Opening panel // Supply chains under pressure: Can global food systems handle the next shock?

27 Oct 2026
Main Auditorium
Main Stage

Volatility is becoming a permanent operating condition. Leveraging learnings from past challenges, which strategies are reshaping supply chains to manage risk, control cost, and maintain food security? What does “resilience‑first thinking” look like in practice?

Host
Sebastien Pascual
Sebastien Pascual, Director - TEMASEK, USA
Speakers
Isabel Chatterton
Isabel Chatterton, Director General for Private Sector Operations - ADB, Philippines
Neelamani MuthuKumar
Neelamani MuthuKumar, Group Chief Operating Officer - OLAM AGRI, Singapore
Eugene Cha-Navarro
Eugene Cha-Navarro, Executive Advisor & Former SVP and Managing Director Oceania - CJ CHEILJEDANG, Australia
Stephanie Armstrong
Stephanie Armstrong, Regional President of Asia Pacific and Africa - ZOETIS, Singapore