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SINGAPORE, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcott Global has officially announced the next edition of its flagship event, Makers & Movers, scheduled for April 22–23, 2026, at The Dolder Grand in Zürich.
The event is set to convene more than 120 C-level executives from global enterprises to discuss the evolving landscape of operations, business models, and global value chains. Themed "The Next Industrial Era: Value Chains in a Time of Geopolitics, Technology, and Global Transformation," Makers & Movers 2026 will explore the strategic levers reshaping industries worldwide.
The first confirmed speakers are leaders with extensive hands-on experience across the supply chain. These executives are actively navigating a complex and uncertain environment and will share the insights, lessons, and emerging perspectives they are seeing in their work today, contributing to an open discussion on the trends shaping the next chapter of the industry.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Jim Hagemann Snabe, Chairman of Siemens, Board Member of Temasek, and Member of the World Economic Forum Board of Trustees
- Cliff Henson, Corporate Vice President, Cloud Supply Chain and Engineering, Microsoft
- Max Chu, Chief Sourcing and Supply Chain Officer, Foxconn
- Damien Decouvelaere, Global Supply Chain Officer, L'Oréal Groupe
- Feiyu Xu, Board of Directors, Airbus, Siemens Energy, Chain IQ, ZF
- Massimo Andolina, President Region Europe, Philip Morris International
Several speakers are recent honorees of the Leaders in Supply Chain Awards, and will share case studies and practical insights from real-world transformation initiatives.
The 2026 agenda will focus on three macro forces:
- Geopolitical volatility and its impact on sourcing, manufacturing, and distribution
- Technological disruption, with AI as a driver of transformation and advantage
- Industry 5.0, emphasizing a more human-centric, innovation-led leadership model
Described by organizers as a "strategic convening platform," the event will feature exclusive roundtables, private networking sessions, and cross-sector panels tailored to decision-makers across technology, consumer goods, industrials, and logistics. Attendees collectively represent companies with a combined global spend of over $500 billion.
"The supply chain world is evolving faster than any of us can predict. Makers & Movers 2026 is about bringing together people who challenge each other and explore the questions that matter most. No one has all the answers, but together, we can shape better ones." — Radu Palamariu, Group CEO, Alcott Global
Official sponsors for the 2026 edition include Auger, AlixPartners, SAP, Maersk, o9 Solutions, 4FLOW, and Arvato, representing leadership across software, planning, logistics, and operational excellence.
About Alcott Global
Alcott Global is a global executive search and supply chain consultancy helping companies hire top leaders across end-to-end value chains, planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, e-commerce, and overall supply chain operations, including executive and non-executive board roles.
Through our in-person Makers & Movers events, we connect senior value chain executives worldwide, fostering innovation and collaboration through high-impact forums focused on business value creation.
Yearly, at the Leaders in Supply Chain Awards, we celebrate and award the Top 30 Leaders in Supply Chain who push for excellence and inspire the future of the industry through exceptional leadership and operational excellence.
Alcott Global:https://alcottglobal.com
Makers and Movers: https://makersmovers.com/
Leaders in Supply Chain Awards:https://gala.makersmovers.com
SINGAPORE, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcott Global has officially announced the next edition of its flagship event, Makers & Movers, scheduled for April 22–23, 2026, at The Dolder Grand in Zürich.
The event is set to convene more than 120 C-level executives from global enterprises to discuss the evolving landscape of operations, business models, and global value chains. Themed "The Next Industrial Era: Value Chains in a Time of Geopolitics, Technology, and Global Transformation," Makers & Movers 2026 will explore the strategic levers reshaping industries worldwide.
The first confirmed speakers are leaders with extensive hands-on experience across the supply chain. These executives are actively navigating a complex and uncertain environment and will share the insights, lessons, and emerging perspectives they are seeing in their work today, contributing to an open discussion on the trends shaping the next chapter of the industry.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Jim Hagemann Snabe, Chairman of Siemens, Board Member of Temasek, and Member of the World Economic Forum Board of Trustees
- Cliff Henson, Corporate Vice President, Cloud Supply Chain and Engineering, Microsoft
- Max Chu, Chief Sourcing and Supply Chain Officer, Foxconn
- Damien Decouvelaere, Global Supply Chain Officer, L'Oréal Groupe
- Feiyu Xu, Board of Directors, Airbus, Siemens Energy, Chain IQ, ZF
- Massimo Andolina, President Region Europe, Philip Morris International
Several speakers are recent honorees of the Leaders in Supply Chain Awards, and will share case studies and practical insights from real-world transformation initiatives.
