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Monday, March 14, 2011

Business and academia leaders will share research and practical applications about areas that are critical to success at the conference “Innovating the Global Supply Chain” at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The event will be held April 7-8 at the Carolina Inn on the UNC campus. It is sponsored by Kenan-Flagler Business School, the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and the UNC Center for International Business Education and Research.

The conference will address changes to retailing caused by the global meltdown and  identify technologies that will shape retailing for years to come; examine successes and failures of outsourcing and offshoring with an emphasis on the information technology sector; and consider key aspects of the entire supply chain that are critical to business growth, job creation and economic prosperity.

Business leaders who will speak include:

  • Martha Bejar, president, global sales and operations, Wipro Technologies;
  • Martin Richenhagen, president, chief executive officer and chairman, AGCO Corp.;
  • Suresh Krishna, vice president, global operations and integration, Polaris Industries
  • Brian T. Marley, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Belk Inc.
  • Edwin Keh, former senior vice president and chief operating officer of global procurement, Wal-Mart; and
  • Jan Davis, former president and CEO, ShopperTrak RCT Corp.

Professors from Cornell, Georgetown, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Harvard Business School and Kenan-Flagler also will speak.

For more information and to register, visit www.kenaninstitute.unc.edu/nextGen. The “early bird” conference fee is $125 through March 18; after March 18, it will be $155. For more information, contact Julia Kruse, CIBER executive director, at (919)962-4929, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Kenan-Flagler Business School media contact: Allison Adams, (919) 962-7235, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it