Get Smart! Join Us at the 2018 MHI Annual Conference
By Alex Batty, MHI Marketing Communications Coordinator |@mhi_alex
As we inch slowly (but not slowly enough it seems for my workload) closer toward the 2018 MHI Annual Conference, which is in Orlando, Florida this year, we want to start teasing some of the awesome stuff we have planned.
If you’ve been on the event website (if you haven’t, SHAME. Go now -> mhi.org/conference), you’ll be able to see that we’ve got some sweet, sweet education sessions mapped out, so here’s a quick overview.
The structure is thus: On Monday and Tuesday, we have six breakout sessions planned at three separate times so you’ve got some flex to listen to different stuff and still make your meetings. On both days we also have a plenary keynote and a lunch keynote scheduled for, y’know, keynoting. SO MUCH ED-U-MAH-CATION!
Here’s the schedule at a glance.
MONDAY
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Understanding The Megashifts: The Next Seven Years In Technology And The Impact On Business, Supply Chains And Society – by Gerd Leonhard, Author, Futurist & CEO, The Futures Agency
Blockchain: Breaking Into The Next Economic Period – by Richie Etwaru, Blockchain Expert & Professor, Syracuse University
9:30 – 10:30 AM
The Hacker’s Blacklist: 7 Critical Cybersecurity Threats & Solutions – by John Sileo, Cybersecurity Expert & CEO, The Sileo Group
Blockchain: What’s In It For You? – by Richie Etwaru, Blockchain Expert & Professor, Syracuse University
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Plenary Keynote: Economic And Material Handling Outlook – by Jason Schenker, President, Prestige Economics
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch & Keynote: On Fire At Work: Creating A Culture For Innovation – by Eric Chester, Founder, The Center for Work Ethic Development
2:30 – 3:30 PM
Leadership For The Digital Revolution: Hear From Our Industry – moderated by Eric Chester
Analytics For Non-Analysts: The Value Of Predictive Analytics For Digital Supply Chains – by Randy Bradley, Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee
TUESDAY
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Gaining New Perspectives: Innovation For Companies Of All Sizes – by MHI Solutions Community
Closing The Skills Gap For Today & Tomorrow – moderated by David Porter, Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University
9:30 – 10:30 AM
The Digital Future: The Convergence Of NextGen Technologies – moderated by Bill Ferrell, Fluor Professor of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University
Return On Audience: Rebooting Content Marketing And Getting To Real Business Value – by Robert Rose, Chief Strategy Advisor, The Content Advisory
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Plenary Keynote: Point A – Driving Tomorrow’s Logistics Breakthroughs – by Kevin Heath, Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer, Georgia-Pacific
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch & Keynote: Seeing Around The Corner – What’s Happening In The Automated Warehouse – by John Ellis, Founder & Managing Director, Ellis & Associates
2:30 – 3:30 PM
Smart Cities & The Last 50 Feet – moderated by Scott Sopher, Principal, Deloitte
The Science Of Selling – by David Hoffeld, Author & Chief Training Officer, Hoffeld Group
Phew. Das a lot!
Come get edumacated – get smart! Register for the 2018 MHI Annual Conference today at mhi.org/conference.
