Meet the Speakers of the 2024 MHI Annual Conference
Now is the time to register for the 2024 MHI Annual Conference October 13-16 in Marco Island, FL. Join us for an interactive thought leadership event for manufacturing, material handling and supply chain professionals that focuses on the technology innovation taking place across the supply chain industry—and the associated workforce challenges highlighted in the 2024 MHI Annual Industry Report.
A variety of topics will be explored by four powerful keynotes and six education sessions including three education tracks: supply chain excellence, tech forward and human centered. Discover how technology innovation is the key for your business to overcome future disruptions and build the supply chains of tomorrow.
Into the Looking Glass: An Uncertain Outlook for the Economy and Financial Markets
Jason Schenker
President, Prestige Economics, Chairman, The Futurist Institute
Join award-winning financial market forecaster and economist Jason Schenker to explore the outlook for the economy, financial markets, and material handling. Come to this high-energy discussion of future risks and opportunities in the year ahead and beyond. Mr. Schenker’s talk will include an evaluation of the economy, jobs, inflation, interest rates, global supply chain risks, commodity market dynamics, Cold War Two® conflicts and geopolitical tensions, AI opportunities, business impacts of sustainability, and the aftermath of the 2024 elections.
Resilience and Revolutionizing Security
Cathy Lanier
Senior Vice President of Security, National Football League
Washington D.C.’s first female police chief, Cathy Lanier, shares her remarkable journey of overcoming challenges to achieve professional achievement. This powerful story underscores the importance of resilience.
Leveraging this experience, Cathy dives into critical security issues of the 21st century. Explore her success as D.C.’s longest-serving chief, where she spearheaded significant crime reduction. We’ll also examine her leadership during the 2013 Washington Navy Yard shooting.
Currently, Cathy serves as the Senior Vice President of Security for the NFL. Gain insights into her innovative strategies for creating a safer future, including utilizing technology, fostering communication, and empowering communities. Throughout the presentation, Cathy Lanier offers her unique perspective on risk management, preparedness, and effective leadership in today’s complex security landscape.
Bending Supply Chains without Breaking Them: The Search for Agility and Resilience
Dr. Thomas Goldsby
Professor of Supply Chain Management, Haslam College of Business, The University of Tennessee
Supply chain challenges have come at us in a fast and furious manner in recent years and there’s no sign of easing. In this keynote session, we explore how companies can seize the opportunities found in widespread volatility and build the supply chains of the future. Key to achieving these outcomes is designing supply chains that readily pivot to the demand and supply circumstances they face, allowing businesses to be agile and resilient.
The session features cutting-edge applied research conducted at the University of Tennessee over the past five years that examines how companies leveraged different aspects of agility to not only navigate uncertainty but to seize unprecedented market advantages through smart, nimble actions enabled by enhanced supply chain planning, technology adoption, and execution processes. Service providers will discover essential strategies to fortify their service offers, mitigate risks, and seize opportunities as well as gain actionable insights to elevate their roles as trusted partners in enhancing supply chain resilience and driving client success in an evolving landscape.
Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence
Erica Dhawan
Collaboration Expert, Award Winning Keynote Speaker & Author
We typically associate success with speed and smarts. But in today’s hypercompetitive world, even those gifts aren’t enough. Collaboration expert Erica Dhawan argues that the game changer is a thoroughly modern skill called Connectional Intelligence (CxQ). As radical a concept as Emotional Intelligence was in the 90s, Connectional Intelligence is turning people into superconnectors who accelerate innovation, break down silos and foster breakthrough impact.
This dynamic, engaging, high-energy, fast-paced session will help participants understand the practice of using connectional intelligence as the key to purposeful collaboration, resilience, and business success. Attendees will shift the notion of collaboration from more meetings and emails to productive engagement that improves speed and quality of service, increases subject matter expertise and specialist sharing across silos, reduces cross-team dysfunction and delay, and eliminates duplicative work. Attendees will learn new insights and tools to accelerate the connected power of teams, become more agile and innovative, and drive breakthrough ideas and outcomes.
By attending the 2024 MHI Annual Conference, you will gain valuable insights, network with industry leaders and explore innovative solutions to enhance your operations. Don’t miss out on attending the the top supply chain event of the fall in Marco Island, Fl. Learn more and register to attend today!
