ENERGY SUPPLY CHAIN FORUM

APRIL 24, 2012

8:15

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:15

Opening Remarks from the Conference Chair

Bob Armstrong 
President
Supply Chain & Logistics Association Canada

9:30

The Tsunami Comes Ashore: Workforce Issues About to Swamp – The Canadian Supply Chain

Kevin Maynard 
Executive Director
Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council

In 2011 the Council launched an update on the initial 2005 study, to chart progress on challenges identified in 2005, and to scope out emerging trends and their impacts. Preliminary data is now in, and the prognosis is not good. This session will seek to provide:

• An overview of the "stormy weather" just on the horizon, with specific information from our initial key findings
• Comments on the top four issues currently faced by employers in the sector
• Challenges in recruitment, lack of leadership skills in new recruits, lack of succession planning in organizations, and the impact of retirements

Participants will be equipped with links to the interim report, register to get copies of the final report and receive a USB key with tools and techniques to deal with the "hazards".

10:15

Global Business Strategy and Innovation – A Canadian Logistics Perspective

Bob Armstrong 
President
Supply Chain & Logistics Association Canada

Can you benchmark your organization's supply chain performance against other companies, and, more importantly, against leading companies in your own industry sector? In this presentation Bob Armstrong will explore:

• The latest research resulting from the partnership of SCL Canada, CME and Industry Canada
  • What the latest best practices are
  • Exploring the top 20 percent performers in total landed cost and on-time shipment
• How they are more likely to invest in logistics network strategies:
  • Capability to electronically collaborate
  • Networks of key suppliers and customers - Supply chain modeling applications

11:00

Networking Coffee Break

11:15

Rail – Bringing Balance Back Into Supply Chains in a Challenging Environment for Surface Transportation

Steve Di Piano 
Director, Carload Logistics
Canadian Pacific

When reviewing transportation options, today's shippers are facing skyrocketing fuel prices combined with driver shortages, increased highway congestion, CSA 2010 regulations, stringent 'hours of service' regulations and capacity constraints. This presentation will:

• Review the rail and trucking environments that impact shippers and what strategies can be applied to mitigate risk in building a balanced and sustainable supply chain.
• What is the alternative? How can you get more for your transportation budgets?
• Provide insights into recent trends in the rail industry, along with customer case studies, that will provide you with insights into how your company can leverage the benefits of rail as an alternative to current transportation.

12:00

Networking Luncheon

1:30

Best Practices for Implementing an Effective Supply Chain Management Model to Gain Competitive Advantage

Jim Cormier 
Manager, Procurement
SNC Lavalin

• Approach to global procurement on Alberta oil sands projects
• Brief SNC profile
  • Typical equipment for upgraders, SAGD and bitumen projects
  • Optimal packaging of process equipment
• Determining long lead/critical equipment for early order
• Determining design/supply/install for critical equipment
• Bid list development (local/national/global)
• Bulk material procurement – mill vs. distributors
• Logistics challenges for Alberta projects

2:15

Networking Refreshment Break

2:30

Logistics and Transportation: Ensuring Supply Chain Optimization Through Innovation

Jack T. Ampuja 
President - Supply Chain Optimizers
Executive in Residence – Niagara University

Packaging is one of the basic building blocks of supply chain management since shape, size and strength of the shipping container — either bag or box — impact handling, storage and freight. Category leaders that understand this leverage point have brought major benefit to their bottom lines.

• Why logistics needs to be included in packaging decisions
• How packaging impacts transportation freight rates
• How leading organizations are leveraging packaging in their supply chains

3:15

Managing In-transit Assets – Best Practices for Increasing Supply Chain Visibility

Dwayne Hihn 
President, Non Asset Supply Chain Solutions
Manitoulin Group of Companies

• Improving end to end real time visibility through integrated global services
• Asset based companies leveraging supply chain innovation on time delivery of products
• Life cycle of a purchase order and how an asset based carrier improves reliability
• Leveraging global supply chain to merge in-transit products for on site deliveries

4:00

Conference Adjourns for the Day

APRIL 25, 2012

8:45

Continental Breakfast

9:30

Opening Remarks from the Conference Chair

Bob Armstrong 
President
Supply Chain & Logistics Association Canada

9:45

Workforce Strategies for Supply Chain – Alberta's Collaborative Approach to Addressing the Challenges

Zarelda Reghelini 
Industry Liaison Coordination, Senior Manager, Labour Force Development
Alberta Human Services, Government of Alberta

This presentation outlines the workforce challenges that Alberta and other provinces will need to address as developed countries shift to knowledge based economies.

