We just announced our first confirmed speaker for this year’s Future Smarts conference, and we’re announcing a second speaker tomorrow. Both will bring the heat on Dec. 14 in New York.
The first is Coca-Cola’s Nancy Quan. In her role as global technical, innovation and supply chain chief, Nancy influences just about every corner of the Coke system. She and her vast team lead innovation across the value chain, from product and packaging to distribution and retail.
At Future Smarts, Nancy will discuss this work at a time when fragmentation and instability add new challenges that effective companies will turn into competitive advantages. What is the future of ready-to-drink packaging? How will fountain beverage equipment evolve? What ingredients and product attributes will consumers demand? What new ways will Coke get products to market, and how will the company’s supply chain remain both efficient and flexible? We’ll explore issues like these, and more, with Nancy.
Tomorrow’s speaker announcement, which you get to read about here first,...
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