Second Washington Operations Workshop: AI in Supply Chains
Second Washington Operations Workshop: AI in Supply Chains
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School invites you to join us in Washington, D.C., for a one-day workshop on AI in Supply Chains. The program is built around four foundational layers: Intelligence, Execution, Strategy, and Infrastructure. This event is also the second in our Washington Operations Workshop, or WOW, series.
The event features contributors to the forthcoming book AI in Supply Chains: Perspectives from Global Thought Leaders (Springer), co-edited by Professors Maxime Cohen and Tinglong Dai. Joined by leading scholars, practitioners, and policymakers from the D.C. area, they will connect research insights to real-world practice, covering topics such as LLM-based decision agents, decision-focused AI, reinforcement learning for inventory optimization, AI governance and organizational readiness, and the supply chain infrastructure powering AI.
The day includes four expert-led panel discussions, breakout sessions, networking breaks, a boxed lunch, and a closing wine-and-cheese reception.
Conference Co-chairs:
Tinglong Dai, Johns Hopkins University
Maxime Cohen, McGill University
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8:30–9 a.m.
Check-in and Breakfast
9–9:10 a.m.
Welcome
9:10–10:10 a.m.
Panel I: The Intelligence Layer of AI and Supply Chains
Panelists:
Ming Hu, University of Toronto
Georgia Perakis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sridhar Tayur, Carnegie Mellon University
Dennis Zhang, Washington University
Moderator: Maxime Cohen, McGill University
10:10–10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Panel II: The Execution Layer of AI and Supply Chains
Panelists:
Morris Cohen, University of Pennsylvania
Timothy DeStefano, Georgetown University
Pinar Keskinocak, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan Van Mieghem, Northwestern University
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Panel III: The Strategy Layer of AI and Supply Chains
Panelists:
Gad Allon, University of Pennsylvania
Lisa Pinheiro, Analysis Group
Anne Robinson, Masters of Supply Chain
Jay Swaminathan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Moderator: Tinglong Dai, Johns Hopkins University
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30–2:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions: Identifying a Promising Research Agenda and Building an AI in Supply Chains Community
Session Leaders:
Robert Boute, Vlerick Business School
Caleb Kwon, University of Texas at Austin
Sheng Liu, University of Toronto
Maxi Udenio Castro, KU Leuven
Yuqian Xu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:30–2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45–3:45 p.m.
Panel IV: The Infrastructure Layer of AI and Supply Chains
Panelists:
Naren Agrawal, Santa Clara University
Jan Fransoo, Tilburg University
3:45-5 p.m.
Closing remarks & Reception