Speaking Engagements

Organizer: APAC News Network

Topic: Manufacturing Innovation through Blockchain- Challenges & Opportunities

Moderator - Paresh Bhagwatkar

Speakers

Moderator: Paresh Bhagwatkar - Digital Supply Chain, Manufacturing & Procurement Transformation Lead, US, Param-X Digital

Ankur Chaturvedi - Head of International Supply Chain and Projects, Emami Ltd (Consumer Products (Personal care))

Sanjay Kshirsagar - Head - Supply Chain and Manufacturing, Freudenberg Gala Household Products Pvt. Ltd. (Consumer Products (Houseware))

Khushru M. Mistry - Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President, Eureka Forbes Ltd (Consumer Durables)

Umakanth Nair - Director - Centre of Excellence, Eaton GSC-CoE Pune (Industrial)

Dr. Rakesh Sinha - Founder & CEO, Reflexive Supply Chain Solutions (Management Consulting)

Description

1. What are some of the pain points in the manufacturing industry that might be remediated by BlockChain?

2. Product provenance and avoiding counterfeit ingredients and products in businesses like skin care, tea. Impact on local and international sourcing. How block chain would help companies establish traceability and prevent counterfeit?

3. How blockchain could be used in Quality assurance for Quality improvements and improving HSE scores?

4. How we could use Blockchain for supply-chain monitoring and for improving transparency in the Supply Chain

5. How your solution providers are using blockchain to solve painpoints? What are the challenges in implementing blockchain?

Organizer: Procurement Foundry

Topic: How do I make best-of-breed solutions part of my strategy?

Moderator - Paresh Bhagwatkar

Speakers

Greg Tennyson

Jacob Gorm Larsen

Daniel Perry

Felix Meng

Paresh Bhagwatkar

Description

1. What were the drivers for adopting a BoB strategy in your company?

2. How do you manage multiple vendors effectively? How do you deal with the challenges of multiple licensing and agreements?

3. How can customer companies implementing BoB be better positioned to do BoB? Coming from a solution provider perspective what are your expectations and suggestions/ advice to customers?

4. How do you deal with the challenge of User Experience?

Organizer: Future Insights Network, London, UK

Topic: Best Practices for Delivering Successful Digital Transformation

Moderator - Maria Villablanca, Co-Founder and CEO at Future Insights Network and Co-Host of FIN: Podcast

Speakers

Paresh Bhagwatkar - Consultant, Param-X, Ex-VP of Digital and Supply Chain Transformation at Reliance Industries, IN

Marc Kalmes - VP Supply Chain & Operations, Champion X

Galina Gray - VP Digital Transformation and IT, Consumer Health Product Supply, Bayer

Claire Rychlewski - SVP EMEA, Kinaxis

Thanh Hoang - Global Technology Transformation Director, AbInBev

Description

Our Panel of expert cross industry practitioners will share their experiences of leading Digital Transformation projects and will discuss the three pillars of digital success:

- People - Processes - Technology -

Why it is essential to have strong change management of all three aspects in order to ensure that digital transformation projects succeed.1. Do you think the pandemic has given Digital Transformation projects a new impetus? In your view, what are the other main factors driving digital transformation?

2. Leading large scale transformation projects can feel daunting- especially with SC influencing so many other business functions, what are the main challenges that need to be overcome?

3. In your experience, what are your key learnings and best practice advice to drive successful digital transformation programs? Should any factors be prioritized?

Panel Discussion Topic: Chemical Supply Chain Achievements and Lessons Learned During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Photos)

Companies that have begun digitalizing their supply chains over the past several years have been better able to weather the disruption due to Covid-19. Hear from industry executives about some of their biggest lessons learned during this pandemic and strategies implemented, which will help them recover more quickly and be better prepared for the next large-scale supply chain disruption.

• ­­­Paresh Bhagwatkar, Head of Supply Chain & Digital Transformation, Petrochemicals, Reliance Industries Ltd.

• Christine Van Burkelo-Roach, Director of Supply Chain Management, Toray – Composite Materials America ­­­­

• Bret Bement, Supply Chain Director, PetroChemicals, BASF

01.45 pm – 03.00 pm Panel Discussion Track

Theme: Effective End-To-End Business Strategy: Manufacturing, R&D, Commercial and Supply Chain All Synchronized In Time

· Mr. Paresh Bhagwatkar, Head - Supply Chain Transformation, Reliance Industries Ltd. (Moderator)

· Mr. Pushpendu Chand, Head - Incubation Manufacturing, Thermax Ltd.

· Mr. Umakanth Nair, General Manager - Supply Management, Logistics & Material flow, John Deere Technology Center India

· Mr. Ashish Sawant, Head - Supply Chain, OmniActive Health Technologies Ltd.

· Mr. Mahesh Khetan, Global Head & Vice President – Supply Chain, Grasim Industries Ltd. (Chemicals Epoxy Division)

· Mr. Pradeep Sharma, Sr. GM- Supply Chain, Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

· Ms. Aadya Jha Sahni, Head – Process Excellence, Procurement & Supply Chain Management, Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Ltd.

· Mr. Gaurav Bhatia, Associate Director – Supply Chain, Cipla Ltd.

· Mr. Amol Prasadi, Head – SCM, Kaya Ltd.

Topic: "Impact of Digital Supply Chain on Business Models"

1. Mr. Alok Bansal - CEO, DTDC 3PL and Fulfilment Ltd

2. Mr. Amrendra Kumar - Head - Partnerships & Supply Chain, Tata Steel Limited

3. Mr. Paresh Bhagwatkar - Head- Supply Chain and Digital Transformation, Petrochemicals, Reliance Industries Limited.

4. Ms. Poonam Bareja - GM - Strategy and Deployment (Supply Chain), Johnson & Johnson

5. Mr. Ponraj Periswami - Head - Supply Chain Management, Wahl Clipper Corporation

Topic: Supply Chain Transformation

• Why Supply Chain needs to be transformed?

• Key technologies and systems to transform Supply Chain

• Typical benefits

• Key steps involved to prepare

• Likely challenges in the journey

Topic: Next Level Global Supply Chain Orchestration: Collaborative, Integrated, Digitized

Moderated by Ryan Viegas

The theme of the Conclave was “Measuring Digital Supply Chain Maturity”.

Panel Topic: The new digital frontiers and roadmap for the future

Keynote topic: Leveraging Technology to Achieve Collaboration

Topic: Building a collaborative and customer centric supply chain

Topic: Master Data Management for Serialization and Compliance

Topic: Implementing a Successful Master Data Management program

Spoke at various ASUG/ Sapphire events about implementing Transportation Management Systems and Freight Costing