World Class Supply Chain Summit 2024

7:45 a.m. Registration Opens

8 a.m. Light Breakfast

8:30 a.m. A Welcome from our Master of Ceremonies

• MC, Bianca Caramento, CEO and President of the Milton Chamber of Commerce, welcomes attendees.

8:35 a.m. Land Acknowledgement and Prayer by Chief Claire Sault

8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks

• Dr. Michael Haughton, Professor, and CN Research Fellow in Supply Chain Management at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University.
• Student Co-Chairs Aldo DeBiase and Amorette Rubio.

9:10 a.m. Industry Keynote

• Zeina Elhami, Chief Supply Officer, Ontario Power Generation

10 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Industry Panel (Moderated by Keith Reardon)

• Sian Smith, General Manager, OR Doug Saunders, Director, Operations, Riptide

• Warrington Ellacott, Chair, Canadian Importers and Exporters Association
• Jonathan Chia, Head of Commercial & Corporate Development, PSA Halifax
• Lisa Kusiewicz, Regional Vice President, Central Canada for Kuehne + Nagel Ltd Canada

11:20 a.m. Academia Keynote

• Wendy Tate, Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management, Haslam College of Business, the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

12:10 p.m. Morning Session Closing Remarks

• Dr. Michael Haughton, Professor, and CN Research Fellow in Supply Chain Management at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University.

12:15 p.m. Networking Lunch

1:15 p.m. Student Forum

• Diya Shah, 3rd year BBA, Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
• Quinn Woodlock, 1st year BBA, Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
• Derek Gonzales, 1st year BBA, Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
• Daniel Jaimangal, 1st year BBA, Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University

2 p.m. Fireside Chat

• Johanna Carfrae (BBA '19), Senior Consultant, MNP
• Zeina Elhami, Chief Supply Officer, Ontario Power Generation
• Wendy Tate, Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management, Haslam College of Business, the University of Tennessee Knoxville
• Jonathan Chia, Head of Commercial & Corporate Development, PSA Halifax
• Amorette Rubio, 3rd year BBA, Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University

2:45 p.m. Final Remarks

• Keith Reardon, Senior Vice-President, Interline and Network Development, CN
• Student Co-Chairs Aldo DeBiase and Amorette Rubio.

3:00 p.m. Adjournment