
Event Overview
The supply chain and logistic sector have seen a massive disruption due to Covid-19. With social distancing and restrictions leading to increase demand for delivery services, huge pressure has been placed on the entire global, regional and local supply and logistics chain, consequently disrupting back end inventory and warehousing, including delivery and logistics operations for last mile in the region.
This has exposed technology and innovation gaps across the sector when it comes to automation and transformation and many supply chain and logistics companies, manufacturers'. retailers and businesses are realising the need to scale up and ensure that they have technology and innovation driven supply chain processes and systems to withstand this pressure and weather the pandemic while future-proofing their operations in this new normal.
As such, manufacturer and retailers, as well as all sectors with disrupted supply chain sources are turning to scaling up technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), smart automation, robotics, enterprise resource planning (ERP) amongst many others to ensure that they achieve operational efficiency, remain competitive and meet customer’s expectation for faster delivery and excellent customer service.
The Supply Chain and Logistics Transformation DigiConference will therefore bring together senior executives and decision makers from supply chain and logistics companies, retail chains, manufacturers, distributors and solution providers to discuss some of these challenges and how technology and innovation can play a key role in helping them transform their processes and future-proof the logistics and supply chain sector in a post COVID-19 pandemic.
Event in Numbers

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Meet the Advisory Committee

Jan-Willem Adrian
Vice President – Supply Chain and Logistics,
National Unified Procurement Company (NUPCO) Saudi Arabia

Piyush Chowhan
Group Chief Information Officer,
Lulu Group International
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Partha Banerjee
Group Chief Information Officer,
Safeer Group of Companies
Meet the Speakers

Jan-Willem Adrian
Vice President – Supply Chain and Logistics,
National Unified Procurement Company (NUPCO) Saudi Arabia

Partha Banerjee
Group Chief Information Officer,
Safeer Group of Companies

Nazan Nobakht
Group Chartering & Logistics Director,
Petrochem Middle East

Walaa Maher
General Manager - Logistics & Warehousing
RAK Ceramics

Yasser Zahreddine
Country Manager for UAE
SMSA Express Transportation

Piyush Chowhan
Group Chief Information Officer,
Lulu Group International
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Lucas Pedevilla
Strategy Director and Head of Supply Chain in the Middle East
Accenture

Richard van der Meulen
VP of Solution Consulting
Infor

Shailen Shukla
Supply Chain and Logistics Expert

Baljeet Nagi
Director SCM Sales Development & Strategy MEA,
Oracle

Angad Singh
Regional Director – Operations,
Aramex

Prakhar Mishra
Regional Business - Head – Logistics,
Middle East, and India, Zomato

Prakash Rao
Group Head – Supply Chain Projects,
Landmark Group
Why Get Involved?
Get in front of your target market
Get access to the entire spectrum of Supply Chain and Logistic industry leaders and decision makers leading their organisation’s technology strategy
Gain project insights
Get first-hand insights into which solutions and technologies the sector is evaluating for current and future investment from across the middle east and Africa region and spot opportunities earlier
Generate strong leads
Learn which projects are going forward and influence decision makers and stand a chance of being shortlisted for upcoming projects
Raise your brand awareness
Opportunity to position your brand as one of the leading companies in the sector that is helping the supply chain and Logistic industry and organisations identify and meet their key requirements
Who will attend Supply Chain and Logistics Transformation Digi-Conference?
Senior management members with the below job titles from leading supply chain and logistics companies, retail chains, fashion stores, electronic stores, online shopping providers, online pharma, third-party logistics (3PL), courier express parcel (CEP), quick service restaurant (QSR), consumer packaged goods (CPG) in the Middle East and Africa:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Operating Officer
- General Manager
- VPs, Heads & Directors
- Supply Chain
- Logistics & Warehouse
- Logistics & Fulfilment
- Last Mile
- Procurement
- Operations
- Omni Channel Retail & E-Commerce Operations
- Multi-Channel Retail
- Distribution Centre
- FMCG
- Business
- Retail
- Manufacturing
Conference Format






Conference Program
Gulf Standard Time (GMT +4) | Conference Program |
10:00 | Meeting Room Opens & Welcome Remarks
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10:05 | Chairman’s Opening Remarks
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10:10 | Keynote Presentation: |
10:15 | PANEL SESSION 1: Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Region’s Supply Chain and Logistics Sector and how industries can Respond to the Disruption
Moderator: Lucas Pedevilla, Strategy Director and Head of Supply Chain in the Middle East, Accenture Panellists:
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10:45 | Presentation: Achieving Supply Chain Transparency
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11:00 | PANEL SESSION 2: Delivery Management: The growing importance of Last Mile Delivery in today’s Supply Chain and Logistic environment
Moderator: Lucas Pedevilla, Strategy Director and Head of Supply Chain in the Middle East, Accenture Panellists:
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11:40 | TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION SESSION: This session will highlight stories about key innovation and technologies enabling the Supply Chain and Logistics sector in these difficult times. The session consists of two back-to-back presentations from industry leaders and experts who will provide insights on successful application of a variety of innovative digital solutions. 11:40 – 11:55 Presentation: Baljeet Nagi, Director SCM Sales Development & Strategy MEA, Oracle 11:55 – 12:05 Presentation: Managing the impact of the COVID-19 on Supply Chain by leveraging technology and innovation Partha Banerjee, Group Chief Information Officer, Safeer Group of Companies |
12:05 | PANEL SESSION 3: Establishing an Intelligent Customer Service and Support System to Boost Overall Customer Experience and Order Fulfilment Process
Moderator: Lucas Pedevilla, Strategy Director and Head of Supply Chain in the Middle East, Accenture Panellists:
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12:50 | Closing remark by chairman and end of DigiConference |
Sponsors and Partners
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Sponsorship Opportunities
We have a diverse range of sponsorship opportunities available. A member of the sponsorship team will work with you to create a bespoke package to suit your business objectives. For more information email partnerships@gmevents.ae or call +971 (0) 4 568 7800