Challenge assumptions, share your perspective and help shape what comes next
What should organisations and researchers be working together to solve next?
The UK SCALE Centre Discovery Day brings together supply chain leaders, researchers and partners to explore the challenges shaping the future of supply chains and help define the Centre’s research and innovation agenda for the year ahead.
Through focused conversations, facilitated workshops and discussion with peers, participants will challenge existing assumptions, share practical perspectives and identify where collaboration between industry and academia could create meaningful progress.
The discussions and insights captured during the day will directly inform the UK SCALE Centre’s research priorities and collaborative projects for 2027.
Three challenges shaping the agenda
Supply chain optionality
Designing choices for a future you cannot predict, without trading away responsibility.
How can organisations preserve flexibility without sacrificing sustainability and responsibility?
Supply chain reinvention
Beyond optimisation: redesigning supply chains for a disrupted world.
What would we design differently if we were not constrained by today’s supply chain model?
Decision capacity in the AI era
Machine-speed supply chains. Human-speed organisations.
What happens when intelligence becomes abundant, but organisational capacity to decide and act remains scarce?
What to expect
Discovery Day is designed around participation. Focused fireside conversations will introduce different perspectives before participants work together through facilitated discussions and practical workshop sessions.
The aim is not to leave with all the answers. It is to identify the right challenges, surface different perspectives and define the areas in which collaboration could have the greatest impact.
We are currently developing the full programme and confirming our fireside contributors. Further details will be announced soon.
Book your place
Individual tickets are priced at £150 per person for non-members and £120 per person for members of the UK SCALE Network. Group bookings for a full table of 10 are available at a reduced cost of £100 per person.
If your organisation requires payment by invoice or purchase order, please contact the UK SCALE Centre team at ukscalecentre@mailbox.lboro.ac.uk.
Join industry leaders, researchers and partners to challenge assumptions, share your perspective and help shape the supply chain research agenda for 2027. Secure your place while tickets remain.