Date & Time
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM
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Standards: The Security Blanket in the Supply Chain Storm (lunch session)
Presented by GS1 US
Featuring Greg Cathey, SVP of Transformation and Innovation, Walmart; Melanie Nuce-Hilton, SVP of Customer Success, GS1 US and Ori Zohar, Cofounder and Co-CEO, Burlap & Barrel
Moderated by Alex Kantrowitz, Fast Company Custom Studio

Feature
Food Included
Description

Amid unparalleled uncertainty in today’s global supply chains, organizations may be exploring automation and new technology, such as AI, to create efficiency and reliability. A critical prerequisite to this adoption is to fully embrace global data standards. These universally accepted best practices create the collaboration needed to keep supply chains moving—even in light of disruption, unpredictability, and change. In this in-depth conversation featuring a variety of industry leaders, learn how corporations are seizing opportunity in any business climate. Businesses cannot control ever-changing markets or geopolitical tensions, but they can stay above the international fray by embracing agility, innovation, and sustainability via standardization of their supply chains.

Room
Forum
Session Type
Panels and Conversations
Theme
Sustainability
Greg Cathey Melanie Nuce-Hilton Ori Zohar
Address
225 Liberty St., New York, NY 10281