Webinar 1: Harnessing IoT and Blockchain to track, trace, and improve transparency and trust

Join us for first session as we focus on Harnessing IoT and Blockchain to track, trace, and improve transparency and trust, where we will discuss how multi-dimensional visibility and transparency is key to ensure trust amongst the multiple partners to deliver value to the customer. 

When: Thursday 1 October

Time: 11.30 – 12.15

Where: Zoom Webinar

Facilitator: Vikram Singla FCILT, Strategy Director – Digital Transformation, Oracle & CILT(UK) Board Member

Guests: Prof Michael Bourlakis FCILT, Head of the Logistics, Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group, Cranfield University
Karl O'Connell, Chief Information Officer, Irish Cattle Breeders Federation

Vikram Singla FCILT

Vikram has been with Oracle for 13 years, most recently as Director of Strategy and Business Development, focused on shaping business
transformations with customers and driving go-to-market strategies for the digital transformation sales team in the UK.  The role encompasses
all industry verticals and finance/supply chain domains.  He also leads the market development for the manufacturing sector and supply chain domain across enterprise accounts in the UK.  

Earlier this year Vikram became a CILT(UK) Board Member and he is focused on supporting the Institute in three ways. Member-centric: members are the reason for the existence of the Institute and the focus would to simplify their journey, help them to build strong networks.  Digital: the current crisis has only exacerbated the need to get digital right and at pace, by ensuring members understand and articulate the value the digital can add in business terms.  Strategic: as supply chains become a boardroom topic, leaders will need to find effective ways and a strong partner to help with the way people change, with CILT playing a strategic role of enabling continuous learning and helping to exchange ideas through progressive supply chain leaders.

Professor Michael Bourlakis FCILT

Professor Michael Bourlakis is the Director of Research for Cranfield School of Management and the Head of the Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management Group. Michael is an internationally renowned and established authority in logistics and supply chain management specialising in food and retail supply chains, sustainable supply chains, role of technologies in supply chains.  He has been a Chair, Keynote Speaker and a Committee Member for numerous, leading logistics academic and industry conferences worldwide. His multidisciplinary research work and impactful thought leadership has received considerable attention by media (BBC News, ITV News, BBC Radio 4 Today, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal etc.)   He has worked closely with numerous multinational companies including Carrefour, DHL, Knight Frank, Metro, Tesco etc.

Karl O'Connell

Karl O’Connell is Chief Information Officer with the Irish Cattle Breeders Federation. ICBF is a non-profit industry food organisation, operating in Ireland since 1998. ICBF manages one of the world’s largest integrated livestock databases; empowering sustainable farming through collaboration and excellence in genetics and big data solutions.

Karl holds a MSc from University College Cork & BSc in Computer Science from Cork Institute of Technology. Karl is responsible for database services and the integrated services ICBF offer to industry. His particular work areas at present include GHG reductions in dairy and beef cattle and DNA-based calf registration systems.





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