The 2026 agenda will focus on three macro forces:
Described by organizers as a "strategic convening platform," the event will feature exclusive roundtables, private networking sessions, and cross-sector panels tailored to decision-makers across technology, consumer goods, industrials, and logistics. Attendees collectively represent companies with a combined global spend of over $500 billion.
"The supply chain world is evolving faster than any of us can predict. Makers & Movers 2026 is about bringing together people who challenge each other and explore the questions that matter most. No one has all the answers, but together, we can shape better ones." — Radu Palamariu, Group CEO, Alcott Global
Official sponsors for the 2026 edition include Auger, AlixPartners, SAP, Maersk, o9 Solutions, 4FLOW, and Arvato, representing leadership across software, planning, logistics, and operational excellence.
About Alcott Global
Alcott Global is a global executive search and supply chain consultancy helping companies hire top leaders across end-to-end value chains, planning, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, e-commerce, and overall supply chain operations, including executive and non-executive board roles.
Through our in-person Makers & Movers events, we connect senior value chain executives worldwide, fostering innovation and collaboration through high-impact forums focused on business value creation.
Yearly, at the Leaders in Supply Chain Awards, we celebrate and award the Top 30 Leaders in Supply Chain who push for excellence and inspire the future of the industry through exceptional leadership and operational excellence.
Alcott Global:https://alcottglobal.com
Makers and Movers: https://makersmovers.com/
Leaders in Supply Chain Awards:https://gala.makersmovers.com
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Alcott Global Unveils Initial Speaker Lineup for Makers & Movers 2026 in Zürich
SINGAPORE, April 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- For decades, beer ads have belonged to the big guys, million-dollar productions, glossy beaches and celebrity cameos that cost more than a craft brewery makes in a year. For independent brewers like Brewlander, it was never a fair fight. Until now.
With the rise of text-to-video AI like Sora and Qwen 2.5, the rules have changed. Today, anyone with a keyboard can make an epic film without spending a cent. So Brewlander decided to do just that.
To show how Brewlander is the beer that invests in the beer, the brand didn't film commercials, it printed them. Posters, billboards, magazines, all featuring detailed AI prompts that anyone could type in to instantly generate over-the-top beer ads. The kind of ads independent brewers were never supposed to afford.
Examples included:
"Surfers ride black sea horses through an underwater world of neon coral reefs, past glowing jellyfish, raising their ice-cold Brewlanders."
"A colossal Brewlander bottle floats in a galaxy of bubble-planets and star-balls."
To make it even more rewarding, fans who generated their own Brewlander ads received exclusive discounts on the beer.
At the end of the day, the message was a brilliant move: Brewlander doesn't invest in million-dollar commercials, it invests in what matters: the beer itself.
About Brewlander
Brewlander was born out of John's passion for homebrewing (and his online moniker on brewing forums), and we've kept that homebrew tradition of having fun and pushing the envelope well alive.
Back in 2016, John and a few friends came up with a wild idea: to make his award-winning brews available to the wider public. Taking a leap of faith, he gave up his day job and plunged headfirst into the project with the mission to challenge the status quo of Asia's beer scene, while putting Singaporean brews on the world beer map.
Brewlander splashed onto Singapore's craft beer scene on 14 March 2017, launching to glowing response from the local beer community and the media as Singapore's first gypsy brewer.
About BLKJ Havas
BLKJ Havas is a creative company that engineers marketing moments for brands in culture, entertainment and media. It prides itself as the un-advertising agency - because people hate advertising, and we love people.
Now more than 8 years in business, the agency is amongst the most awarded and successful in the region. It is currently ranked the #1 Agency in Singapore, #8 in Asia by Campaign Brief THE WORK 2024. It is Spikes Asia 2024's Singapore Agency of the Year, and Top 10 APAC Agency of the Year.
Its strong regional and Singapore client roster includes Reckitt, JLL, JBL Harman, Great Eastern, Land Transport Authority of Singapore, Republic of Singapore Air Force, Singapore Tourism Board, Ministry of Education Singapore, IMDA and more.
For more, check out: blkjhavas.agency
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THIS BEER BRAND DIDN'T FILM COMMERCIALS, IT PRINTED THEM
