sclgsummit

17th Global Supply Chain and Logistics Summit
7th November 2024
Dubai, U.A.E.

sclgsummit

Moderators/Speakers/Panelists

Professor Balan Sundarakani

Professor Balan Sundarakani
Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of Wollongong in Dubai

Having 22 years of teaching and research experience in the area of Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management and Operations Management across the various universities in India, Singapore, Switzerland and the UAE. With over 145 research articles published in the form of International Journals, Books, Chapters, magazine articles, conference proceedings, I have completed research and consultancy projects for the Economic Development Board Singapore, IBM, DHL, Ministry of Defence Singapore, Dubai Trade, DP World, RTA in Dubai and Ministry of Education in the UAE.
The total worth of my research and consulting projects are valued around S$2 Million plus AED 7,185,000. In March 2020, I have been awarded with AED 7.1 Million grant from Ministry of Education, the UAE for Food security research in collaboration with International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai Municipality and the UAE University.
Some of my scholarly publications have been published in journals including: International Journal of Production Economics, Computers in Industry, Harvard Business Review Arabia, Omega, Journal of Cleaner Production, Competitiveness Review, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, The International Journal of Logistics Management, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, The TQM Journal etc. I have won “Research Excellence Award” five times for continuous research performance excellence at UOWD in 2010, 2012, 2015, 2021, and 2023. Likewise, Won the Teaching Excellence Award (Highly Commended) in 2015 and “Gold medal for Best Case Study” from IIIE in 2010 and “Best paper Award” from IEOM, Bali, Indonesia in 2014, Best Literati Award from Emerald journal in 2018.
Recipient of many awards and accolades in this field, I have been invited to many keynote addresses to local, regional and global conferences and industry events in the field of logistics and supply chain. In addition, I have been serving as Senior Editor of International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications (Taylor and Francis) Q1 ranked, Cogent Business and Management Journal (Taylor and Francis) Q2 Ranked and Fortune Business Review Journal (Sage Publications) Q2 ranked journal.

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  • Transport Middle East 2025 Oman
  • Transport Middle East 2025 Jordan
  • Dubai Lease Conference
  • CeMAT ASIA 2024
  • The Maritime Standard Transportation and Climate Change Conference
  • 46th Annual SAPICS Conference
  • Indonesia International Transport, Logistic, Euipment & Service Exhibition
  • Smart Ports & Logistics Transformation Summit, KSA
  • Seamless Middle East
  • 4th Supply Chain & Logistics Conference 2024, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Digital Procurement Transformation Summit & Awards
  • Smart Delivery Expo
  • S&OP and Integrated Business Planning Excellence
  • The Future of Retail Supply Chain
  • Procurement Innovation Summit, Saudi
  • 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE MARITIME STANDARD AWARDS

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