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This year’s Supply Chain Executive Conference, “The Next Frontier,” is all about how the supply chain can save the world and make money at the same time. Our attendees seek business growth. The emerging reality of globalization is that this growth will mean more than just making cheaper widgets.

The first world has become an economy of abundance. We do not need more stuff, but rather better stuff: fuel-efficient vehicles, safe and affordable medical services, security for our families, the list is almost endless. Supply chain is what makes these growth markets commercially viable. In the process, it improves our quality of life.

The developing world is still an economy of scarcity. Businesses seeking growth will get more by building a consumer supply chain to serve this economy than by scraping out truckloads of cheap raw materials for an already over-served first world. In this context, the next frontier almost literally means solving the world’s problems.

Preliminary Agenda
May 31 , 2006
5:00 – 7:00 PM	Registration and Opening Reception
June 1, 2006 Day one of our agenda kicks off with speakers recounting experiences in bringing supply chain to bear for the rebuilding of New Orleans, the eradication of waste in high-tech supply chain, and the scale-up of consumer products businesses in Africa.
7:00 – 8:00 AM	Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 AM	Tony Friscia, Founder and CEO, AMR Research Opening Remarks
8:30 – 9:15 AM	Gilles Bouchard, EVP of Global Operations, Hewlett-Packard Doing Well While Doing Good: The HP Way of Social and Environmental Responsibility Hewlett-Packard operates the IT industry’s largest and most complex supply chain. In 2005, HP purchased approximately $53B of goods and services. Gilles Bouchard, Executive Vice President of Global Operations at Hewlett-Packard, will review HP’s longstanding support of a socially and environmentally responsible supply chain and its leadership role in the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct.
9:15 – 10:00 AM	Keith Harrison, Global Product Supply Officer, Procter & Gamble Forces of Business or Forces of Nature – Building an Agile Supply Network At P&G, the consumer is boss. P&G Global Product Supply Officer Keith Harrison will describe how consumer expectations and P&G’s purpose to improve consumers’ lives are driving a transformation of the company’s supply chain. Along with P&G Product Supply Director Cath Malseed, Mr. Harrison will demonstrate how P&G’s Consumer-Driven Supply Network operating strategy is agile enough to meet both the challenges of Hurricane Katrina and the unique needs of consumers in developing markets.
10:00 – 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 – 11:30 AM	Christi Pedra, COO, SiemensOne Enabling Development – The Role of Infrastructure Siemens’ diverse industrial business units build much of the infrastructural foundation for developing economies around the world. From power plants to railways to factory automation, heavy mechanical engineering is essential to growth. Lessons learned from a century of such pioneering work will be shared in this session.
11:30 – 1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 PM	The Honorable William J. Clinton, 42 nd President of the United States The Clinton Global Initiative, founded by President Clinton in 2005, aims to focus world leaders on bringing new energy to solving tough world problems. As the 21st century opens, supply chain has evolved to be demand driven—matching not just supply with demand, but capability with opportunity. The attendees of this event represent our collective capability. President Clinton’s address will drive home the opportunity. President Clinton will be joined on stage for a dialog on leadership, business, and the role of supply chain with AMR Research CEO Tony Friscia.
2:30 – 3:00 PM	Break
3:00 – 3:45 PM	Kevin O’Marah, Vice President, AMR Research Globalization of Supply Chain: Myth and Reality—Super Panel Four top executives from leading global companies will discuss the unique challenges and special opportunities presented by growth initiatives in the developing world. From responsible sourcing to localized consumer distribution networks, this panel will look at lessons being learned as supply chain globalization spreads.
3:45 – 4:30 PM	Bob Willett, CIO and EVP of Operations, Best Buy Retail: Where Supply Chain Meets Consumer As a leader of Best Buy’s highly respected global supply network and a veteran of supply chain transformations in other retail sectors, Mr. Willett is uniquely positioned to speak about the new frontiers of growth opening up around us. Retail is where the supply chain meets consumers and ultimately closes the loop of economic activity. Mr. Willett will offer vision for the future and share lessons learned along the way. He was recently appointed CEO of BBY International in addition to his supply chain & CIO roles.
4:30 – 4:45 PM	Bruce Richardson, Chief Research Officer, AMR Research Technology and Productivity: Essential Trends to Watch People, process, and performance must come together for productivity in business to advance. Information technology has emerged in the past decade as a turbo-charging force driving this productivity forward ever faster. This session will look ahead at the essential technologies that offer greatest promise to keep productivity moving.
4:45 – 5:30 PM	Stu Reed, EVP, Integrated Supply Chain, Motorola, Inc. Fireside Chat Drawing on many years of experience using technology to improve supply chains, Mr. Reed will discuss some of the realities faced by supply chain pioneers in an on-stage interview with Bruce Richardson.
6:00 – 10:00 PM	Reception/BBQ, sponsored by SAP
June 2, 2006 Day two will explore practitioners' tools for making operational improvements in supply chain as well as communicating results to external audiences, including investors, customers, and the press.
7:30 – 8:30 AM	Breakfast
8:30 – 12:00 PM	Three industry specific events will explore practitioners’ tools for making operational improvements in supply chain as well as communicating results to external audiences, including investors, customers, and the press.
For retailers	AMR Research’s Retail Team will drive a series of sessions on what industry leaders across retail segments are doing to be more responsive to customer demand, from a design, sourcing, and logistics perspective all the way through shopper friendliness in store operations. Executives from JCPenney KB Toys and other leading retailers headline our guest speakers.
For food, chemical, and pharmaceutical companies	Roddy Martin, AMR Research will lead a series of presentations and panels focusing on practicalities in ramping up both process manufacturing and supply chain capabilities in emerging and developing markets. Executives from South African Breweries Procter & Gamble Patheon MOVA Pharmaceuticals Coca-Cola and other consumer products, chemical, and life sciences companies will make up our panelist and speaker slots.
For automotive, electronics and industrial companies	Susan Connor, AMR Research will host an exploration of the role of core competence in setting achievable improvement objectives in supply chain for discrete manufacturers. Executives from Cisco General Motors Motorola ViaSat and other discrete manufacturing companies will contribute to the sessions.
12:00 – 1:30 PM	Box Lunch

Pre-conference Reading

It is our hope that this conference greatly increases your professional knowledge and strategic relevance to your organization. It is about career advancement for those of you who are personally attending. As such, we have compiled a list of recommended pre-reading that will better equip you to ask tough questions, take meaningful notes and find the really valuable nuggets of information, insight or reference that will help you succeed in your jobs.

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