2026 Supply Chain Analytics Institute Annual Conference

Intelligent Resilience: AI-Powered Supply Chains for a Volatile World

22 Jun
Price: $15.00 - $800.00
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Essex Room, Paul Robeson Campus Center | 350 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102

This conference is hosted by the Department of Supply Chain Management at Rutgers Business School and Bristlecone.

Sessions will be held on June 22 and in the morning of June 23, 2026.

The conference schedule will be available here by the end of May 2026.

Pricing: 

  • Individual (non-student): $150
  • Student: $15
  • Corporate group: $800 for each group of up to 10 people (only one person has to sign up/create an account and pay for the whole group. Please then email the names, email addresses, and titles of the additional attendees from your company/organization/university to Natasha Rodriguez at natrodri@business.rutgers.edu).

The registration fee covers the 2026 annual conference, including dinner on June 22 and breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks on June 22-23.
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Doctoral Dissertation Awards

We invite doctoral dissertations to compete for the dissertation awards (1st prize: $3000, 2nd prize: $2000, and 3rd prize: $1000).

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Critical Dates

  • Conference registration: by June 16, 2026
  • Dissertation submission for the doctoral dissertation award competition: by June 5, 2026.

Recommended Hotel

Robert Treat Hotel

Address: 50 Park Pl, Newark, NJ 07102

Phone: (973) 622-1000

Please call the hotel and mention the conference to receive a discounted rate of $160/night for June 21 and 22.

Keynote Speakers

james gowen

James J. Gowen, SVP - Transformation & New Revenue, Chief Sustainability Officer, Verizon

kevin shang

Kevin Shang, Joseph J. Ruvane, Jr. Distinguished Professor, Duke University

Yao Zhao

Yao Zhao, Professor and Co-Director of Rutgers Supply Chain Analytics Laboratory, Rutgers Business School

bala screenivasan

Bala Sreenivasan, Senior Vice President - Global Supply and Value Chain Management at Merck & Co

Panelists

More to come

Manish Airen

Manish Airen, Senior Vice President, Management Consulting for Spinnaker SCA

Michael Altman

Michael Altman, Global Head of Strategic Initiatives, Kenvue

Mahesh Harvu

Mahesh Harvu, Transformation Strategist & Advisor, Microsoft

jeff hermann

Jeffrey Hermann, Chairman & CEO, Hermann Services, Inc

mike luber

Michael Luber, Vice President of Business Transformation & Operational Excellence at Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages

bawana radhakrishnan

Bawana Radhakrishnan, Former Sr. VP Global Supply Chain & Procurement, Digital Transformation, Colgate-Palmolive

debdatta sinha roy

Debdatta Sinha Roy, Principal Research Scientist - Operations Research and Data Science

Moderators

John Impellizzeri

John Impellizzeri, Director of the Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Management

Michael Leen

Michael Leen, VP, Sales and Marketing, Bristlecone

Kevin Lyons

Kevin Lyons, Professor for Professional Practice and Director of Rutgers Center for Local Supply Chain Resiliency

sundar raman

Sundar Raman, Director of Road to Supply Chain Leadership Program, Department of Supply Chain Management, Rutgers University

jeana wirtenberg

Jeana Wirtenberg, Executive Director of Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation 

Conference Organization Committee

  • Deborah Hamilton, Head of Global Marketing
  • John Impellizzeri, Associate Professor for Professional Practice and Director of Rutgers Center for Supply Chain 
  • Michael Leen, VP - NA New Sales and Global Marketing
  • Kevin Lyons, Professor for Professional Practice and Director of Rutgers Center for Local Supply Chain Resiliency
  • Lian Qi, Professor and Chair, Department of Supply Chain Management
  • Sandy Raman, Assistant Professor for Professional Practice and Director of Rutgers Road to Supply Chain Leadership
  • Natasha Rodriguez, Senior Program Coordinator
  • Nicole Walkerwicz, Digital Marketing & Events Lead
  • Jeana Wirtenberg, Associate Professor of Professional Practice and Executive Director of Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation 

Hosts

RBS Supply Chain Management logo and Bristlecone

Price

This event is $15.00 - $800.00