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12^th Supply Chain Thought Leaders Round Table

July 19 – 22, San Jose, Costa Rica

Roundtable: The Supply Chain Thought Leaders Round Table is an invitation-only conference where a select group of experts from academics and industry meet every year to discuss and debate the latest issues related to supply chain management.

Venue: The 12^th Supply Chain Thought Leaders Round Table will be held at the Costa Rica Marriot Hotel, San Jose. Voted by Conde Nast as one of the best hotels in Central America and Mexico, this Marriott Costa Rica Hotel is a beautiful colonial hacienda set on a 30 acre coffee plantation. Weather Time

Program: The roundtable will start from the evening of July 19 and will end at lunch on July 22. Agenda.

Program Committee:
Ravi Anupindi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Daniel Corsten, IE Business School, Madrid

Karen Donohue, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Jan Hammond, Harvard Business School

Santiago Kraiselburd, MIT-Zaragoza

Jayashankar M. Swaminathan, UNC Chapel Hill (Chair)
Zeynep Ton, Harvard Business School

Andy Tsay, Santa Clara University

Registration: Registration fee for this invitation only conference is $400. This amount should be sent via a check payable to Kenan-Flagler Business School Foundation to Ms. Kim Scales, Dean’s Suite, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3490.

Activities: Costa Rica provides a number of options for outdoor activities. Here is a sample list of activities (and their prices) offered by the hotel.

Conference Presentations

July 21

9:00 am -11:00am: Doing Business in Central America

Chair: Zeynep Ton, Harvard University

Speakers: Sebastian Urbina, Georgia Tech

Harry Strachan, Meso America

Rene Castro, INCAE

11:15am – 1:00pm: Global Health Supply Chains

Chair: Prashant Yadav, MIT Zaragoza

Speakers: Prashant Yadav, MIT-Zaragoza

Maeve Magner, Clinton Foundation

Jayashankar Swaminathan, UNC Chapel Hill