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Racing With the Machine: Is your Supply Chain role in peril?

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the next big thing in innovation and digital strategy, so is the robotic takeover we have long feared here already? Join RPA expert, Serene Keng and globally renowned logistics expert, Professor Richard Wilding, OBE who will discuss the recent whitepaper released by Automation Anywhere on Robotic Process Automation and how jobs in the Supply Chain workforce will be affected.

The media briefing was held on 27 August 2020.

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Speakers & panelists

Serene Keng

Head of Channel, ASEAN+Korea · Proofpoint Inc.

Serene Keng has spent more than 19years working in different technology fields spanning storage Cybersecurity and Automation. In her current role, she is Head of Channel, ASEAN+Korea for Proofpoint Inc. (NASDAQ:PFPT) is a leading cybersecurity company that protects organisations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: the people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber attacks. Leading organisations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint to mitigate their most critical security and compliance risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web. Prior to Proofpoint, Serene was last Head of Sales and Strategic Partnership forAutomationAnywhere, global leader in RPA and working closely with the business ecosystem to build up the Digital Workforce movement, and earlier, ASEAN Channels Chief for Symantec.

In the speaking circuit, Serene has been a regular speaker and panelist in the Intelligent Automation circles. Her passion is in emerging technology and how that changes the world.

Professor Richard Wilding, OBE

Professor & Chair of Supply Chain Strategy · Cranfield University, U.K.

Professor Richard Wilding OBE, is recognised globally for his thought leadership in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Richard is a highly acclaimed presenter and regularly speaks at Industrial Conferences and has undertaken lecture tours of Europe and Asia at the invitation of local Universities; Confederations of Industry. He is passionate about taking and creating academic knowledge that creates ACTION in business.

He has published widely in the area of supply chain management and is Editorial Advisor to a number of top journals in the area. Richard was appointed in 2005 as the first ever Full Professor and Chair of “Supply Chain Risk Management” in the World in recognition of his significant contribution to this subject area.

In 2019, Richard was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in recognition of his outstanding impact on student outcomes and the teaching profession within U.K. Higher Education.