Meet the speakers
Meet the industry leaders, practitioners and researchers helping to shape the conversations at the UK SCALE Centre Discovery Day 2026.
Through short Firestarter talks, they will share expert perspectives and pose questions for delegates to explore across three challenges shaping the future of supply chains.
Further speakers will be added as they are confirmed.
Designing choices for a future you cannot predict without trading away responsibility
Explore how organisations can preserve flexibility while balancing cost, resilience, sustainability and responsibility.
Global value chains specialist working with industry leaders, policymakers and academics to advance supply chain resilience, sustainability and decarbonisation.
Global supply chain and procurement leader with expertise in resilience, digital transformation, sustainability and the future of supply chain operations.
Beyond optimisation: redesigning supply chains for a disrupted world
Consider what genuine supply chain innovation looks like as established models and assumptions are challenged.
Researcher and software engineer using optimisation, simulation and interactive analytics to turn supply chain research into practical decision-making tools.
Supply chain leader focused on designing resilient, adaptable defence supply chains and strengthening collaboration between government and industry.
Global R&D leader advancing food science, cocoa and sustainability to strengthen the productivity and resilience of the global food system.
Supply chain risk analyst developing AI-enabled analytics that turn complex data into practical insights for risk assessment and decision-making.
Supply chain specialist exploring how digitalisation and emerging AI technologies can improve the sustainability and performance of operations and supply chains.