About this Event
Forum Agenda
8:15 AM Registration
8:45 AM Opening Remarks by Dr. Sulin Ba, Dean, Driehaus College of Business
9:00 AM Keynote by Erin Aleman, Executive Director, CMAP and Board Chair for CAGTC
9:30 AM Panel 1: State of Logistics in Chicagoland
- Victoria Rahmanovic, Director of Route Development, ALPI USA INC
- Kelsey Muruato, VP, Intermodal Association of Chicago
- Amber Romando, VP Operations, BWS Logistics
- Wes Lujan, Vice President – Govt and industry Affairs, GATX
- Moderator: Dr. Manish Tripathy, DePaul University
11:00 PM Coffee Break
11:15 AM Panel 2: AI in Supply Chain
- Adam McElhinney, CEO, Uptake
- Jessica Lenz, Enterprise Sales Director, Goodship
- David Peckman, COO, CloneOps.ai
- Sara Niakian, Director of Supply Chain, SIG Group
- Moderator: Dr. Sina Ansari, DePaul University
12:45 PM Networking Lunch
1:45 PM Panel 3: Managing Geopolitical Risk in Supply Chains
- Sarah Monroe, Director of Procurement, Mann+Hummel
- Brian Bourke, CCO, SEKO Logistics
-Panelist 3 TBA
-Panelist 4 TBA
- Moderator: Dr. Nidhal Bouazizi, DePaul University
3:15 PM Coffee Break
3:30 PM Panel 4: Industry – Academia Partnerships
- Dr. Andrew Zeiser, Assistant Professor, John Carroll University
- Brit Videbeck, CSCO, Feeding America
- Dr. Nidhal Bouazizi, Professional Lecturer, MS in Business Analytics
- Arun Bapu, Reyes Holdings
- Moderator: Dr. Zheng Han, DePaul University
5:00 PM Closing Remarks by Dr. Nezih Altay
Director of Master’s in Supply Chain Management
5:15 PM Networking Reception
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
DePaul University, 1 E Jackson Blvd, Chicago, United States
USD 15.00 to USD 150.00











