Seize the Future with Cognitive Certainty
Powered by Cognitive AI. Driven by Confidence. - Dubai Nov 11th.
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.
Join us in Dubai November 11th and choose your Workshop to build your own event.
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Dubai Speakers
Antonio Boccalandro
President, APAC & MEA
Blue Yonder
Shirell James
VP Supply Chain Advisory
Blue Yonder
Locations
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Connect On Tour Dubai11 November 2026, Hilton Dubai Palm Jumeirah
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Agenda
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Dubai | 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.
08:30 | Coffee & Registration
09:00 | Welcome Address
Yahyah Pandor, VP & GM, Middle East, and Africa, Blue Yonder
09:10 | From Insights to Autonomous Action: The Rise of Agentic Supply Chains
Antonio Boccalandro, President APAC, Middle East, and Africa, Blue Yonder
09:40 | Extend Supply Chain Visibility and Orchestration With a Multi-Enterprise Network
Shirell James, VP Supply Chain Advisory, Blue Yonder
10:05 | Customer Presentation
10:35 | Blue Yonder Platform and AI Agents
Diwakar Rajan, Sr. Strategic Services Director, Blue Yonder
11:00 | Networking Coffee Break
11:30 | Unified Planning and Streamlined Decisioning Across the Supply Chain
Hugh Hendry, Senior Director Solution Advisory, Blue Yonder
11:55 | Resilience by Design: Anticipate Risk, Secure Operations and Coordinate Response
Shirell James, VP Supply Chain Chain Advisory, Blue Yonder
12:20 | Workshops Introduction
Marie Sabbah, Senior Marketing Manager, Blue Yonder
12:30 | Networking Lunch
14:00 | Parallel Workshops
Network Enabled Cognitive Execution from Fulfill to Returns
Orchestrate end-to-end execution across multi-enterprise networks with AI-driven intelligence. This workshop will explore how to connect planning and execution through enhanced visibility, collaboration, cognitive capabilities, and real-time orchestration — driving more agile, resilient operations across your extended supply chain.
Cognitive AI for Planning Decisions
Learn how AI-powered planning solutions can enhance decision-making by combining real-time data, predictive insights, and automation. You will gain practical understanding of how to improve accuracy, responsiveness, and alignment across planning functions.
15:30 | Closing Remarks
15:40 | Networking Reception
