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James Lisica - Supply Chain Futurist, Keynote Speaker & Strategic Advisor

SUPPLY CHAIN KEYNOTES & WORKSHOPS
FOR 2026 AND BEYOND

​​AI, automation, sustainability and antifragile networks, the strategic levers shaping modern supply chains.

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GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS ARE EVOLVING..

​​Designed for executive audiences and organisations preparing for what comes next.

 

Each session, from keynotes to strategy briefings to interactive workshops brings clear, commercially relevant foresight that helps leaders understand disruption, align around strategic priorities and move from future thinking to practical action.

James works with CEOs, COOs, CSCOs, supply chain leaders, logistics executives, strategy and innovation teams, government forums, industry bodies, and global conference organisers who need more than trend commentary.

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KEYNOTES & WORKSHOPS

THE FUTURE
OF WORK

Future Of Work Keynote: A forward-looking keynote examining the move from traditional workforce expansion to cognitive scale, where executives lead integrated human and autonomous systems to create greater speed, intelligence, and competitive advantage.

Keynote Outcome: Audiences gain a clear framework for reshaping 2030 leadership, governing Agentic AI, managing borderless ecosystems, and elevating leadership into central architects of commercial performance and strategic value.

 

Future Of Work Workshop: A high-impact, board-level strategy lab focused on designing the shift from manual execution to strategic command, with clear governance principles for safe, scalable, and effective human-machine collaboration.

 

Workshop Outcome: Participants leave with a prioritized blueprint for deploying AI guardrails, mitigating algorithmic liability, and building a zero-trust leadership model designed for resilience, control, and antifragile performance.

DIGITAL TWINS &
SIMULATIONS

Digital Twin Keynote: A forward-looking keynote examining the rise of the Mirror World, where physical supply chain operations are increasingly preceded, shaped, and optimized by digital simulation.

Keynote Outcome: Audiences will understand the transition from tracking to simulating, with a practical roadmap for harnessing Digital Twins to drive autonomous revenue, profitable sustainability better decisions, and strategic advantage.

 

Digital Twin Workshop: A high-impact executive strategy lab focused on designing the blueprint for a holistic enterprise Digital Twin that enables end-to-end supply chain visibility, simulation, and synchronized control.

 

Workshop Outcome: Participants leave with a clear, prioritized roadmap for enabling simulation-led decision-making, strengthening resilience, and building a more adaptive and future-ready enterprise.

CYBER SECURITY
& ANTIFRAGILITY

Resilience Keynote:  A visionary keynote examining how organizations are building unbreakable networks where systemic security, adaptive capacity, and intelligence become drivers of trust and growth.

Keynote Outcome: Audiences will understand the move from defence-based thinking to antifragile enterprise design, with a practical roadmap for enabling autonomous operations, protecting revenue, and thriving in a high-risk world.

 

Resilience Workshop: A high-impact executive strategy lab focused on pinpointing the critical digital nodes, interdependencies, and operational vulnerabilities that must be fortified and stress-tested to withstand geopolitical and cyber disruption.

 

Workshop Outcome: Participants leave with a clear, prioritized roadmap for advancing toward an antifragile supply chain posture, strengthening enterprise resilience, and building an unbreakable network.

ROBOTICS, 
3D PRINTING & IoT

Automation Keynote: A forward-looking keynote examining the rise of lights-out value chains, where automation and intelligent machines redefine how enterprises scale, compete, and create value.

Keynote Outcome: Audiences will understand the move from manual labor to machine agency, with a practical roadmap for enabling autonomous revenue, resilient autonomous operations, and sustainable competitive advantage.

 

Automation Workshop: A high-impact executive strategy lab focused on designing the blueprint for an IoT- and robotics-enabled supply chain automation that can sense, decide, and respond in real-time at the edge.

 

Workshop Outcome: Participants leave with a clear, prioritized roadmap for enabling hardware-led decision-making, increasing resilience, and building a more adaptive and future-ready enterprise.

DIGITAL
ECOSYSTEMS

Digital Ecosystems Keynote: A visionary keynote examining the rise of ecosystem competition, where collaborative networks and shared intelligence are redefining how enterprises scale and create value.

Keynote Outcome: Audiences will understand the transition from isolated competition to networked agility, with a roadmap for enabling autonomous revenue, increasing resilience, and capturing greater value through ecosystem-led strategies.

