Keynote Speakers

Succeeding in Uncertain Markets
Phil Dolci
President and CEO
Jarden Branded Consumables Group, USA

Improving Judgments through Simulation: Exploiting Kind Environments
Robin Hogarth
ICREA Research Professor
University Pompeu, Spain

Forecasting with Many Predictors: What Have We Learned?
James Stock
Professor of Economics
Harvard University, USA

 Featured Speakers

Forecasting: Past and Future
Spyros Makridakis
Emeritus Professor of Decision Sciences
INSEAD, France

Leonard Smith
Professor in Statistics
London School of Economics, United Kingdom

Kenneth Wallis
Emeritus Professor of Econometrics
University of Warwick, United Kingdom

The Forecasting Process: Guiding Principles
Steve Morlidge
Author, Future Ready: How to Master Business Forecasting

Forecast Process Design and Change Management
Joe Smith and Simon Clarke
Joe: Revenue Manager at Dean Foods
Simon: Director of Forecasting, Coca Cola Refreshments

Forecastability: Driving Improvement in Forecasting
Sean Schubert
Senior Manager, Supply Chain, Newell Rubbermaid

Tracking and Evaluating Forecast Accuracy
Jim Hoover
Director, DoD Supply Chain Solutions, Accenture

A Mantra for Auditing Forecast-Process Performance
Alec Finney
Author, Principal at Rivershill, and formerly Strategic Forecasting Manager at AstraZeneca

S&OP Implementation – Doing It Right
Amy Mansfield
Planning Manager at V&M Star

The Power of Alignment and Its Effect on Corporate Culture
Brad McCollum
S&OP Manager, Jarden Branded Consumables

Gaining Necessary & Appropriate Top Management Buy-In
Indar Chaudhuri
Supply Planning, Daiichi Sankyo

Lean Manufacturing, S&OP, and GIS: Proper Tools for Global Management
Jeff Greer
Senior VP Operations, KVH Industries

Achieving S&OP Maturity
Noha Tohamy
VP Research, Gartner, Supply Chain

Anticipating Shifts in the Operating Environment, Prioritizing Opportunities, and Implementing Future-wise Solutions
Adam Gordon
Author, Future Savvy: Identifying Trends to Make Better Decisions and Profit from Change

Using External (Mostly Free) Resources for Medium- to Long-Range Forecasting
Roy Pearson
Author, Economic Forecaster, Foresight Forecasting Intelligence Editor

Technology Forecasts for Strategic Planning
William E. Halal
Professor Emeritus, George Washington University and President, TechCast LLC