Society of Independent Business Partners, SIBP, has worked for more than 20 years to build a better world and a more inclusive economy. We engage, partner with and empower people to have a greater say in their futures and more equitable access to economic opportunities. We achieve this vision through collaborative partnerships in development, advocacy, public awareness and thought leadership.
On behalf of Society of Independent Business Partners, we invite you to a four day ‘Symposium on Supply Chain and Business Sustainability’ which will be held in Jacksonville Florida from 2nd to 5th July, 2025
Designed to bring together thought leaders from the public, private and social sectors to discuss how partnering across traditional divides can lead to more efficient and innovative transformations.
The target audience for this conference will be research scholars, academicians, planners, policy makers, practitioners, consultants, and students
Executive Director, Annenberg Foundation
Founder and Executive Director Reshoring Institute
Senior Manager, Supply Chain Lacks Enterprises
Global Chief HR Officer Martin Brower
Global Director of Sustainability Johnson Controls, Inc.
CEO, Butterball Farms
Senior Vice President of Sales at Meyers
09:40 AM - 10:20 AM
Solving business challenges often means breaking new ground. When industry works together, we can increase the speed and scale of innovation, and value for all stakeholders. Industry leaders, government regulators, industry associations, solution providers are brought together to not only solve shared industry problems but move industry forward.
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Supply chain is a team sport, and creating a sustainable supply chain requires even more collaboration from all parties involved. In this session you’ll hear how you can strengthen relationships with suppliers and customers while reducing your collective environmental impact. Panelists will discuss ways to align across stakeholders, build competitive differentiation, analyze network trends and much more.
The path toward a more sustainable future is unique for every business. Creating a sustainability strategy is always a balance of the potential benefits, costs or resources required, and necessary stakeholder collaboration. In this session, two of the most progressive CPG brands in the world will share insights on how to create a successful sustainability program within your organization.
11:40 AM - 12:30AM
09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
09:10 AM - 10:00 AM
During the past few years of heightened disruption, the focus on, and recognition of, supply chain value increased. This session discusses how high-performing supply chains plan to evolve over the next three to five years to build their credibility and support sustainable growth in their business.
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
The post-pandemic healthcare supply chain is evolving at a revitalized pace. New supplier risks, increasing scale through mergers and the new digital supply chain frontier are driving changes. This session focuses on five predictions specific to the healthcare supply chain that you need to know and respond to from our research over the next three to five years.
10:50 AM - 11:40 AM
Warren Bennis said, “The factory of the future will have only two employees — a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.” Today’s reality is much different. More people are needed and the interfaces between humans and machines are morphing. This session will focus on the human. How is the future of work changing in factories and workers are becoming more connected and augmented with new technologies? What can you do now?
11:40 AM - 12:30AM
12:30 PM - 01:10 PM
COE leaders have two contradictory fears — being perceived as an ivory tower detached from operations; and getting drawn into tactical activities detached from supply chain strategy. This session will explore how COEs can walk that tightrope of synergistic engagement with operations while producing deliverables that address strategic objectives.
09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
Sustainability investments must be data-driven. However, distributed data sets often hamper decision-making. In this session, we will look at how companies are leveraging technology, including GIS, AI, blockchain and IoT, to advance their sustainability strategies while enhancing value chain accountability. We will show how the right data at the right time can drive impact.
Sourcing and procurement is rich in data but has struggled for years in its journey to achieve true maturity in data analytics. In this roundtable, we'll set aside the usual suspects (aka resource constraints) to talk about what's really holding procurement back, even as other functions in and out of supply chain have made steady progress.
10:30 AM - 11:20AM
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Warren Bennis said, “The factory of the future will have only two employees — a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.” Today’s reality is much different. More people are needed and the interfaces between humans and machines are morphing. This session will focus on the human. How is the future of work changing in factories and workers are becoming more connected and augmented with new technologies? What can you do now?
Only 55% of Supply Chain change initiatives meet their initial goals while 25% of these initiatives are the ones that sustain gains over time. This session provides a clear framework on how to lead successful supply chain planning transformation initiatives.
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