 

Digital Ecosystems Workshop: A high-impact executive strategy lab focused on designing the blueprint for a multi-tier digital ecosystem that enables collaboration, visibility, and coordinated decision-making across the extended enterprise.

 

Workshop Outcome: Participants leave with a clear, prioritized roadmap for advancing ecosystem-led decision-making, strengthening resilience, and building a more connected and adaptive operating model.

ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE

AI Keynote: A visionary keynote examining how AI agents and machine customers will redefine competition, transform supply chain operating models, and reshape the architecture of enterprise value by 2030.

Keynote Outcome: Audiences will understand the transition from tools to agents, with a practical roadmap for building the capabilities needed to drive autonomous revenue, adaptive decision-making, and next-generation enterprise advantage.

 

AI Workshop: A high-impact executive strategy lab focused on pinpointing the decision nodes where Agentic and Causal AI can deliver the greatest operational, commercial, and strategic value across the supply chain ecosystem.

 

Workshop Outcome: Participants leave with a clear, prioritized roadmap for shifting from human-in-the-loop management to human-on-the-loop orchestration, creating the foundation for more autonomous and adaptive workflows.

SUSTAINABILITY &
ESG COMPLIANCE

Sustainability Keynote: A visionary keynote examining how organizations are decoupling growth from resources to create stronger margins, greater resilience, and lasting competitive advantage.

Keynote Outcome: Audiences will understand the shift from viewing sustainability as compliance to leveraging it as a driver of value creation, with a roadmap for achieving profitable, circular, and commercially sustainable outcomes.

 

Sustainability Workshop: A high-impact executive strategy lab focused on designing the blueprint for a zero-waste, regenerative, sustainable enterprise and the circular supply chain capabilities required to support it.

 

Workshop Outcome: Participants leave with a clear, prioritized roadmap for advancing circular decision-making, unlocking new sources of value, and achieving profitable sustainability at scale.

PREDICTIVE DATA
& ANALYTICS

Predictive Analytics Keynote: A forward-looking keynote examining the anticipatory enterprise, where predictive intelligence and data-driven foresight enable leaders to shape outcomes before disruption occurs.

Keynote Outcome: Audiences will understand the transition from historical reporting to predicting outcomes, with a practical roadmap for driving autonomous revenue, strategic agility, and stronger competitive positioning.

 

Predictive Analytics Workshop: A high-impact executive strategy lab focused on designing the data architecture and decision foundations required to enable advanced analytics and predictive, foresight-led supply chain operations.

 

Workshop Outcome: Participants leave with a clear, prioritized roadmap for advancing predictive decision-making, strengthening resilience, and building a more proactive and future-ready enterprise.

BLOCKCHAIN &
TOKENIZATION

Blockchain Keynote: A forward-looking keynote examining the rise of the blockchain, where programmable trust and decentralized systems redefine how enterprises scale and transact.

Keynote Outcome: Audiences will understand the transition from paper trails to digital certainty, with a roadmap for enabling autonomous revenue, improving sustainability tracking, and deploying strategies that strengthen trust across complex global ecosystems.

 

Blockchain Workshop: A high-impact executive strategy lab focused on designing the blueprint for a blockchain-enabled, asset-light enterprise built on smart contracts, tokenized assets, and programmable trade infrastructure.

 

Workshop Outcome: Participants leave with a clear, prioritized roadmap for advancing programmable trade, strengthening resilience, and creating a more agile and trust-centric operating model.

INNOVATION &
CUSTOMER TRENDS

Innovation Keynote: A forward-looking keynote examining how machine customers and AI-driven trends are redefining the competitive landscape and changing how enterprises create demand and growth.

Keynote Outcome: Audiences will understand the transition from meeting demand to anticipating needs, with a practical roadmap for enabling stronger customer growth, faster response, and differentiated advantage.

 

Innovation Workshop: A high-impact executive strategy lab focused on uncovering future customer friction points, interpreting emerging demand patterns, and designing a proactive innovation blueprint for the next era of brand relevance.

 

Workshop Outcome: Participants leave with a clear, prioritized roadmap for advancing trend-led decision-making and building the capabilities needed for predictive, real-time demand sensing and shaping.

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