responsibility

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM: Break

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM: Session 5
Social Responsibility

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM: Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Session 6
Environmental and Agricultural Sustainability

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM: Concluding Remarks

Speakers

Keynote Speakers: Pascal van Hentenryck, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Sridhar Seshadri, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Priyank Arora, University of South Carolina
  • Amrou Awaysheh, Indiana University
  • Nitin Bakshi, University of Utah
  • David Carrizales, Noatum Logistics
  • Li Chen, Cornell University
  • Suvrat Dhanorkar, Pennsylvania State University
  • Gökçe Esenduran, Purdue University 
  • Matt Francis, Caterpillar
  • Natalie Huang, University of Minnesota
  • Basak Kalkanchi, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Burak Kazaz, Syracuse University
  • Michael Ritter, Horizon Hobby
  • Johnny Rungtusanatham, York University
  • William Schmidt, Emory University 
  • Nikhil Sharma, Ohio State University
  • Sandeep Srinivas, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Dmitrii Sumkin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Qiong Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Owen Q. Wu, Indiana University
  • Can Zhang, Duke University

Organizers

Contact Information

If you have any further questions, please contact our program and events coordinator, Maria Dorofeeva, at dorofeev@illinois.edu.