Supply Chain Conference Program
DAY 0 –Monday, 2 May 2016
11:00 – 16:00Registration
12:30 – 14:00Networking lunch
14:00 – 14:10Welcome remarks
GPCA
14:00 – 14:30Connecting the GCC to the world
14:30 – 14:50Insights from world-class ports
Captain Abdulla Al-Khanji, CEO, Qatar Ports Management Company
14:50 – 15:20Case study: Dammam Port
Jonathon James, CEO and GM IPS, Dammam Port
15:20 – 15:50Growing market for ISO tankers in the GCC
Melroy Nazareth, Commercial Manager, Stolt Tank Containers
15:50 – 16:30Panel discussion
17:00 – 18:00Student roundtable discussion (For students & academia only)
Facilitated by:Saleh Al Shabnan, Vice Chairman, GPCA Supply Chain Committee, GPCA and Saleh H. Al-Suwaiti, GM, Procurement Center of Excellence, TASNEE
DAY 1-Tuesday, 3 May 2016
08:00 – 09:00Registration and networking coffee
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome address
Mohammad Husain, President & CEO, EQUATEand Chairman, GPCA Supply Chain Committee
09:10 – 09:30Opening address: Importance of supply chain excellence to push downstream success
Saleh Al-Rasheed, Director General, Modon
09:30 – 09:50Enabling GCC supply chain connectivity with global markets
Mohammed Al Muallem, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, DP World, UAE Region
09:50 – 10:10 Enabling GCC supply chain with talent sources and connectivity and strategic markets
BaheejBeqawi, CEO, Almajdouie Logistics
10:10 – 10:40Panel discussion
10:40 – 11:00Coffee break
11:00 – 11:20International best practices in downstream supply chain
Dr. Antoine Potgieter, VP Center of Excellence, Supply Chain,Borouge
11:20 – 11:40SABIC’s supply chain infrastructure improvements and optimization
Moneef Al-Moneef, Director – Supply Chain Project Management, Global Supply Chain CoE, SABIC
11:40 – 12:00Cost pressures and implications for downstream – maximize downstream value by instituting integrated supply chain
Richard Forrest, Global Head of Energy Practice, A.T. Kearney
12:00 – 12:20Building logistics for GCC downstream
Riccardo Tonelli,Regional Director, Agility
12:20 – 12:50Panel discussion
12:50 – 14:30Networking lunch
14:30 – 16:15Breakout session A – Africa Rising
James K. Mwangi, Managing Director, AFFRONTA DMCC
Wayne Steel, Regional Supply Chain Lead, Africa,SABIC
Breakout session B – Supply Chain: Extracting new value for downstream
Abdulrahman Mohammed Shamashir, Director, Industrial Cluster Department, Royal Commission forJubail andYanbu
Dr. Neil Temperely, Transport and Logistics Living Lab Leader, DATA61 CSIRO, Australia
19:00 – 21:00Supply Chain Excellence Awards ceremony and gala dinner
DAY 2–Wednesday, 4 May 2016
08:00 – 09:00Registration and networking coffee
09:00 – 09:10Opening address
09:10 – 09:30Innovation logistics solution in Qatar
Ahmed Al Kowsi, Logistics Director, Qatar Rail
09:30 – 09:50Living Lab: Increasing collaboration in supply chain through technology
Dr. Neil Temperely, Transport and Logistics Living Lab Leader, DATA61 CSIRO, Australia
09:50 – 10:10Rationalizing supply chain training and certification cost at the highest possible quality through E-training
Marc van Straten, Managing Partner, Supply Chain Academy
10:10 – 10:30Panel discussion
10:30 – 11:00Coffee break
11:00 – 11:20Supply chain sustainability and risk management
Ali ZeinAssi, Global Sales & Business Development Manager EMEIA, UL Environment
11:20 – 11:403D printing and its impact on petrochemical supply chains
Abdulrahman Almunayes, Innovation Program Leader, EQUATE
11:40 – 12:10Gulf SQAS update and learnings from transport services and warehouse modules
Richard Heath, Director Middle East & Africa, TALKE andVice Chairman, Gulf SQAS T&A Committee
12:10 – 12:20GPCA’s Dangerous Goods regulations roadmap for land transportation
Mark Appleyard, Head of Logistics Middle East, Camelot Management Consultants
12:20 – 13:00Panel discussion
13:00 – 13:10Closing remarks and end of conference
Dr. Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun, Secretary General, GPCA
13:10 – 15:00Networking lunch