Keynote Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Enforcement and Messaging Efforts by the National
Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
Bruce Foucart is the Director of the National Intellectual Property Rights
Coordination Center, Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and
Customs Enforcement. In April of 2015, Mr. Foucart was assigned to serve
as the Director of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination
(IPRC) Center located in Arlington, VA. The IPRC Center brings
together 23 partner agencies, consisting of 19 key federal agencies and four
international partners, in a task-force setting to effectively leverage the
resources, expertise, and authorities of each partner agency and private
industry to provide a comprehensive response to intellectual property theft. The IPRC Center
places specific emphasis in ensuring national security by protecting the health and safety of the
U.S. public, protecting the war fighters, and securing the federal supply chain.
Keynote Speaker: Supply Chain Security
David J. Closs is the John H. McConnell Chaired Professor of Business
Administration and Chairperson in the #1 ranked Department of Supply
Chain Management at Michigan State University. Dr. Closs has been
extensively involved in the development and application of computer
models and information systems for logistics operations and planning. The
computer models have included applications for location analysis,
inventory management, forecasting and routing. The information systems
development focuses on inventory management, forecasting and
transportation applications. His experience has focused on the logistics related issues in the
consumer products, medical and pharmaceutical products and parts industries. Dr. Closs actively
participates in logistics executive development seminars, presenting sessions in North America,
South America, Asia, Australia and Eastern Europe and has also authored numerous articles
regarding world-class logistics and supply chain capabilities and logistics information systems
applications. Dr. Closs is an active member in the Council of Supply Chain Management
Professionals and is Executive Editor of Logistics Quarterly.
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