2025 Supply Chain and Operations Reinvention Summit
An Adaptive and Autonomous Future
Who & Where
June 10-12, 2025
Harvard University | Cambridge, MA

Join us as we examine fresh case studies, peer-based problem-solving sessions, and leading insight from Harvard faculty and researchers.

 

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Harnessing the
Future-Ready Supply Chain

As a surge of transformative forces rapidly shape the world, leaders are facing an operating environment that is not only more volatile and complex, but also ripe for new business models and methods of creating value. For forward-thinking Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCOs) and Chief Operating Officers (COOs), this is the time to seize opportunity for reinvention and growth.

At the heart of this reinvention and growth is the imperative for adaptive and autonomous supply chains. These future-ready supply chains will harness data and real-time insights to respond quickly and efficiently to shifting market demands, evolving consumer expectations, and external disruptions. By continuously learning and reconfiguring, they will enable resilience, speed, and reliability, while freeing up human capacity to focus on innovation and strategic problem-solving. 

To accomplish this, leaders will be called upon to develop new organizational capabilities and cultural competencies within the firm and across an ecosystem of partners and suppliers, as well as mobilize people and teams to turn bold strategies into reality.

To prepare CSCOs and COOs for this future, the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard and Leadership for a Networked World, in collaboration with Accenture, will host the 2025 Supply Chain and Operations Reinvention Summit: An Adaptive and Autonomous Future. This premier learning experience, held from June 10–12 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will equip leaders with the insights and tools to drive supply chain and operations reinvention.

What Summit attendees can expect - The Summit is a chance to step away from everyday responsibilities and explore ideas with peers in an intimate setting. Programming focuses on personal enrichment and practical approaches for CSCOs and COOs to:

  • Explore pressing issues with fellow operations and supply chain leaders, industry experts, and leading academics.
  • Develop solutions via immersive, peer-to-peer learning that can be applied today.
  • Network with CSCOs and COOs from across industries and maintain relationships going forward.
  • Examine personal growth and career goals and develop plans for achieving them.
  • Earn continuing education requirement over a dynamic two-day session.*
Heather Zenk, President, Supply Chain Operations & Distribution Services at Cencora at the 2023 Summit
Recent industry speakers include:
(Titles reflect position at time of Summit presentation)
Cheryl Capps
SVP and CSCO
Corning
Mike Carabok
Global VP of Supply
Mars Wrigley
John Church
EVP and CSCO
General Mills
Marc Engel
CSCO
Unilever 
Peter Kraemer
CSCO
AB InBev
Laurent Peirone
VP Digital Operations
Airbus
Jason Reiman
SVP and CSCO
The Hershey Company
Patricia Gabriel
SVP and CSCO
Capri Holdings

About the Supply Chain and Operations Reinvention Summit

The Supply Chain and Operations Reinvention Summit is the foremost learning experience for Chief Supply Chain and Operations Officers, focused on designing and building the supply chain of the future. The Summit combines case studies from current executives, insights from academic research from across Harvard University, and expertise from industry experts. Summit attendees learn through case studies, peer-based problem-solving, and topical workshops designed to create transformational solutions.

Admission & Participation

Summit participation is limited to Chief Supply Chain Officers and Chief Operating Officers. This event is supported by the hosting and collaborating organizations, so there is no tuition or fee to attend. The Summit sponsor will secure hotel block; however, individual participants are responsible for their own travel, hotel and related expenses.

Continuing Education Credits

Leadership for a Networked World, at Harvard University, will work with participants seeking to obtain qualifying Continuing Education Units for engagement in the Summit. Participants should be sure to indicate their interest during the registration process.

Tamer Abuaita
Global Chief Supply Chain Officer and President of Industrial
Stanley Black & Decker

Paul Bottino
Executive Director of Innovation Education
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Mark Jones
Head of Supply Chain & Business Transformation
Nestlé

Patty Riedl
Managing Director – Americas Supply Chain & Operations Lead; Sourcing & Procurement and Integrated Planning Lead
Accenture Strategy

PETER kraemer, Chief Supply Chain Officer, AB INBEV at the 2023 summit; Max Blanchet, senior Managing Director – Global Supply chain & Operations Strategy lead, Accenture Strategy at the 2023 summit; and LAURENT PEIRONE, VICE PRESIDENT OF DIGITAL OPERATIONS, AIRBUS AT THE 2023 SUMMIT

Register now and join your peers at Harvard this June for the 2024 Supply Chain and Operations Reinvention Summit.


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