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Conference Program
Monday 26 October 2026
8:30-9:00 am | Registration |
9:00-9:15 am | Welcome and Opening Address Professor William Ho - Head of Department, Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne Professor Serge da Motta Veiga - Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne |
9:15-10:30 am | Plenary 1 - Accelerating Sustainable Supply Chains Through Technology |
Moderator: Dr Medo Pournader, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne Panel: Erin Elmes - Associate Director Governance and Strategic Enablement, University of Melbourne My Therese Blank - Head of Commercial Flight Products, Jetstar Airways Nick Camper - Founder and CEO, Purpose Bureau | |
10:30-11:00 am | Morning Tea & Networking |
11:00 am-12:15 pm | Plenary 2 - Building Intelligent and Resilient Supply Chains |
Moderator: Dr Setareh Seyedghorban, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne Panel: Fluer Walsh - Head of Transformation - A.P. Moller, Maersk Shankar Sribalachandran - Managing Director, Accenture Australia Simon Hinds - Senior Director Supply Chain, CSL Behring | |
12:15-1:30 pm | Lunch & Booths
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1:30-2:45 pm | Plenary 3 - Department of Management & Marketing Sustainability Hub |
Moderator: Ryan Flanagan, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne Panel: Frans Verheij - Partner at Argon & Co, non-executive director at RMIA Prof. Damien Giurco - Chair of Circular Economy, University of Melbourne | |
2:45-3:15 pm | Coffee Break & Networking |
3:15-4:30 pm | Plenary 4 - Leading the Supply Chains of the Future |
Moderator: Dr George Panas - Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne Panel: Lewis Ironside -Senior Logistics & Supply Chain Recruiter, Partner, Sharp & Carter Danyele Gagetti - Regional Director of Operations, Lineage Tayla Wilmot - Procurement Consultant, Proxima | |
4:30-5:00 pm | Q&A and Conference Close |
