Tuesday, May 14
Bath & Body Works Global Headquarters | Columbus, Ohio
2024 CEO Summit
Supply Chain: The DNA of Resilient Networks
The 2024 Summit will examine the new demands of supply chain management--from resiliency to agility to sustainability. CEOs will share their insights, lessons-learned and strategies for building a resilient supply chain network in an uncertain world.
Bath & Body Works
Gina Boswell
CEO & Director
Bechtel
Brendan Bechtel
Chairman & CEO
The MetroHealth System
Airica Steed
CEO & President
Cenovus Energy
Claudio Ingaramo
RVP Downstream Mfg
Henny Penny
Rob Connelly
Chairman & CEO
Quantum Health
Kara Trott
Founder & Board Chair
Worthington Enterprises
Andy Rose
President & CEO
White Castle System Inc.
Lisa Ingram
President & CEO
Fifth Third Bancorp
Tim N. Spense
Chairman, President & CEO
M/I Homes, Inc.
Robert H. Schottenstein
Chairman, President & CEO
Total Quality Logistics
Kerry Byrne
President
American Nitrile
Jacob Block
Founder & CEO
Cooper Farms
Gary Cooper
Chief Operating Officer
US Congress
Rob Portman
Former United States Senator
About the 2024 Summit
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Companies that previously did not know their supply chain vulnerabilities have identified them in the last two years—in spades. COVID, international tensions, workforce transformations and national politics have all served to pressure test our systems, many times to the breaking point. These supply chain struggles, and America’s corporate response, will be the theme of the 2024 Ohio CEO Summit. Summit speakers will examine the new demands imposed on supply chain networks--and the critical components that define resiliency. Topics will cover top supply chain threats, localization and on-shoring, supplier perspectives and challenges, industry-agnostic supply chains, including workforce pipelines, disruption consequences, and real-time quality assurance innovations. CEOs will share their insights, lessons-learned and strategies for building a resilient supply chain network in an uncertain world.
FOCUS ISSUE:
Emerging and Transforming Industries
PART 1: DEFINING OHIO’S NEW LANDSCAPE
Building a workforce with the resilience to take on the unknown challenges of the future will require transformative, long-term action in the areas of education, economic development, and regional positioning. Together, these investments will drive long-term advantages in transportation, infrastructure, and community prosperity. Part 2 will present the long-term private sector solutions that every Ohio business can help power to reach that goal.
PART 2: NEW CAPABILITIES & TRANSFORMING INDUSTRIES
Business leaders must take immediate actions to protect and expand their workforce in the short term. Part 1 of the Summit will share the current picture of Ohio’s workforce landscape, and present insights and approaches that every Ohio business can consider implementing today. We will explore organizational change management, incumbent upskilling, candidate recruitment expansion and other critically-immediate business actions that can strengthen business profitability and enhance quality of life for all.
PART 3: THE “SO WHAT”: RETHINKING TECHNOLOGY & TALENT FOR WHAT’S COMING
Event Schedule
11 AM
DOORS OPEN
FREE TIME
Come in and get ready for the 2023 Summit!
11:30 AM
LUNCH
FREE TIME
Welcome to the 2023 CEO Summit!
12:20 PM
A GLOBAL VIEW OF FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS
PANEL
From the agriculture sector to kitchen supplier to distribution and restaurant networks, the map of “farm to table” has nearly immeasurable complexity. This first panel will share a high-level view of how a vast network of industries come together to support humanity’s most important service and provides context on how interconnected today’s economies, and supply chains are.
1:05 PM
THE NEW RESILIENCY DEMANDS OF SUPPLY NETWORKS
PANEL
There is a new level of disruption that supply networks must now be able to resist. The resiliency expectations are higher than ever, but what are they exactly? This conversation defines the must-have components for today’s supply chains.
1:45 PM
SHOCK DYNAMICS
SPEECH
Many of the greatest threats to supply networks are uncontrollable shocks, from global conflicts to extreme weather. This presentation covers the components and effects of those pressures.
2:00 PM
OHIO’S MOST IMPORTANT SUPPLY CHAIN
INTERVIEW
The education and development of Ohio’s workforce matters most for the state’s business community. This conversation explores what’s needed now and for the future to strengthen that critical supply.
2:40 PM
BUILDING ANYTHING, ANYWHERE
INTERVIEW
The expectations of delivering globally, in a customized manner are daunting. This conversation explores how companies and CEOs can understand those expectations within the context of their unique product delivery.
3 PM
BREAK
FREE TIME
Free time to network and explore
3:20 PM
CAN LEAN STILL WORK?
SPEECH
With so much uncertainty, does it still make sense to eliminate things like duplication and surplus inventory?
3:45 PM
NEARSHORING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
PANEL
Some firms are shifting many of their operations from global networks to a domestic production model, opening up new opportunities and requirements. This conversation explores those implications for Ohio today, and for the future.
4:15 PM
BALANCING SCALE AND FOCUS
SPEECH
Companies are choosing different approaches to supply chain expectations. Responses span the gamut from vertical integration expansion to spinning off longstanding, significant segments. This presentation calls out major components of that decision point.
4:30 PM
DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN AND AI PANEL
PANEL
Entire supply networks are moving to the digital space, and with every disruption it causes, technology also provides a new series of tools for companies to build more resilient networks. This panel focuses on those resources, with a focus on artificial intelligence, and how they are being employed in today’s business community.
5 PM
SUMMIT CONCLUDES | RECEPTION BEGINS
NETWORKING
New and emerging industries have significantly impacted the landscape of Ohio’s workforce dynamic. This briefing presents quantifies those changes.
6:15 PM
RECEPTION CONCLUDES
NETWORKING
Wrap up the summit with a networking reception.
