Hear, hear! Once again, it’s a new year (poet, didn’t even know it)! And with that change comes a wish list of conferences that you would like to attend. Let’s face it, a trip to Miami in February isn’t hard to swallow. But your request needs to get approval from the corner office, right? What’s the ROI of you attending this conference? Is it the most productive way for you to spend your time and your boss’ budget dollars? So in an ideal world, we could all attend every conference we desire, but that isn’t happening. So here is a list of the conferences my colleagues and I consider to be the premier supply chain industry conferences scheduled for 2016 –  many of which Steve, Chris, or I will attend.

Industry Associations (in chronological order)

Retail Supply Chain Conference (RILA); February 28-March 2; Dallas

LogiMAT 2016; March 8-10; Stuttgart

ILWA Convention & Expo; March 13-15; Orlando

SITL Europe; March 22-25; Paris

MODEX 2016 (MHI); April 4-7; Atlanta

2016 WERC Conference; May 15-18; Providence

3PL Summit (eyefortransport); June 20-22; Chicago

APICS 2016; September 25-27; Washington DC

CSCMP Annual Conference; September 25 – 28; Kissimmee

 

Supply Chain Software Conferences (Alphabetical)

Descartes Evolution; April 5-7; West Palm Beach, FL

HighJump Elevate; March 6-9; Orlando, FL

IBS Connect Americas; May 3-5; Clearwater, FL

JDA Focus; May 1-4; Nashville, TN

LeanLogistics Client Connect; April 18-20; Chicago, IL

LLamasoft SummerCon; June 13-17; New Orleans, LA

Manhattan Momentum; May 15-18; Orlando, FL

MercuryGate User Conference; September 11 – 14; New Orleans, LA

Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience; January 25–27; San Jose, CA

SAP Insider Logistics and SCM; March 21-23; Las Vegas, NV

Transplace Shipper Symposium; May 9-11; San Antonio, TX

 

Please reach out to us if you are attending any of these events and would like to meet up.

Steve Banker     sbanker@arcweb.com
Chris Cunnane   ccunnane@arcweb.com
Clint Reiser         creiser@arcweb.com