Supply Chain Research Center to Host Conference

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Supply Chain Management Research Center in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas is sponsoring its 10^th annual day-long supply chain conference on Thursday, March 17.

Held in the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development, the “Global Supply Chains in an Ayn Rand World” conference will feature Yaron Brook, renowned speaker on capitalism and objectivism. For online registration and more information go to the Conference website.

“In addition to Yaron Brook, we have planned a full program of international trade experts and supply chain panelists who will explore country policies, politics, trade barriers and logistics networks that both limit and espouse global free trade,” said Jim Crowell, director of the Supply Chain Management Research Center. 

Brook is a renowned lecturer on capitalism, objectivism, business ethics and foreign policy, and his articles have been featured in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Investor's Business Daily.

Presentations and speakers include:

• “Global Supply Chains in an Ayn Rand World” – Yaron Brook, president and executive director, Ayn Rand Institute.

• “The State of International Trade Competition and Regulation” – Angela Hofmann, senior director, trade strategy, Walmart Global Sourcing.

• “Free Trade, Globalization, and the Real Skinny Regarding NAFTA”– Stanley E. Fawcett, visiting distinguished professor of logistics and supply chain management, Georgia Southern University, and the Donald L. Staheli Professor of International Management, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University.

• “How to Grow in a Growing World” – Panelists: representatives from Procter & Gamble, Walmart, CHEP, and Nestle.

• “Compliance Safety and Accountability (CSA 2010)” – Panelists: Chris Sultemeier, senior vice president, transportation, Walmart; Craig Harper, chief operating officer and executive vice president of operations, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.; Wes Kemp, president and chief executive officer, ABF Freight System Inc.; moderator:  John D. Ozment, professor and Oren Harris Chair of Transportation, Walton College.   

In 1957 Ayn Rand wrote a fictional novel, Atlas Shrugged, where individual creativity and the pursuit of profit were being attacked by both society and government. Now, some 50 years later, Brook travels the world to counter the anti-capitalism, anti-freedom trends of today's culture.