Kris Timmermans, senior managing director and global lead for supply chain operations with Accenture, and David Simchi-Levi, professor of engineering systems at MIT, discuss their joint effort in creating a stress test for assessing the risks to supply chains of major disruptions.

A look at the challenges and prospects for distributing millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months.

John Scannapieco, chair of the Global Business Team at the law firm of Baker Donelson, addresses potential changes in U.S. trade relations and regulations on multiple fronts.

Brian Alster, head of third-party risk and compliance solutions with Dun & Bradstreet, outlines the steps that procurement organizations should be taking to guard against a growing number of potentially devastating cyber attacks.

Eric Fisch, national sector head for retail and apparel with HSBC Bank USA, offers a preview of how retailers will fare in the coming peak shopping season.

Chris Forrester, chief technology officer with Shyft Network Inc., explains what’s happening with cryptocurrency exchanges, bitcoin and the security of blockchain for non-financial purposes.

Bill Brooks, vice president of transportation with Capgemini North America, Inc., lays out the multiple challenges involved in manufacturing, storing and delivering millions of doses of the vaccine for COVID-19 in the coming months.

Bill DeMartino, managing director for the Americas with Riskmethods, discusses how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting risk-management strategies, and whether companies were ready for the disruption that it has caused.

Daniel Hartnett, associate managing director of the Compliance Risk & Diligence Practice of Kroll, advises on the steps that pharmaceutical companies should take to reduce the risk of dealing with third parties, as they develop a COVID-19 vaccine.

Paul Asel, managing partner with NGP Capital, offers a venture capital perspective on the current state and long-term promise of the logistics industry.