• Emerging global trends and how this impacts the workforce and workplaces, in a competitive global marketplace
• The Alberta government's approach to addressing workforce challenges
• Collaboration and multi-pronged actions found under Alberta's labour force strategy
• The principle of shared responsibility – how this has led to both government and complementary industry-led workforce strategies

10:30

Networking Coffee Break

10:45

Repositioning Supply Chain Management as a Key Profession in the Organization

Cheryl Paradowski 
President and CEO
Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC)

As PMAC moves towards the process of finalizing a white paper that resulted from a thought leaders' forum hosted late 2011, the key points from the document are the basis for this presentation. Some areas which will be explored in this presentation are:

• Marketing supply chain management value within the overall corporate structure
• Academic credentials vs. professional designations
• Moving from operational to strategic

11:30

Utilizing an Outsourcing Strategy to Drive Supply Chain Efficiency in the Energy Sector

Mike Croza
Managing Partner
Supply Chain Alliance Partners

• Assessing the benefits and options for leveraging 3rd party logistics services in the sector
• Best practices in developing a strategy that includes an outsourcing option
• Methodology and roadmap for conducting a 3PL business case
• Performance based inputs to logistics service agreements

12:15

Networking Luncheon

1:30

A Unique Approach – The New Wave of E-learning for Supply Chain Professionals

Deborah Hurst 
Program Director / Associate Dean, Faculty of Business
Athabasca University

Anshuman Khare 
Professor Operation Management, Sustainable Development
Athabasca University, Faculty of Business

E-learning provides a credible, portable, high quality program in a distributed learning environment that senior managers could complete regardless of where they happened to be from one week to the next.

This presentation will:

• Review the development of online collaborative, paced learning
• Describe the pace, collaborative learning environment, the coaching and learning method
• Look at how the linking of theory to practice helps to build professional skills in partnership with academic discipline
• Examine how knowledge directly mirrors how work is done in organizations today

2:15

Networking Refreshment Break

2:30

An Update on the Accelerator Project – Examining Further Potential to Expand Asia Pacific Gateway Initiative

Brian Fleming 
Associate Professor
Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal University

Linda Lucas 
Chair
Calgary Logistics Council

The Accelerator Project LMI research has identified 10 key occupations that support both the Gateway and the Corridor. This research indicates the overwhelming number of workers that just these 10 occupations currently and will require in BC and in Alberta over the next 10 years. Themes from stakeholder interviews provide us some insights into ways to address some of these issues:

• Where will these supply chain workers come from?
• How do we ensure that they have the right skills and knowledge required?
• Do we have the collective will and capacity to work together at all levels to address and overcome these current and future labour challenges?
• Are we prepared to accept the inevitable outcome of a lack of a coherent vision, fragmented actions, and an aligned strategy for the supply chain sector?
• Will your organization be part of the problem or part of the solution?

3:15

A Different Perspective – How Will the Future Supply and Demand Impact the Role of the Supply Chain Professional

Lloyd Ash 
Associate Professor
Mount Royal University

Mike Croza
Managing Partner
Supply Chain Alliance Partners

The aging of post world war 2 baby boomers is creating opportunities, though many Canadian businesses will be in transition as they merge with much larger international global players. Those pursuing the SCM careers will be engaged in lifelong learning. Further, there will be a proliferation of online learning opportunities as SCM will demand smarter and more insightful and constant development of new skills.

• What does a career in supply chain management look like?
  • Expecting continuous change and challenges
  • The need for organizational flexibility and restructuring
• Emerging importance of environmental sustainability
• Opportunities created by information technology systems, and competition for well paying positions

4:00

Chair's Recap and Conference Concludes

Accreditation

SCMP designation holders will be eligible to earn CPD points for their participation in this event. Please contact your PMAC Institute for more information.

Senior Executives and Professionals Responsible for:

• Supply Chain Management
• Procurement/ Purchasing/ Sourcing
• Logistics, Transportation and Scheduling
• Operations Management
• Materials Logistics
• Strategic Planning
• Data Exchange and Integration
• Quality Assurance
• Contract Performance and HS&E

From Industry Sectors Including:

• Oil and Gas
• Construction
• Rail Transport and Logistics
• Manufacturing
• Service and Supply Companies
• Electricity Generation and Utilities
• Engineering and Consultancies
• EPC Management Firms
• Warehouse and Distribution
• Financial Services and Investment

Dear Colleague,

It is with great pleasure that I invite you to take part in the upcoming ENERGY SUPPLY CHAIN FORUM – Improving Sustainability through Advance Cost Reduction Strategies.

For this inaugural event, Insight Information has organized a two-day conference to bring together valuable topics that impact and support the active and important role of Supply Chain professionals in the energy sector.

A panel of industry experts will take part in discussions which will address how current supply and demand is impacting the role of the supply chain professional and what we can expect looking towards the future.

Attendees will have the advantage of gathering insight and perspective into top-of-the-mind issues such as:

• How to adjust to the demands of getting to market in light of opposition
• Best practices for implementing an effective supply chain management model
• How to manage in-transit assets to increase visibility
• A look at the global business strategy and innovation – the Canadian logistics perspective

Please remember that the forum will take place at the Telus Convention Centre, in Calgary, Alberta from April 24th to 25th, 2012 and we will be pleased if you could attend. Don't miss the workshop on April 26th.

In closing, please let me say that the ENERGY SUPPLY CHAIN FORUM will be the perfect opportunity to 'rub shoulders' with industry professionals and thought leaders. We look forward to seeing you there! Kind Regards,

Bob Armstrong 
President
Supply Chain & Logistics Association Canada

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Please note: Full payment is required in advance of conference dates. Please make all cheques payable to Insight Information.