A "Must-attend" SCM Conference that Combines Global Trends,
Standards and Technologies Updates
With Local Best Practices and Cases Sharing

10 October, 2008 JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong

Opening Address
Mr Duncan Pescod, JP, Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications & Technology), HKSAR Government

The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau comprises the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Branch, the Communications and Technology Branch and the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer. One of the key missions for the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau is to enhance Hong Kong's status as a leading digital city through the promotion of technology and innovation.

After successful proof-of-value pilots … what's next?
Navigating the RFID roadmap for enterprises seeking to drive a sustainable business transformation through enhanced supply chain efficiency, visibility and security.

Ms Krissy Sample, Director, Enterprise Process Management Office and EPC Strategy, Sam's Club

The RFID supply chain market in the Asia-Pacific region will experience exponential growth in the next decade. Market forecasts by research firms are all optimistic, with several research papers quoting RFID growth rates of 20% and more between now and 2013. Industry experts predict that the majority of RFID deployments in the Asia-Pacific supply chain will occur in 2009.

With the successful delivery of pilot cases,

• what invaluable experiences have the pioneering stakeholders gained
• what's next on the roadmap for EPC/RFID rollout
• how will the technologies evolve to enable further cost efficiency and interoperability
  

Mr George Tsang, Chief Operating Officer, Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd

Manufacturers today are carefully juggling the complex trade-offs among cost, quality and sustainability. They find themselves caught in between the ever more demanding customer, growing pressure to ensure food safety and quality as well as the company's need for growth and profitability. Lee Kum Kee, a leading global food manufacturer who won industry recognition earlier this year for its expertise and continued commitment to product quality namely "Most Favorable Enterprise with Good Credibility" and "The Gold Medal Brand of Most Favorable Hong Kong Brands", will share how the company successfully sustains and grows its business through product innovation and quality management in the fiercely competitive environment.

Ensuring consumer safety by optimizing product quality management and enabling better traceability

- Mr Keith Bartlett, Group IT & Logistics Director, A.S. Watson Group
- Mr Peter Johnston, General Manager, Quality, Food Safety & Regulatory Affairs, Retail Hong Kong, A.S. Watson Group
- Ms May Lo, Quality Assurance Manager, The Dairy Farm Group - Wellcome
- Mr George Tsang, Chief Operating Officer, Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd
- Mr Wang Zongnan, Chairman, Bright Food (Group) Co Ltd

Our existing economic models are today experiencing mounting pressure. The reasons for the increased pressure include rising demand for new consumer goods from emerging economies, product safety scares, and the growing complexity within the supply chain. How can we manage the current economic climate to provide a safe yet inexpensive product for a growing world population? One of the best ways is to have better product traceability from point of origin to point of sale which will in turn enable immediate access to accurate product information. In this session, you will find the answers to how quality management practices and supply chain technologies can optimize product quality management.

Case Sharing by Winners of the Industry's first Hong Kong RFID Awards

Awards Winners of RFID Awards
- Airport Authority Hong Kong
- Asia Airfreight Terminal
- CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd
- Convergence Systems Ltd
- Esquel Group
- mi-tu
- NEC Hong Kong Ltd
- Schmidt & Co (HK) Ltd

Winners of the prestigious GS1 Hong Kong RFID Award have shown leadership in their introduction and effective application of RFID technology and solutions. In this session, leading industry players reveal strategic yet pragmatic approaches in implementing EPC/RFID innovations, as well as key success factors that not only help overcome operational challenges but also achieve proof of business values.

Capitalizing on the future Value Chain for growth and sustainability
Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) Case Sharing

The brightest minds in the industry shed light on Value Chain's future developments and emerging opportunities, and leading players reveal how they have adopted ECR and SCM best practices to manage business critical processes such as inventory control, shrinkage, out-of-stock and shelf availability issues. This session will also cover cases sharing for complex and challenging operation like cross-border businesses.

Dr Gerd Wolfram, Managing Director, MGI METRO Group Information Technology GmbH

Outlook for 2018 Value Chain

In this session, Dr Gerd Wolfram will share the wisdom of business leaders by disclosing the collective reports presented under the Global Commerce Initiative on the "Outlook for 2018 Value Chain", which will provide breathtaking insights on the major trends in the value chain for the year 2018 including significant price rises in raw materials, a universal drive for social and environmental responsibility, as well as the widespread availability and enormous influence of technology on consumers leading to the emergence of a new kind of unsurpassed shopping experience.

Business leaders will benefit and find the answers to:

• understand the evolution from traditional to modern trade
• build hybrid and new business models for productivity gains
• forecast the strongest change drivers for the Asian region
• capitalize on emerging business opportunities

Ms Angel Young, Executive Director, Retail Measurement, The Nielsen Company (Hong Kong) Ltd
A release on global findings on food labeling with the latest update on general consumers' shopping habits

Mr Stephen Chan, Managing Director, Power Hub Ltd
Cross Border Supply Chain Challenges and Best Practices