ASCM Western Canada Chapter Summit 2025
Join us for an informative and immersive day where the Western Canadian Supply Chain community will gather to explore the latest insights and updates on supply chain and logistics industries. This is your opportunity to immerse yourself in a dynamic environment filled with learning, networking, and innovation.
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Empowering Canada’s Supply Chains with Innovation, Education, and Teamwork
Be part of Western Canada Supply Chain Community — a unique conference experience shaping the future of supply chain management. Join industry leaders, innovators, and changemakers as we work together to build a smarter, stronger, and more resilient supply chain ecosystem across Canada.
Check 2024 Attendee Industry Breakdown;
- Technology / Software / IT - 27&
- Education / Research - 20%
- Logistics / Distribution - 13%
- Energy / Clean Tech - 10%
- Industrial Manufacturing - 10%
- Government / Public Sector - 10%
- Recruitment / Human Resources - 3%
- Construction / Infrastructure - 3%
- Healthcare / Life Sciences - 3%
- Design / Consulting - 3%
Speakers
Igor Chigrin, CITP
Government Funding Expert at Fair Grant Writing Co-Founder at WinGlobal (Zero-Emission Autonomous Cargo Aircraft)
Igor is the President and International Expansion Consultant at Win Global. He holds a Masters degree in International Business and is a Certified International Trade Professional (CITP). Igor helped Canadian clients find new export markets and diversify supply chains over the past 15 years, including clients CME and BDC.
Larry Berglund
Principal at Presentations Plus Training & Consulting
Larry has extensive experience in supply chain management, having held leadership roles across diverse sectors, including the forest industry, public health care, municipal government, university operations, academia, and consulting services. As a consultant, he specializes in drafting procurement policies, creating bidding templates, developing strategies, conducting audits, and implementing best practices. Larry has contributed to academic programs as a coach for supply chain courses at Athabasca University, focusing on leadership and environmental responsibility. He served as a procurement advisor to the Auditor General for Local Government in BC and presented advanced supply chain strategies to United Nations staff in Italy from 2017 to 2019.
Danaka Porter M.Eng., PhD, PMP
Supply Chain & Machine Learning Practitioner | Author, Speaker, and Cardiac Tech Change-Maker
Danaka obtained her Master of Engineering from MIT in Supply Chain Management. She is a partner at iota consulting, where she routinely uses algorithms to optimize processes. Additionally, Danaka has completed her PhD in Cardiology at the Cumming School of Medicine where she applied her supply chain and algorithm background to optimizing the software that calculates and measures heart rate turbulence and T-wave alternans to improve their clinical use. Danaka has been a sessional lecturer at the Dhillon School of Business since 2019, where her frustration with the material resulted in writing her own courseware. Her Principles of Supply Chain Management and Operations was launched in 2022 and her Introduction to Project Management courseware was launched 2024, both are available through Stukent.
Greg Henderson
International Market Expansion Specialist
Greg Henderson is a Certified International Trade Professional and a Registered Incoterms® 2020 trainer with over 25 years of experience working with businesses and organizations globally on best practices around exporting. Having studied, worked, and lived in 5 countries outside of Canada and having done international business on the ground in over 55 countries, Greg has a deep understanding of international sales, marketing, trade, and logistics that provides valuable insight into complex supply chain topics.
Amanda Chouinard
CCSP Program Manager & Sustainable Procurement Consultant at Reeve Consulting
Amanda is the Program Manager of the Canadian Collaboration for Sustainable Procurement (CCSP) and a Senior Consultant at Reeve Consulting, where she supports a network of over 50 public sector organizations with implementing sustainable procurement best practices.
Through the CCSP, she regularly runs webinars for nearly 100 procurement professionals, facilitates a yearly Working Group, and provides one-on-one support to CCSP members. She has presented to groups like the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council, OPBA, NISCL, CAUBO, and ICLEI Canada.
As a consultant, Amanda has worked directly with a variety of public sector clients across Canada on developing sustainable procurement policies, strategies, tools, and delivering training to staff and senior leadership.
Alex Modares, CMCS
Work-Integrated Learning Coordinator @ KPU | Career Strategist | Recruitment Specialist | Certified Master of Career Services
Alex specializes in career strategy, recruitment partnerships, and program development, having supported countless emerging professionals in launching successful careers across industries, including Operations and Supply Chain.
In his extended leadership role, Alex also serves as a liaison from the Dean’s Office to the Operations and Technical Management Student Club (OTM) at KPU, supporting student engagement, professional development, and industry-aligned activities that enhance the student experience and build future-ready talent.
Farnoosh Bagheri
Industrial Engineer in Productivity and Systems Management | Associate Professor at University Canada West
Mohsen Saeedi
PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Leadership in ISO 14000 Projects | Professor and Senate member at University Canada West
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