Recession.

Labor shortages.

War.

The brain drain.

Global warming.

The media are buzzing about how these challenges will change our lives in the coming years. However you rarely hear them report on any realistic solutions. Those solutions are coming out of the world of logistics, and we've assembled a panel of experts to tell you all about some of them.

Join Modern Materials Handling for a lively discussion of the trends shaping your personal and professional future. Editor-in-Chief Tom Andel will moderate a panel made up of some of the magazine's editorial advisory board members.

John Hill, principal with TranSystems | ESYNC, will offer an update on how supply chain execution technology &
systems can attract, enable and motivate new talent to the logistics workforce.

Ron Giuntini, principal of the OEM Products-Services Institute, will discuss the material handling implications of the service vs product model and what this model means to the economy and our environment.

Col. Alan Will will offer the Marines' take on battle-hardened logistics best practices and what we're learning from the front lines.

Dr. John Usher, PhD, Professor with the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Louisville, will outline his vision of where Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) will lead the art and science of materials handling in production environments.