Keynote address: Preparing the GCC chemical supply chains for a transformed world
Hamad Abdulrahman Alterkait, Chairman, PIC

Inaugural panel: Riding through the crisis – What does the future hold for chemical supply chains in GCC?
Moderator: Aslam Moola, Managing Director, Vopak ME
Panellists:

  • Hosam Al-Zamil, Vice President Global Supply Chain, SABIC
  • Ahmed Abdulla Al-Salahi, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Qatar Chemical Company Ltd. (Q-Chem)
  • Ahmed Al-Katheeri, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, Borouge

In conversation with – What does the future of logistics hold?
Moderator: Knut Alicke, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Panellists:

  • Sue Donoghue, CEO Arab Cluster, DHL Global Forwarding, (Bahrain, Kuwait & Saudi Arabia)
  • Fabio Weiss, VP, Head of Airfreight Middle East & Africa,, DHL Global Forwarding MEA

Accelerating resilience by building a diversified supply chain system
Session – Advancing E2E agile resiliency in supply chains
Session speakers::

  • David Demers,, Distinguished Fellow, Global Supply Chain Institute, Haslam College, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
  • Prof. Thomas J. Goldsby, Dee & Jimmy Haslam Chair in Logistics,, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Masterclass: How are sustainable supply chains aiding in post-pandemic recovery?
Presenter and Moderator Arun Bruce, Partner and Managing Director, BCG
Panellists:

  • Bassel El Dabbagh, Managing Director – Levant, Egypt & Saudi Arabia, CEVA Logistics
  • Shahab Al Jassmi, Director of Ports and Terminals, DP World, UAE Region

Digital Process Mining and Digital Twins – A game changer for SC

  • Juergen Schulz, VP Consulting, Siemens Digital Logistics
  • Ioannis Stavridis, VP Global Sales and Marketing, Siemens Digital Logistics
  • Nicolas Payares, Senior Architect Presales, Siemens Digital Logistics

Smart Control tower – Delivering real-time insight
Arun Samuga, CTO, Elemica

IIoT – Revolutionizing supply chain intelligence with data
Mehtab Gilani, Associate Partner -Chemical & Petroleum, IBM

Blockchain – Transforming supply chain networks
Daniel Wilson, Director Strategy & Operations, GTD Solution – TradeLens