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Building the Strategic Supply Chain Network

Recent disruptions—from pandemics to infrastructure failures to (rapidly) changing trade policies —have exposed critical vulnerabilities in the U.S. supply chain. These challenges demand coordinated, data-informed responses that bridge the gap between siloed operations and system-wide visibility, and yet be privacy preserving. This workshop will convene experts from academia, industry, and government to address the vision laid out in the OKN Roadmap: an Open Knowledge Network (OKN) to enable real-time visibility and resilience across the national supply chain.

The workshop will be structured around three concrete supply chain scenarios: water supply, manufacturing contracts and freight transportation. For each of these scenarios, we will assess the state of practice and emerging challenges. We will use that information to formulate concrete project proposals to accelerate their solutions.

Day 1: Problem Discovery

TimeTitle
9:00am - 10:30amWelcome, Introduction and Purpose of the workshop
10:30am - 11:00amBreak
11:00am - 12:30pmAchieving water intelligence
12:30pm - 2:00pmLunch
2:00pm - 3:30pmAutomating manufacturing supply chain contracts
3:30pm - 4:00pmBreak
4:00pm - 5:30pmSolving the "empty mile" problem in transportation supply chain
6:00pm - 8:00pmGroup Dinner

Day 2: Call to Action

Time

Title

9:00am - 10:30am

Working sessions to map out plan for each use case

10:30am - 11:00am

Break

11:00am - 12:30pm

Next Steps & Closing Remarks

12:30pm - 2:00pm

Group lunch and wrap up

Lodging information coming soon.

Created February 9, 2026, Updated February 10, 2026
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