Building a Sustainable Future will explore how supply chains and procurement can effectively balance long-term sustainability goals with short-term cost pressures. As businesses face increasing demands to reduce environmental impact, ensure ethical sourcing, and enhance transparency, they must also navigate immediate financial constraints. This session will highlight innovative strategies, such as circular economy practices, supplier engagement, and technology-driven solutions, to drive sustainability without compromising profitability. Experts will share insights on integrating sustainable practices into procurement processes, reducing waste, improving resilience, and meeting stakeholder expectations, ensuring businesses remain competitive while contributing to a more sustainable future.

Learnings

• How does supplier engagement play a crucial role in enhancing sustainability and ethical sourcing?
• What technology-driven solutions can assist in driving sustainability while maintaining profitability?
• How can businesses meet stakeholder expectations regarding sustainability while remaining competitive in the market?

Post-event Actions

• Explore the possibility of adopting these pilot programs that test innovative sustainability strategies within your organisation.
• Facilitate partnerships between companies and sustainability-focused organisations or NGOs to enhance ethical sourcing and environmental impact.

The future of supply chains and procurement is being reshaped by AI and advanced technologies, including tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek. This session will delve into how innovations such as predictive analytics, automation, blockchain, and IoT are revolutionizing operations, enhancing efficiency, and driving sustainability. Experts will highlight the role of AI-powered platforms, including generative AI like ChatGPT and DeepSeek, in enabling smarter decision-making, improving demand forecasting, and optimizing supplier relationships. Attendees will learn how to leverage these technologies to tackle challenges like supply chain disruptions, cost pressures, and sustainability goals, while building agile, transparent, and future-ready supply chains.

Learnings

• How AI and advanced technologies, such as predictive analytics and automation, are transforming supply chain operations?
• How can AI and advanced technologies create synergy with procurement professionals in daily work?

Post-event Actions

• Provide training sessions on leveraging AI to optimize supplier relationships, focusing on communication strategies and data-sharing practices.
• Encourage teams to create specific plans for integrating AI and predictive analytics into their supply chain operations, focusing on measurable outcomes.

In an era of heightened geopolitical uncertainty, supply chains face unprecedented risks, from trade disruptions to regulatory shifts and global conflicts. This session will explore strategies and best practices for building resilient supply chain risk management frameworks. Industry leaders will share insights on diversifying supplier networks, leveraging technology for real-time risk monitoring, and adopting agile decision-making processes. Attendees will learn how to anticipate geopolitical challenges, mitigate vulnerabilities, and ensure business continuity. Discover actionable approaches to strengthen supply chain resilience, enhance adaptability, and maintain operational stability in a volatile global landscape. Ideal for professionals seeking to future-proof their supply chains against geopolitical risks.

Learnings

• What types of risks does geopolitical uncertainty pose to global supply chains?
• What best practices can be adopted to ensure agile decision-making in response to unforeseen challenges?

Post-event Actions

• Enhancing agile decision-making skills, providing frameworks and tools that can be applied during crises.
• Collaborate and share insights on best practices for building supply chain resilience, fostering a network of support.

The Greater Bay Area (GBA), encompassing Hong Kong, Macau, and nine cities in Guangdong, presents a unique dynamic of competition and cooperation. This session will explore whether the GBA functions as a collaborative ecosystem or a competitive marketplace. Experts will discuss the region’s economic integration, innovation potential, and cross-border opportunities, as well as challenges such as regulatory differences and resource allocation. Attendees will gain insights into how businesses and governments can balance rivalry with partnership to drive growth, foster innovation, and unlock the GBA’s full potential.

Learnings

• What cross-border opportunities exist for businesses, and how can they effectively leverage these to enhance market access?
• How do competition and cooperation coexist within the Greater Bay Area (GBA)?
• What successful collaborative models and partnerships have emerged in the GBA, and what can we learn from them for future initiatives?

Post-event Actions

• Develop a set of policy recommendations aimed at addressing regulatory challenges and promoting economic integration within the GBA.
• Establish ongoing networking opportunities to connect with experts and businesses operating within the GBA.

Sustainability is a growing international trend for all industries with ESG as core components. The impact of ESG is especially relevant to the trading and logistics sector due to its intrinsically international nature of business. While listed and large logistic companies have already taken the lead to incorporate ESG into their strategic positioning and business operations, logistic SMEs appear to be slow in action. The pressure for addressing supply chain ESG with Scope 3 emissions as the focal issue has been rapidly built up immediately after the conclusion of COP29 on climate change. With the Transport and Logistic Bureau of The Hong Kong SAR Government taken the leading role to inaugurate logistics SMEs’ ESG transformation, this session will examine TLB’s ESG roadmap and deliberate the course of action to put logistics SMEs effectively on this ESG roadmap.

Learnings

• Global observations on ESG trends in the Logistics Sector
• ESG challenges for logistic SMEs
• TLB’s roadmap for logistic SMEs’ ESG transformation

Post-Event Actions

• Seminars on TLB’s ESG roadmap for logistic SMEs
• Workshops on ESG capacity building for logistic SMEs
• Sharing sessions between logistics large companies and SMEs for ESG supply chain building

The logistics industry is undergoing a rapid transformation driven by cutting-edge technologies. This session will explore the latest innovations shaping the future of supply chain and logistics operations, such as the rise of autonomous delivery (e.g. drones, self-driving vehicles) revolutionizing last-mile logistics, the role of AI-powered robots in sorting, picking and packing, and AI & predictive analytics in the optimization of route planning and inventory management. Experts will discuss real-world applications, challenges, and the potential of these technologies to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve sustainability.

Learnings

• How are drones, robotics, and AI-driven automation transforming supply chain efficency, reducing costs, and enabling faster deliveries?
• What are the regulatory hurdles, workforce adaptation, and integration strategies for deploying advanced logistics technologies?
• How can electric fleets, smart packaging, and predictive analytics contribute to greener logistics and long-term industry resilience?

Post-event Actions

• Assess your current logistics operations to identify areas where automation, drones, or AI could drive improvements.
• Connect with robotics, drone, and AI solution providers to explore pilot programs or partnerships.
• Invest in training programs to prepare employees for a tech-driven logistics environment, focusing on data analytics and automation management.