Seize the Future with Cognitive Certainty
Powered by Cognitive AI. Driven by Confidence.
Connect 2026 is Blue Yonder’s flagship event series, designed to help supply chain leaders act with clarity and confidence in an increasingly complex environment. Powered by Cognitive AI, each Connect delivers practical insights, real-world use cases, and focused exchanges rooted in local market realities and concrete business challenges.
Connect is delivered through two complementary formats, built to match different objectives and levels of engagement. Connect On Tour is a full-day experience, combining strategic morning sessions with hands-on workshops in the afternoon, enabling leaders to align vision, roadmap, and execution. Connect Spotlights are half-day, highly focused sessions hosted across multiple cities, each dedicated to one specific topic or project such as retail planning, category management, warehousing, transportation, network collaboration, or Cognitive AI—allowing you to go deep where it matters most.
Every Connect is designed for immediate impact. You gain a clear understanding of how AI-driven decisioning improves forecasting accuracy, inventory optimization, operational resilience, and end-to-end visibility, while leaving with practical approaches you can apply directly to your own supply chain initiatives.
Blue Yonder is the AI company for supply chain. Connect 2026 brings this promise to life—city by city, topic by topic—so you can choose the event, location, and focus that matter most to you.
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Düsseldorf Speakers
Felix Block
Strategic Services Director
Blue Yonder
Jan Hanussek
Managing Partner
Strategix
Morwan Raschid
Business Consultant
Strategix
Zurich Speakers
Shirell James
VP Solution Strategy
Blue Yonder
Anthony Martenot
Principal, Solution Advisory
Blue Yonder
Locations
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Düsseldorf28 May 2026, Schloss Garath
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Stockholm01 June 2026, Microsoft HQ Regeringsgatan 25
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Zurich02 June 2026, EY HQ, Maagpl. 1, 8005 Zürich
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Connect On Tour Cape Town11 June 2026, Forum Embassy Hill, Cape Town
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Dubai22 June 2026
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Riyadh24 June 2026
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Connect On Tour London02 July 2026, 30 Euston Square
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Agenda
- Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf | Connect Spotlights
Focus: Category Management, Assortment Planning, Shelf Compliance
Event in German
This Connect Spotlight, hosted by Strategix at their headquarters in Düsseldorf, is dedicated to Category Management excellence—from assortment strategy to in-store execution. During this half-day session, we will explore how retailers leverage Cognitive AI to optimize assortments, ensure shelf compliance, and translate category strategies into consistent, measurable performance at store level.
09:30 | Coffee & Registration / Registrierung
10:05 | Opening Remarks / Begrüßung
Jan Hanussek, Managing Partner, Strategix
10:00 | Introduction Blue Yonder & Strategix / Vorstellung Blue Yonder und Strategix
Martin Baluk, Key Account Director, Blue Yonder
10:15 | AI meets Space & Category Management / KI trifft Space & Category Management
Felix Block, Strategic Services Director, Blue Yonder
10:45 | From headquarters to the shelf: planogram implementation as a success factor / Von der Zentrale ins Regal: Erfolgsfaktor Planogrammumsetzung
Morwan Raschid, Business Consultant, Strategix
11:05 | Networking Break
11:25 | Synchronizing the end-to-end business processes / Ganzheitliche Synchronisierung der Geschäftsprozesse
Felix Block, Strategic Services Director, Blue Yonder
11:45 | Masterclass - Hands-on Workshop: Every store. The right planogram / Hands-on Workshop: Jede Filiale. Das richtige Planogramm.
Jan Hanussek, Managing Partner, Strategix
12:45 | Closing Remarks & Key Takeaways.
Jan Hanussek, Managing Partner, Strategix
Martin Baluk, Key Account Director, Blue Yonder
12:50 | Networking Lunch - Stockholm
Stockholm | Connect Spotlights
Focus: Category Management, Assortment Planning, Shelf Compliance
This Connect Spotlight is dedicated to Category Management excellence—from assortment strategy to in-store execution. During this half-day session, we will explore how retailers leverage Cognitive AI to optimize assortments, ensure shelf compliance, and translate category strategies into consistent, measurable performance at store level.
10:00 | Coffee & Registration
10:30 | Sessions start
3:00 PM | Wrap-up and Next Steps - Zurich
Zurich | Connect Spotlights
Focus: Multi-Enterprise Collaboration & Blue Yonder Network
This Connect Spotlights is dedicated to the Blue Yonder Network and supplier collaboration. During this half-day session, we will explore how manufacturers, retailers, and logistics partners can connect seamlessly, share intelligence in real time, and orchestrate supply chain execution across multiple enterprises using Cognitive AI.
09:00 | Coffee & Registration
09:30 | Welcome Address
Cathy Humphreys, EMEA Life Sciences Director, Blue Yonder
09:40 | Charting Tomorrow’s Course: Blue Yonder’s Vision for a Connected Future for all Industries
Shirell James, VP Solution Strategy, Blue Yonder
10:10 | Blue Yonder Network Use Case for Planning Collaboration
Nandhi Selvaraj, Solutions Advisor Int, Blue Yonder
10:55 | Customer Case Study for Network Enabled Execution
Anthony Martenot, Principal, Solution Advisor, Blue Yonder
11:30 | Blue Yonder Network Use Case for Logistics and Warehousing Collaboration
Shirell James, VP Solution Strategy, Blue Yonder
Nandhi Selvaraj, Solutions Advisor Int, Blue Yonder
12:15 | Partner presentation: Accelerating Your Digital Supply Chain Transformation With The EY-Blue Yonder Alliance
EY
12:45 | Blue Yonder Network: Roadmap & Next Steps
Shirell James, VP Solution Strategy, Blue Yonder
13:00 | Networking Lunch - Cape Town
Cape Town | Connect On Tour
Focus: End-to-End Supply Chain Transformation
This Connect On Tour is a full-day experience designed to address the full breadth of the Blue Yonder portfolio. During the morning, we will share Blue Yonder’s vision, roadmap, and real-world customer stories across planning, execution, and networked supply chains. In the afternoon, the event shifts to interactive, industry-focused workshops, where participants work through their own business pain points with Blue Yonder experts—turning strategy into practical, actionable outcomes.
Agenda coming soon - Dubai
Dubai | Connect Spotlights
Focus: Network & Execution (WMS, TMS)
This Connect Spotlight is dedicated to Order Management and the orchestration of omnichannel fulfillment and returns. During this half-day session, we will explore how Cognitive AI enables retailers to promise accurately, route orders intelligently, and manage returns efficiently—balancing customer expectations, inventory availability, and operational costs across complex fulfillment networks.
10:00 | Coffee & Registration
10:30 | Sessions start
3:00 PM | Wrap-up and Next Steps - Riyadh
Riyadh | Connect Spotlights
Focus: Network & Execution (WMS, TMS)
This Connect Spotlight is dedicated to Order Management and the orchestration of omnichannel fulfillment and returns. During this half-day session, we will explore how Cognitive AI enables retailers to promise accurately, route orders intelligently, and manage returns efficiently—balancing customer expectations, inventory availability, and operational costs across complex fulfillment networks.
10:00 | Coffee & Registration
10:30 | Sessions start
3:00 PM | Wrap-up and Next Steps
