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November 9, 9a.m. - 11:30a.m. EST
9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET
11:30 am to 1:30 pm ET
11:30 am to 1:30 pm ET
11:30 am to 1:30 pm ET
11:30 am to 1:30 pm ET
PANEL TRACK 2 - TEGUS PRODUCT INNOVATIONS
12:10 - 12:30 PM CT
PANEL TRACK 1 - INVESTOR HOT TOPICS
12:30 - 1:10 PM CT
PANEL TRACK 2 - TEGUS PRODUCT INNOVATIONS
12:30 - 12:50 PM CT
PANEL TRACK 2 - TEGUS PRODUCT INNOVATIONS
12:50 - 1:10 PM CT
PANEL TRACK 3
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM CT
KEYNOTE
1:10 - 1:55 PM CT
CLOSING REMARKS
1:55 - 2:00 PM CT
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About
the Event

AeraHUB 23 is a live and virtual event bringing together the innovators, thought leaders, and business champions who are at the center of deploying AI for decision automation.
Join us on November 9 in Manhattan for the most important AI and Decision Intelligence event of 
the year, featuring:
  • Exclusive presentation of new research from IDC on AI and decision automation
  • Decision Intelligence success stories from practitioners and executive leaders at global brands
  • Overview of new generative AI capabilities on Aera Decision Cloud™
  • For in-person attendees, the opportunity to join executive roundtables with AI leaders and IDC analysts

Available On-Demand

AeraHUB 23 was broadcast LIVE on November 9th, 2023. All event content is now available On-Demand.

Featured Speakers

Fred Laluyaux

Fred Laluyaux

President and CEO

Aera Technology

Sasha Pailet Koff

Sasha Pailet Koff

Sr VP, Digital Supply Chain

Dell Technologies

Juan Carlos Parada

Juan Carlos Parada

Executive VP, Global Customer Operations Unilever

Unilever

Dan Vesset

Dan Vesset

Group Vice President

IDC

Wendy Herrick

Head of Customer Operations, North America

Unilever

Lucca Nanni

Luca Nanni

Vice President Global Supply Chain

Philip Morris International

Roy Van Griensven

Roy Van Griensven

Head of Business Transformation

Mitsubishi Chemical Group

Luis Gonzalez Chan

Luis Gonzalez Chan

Global Supply Chain Director

Becle

John Sim

Jon Sim

Director - Digital Innovation

GSK

Mariaan Ordieres

Mariaan Ordieres

Control Tower Leader, Supply Chain Intelligence

Deacero

Tara King

Tara King

Associate Director, Animal Health – Global Supplier Management, Business Systems & Process Improvement

Merck

Raja Chhabada

Raja Chhabada

Digital Customer Experience

Alcon

Gabriela Caballero Guerra

Gabriela Caballero Guerra

Control Tower Supply Chain

Deacero

Gonzalo Benedit

Gonzalo Benedit

Chief Revenue Officer

Aera Technology

Laurent Lefouet

Laurent Lefouet

Chief Customer Officer

Aera Technology

Chandana Gopal

Chandana Gopal

Research Director, Future of Enterprise Intelligence

IDC

Kevin Callanan

Kevin Callanan

Vice President Global Supply Chain

Lucid Motors

Maninder Kartik

Maninder Kartik

Vice President, Information Technology

Philip Morris International

Chris McDivitt

Chris McDivitt

Managing Director, Supply Chain and Operations South lead

Accenture

Alexandre Nasciutti

Partner, Supply Chain & Operations

EY

Kevin Overdulve

Kevin Overdulve

Partner, Supply Chain & Network Operations Practice Leader

Deloitte

Jaime Rodríguez Lagunas

Jaime Rodríguez Lagunas

Global Lead - Data & AI - Supply Chain & Operations Analytics

Accenture

Sarah Ferguson Kelly

Sarah Ferguson Kelly

Vice President, Digital Heath, Advancing Customer Experiences

Alcon

Featured Sessions

Keynote

AI for Decision Automation. Now.

Join Aera Technology President & CEO Fred Laluyaux and guests as they share insights on AI and examples of value delivered as a result of decision automation.

