Conference 2021 – Building supply and demand network resilience through digital transformation

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BUSINESS & ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP
Supply Chain Management for Efficient Consumer Response
Virtual Conference Program
21-22 October 2021
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12th Supply Chain Management for Efficient Consumer Response Conference
Building supply and demand network resilience through digital transformation
How new technologies inmidth a pandemic era enable consumers to embrace digitization and enhance the resilience of supply & demand networks.

Press release for 2021 SCM4ECR Conference

First day – Thursday
21 October 2021

09:00 – 09:30
Recording presentations/Connection

09:30 – 10:15
(Bucharest Time Zone – Eastern European Summer Time (EEST), UTC +3)
Inauguration Virtual Session – Welcome Speech
OXFORD Hall
Valahia University of Târgoviște
Time: Oct 21, 2021, 09:30 AM Bucharest (GMT+3)
Chairman Prof. Virgil POPA
9:30 – 9:40 Welcome address by the Conference Host & Organizer – Chairman Virgil POPA
9:40 – 9:50 Welcome address by the Conference – Business Co-Chairman Ruediger HAGEDORN
9:50 – 10:00 Welcome address by the Conference – Academic Co-Chairman Theodor PURCĂREA

1st Virtual Session
10:15 – 14:45
Conference Presenter – Alina TĂBÎRCĂ
Time: Oct 21, 2021, 09:30 AM Bucharest (GMT+3)

10:15 – 10:45
Keynote Speaker: Ruediger HAGEDORN
(Online from Paris, France)
Director End-to-End Value Chain & Standards Pillar
The Consumer Goods Forum
DRS – Data Reference Sheet. Coupling Of Data Bases Made Easy
10:45 –11:00 Discussion & Change connection

11.00 –11:30
Keynote Speaker: dr. Gerd WOLFRAM
(Online from Cologne, Germany)
CEO and Owner IoT Innovation & Consult I Partner Digital Connection I Author I
Cologne Area, Germany
Management Consulting to Consumer Goods Forum – Paris
Building Supply Chain Resilience through Digital Transformation
11:30 – 11.45 Discussion & Change connection

11:45 – 12.15
Speaker: Professor Virgil POPA
Founder & Coordinator of Supply Chain Management for Efficient Consumer Response Conferences
Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Supply Chain Management Journal
Valahia University of Târgoviște
Empowering Employee, Shoppers, Consumers and Users of Supply Chain for Readiness in New Technologies
12:15 – 12:30 Discussion & change connection

12:30 – 13:00
Keynote Speaker: Professor Michael BOURLAKIS
(Online from Cranfield, England)
Director of Research for Cranfield School of Management
Group Head (Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management) and
Director of Centre for Logistics & Supply chain Management – Cranfield University
The Evolution of Food Supply Chain Resilience Through Digital Transformation
13:00 – 13:15 Discussion & change connection

13:15 –13:45
Speakers: Professor Costel NEGRICEA and PhD Student Matei PURCĂREA
(Online from Bucharest, Romania)
Rector of Romanian American University
The Alternative of Flipped Learning in Higher Education Enabled by the Development of Technologies and Innovation
13:45 – 14:00 Discussion & change connection

14:00 – 14:30
Speaker: Associate Prof. Borna ABRAMOVIC
(Online from Zagreb, Croatia)
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Chair of Railway Transport Management
Supply Chain Management and Container Trains between China and European Union
14:30 – 14:45 Discussion & change connection

2nd Virtual Session
14:45 – 18:30
Conference Presenter – Alina TĂBÎRCĂ

Speaker: Phd. Stud. Matei PURCĂREA
Institute of National Economy, Romanian Academy
Research Economist at the Romanian American University
Communication and PR Manager at the Romanian Distribution Committee
Building Supply Chain Resilience by Using Blockchain and other Disruptive Technologies
15:15 – 15:30 Discussion & change connection

15:30 – 16:00
Speaker: Associate Professor – Ed LINDOO
(Online from Denver – Colorado, USA)
Regis University
The Ripple Effect of COVID-19 on the 2021 Global Supply Chain
16:00 – 16:15 Discussion & change connection

16:15 – 16:45
Speaker: Assistant Professor Gökhan KIRBAÇ
(Online from Istanbul, Turkey)
Head of the Air Logistics Department
Istanbul Kültür University, Turkey
Blockchain Technology for Supply Chain and Logistics: New Developments and Applications for Businesses
16:45 – 17:00 Discussion & change connection

17:00 –17:30
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Paula BAJDOR and Vanesa Duran GRADOS
(Online from Czestochowa, Poland)
The Use of Information Systems in Maritime Transport and Harbours
17:30 – 17:45 Discussion & change connection

Second day – Friday
22 October 2021

3rd Virtual Session
10:00 – 14:00
(Bucharest Time Zone – Eastern European Summer Time (EEST), GMT +3)
Conference Presenter – Alina TĂBÎRCĂ
Chairman Prof. Virgil POPA

10:00 – 10.30
Keynote Speaker: Professor Theodor PURCĂREA
Romanian-American University
Member of the Advisory Board of the Romanian Competition Council
President of the Romanian Distribution Committee
Honorary Member of SSMAR
Ex-Minister of Domestic Trade & Ex-President Romanian Competition Council
The Double Pressure of Improving Supply Chain Resilience, Agility, and Adaptability, and also of Faster Meeting Customer Service Requirements within the Accelerated E2E Digitization, Closely Integrating Supply Chain and Ecommerce
10:30 – 10:45 Discussion & change connection

10:45 -11:15
Keynote Speaker: Associate Prof. Marta STAROSTKA-PATYK
(Online from Czestochowa, Poland)
Department of Logistics and International Management
Faculty of Management
Czestochowa University of Technology
Perspectives and Challenges of 4.0. Logistics
11:15 – 11:30 Discussion & change connection

11:30 – 12:00
Keynote Speakers: Prof. Olga KOL and Associate Prof. Alexander DMIRIEV
(Online from St. Petersburg, Russia
Head of the Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management
of St. Petersburg State University of Economics,
Professor Sherbakov Vladimir V.
Saint-Petersburg
Russia
The Main Directions of The Digitalization of Transport as a  Business Ecosystem
12:00 – 12:15 Discussion & change connection

12:15-12:45
Speaker: Col. Associate Prof. Tomasz JALOWIEC
(Online from Warsaw, Poland)
War Studies University, Poland
Contemporary Challenges for the Development of Military and Civilian Logistics Cooperation
12:45 – 13:00 Discussion & change connection

13:00 –13:30
Speaker: Associate Prof. Mihaela ȘTEȚ
(Online from Baia Mare, Romania)
Future in Logistics: Sustainable Supply Chains
13:30 – 13:45 Discussion & change connection

13:45-14:00
Conclusions and Conference Closing Speech

Conference Moments 2021 – First Day

Conference Moments 2021 – Second Day