Thursday
10
September 2026
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM IST
Location
Room 019, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Central Campus
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Building Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains in a Changing Climate: Enterprise, Innovation and the Future of Business
Research Seminar Series
Julieanna Powell-Turner
Associate Dean, Research and Innovation
Head, Centre for Research into Environmental Science and Technology
University of Chester, UK
Speaker
This talk explores how climate change is influencing modern supply chains and why understanding these systems is becoming essential knowledge for the next generation of business leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators. Supply chains today are far more than the movement of goods from one place to another. They are complex, interconnected systems involving people, technology, finance, infrastructure, governance, and global markets, and are increasingly vulnerable to disruption when environmental, political, or economic conditions shift.
The talk will also highlight the central role of enterprise, innovation and systems thinking in building more resilient futures. Young people entering business, management and entrepreneurial careers will increasingly need to think beyond traditional business models and understand how organisations can adapt, innovate and lead in response to changing environmental and societal expectations. Sustainability is not simply an environmental agenda; it is a business, innovation, leadership and opportunity agenda.
Speaker
Julieanna Powell-Turner
With more than 20 years' experience spanning academia, government and industry, Julieanna has collaborated with a wide range of international organisations, including the Asian Development Bank, UNEP, DFID, GIZ and the European Union, as well as UK government and defence bodies. Her work has taken her across Europe, Asia and beyond, engaging policymakers, communities and industry partners on some of the most pressing sustainability and environmental challenges of our time.
Prior to Chester, she held senior roles at Cranfield University's School of Defence and Security and at UKAEA, working on environmental management, resource security and systems thinking within complex policy and organisational settings, including collaboration with UK defence and government agencies.