FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Supply Chain Management Research Center, based in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, is sponsoring the conference,“What Does the Future Hold for Your Supply Chain,” in collaboration with the Ozark Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.

WHEN:   8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5,

WHERE:  Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development, University of Arkansas campus (parking in Harmon Parking Garage)

PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES: During presentations

• Steve Roop, assistant director, Texas Transportation Institute

• Greg Swoyer, director of customer service/logistics for Procter & Gamble

• Buddy Babcock, Jerry King and Ed Clausen, professors of chemical engineering, UA College of Engineering

• Michael Popp, professor of agricultural economics and agribusiness, UA Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

• 8 - 8:30 a.m. - Welcoming and Opening Remarks - Dean Dan Worrell, Walton College
• 8:30 -10:00a.m. - Emerging Global Trends and Discontinuities: A Forecaster's Viewpoint - Bob Johansen, senior researcher & immediate past president of the Institute for the Future, and Greg Swoyer, director of customer service/logistics for Procter & Gamble
• 10 -11:30 a.m. - Solving the Port and Transportation Infrastructure Dilemma - Steve Roop, assistant director of the Texas Transportation Institute
• 12:30 -1:30 p.m. - Environmental Sustainability - Monica Mullins, vice president for Loss Prevention and Risk Control & Compliance, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
• 1:45 - 3:15 p.m. - Powering the 21st Century Fleet ... Panel Discussion

• Buddy Babcock, UA professor of chemical engineering

• Jerry King UA professor of chemical engineering

• Ed Clausen UA professor of chemical engineering

• Michael Popp, UA professor of agricultural economics and agribusiness

• Moderator: Kirk Thompson, president and CEO, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.