14th Supply Chain Leaders Forum 2025

MANAGING SUPPLY CHAINS UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS: COPING WITH GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY

In today's increasingly volatile global landscape, supply chain leaders face unprecedented challenges. From regional conflicts and trade restrictions to resource scarcity and rapidly shifting alliances, geopolitical uncertainties have fundamentally transformed how we must approach supply chain management.

The 14th Supply Chain Leaders Forum (SCLF) will bring together industry pioneers, academic experts, and talented students to explore how organisations can navigate these turbulent waters while maintaining operational excellence and strategic resilience.

This year's forum will delve into critical questions facing supply chain professionals:

• How are leading organisations redesigning their supply networks to withstand geopolitical shocks?
• What risk management strategies prove most effective when traditional forecasting models fail?
• How can supply chains balance the competing demands of resilience, sustainability, and cost efficiency in uncertain times?
• What capabilities and competencies will define successful supply chain professionals in this new era?

As with previous years, SCLF remains an event where we celebrate the importance of Supply Chain Management—uniting supply chain leaders with supply chain students, theory with practice. The event will showcase a combination of talent recognition, awarding the best of the best in industry and academia. 

We will identify the top-25 supply chain leaders in Denmark, and outstanding Cand.Merc.SCM and HD-SCM students from CBS, along with excellent Operations Management students from DTU, will receive recognition for their achievements. 

The forum will feature presentations from CBS and DTU professors sharing their latest research on managing supply chains under geopolitical pressure, alongside insights from industry leaders who have successfully navigated extreme market conditions. 

Please join us for this vital conversation at the intersection of supply chain innovation and global complexity, hosted by CBS Department of Operations Management, together with AAASCM, DTU Management, and IDA Supply Chain. 

Let's celebrate the 14th Supply Chain Leaders Forum together! 

The event takes place at: 

Copenhagen Business School,
Porcelænshaven 20, Ovnhallen
2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark 

Thursday, 18 September 2025, 12:30-17:30

Extended networking reception between 17:30-18:30. 

This year, we have a participant limitation of 250 attendees. Therefore, secure your place early to avoid disappointment.
Participation is free but requires registration. 

Please read more and register at SCLF2025  

Registration:

Please note that registration takes place directly via CBS' website. After the event IDA Supply Chain will get the participantlist for statistics.

Important information regarding personal data on participant lists: Your name, title and company name will appear on the participant list for this event if you have previously given consent or have given consent in connection with registration to this event. The participant list is available to the organizer and the other participants at the event itself in the form of an online participant list. At some events, a name tag is also given out, where your name, title and company name appear. If you unsubscribe from the event, your information will no longer appear on the participant list from IDA. 

You can read more about consent here, https://mit.ida.dk/en/samtykker.