Company Showcase

Dell Technologies - The Power of Decision Automation in a Frictionless Supply Chain

Join Aera Technology President & CEO Fred Laluyaux and Sasha Pailet Koff, SVP, Dell Technologies, as they discuss the significance of AI and Decision Intelligence in the management of complex supply chains.

Thought Leadership

Decision Intelligence - The Next Wave of Enterprise AI

Join Dan Vesset, Group Vice President at IDC, as he unveils new survey data and analysis of the next wave of AI, Decision Intelligence, and the automation of decision making.

Panel

Pioneers of Decision Intelligence

Join host Gonzalo Benedit, Chief Revenue Officer, Aera Technology, Unilever Head of Customer Operations in North America, Wendy Herrick and executive leaders who are pioneering the use of AI and Decision Intelligence for their companies.

Company Showcase

Deacero - Blazing a Path to the Self-Driving Enterprise

Join host Laurent Lefouet, Chief Customer Officer, Aera Technology and executives from Deacero as they discuss how they have enabled their teams to accelerate digital transformation and achieve real results by creatively applying decision automation.

Technology Showcase

Aera Decision Cloud

Join Aera Technology President & CEO Fred Laluyaux, Sr. Vice President of Products Lalitha Sundaramurthy, and Vice President of Data Science Machine Learning and AI, Mustafa Kabul as they share how Aera Decision Cloud™ enables Decision Intelligence and connects you with your business and autonomously orchestrates your operations.

Virtual On-Demand Tracks

Innovation Track

Learn how predictive AI and machine learning are transforming business decision-making. This track dives into the intelligence behind decision automation, with an overview of how this technology digitizes, augments, and automates decisions. You’ll learn how data scientists, skill developers, and business users benefit from what some are calling the “killer app” for AI in the enterprise.
  • An Overview of Aera Decision Cloud™
    • Lalitha Sundaramurthy, Sr. Vice President of Products, Aera Technology
  • Using Aera Developer to Build Skills that Understand, Recommend, Act, and Learn
    • Nitin Gomatam, Principal Product Manager, Aera Technology
  • Building the Decision Data Model™ to Enable Decision Automation
    • Lalitha Sundaramurthy, Sr. Vice President of Products, Aera Technology
  • Aera Cortex™: Operationalizing AI to Digitize Business Decision Making
    • Mustafa Kabul, Vice President of Data Science & Machine Learning, Aera Technology
  • Aera Learns: Leveraging Advanced AI to Make Better Decisions
    • Mustafa Kabul, Vice President of Data Science & Machine Learning, Aera Technology
  • Generative AI: Using Large Language Models to Discover Decision-Making Opportunities Rapidly
    • Mustafa Kabul, Vice President of Data Science & Machine Learning, Aera Technology

Business Impact Track

Learn how to implement and measure value from AI for decision making. Our experts present best practices for gauging the potential impact of Decision Intelligence; how to achieve a successful deployment with rapid time to value; and examples of the transformative impact Decision Intelligence has, with real-world examples and insights gained from helping large global organizations deploy and scale AI for decision automation. This track includes conversations with our partners at Accenture, Deloitte, EY, and Google.
  • A Framework for Delivering Business Value with Decision Intelligence
    • Gonzalo Benedit, Chief Revenue Officer, Aera Technology
  • Accelerating Time to Value with Decision Intelligence: Results in Weeks, Not Months
    • Rob Wolfe, Senior Engagement Principal, Aera Technology
  • Six Best Practices for Delivering a Successful Decision Intelligence Skill
    • Soniya Somani, Engagement Principal, Aera Technology
    • Adam Mikkelsen, Engagement Principal, Aera Technology
  • Decision Intelligence Impact, Value, and Learning: Closing the Loop with a Real-Life Example
    • Adi Rao, Sr. Manager, Solution Architect, Aera Technology       
  • Scaling Decision Intelligence Success: Delivering Sustained Value Over Time
    • Ram Krishnan, Global Head, Customer Success, Aera Technology
  • Intelligent and Autonomous Supply Chain Networks: A Conversation with Jaime Lagunas of Accenture
    • Eduardo Tobias, VP, Partnerships & Strategic Growth, Aera Technology 
  • Pioneering Decision Intelligence: A Conversation with Alex Nasciutti of EY
    • Eduardo Tobias, VP, Partnerships & Strategic Growth, Aera Technology 
  • Scaling and Deploying Aera Globally: A Conversation with Chris McDivitt of Accenture
    • Eduardo Tobias, VP, Partnerships & Strategic Growth, Aera Technology 
  • Decision Intelligence: Assumptions vs. Reality – A Conversation with Kevin Overdulve of Deloitte
    • Gonzalo Benedit, Chief Revenue Officer, Aera Technology
  • Building Decision Agility Now – A Conversation with Dr. John Gattorna
    • Dr. John Gattorna, Global supply chain thought leader, author, and adjunct professor
    • Rajeev Mitroo, General Manager, APAC

