SCIS · Supply Chain Innovation Summit

the Circle. SCIS · Supply Chain Innovation Summit

the Circle. SCIS

One day.One room.

the mandate · SCIS

What moves. · What secures. · Who supplies the future.

The Supply Chain Innovation Summit is a one-day Circle conversation co-located with AIO Circle at Hotel Palace Berlin, 10 February 2027.

Supply chain sits at the intersection of every discipline the Circle convenes around. AI has reshaped what is possible. Geopolitics has reshaped what is permissible. The leaders navigating both are invited.

The format is deliberate: single track, no breakouts, one room. The conversation moves from resilience to foresight to accountability. By the close, those in the room will have shaped what comes next.

For the few who decide what moves.

The format · one day

A single conversation.

No breakouts. No exhibition. One room.

The Keynote

One opening address. The systems shaping global supply chain from here. Invited. Curated. No slides circulated in advance.

The Panels

Two structured conversations. Resilience and foresight. Accountability and governance. Moderated to conclusion. No audience votes, no audience interruption.

The Close

A final roundtable. What the room agrees on. What it does not. The record is the Circle's — not the press's.

Who attends · SCIS

C-suite operators.

The leaders running systems at scale.

Chief Supply Chain Officer

Global manufacturers, FMCG and life sciences. The operators who have built networks at continental scale.

Chief Procurement Officer

Leading enterprise procurement organisations. Billion-dollar spend portfolios, multi-tier supplier networks.

Chief Operations Officer

End-to-end P&L accountability. The leaders for whom supply chain is the core operating system.

Head of Supply Chain Technology

AI and digital transformation leads responsible for the next generation of supply chain intelligence.

Chief Risk Officer

Geopolitical risk, regulatory exposure, climate-adjusted forecasting. The leaders mapping what can go wrong.

Strategic Partners

A curated cohort of solution providers whose work is directly relevant to the room. Named in the programme.

Venue · SCIS 2027

Hotel Palace Berlin

Budapester Strasse 45, 10787 Berlin

10 February 2027

the Circle. SCIS · the Circle. AIO

SCIS runs as a single-day summit in the same venue as AIO Circle. Delegates attend one or both, depending on their invitation. The rooms do not overlap. The networks do.

Hotel Palace Berlin is a five-star property adjacent to the Tiergarten. It has hosted Circle rooms since 2025. The working environment is discreet, unhurried and built for conversation.

Previous voices · SCIS

Who has held it. In the room.

2019 faculty. Not confirmed for 2027. Announced in cadence with the programme.

SCIS 2019

Manuel Formis

Head of Trade, Transport & Logistics

Hitachi Energy · Zurich

Former Global Head of Logistics at Philips Healthtech. Now leading trade, transport and logistics at Hitachi Energy in Zurich. Brings two decades of operational supply chain leadership across Honeywell, Alstom, Philips and Hitachi Energy. Six Sigma practitioner with deep expertise in 3PL integration and cross-border logistics governance.

Previous faculty. Not confirmed for 2027.

SCIS 2019

Nathan De Valck

CEO

Antwerp Airport & Ostend-Bruges Airport · Belgium

Appointed CEO of Antwerp Airport and Ostend-Bruges Airport in June 2025. Co-founder and former Chairman of Pharma.Aero. Over two decades in air cargo — Brussels Airport, Worldwide Flight Services, Aviapartner. One of Europe's most influential voices on pharma cold chain and cargo infrastructure strategy.