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Descartes Evolution 2018 Welcome Kit
The Descartes Evolution 2018 Welcome Kit is now available! Click here (3 MB PDF) for info on 80+ conference sessions designed to offer better insight into Descartes solutions, the successful strategies and tactics of customers, and the best-practices that produce meaningful results.
Also, be sure to preview our Executive Forum at Evolution 2018. Introduced at last year’s event, the Executive Forum was created to help senior leaders within Descartes’ customer and partner base gain deeper insight into the macroeconomic, political, investment and technological changes shaping the logistics and supply chains for the coming years. Full details are below the Agenda-at-a-Glance graphic.
Evolution 2018 Agenda At-A-Glance
Executive Forum: Tuesday, March 6 from 10:45am – 3:30pm
We have once again assembled industry thought leaders and Descartes’ senior management to discuss the impact of key trends and their potential for growth, disruption and transformation in 3 interactive sessions, which will be followed by open discussion and networking time:
- Supply Chain Management: The C-Suite Perspective
- A 360° View of Ecommerce: Shipper, LSP and Analyst Perspectives
- Technology Game Changers: Investment Hype or Business Reality?
Executive Forum Details
Supply Chain Management: The C-Suite Perspective
Foster Finley, Managing Director, AlixPartners
10:45 am – 11:45 am
Supply chain management is becoming more important to companies’ success and into the view of CEOs and CFOs. What about supply chain management is capturing CXO attention? How can supply chain professionals more effectively communicate its value and better align with CXO objectives? Foster leads AlixPartners’ supply chain practice and works with CEOs and CFOs from shippers and LSPs to help them transform their operations. He will share insights gleaned from working with numerous CXOs, as well as the topics that are top of mind for them in 2018 and beyond, including ecommerce.
A 360° View of Ecommerce: Shipper, LSP and Analyst Perspectives
Moderated by Mitch MacDonald, President & CEO at AGiLE Business Media
John O’Shaughnessy, Vice President Supply Chain Product Management at Williams-Sonoma
Brian James, Director Price & Analysis at Estes Express Lines
Steve Banker, Vice President SCM, ARC Advisory Group
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Ecommerce continues to transform industries and supply chains. Manufacturers, retailers, distributors and logistics services providers are constantly adopting new strategies, tactics and technologies to remain competitive. Leveraging the results of the DC Velocity/ARC ecommerce study, this session will examine how different supply chain constituents see continuing ecommerce changes unfolding from their perspective in the supply chain.
Technology Game Changers: Investment Hype or Business Reality?
Adrian Gonzalez, President, Adelante SCM
Ken Wood, EVP Product Management, Descartes
Raimond Diederik, EVP Development, Descartes
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Not since the early 2000s has there been so much attention on technology and its ability to transform supply chain performance. With such a spotlight comes a high degree of conjecture and speculation when it comes to blockchain, drones, big data, ecommerce, etc. What technologies will fundamentally change supply chains and when will this change really happen? How should companies think about technology and where should they make their investments for the next five years?
Download the Executive Forum agenda preview.
