The organisers of IMHX 2013 have lined up an informative and free conference program that will run over the four days of the show from 19-22 March at the NEC Birmingham.

The IMHX 'Logistics Excellence' Conference will have two streams - a series of seminars at strategic level and a selection of case-study presentations to demonstrate examples of best practice.

The strategic-level conference - entitled 'Building supply chains for value and performance' - is aimed at board-level executives and will be delivered by renowned industry experts, including high-profile keynote speakers, followed by a panel discussion on the day's theme.

Professor Alan Waller OBE, visiting professor in international supply chain management at Cranfield School of Management, will kick off the conference, speaking on 'Supply Chain Strategy in the Boardroom - the Reality'.

On day two, the conference will welcome Professor Alan Braithwaite, acting head of the Cranfield Supply Chain Research Centre and chairman of LCP Consulting, with the theme 'Embracing collaboration to drive value'.

Thursday's program has the title 'Understanding, mapping and mitigating supply chain risk' and the keynote speaker will be John Manners-Bell, CEO of Transport Intelligence.

The theme for day four, 'Future supply chain challenges', will see Paul Brooks, sales director for Unipart Logistics, as keynote presenter.

Full details of the strategic-level conference sessions are available at www.imhx.biz/logistics-excellence and information on the operational-level presentations will be released soon. Visitors can pre-register for a free priority pass to attend IMHX by visiting www.imhx.biz.