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  • AGENDA

    8:15 am – Breakfast Networking

    sponsored by Apex Logistics

    9:00 am – Welcome

    9:15 am – Sourcing and Supply Chain Strategy 

    • Ronnie Robinson, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Designer Brands
    • Jim Salzano, President & CEO, Jones & Vining
    • Jung Yoon, SVP Accessories & Footwear Production/Sourcing, Michael Kors
    • moderated by Dan Friedman, Chief Sourcing and Supply Chain Officer, Caleres

    9:45 am – Re-thinking and Re-shoring Shoe Manufacturing

    10:30 am – Networking Break

    sponsored by Super Dry

    11:00 am – Geopolitical Conflict Considerations

    • Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow, expert on US-Asia strategy and alliance dynamics, American Enterprise Institute, and Professor, Princeton University

    11:30 am – AI Sourcing Case Study

    • Pete Mento, Commercial Director Customs and International Trade, DSV - Global Transport and Logistics

    12:00 pm – Levers and Data for Best-in-Class Sourcing

    12:30 pm – Lunch and Trading Floor Tours

    sponsored by Jones & Vining

    1:45 pm – New Sourcing Epoch in India

    2:15 pm – Quality Control and Packaging Unpacking

    2:35 pm – Scoring Your Shoe Supply Chain Traceability

    2:45 pm – Trade, Ports, and Compliance Breakdown

    • Matt Nakari, Sales Director, North America West, Centric Software
    • Mike Piza, SVP, Corporate Business Development, Apex Logistics
    • Nicole Porpiglia, Senior Manager in the Trade & Customs Practice, KPMG
    • Roger Wu, Director of Business Development, Port of Long Beach
    • moderated by Thomas Crockett, Vice President, Government Affairs, FDRA

    3:15 pm – Closing and Adjournment

  • Thank you to our Summit Sponsors

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