Supply Chain 2031: What's Next for Logistics, Inventory, and Procurement
Where is the real value of AI in supply chains, and what does it take to make it work?
An evening with SAP on the autonomous supply chain: keynote, panel, and reception in Bellevue.
Supply chain and procurement are entering an agentic phase: systems that observe, decide, and act, not just report. What does that look like by 2031, and what has to be true today to get there?
GACC West and SAP are bringing that question to Seattle.
Speakers:
Torsten Welte, SAP: keynote on the future of supply chains, and panel moderator
Jeff Bellerud, Chief Operating Officer, Northwest Seaport Alliance: what it takes for ports, carriers, and shippers to share data and agree on common definitions
Dietmar Klauber, General Manager, Liebherr-Aerospace: where supplier lead times and disruption hurt most
Laura Bloch, Senior Vice President, PACCAR: how to get from an AI pilot to something that scales, securely and under governance
Christoph Berlin, Vice President of Engineering, Microsoft: how a big tech company runs its own supply chain with AI, and what that demands from partners
Roei Ganzarski, CEO, Alitheon: how traceability changes what a supply chain can trust
Agenda
5:00 PM Registration and networking
5:30 PM Welcome, with GACC West, SAP, and Uli Fischer, German Honorary Consul Seattle
5:35 PM Keynote: Torsten Welte, SAP, on the future of supply chains
5:50 PM Panel discussion: candid, slide-free, with audience questions
6:50 PM Wrap-up
7:00 PM Reception and networking
What you’ll take away:
SAP’s 2031 vision for self-optimizing inventory, autonomous procurement, and predictive resilience
Real operator experience from German and American manufacturers, ports, and logistics leaders
Direct access to the Seattle/Bellevue ecosystem (hyperscalers, German corporates, and innovators) over food and drinks
Who should attend?
Supply chain, procurement, operations, and logistics leaders at German and American manufacturers, enterprises, and ports, plus startups, researchers, and industry partners working on the data and AI layer underneath.
Seats are limited. Request to join to secure your spot.