Regional Strategic Forecast

Supply chain disruptions have always existed, but recent years suggest that rather than being exceptions, they represent a new norm of continuous change. While such events can be challenging, they can also create new opportunities for growth, but only if companies manage them well. Join us for an exclusive panel event in which we examine the trends in global and regional supply chain management and how businesses are building resilience into their trade strategies.

About the event

We are delighted to invite you to join us for the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network’s Regional Strategic Forecast.

We will be joined for this event by Andrew Gilmour, the Principal Economist at The Economist Intelligence Unit, who will present our global and regional outlook for the second half of 2023 and beyond.

One of the key challenges for businesses in 2023, as identified in our recent Business Outlook Survey, is supply chain disruption. So we will also take this opportunity to examine the trends in global and regional supply chain management and particularly how businesses are building resilience into their trade strategies. Melanie Noronha, senior manager, policy and insights at Economist Impact, will share the highlights of the recently released report Trade in Transition 2023, sponsored by DP World, which explores how companies are navigating fresh disruptions in global trade, by bringing supply chains "closer to home" through nearshoring or reshoring.

Finally we will convene a panel of regional supply chain leaders to garner their advice on how regional businesses can insulate their trade from future economic and geopolitical shocks.

Speakers

Robert Willock

Director MENA of The Economist Group

Andrew Gilmour

Principal Economist at EIU

Melanie Noronha

Senior manager, Policy & Insights at Economist Impact

Prajeet Sharma

Regional Vertical Market – Consumer at DB Schenker

Sam Achampong

Senior Executive at CIPS Middle East & North Africa (MENA)

Agenda

08:30 am – Arrival, Breakfast and Networking

09:15 am – Welcome and Introduction

09:20 am – Regional Strategic Forecast with Andrew Gilmour, MEA director of EIU

10:00 am – Trade in Transition 2023, presented by Melanie Noronha, senior manager, policy and insights at Economist Impact

10:20 am – Panel discussion on regional supply chain trends

11:00 am – End and Networking

Event details

Venue

Address Dubai Marina Hotel

Meeting room details will be shared upon successful registration.

Contact

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