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MADE IN ASIA: THE SOURCING SYMPOSIUM
15th March 2018 | 8:30 am - 6:30 pm
| Grand Ball room
Fiducia is proud to be a Silver Sponsor of this year’s “Made in Asia Sourcing Symposium”, organised by the French Chamber of Hong Kong. The theme of this year’s symposium is Industry 4.0: Transparency and Innovation vs. Cost Pressure. The event will address the following points:
- Buying cheap vs. buying the right quantity at the right time
- Reality gap between what customers want and what factories can implement
- Increasing demand for transparency and its impact on the sourcing industry
- Managing risk and ensuring compliance
- Digitalisation and automation
- Bringing the supply chain into the 21st century
Interested in attending this year’s Sourcing Symposium? Contact us for a special registration rate.
OPENING REMARKS
09:00 – 09:30
Anne-Laure Descours, French Chamber Sourcing Committee
Anson Bailey, Master of Ceremony, Head of Consumer Markets, Hong Kong, KPMG China
Edward Yau Tang-wah, GBS, JP, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, the Government of the Hong Kong SAR
Stephane Boivin, Co-Founder President and CEO, Pivot88
PROGRAMME
09:30 – 09:50
Anne-Laure Descours, Global Director, Sourcing and Development, Apparel and Accessories, PUMA SE
‘How the need for transparency forces the sourcing industry to change’
09:50 – 10:10
Pascal Brun, Head of Sustainability – Global Production, H&M Group
‘Why transparency is important for the customer’
10:10 – 10:30
Sharon Lim, CEO, Browzwear
‘Rethinking the supply chain digitally’
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:20
Karen Ho, Head of Corporate and Community Sustainability, WWF
‘Transparency and its importance in terms of driving impact’
11:20 – 11:40
Archana Kotecha, Head of Legal, Liberty Asia
‘New legal imperatives’
11:40 – 12:00
Catherine Chiu, General Manager, Corporate Quality and Sustainability, Crystal International Group Limited
‘Risk management and risk crisis’
12:00 – 14:00
Luncheon
14:00 – 14:20
Edwin Keh, Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel
‘The sourcing office of the future’
14:20 – 14:40
Petra Carlberg, Deputy Global Purchasing and Logistics Area Manager – Asia, IKEA
‘A supply chain I trust – Compliance: A base for doing good business’
14:40 – 15:00
Michael Moriarty, Managing Director, Hasbro Far East and Senior Vice President of Global Sourcing, Hasbro
‘Quality / safety legislation and guidelines: How they force manufacturing to change’
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 – 15:50
Duncan Wong, Founder and CEO, CryptoBLK
‘Blockchain is here’
15:50 – 16:10
Rebecca Chan, Regional Sourcing Manager, Kingfisher Asia Limited
Gregory Le Coent, Vice-President, Wirquin
Moderator: Kieran Cash, Communications Manager, French Chamber
Panel Retailer/Manufacturer ‘How to get a right product at a right price’
16:10 – 16:30
Lily Bao, Sales Director of Europe Market, Midea Group
‘Digitalisation and automation, a solution to reduce costs and prices’
CONCLUSION
16:30 – 17:00
Anson Bailey, Master of Ceremony, Head of Consumer Markets, Hong Kong, KPMG China
