Registration is open for the fifth annual Women in Supply Chain Forum™, an in-person education, networking and mentorship conference designed to provide support and community to females in the supply chain space.
Hosted by Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive, this premier networking event, which will take place Nov. 17-19 at the Charleston Marriott in Charleston, S.C., is tailored to men and women in all positions within the supply chain space to expand their personal and professional network through discussion panels centered around promoting and advocating for women in the supply chain space.
This year’s theme, “Self-Advocacy in the Workforce: Brand Yourself While Empowering Others to Climb the Corporate Ladder,” will bring together leading experts in the industry to discuss mentorship, self-advocacy, collaboration, connection, education, and sharing best practices from all experiences and skillsets in the supply chain space.
Ellen Voie, founder of the Women In Trucking Association, joins the 2026 Women in Supply Chain Forum™ as keynote speaker. Voie is an internationally recognized speaker and authority on inclusion for women working in non-traditional careers in transportation. She founded the Women In Trucking Association with a mission to promote the employment of women in the trucking industry, to remove obstacles, and to celebrate the successes of its members. Since 2017, Voie has been hosting the Women In Trucking Show on SiriusXM’s Road Dog Trucking Channel 146, which airs every Saturday and Sunday at 7am and 3pm EST. She also penned “From Dispatcher to Disruptor: One Woman’s Journey to Drive Gender Diversity in the Trucking Industry,” and served as a panelist at the very first Women in Supply Chain Forum™, detailing the keys to alleviating the truck driver shortage.
Wanda Johnson, transformation leader at Deloitte, was tapped as Closing Keynote to lead a discussion on the Art of Negotiation. In this session, Johnson will lead a powerful conversation on knowing your value, owning your voice, and advocating for yourself with confidence, and will outline how to negotiate with clarity, strategy, and impact.
What to expect:
· 2 days of pure content, connections, networking and more.
· A Market Overview session to offer stats, outline of market conditions, forecasting ahead and more as it relates to transportation and warehousing sectors.
· Supply Chain Jeopardy, an interactive game that quizzes on everything from transportation and warehousing to software solutions, the history of women in supply chain and more.
· Multiple networking sessions, where attendees participate in speed dating-style discussions, sharing their journeys and life lessons and building mentorship/mentee relationships.
- The "Be a mentor, find a mentor" networking session entails behind-the-scenes matchmaking to pair up mentors with mentees to begin building connections, sharing best practices and forming a life-long bond.
· Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award winners’ panel discussion with Top 4 overall Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award winners.
· Cocktails & Conversations networking session, where attendees participate in speed dating-style sessions where attendees can share their journeys, get to know others and start a networking foundation for the conference based off of industry topics.
Meal packing event in partnership with Move For Hunger offers a quick, hands-on service opportunity to pack a nutritious meal kit that will feed a family of four facing hunger in the Charleston area.
“From the beginning, the Women in Supply Chain Forum™ has always centered around collaboration and community. When I co-created this event, the goal was to build a platform for men and women to come together and really network, really learn from each other, and really form that bond that you can’t do when you’re at a tradeshow or educational conference,” says Mayer, Editor-in-Chief of Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Food Logistics and Co-Founder of the Women in Supply Chain Forum™. “What it’s evolved into is a community of logistics leaders who truly want to share ideas, learn from others and form a bond that goes beyond the corporate room. Being able to brand yourself yet help others is the most fulfilling thing any female leader can do.”
Go to www.WomenInSupplyChainForum.com to register for the Forum, learn more about sponsorship opportunities and more.
Early bird rate expires July 31!
