International Network of Private Business Owners, INPBO, has worked for more than 15 years to build a better world and a more inclusive economy. We engage, partner with and empower people to have a greater say in their futures and more equitable access to economic opportunities. We achieve this vision through collaborative partnerships in development, advocacy, public awareness and thought leadership.
On behalf of International Network of Private Business Owners, we invite you to a four day ‘Symposium on Sustainable Business Growth and Development’ which will be held in New Yori City, New York from 7th to 10th July, 2026
Designed to bring together thought leaders from the public, private and social sectors to discuss how partnering across traditional divides can lead to more efficient and innovative transformations.
The target audience for this conference will be research scholars, academicians, planners, policy makers, practitioners, consultants, and students
Executive Director, Annenberg Foundation
Founder and Executive Director Reshoring Institute
Senior Manager, Supply Chain Lacks Enterprises
Global Chief HR Officer Martin Brower
Global Director of Sustainability Johnson Controls, Inc.
CEO, Butterball Farms
Senior Vice President of Sales at Meyers
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
Get an insider's view of how world-class brands are created, and then roll up your sleeves alongside a senior brand strategy expert who has years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies. You'll learn to define critically important elements of your brand, including your purpose, differentiators, and brand personality, and pick up easy-to-implement strategies to create emotionally powerful, loyalty-building, and memorable customer experiences that can back it up.
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Provision of off-grid energy solutions for the hard-to-reach and under-served populations present a mostly-untapped market as well as a number of opportunities for innovation. In this workshop, we will discuss existing business models as well as the nature of the market to identify new opportunities beyond the Grid.
11:40 AM - 12:30AM
09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
09:10 AM - 10:00 AM
During the past few years of heightened disruption, the focus on, and recognition of, supply chain value increased. This session discusses how high-performing supply chains plan to evolve over the next three to five years to build their credibility and support sustainable growth in their business.
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
The post-pandemic healthcare supply chain is evolving at a revitalized pace. New supplier risks, increasing scale through mergers and the new digital supply chain frontier are driving changes. This session focuses on five predictions specific to the healthcare supply chain that you need to know and respond to from our research over the next three to five years.
10:50 AM - 11:40 AM
Warren Bennis said, “The factory of the future will have only two employees — a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.” Today’s reality is much different. More people are needed and the interfaces between humans and machines are morphing. This session will focus on the human. How is the future of work changing in factories and workers are becoming more connected and augmented with new technologies? What can you do now?
11:40 AM - 12:30AM
12:30 PM - 01:10 PM
COE leaders have two contradictory fears — being perceived as an ivory tower detached from operations; and getting drawn into tactical activities detached from supply chain strategy. This session will explore how COEs can walk that tightrope of synergistic engagement with operations while producing deliverables that address strategic objectives.
09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
Sustainability investments must be data-driven. However, distributed data sets often hamper decision-making. In this session, we will look at how companies are leveraging technology, including GIS, AI, blockchain and IoT, to advance their sustainability strategies while enhancing value chain accountability. We will show how the right data at the right time can drive impact.
Sourcing and procurement is rich in data but has struggled for years in its journey to achieve true maturity in data analytics. In this roundtable, we'll set aside the usual suspects (aka resource constraints) to talk about what's really holding procurement back, even as other functions in and out of supply chain have made steady progress.
10:30 AM - 11:20AM
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Warren Bennis said, “The factory of the future will have only two employees — a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.” Today’s reality is much different. More people are needed and the interfaces between humans and machines are morphing. This session will focus on the human. How is the future of work changing in factories and workers are becoming more connected and augmented with new technologies? What can you do now?
Only 55% of Supply Chain change initiatives meet their initial goals while 25% of these initiatives are the ones that sustain gains over time. This session provides a clear framework on how to lead successful supply chain planning transformation initiatives.
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