Refreshments & Networking

Opening Keynote: It Takes a Network

Evan Smith, CEO and Co-founder, Altana

The global trade and security order is changing more swiftly and dramatically than at any time since 1945. Businesses and governments must come together to develop new models for navigating the dislocation. In Evan's opening remarks he will lay out a vision for a technology-enabled global product network to power trusted trade, resilient supply chains, and economic security.

Trade, Geopolitics, and the U.S. Political Landscape: A Fireside Chat with Gina Raimondo

Gina Raimondo, former United States Secretary of Commerce; former Governor of Rhode Island

Moderated by Jonathan Prince, Altana Advisor and former White House Senior Advisor, Special Assistant to the President, and senior State Department official

The last ten years have seen the resurgence of real geopolitical conflict, the degradation of the rules-based order managed by transnational institutions and structures, and the return of spheres of influence and nation states that assert their values through extraterritorial means — including trade policy. It's conflict, expressed through commerce. 

Former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo played a central role in some of the most critical developments in geopolitics and trade of the Biden administration, including overseeing the development of export controls on advanced technology to China. Secretary Raimondo joins Altana advisory board member Jonathan Prince for a chat on the global dynamics shaping the next chapter of trade regulation and globalization.

Tariffs and Trade War: How U.S. Businesses Can Survive and Thrive Amid Trade Policy Upheaval

Amgad Shehata, SVP Global Public Affairs & Strategy, UPS

Blake Harden, Vice President, International Trade, Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

Nick Smallwood, SVP Global Procurement & Supply Chain, Sunrun

Moderated by Maureen Hinman, Executive Chair of Silverado Policy Accelerator

Businesses in every sector of the U.S. economy are responding to the Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs on friends and adversaries alike and navigating the aggressive use of trade policy in the technological race with China. How can U.S. manufacturers, importers and logistics service providers equip themselves to thrive in the tumult?

United States and China: Great Power Competition in Global Commerce

Michael Outram, former Australian Border Force Commissioner

Craig Singleton, Senior Director China Program, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

Moderated by Scott Friedman, VP Government Affairs, Altana

Beijing’s economic troubles, its export-intensive vision for growth, confrontation with trading partners over its manufacturing overcapacity, the competition with the U.S. for dominance in AI, and the prospect and impact of a military conflict with Taiwan are upending global commerce. What should businesses expect as these two great powers compete and confront one another in the years ahead?

Networking and product demonstrations

Global Trade in the Age of AI

Adam Hill, CEO, Scarbrough Global

Cindy Allen, CEO and Managing Director, Trade Force Multiplier

Greg Tompsett, LCB, Senior Vice President USA Customs, Kuehne + Nagel

Peter Goodings Swartz, Chief Science Officer and Co-founder, Altana

The global trading system is so interconnected and complex that small changes anywhere can have a distant, material, and unpredictable impact on the entire system. Modern advancements in AI empowers global logistics providers like Kuenhe+Nagel and Scarbrough Global to navigate this volatility, optimize their operations, and to help their customers with pressing issues such as customs and trade compliance automation, tariff optimization, country of origin assessment, and transaction-based risk assessment. Altana’s Chief Science Officer Peter Swartz, Cindy Allen, CEO and Managing Director, Trade Force Multiplier, Greg Tompsett, Vice President of Customs Brokerage at freight forwarding giant Kuehne+Nagel, and Adam Hill, Chief Executive Officer of Scarbrough Global, discuss the adoption of advanced AI in one of the oldest, most essential industries in the world.

Product Passports & the Future of Trade

Mike DeVitto, Director of Logistics and Trade Compliance, LLBean
Lars Karlsson, Global Head of Trade & Customs Consulting Maersk, A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S

Moderated by Aaron Libbey, Chief Growth Officer, Altana

To succeed in an era of geopolitical conflict, climate change, the reshuffling of the global trade order, and the unforeseeable supply chain shocks those bring, businesses, logistics providers, and regulators must understand and master multi-tier value chains. 

B2B and B2G collaboration through product passports will enable buyers and suppliers, the regulators and regulated, and the service providers who move, finance, and insure the world’s goods  to build trust across value chain networks, solve previously intractable business problems, and open new avenues of value creation. In this panel, Altana Chief Growth Officer Aaron Libbey talks with leaders in industry, logistics and trade enforcement about the future of trusted trade.

Refreshments and networking

Value Chains as the New Trade Intelligence

Facilitated by Cindy Allen, CEO and Managing Director, Trade Force Multiplier

With participation from Michael Outram, Former Australian Border Force Commissioner and Ania Fuller, Director of Consulting and Regulatory Affairs, LCB, CPCC, Deringer

The new era of globalization calls for a strategic shift in how enterprises, logistics service providers, and regulators engage with one another. Cindy Allen will open the session with remarks on the current limitations our regulators face and the broader moment we’re in—where increasing complexity and rising expectations demand new approaches. She will then invite the customs and broker experts on the panel to share their perspectives on the value of sharing advance information with regulators, and how technology can help meet the needs of this pivotal time.

Join this dynamic, audience-engaged, interactive discussion where Cindy will ask attendees, “What are you willing to do…?” — sparking a collaborative conversation about how each stakeholder can contribute to a more efficient, effective, and forward-looking trade ecosystem. We’ll explore how collaboration — powered by emerging technologies — can turn compliance from a reactive obligation into a proactive trade strategy, driving smarter decisions and unlocking new opportunities across global commerce.

Business to Business Collaboration

Facilitated by Jinal Surti, Co-Founder & CEO, Epoch

All supply chain and value chain problems are by definition network problems, so as global commerce becomes increasingly complicated and unpredictable, organizations need the capacity to collaborate up and downstream, rather than addressing issues in isolation. How can suppliers and their customers, manufacturers and distributors, and regulators and the industries they regulate work together across multi-tier networks to create compliant, resilient, and trustworthy value chains?

A Next-Generation Framework for Secure and Efficient Exports

Facilitated by Eddie Fishman, Author of Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare

This salon session will explore the current system and discuss improvements to the clarity, accountability, and scalability needed for modern export controls and how an international harmonization of standards may allow for a more efficient mechanism for business subject to rapidly expanding requirements.

Finding our Bearings

Moderated by: Jonathan Prince, Altana Advisor

The closing panel will synthesize the issues and strategies from the Salon Sessions, charting new directions for a future defined by AI-powered supply chain intelligence.

Our Forward Direction

Evan Smith, CEO and Co-founder, Altana

Closing remarks

Cocktails & Networking