Demo Track

See how AI improves decision making in supply chain, procurement, revenue management, and more. Join us for an introduction to AI skills designed to address specific business challenges. You’ll also see a wide range of these skills in action on the Aera Decision Cloud™ platform, showing how decisions can be digitized and automated – and evolving over time as your business needs change.
  • Introduction to the Aera Skills™ Library
    • Naveen Reddy, VP, Product Marketing, Aera Technology
  • Getting Started with Aera: Test Drive
    • Sean McNunn, Director, Sales Engineering, Aera Technology 
  • Aera Skill™ Demos
    • Sean McNunn, Director, Sales Engineering, Aera Technology
    • Keeley Witzel, Principal Solution Engineer, Aera Technology
      • Constrained Material Supply
      • Dynamic Order Fulfillment
      • Dynamic Safety Stock Adjustments
      • Gap to Target Management
      • Inventory Rebalancing
      • Scenario Planning and Simulation
      • Spend Optimization
      • Trade Promotion Optimization
      • Aging Inventory Management
  • Keeping Pace with Business Complexity: Enhancing and Scaling Skills Over Time
    • Sean McNunn, Director, Sales Engineering, Aera Technology

AI Success Stories Track

Leaders from innovative brands will share the positive impact of Decision Intelligence. Join this track to hear from executives and business leaders at companies that have deployed AI for decision-making, with unique insights on how this technology breaks down data and process silos – revealing new opportunities to avoid risk, reduce cost, and become more efficient and sustainable.
  • Decision Intelligence at Alcon: A Conversation with Sara Kelly
    • Sara Kelly, Vice President, Digital Heath, Alcon
    • Fred Laluyaux, President & CEO, Aera Technology
  • Decision Intelligence: A Conversation with Alcon and EY
    • Raja Chhabada, Head of Digital Engineering and Architecture - Digital Health, Alcon
    • Alexandre Nasciutti, Partner, Supply Chain & Operations, EY
    • Ram Krishnan, Global Head, Customer Success, Aera Technology
  • Decision Intelligence at Proximo Spirits
    • Luis Gonzalez, Global Supply Chain Director, Proximo Spirits - Becle SAB
    • Gonzalo Benedit, Chief Revenue Officer, Aera Technology
  • Decision Intelligence at GSK
    • Jon Sim, Director of Digital Innovation, GSK
    • Paul Crayford, Client Partner, Aera Technology
  • Decision Intelligence at Merck Animal Health
    • Tara King, Director, Business Systems & Process Improvement, Merck & Co.
    • Ram Krishnan, Global Head, Customer Success, Aera Technology
  • Decision Intelligence at Mitsubishi Chemical Group
    • Roy Van Griensven, Head of Business Transformation, Mitsubishi Chemical Group
    • Gonzalo Benedit, Chief Revenue Officer, Aera Technology
  • Decision Intelligence at Philip Morris International
    • Luca Nanni, Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Philip Morris International
    • Fred Laluyaux, President & CEO, Aera Technology
  • Unilever: Accelerating Digital Transformation with Decision Intelligence
    • Juan Carlos Parada, EVP Customer Operations, Unilever
    • Fred Laluyaux, President & CEO, Aera Technology
  • Deacero: Torre de Control
    • Israel Hinojosa, Supply Chain Intelligence Manager, Deacero
    • Gabriela Caballero, Control Tower Manager, Deacero
    • Mariaan Ordieres, Control Tower Leader, Deacero
  • Decision Intelligence at Lucid Motors
    • Kevin Callanan, VP of Supply Chain & Procurement, Lucid Motors
    • Gonzalo Benedit, Chief Revenue Officer, Aera Technology
For questions regarding the event please email:
aerahub@aeratechnology.com

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