In today's era, businesses must manage their supply chains in a manner that minimizes their environmental impact and focuses on making ethically and socially responsible decisions. Learn the latest advances in these areas from academia and industry at the:
2026 Gies Business Supply Chain Management Conference
Sustainability and Social Responsibility
in Supply Chains
March 6-7, 2026
I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center
1900 South First Street
Champaign, Illinois
This third annual conference, hosted by the Supply Chain Management program at Gies College of Business, brings together academia and industry to examine how organizations can create long-term value through sustainable and socially responsible supply chain strategies.
Featuring Two Distinguished Keynote Speakers
Pascal Van Hentenryck
Director of the NSF AI Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT), the director of Tech AI (the AI Hub at Georgia Tech), and the A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor in ISyE at Georgia Tech.
Yanchong (Karen) Zheng
George M. Bunker Associate Professor of Operations Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Faculty co-director of the MIT Leaders for Global Operations Program, faculty director for research of the MIT Sloan ASEAN Office, and a faculty co-director for the MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing.
Registration is closing soon-we look forward to engaging discussions, new collaborations, and meaningful insights. We hope to see you in Champaign this March!
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Mili Mehrotra
Associate Professor of Business Administration
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Champaign IL
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