Keynote Lectures

Multi-stakeholder Digitalization: A Key to Building More Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains?
Joseph Sarkis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States, United States

Digital Twin: From Theory to Practice
Fei Tao, Beihang University, China, China

Multi-stakeholder Digitalization: A Key to Building More Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains?

Joseph Sarkis
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States

Brief Bio
Joseph Sarkis is a Professor of Management within the Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Buffalo. His research and teaching interests include Environmental Sustainability, Technology, Operations and Supply Chain Management. He has authored over 500 publications appearing in a wide variety of outlets. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Engineering Management Review and Associate Editor for the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling on the topic of sustainable supply chains. His editorial positions cover many leading journals in Operations, Transportation, Supply Chain, and Sustainability Management. Joe has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher for each year from 2015-2020 by Thomson-Reuters/Clarivate Analytics (Web-of-Science). He is an AT&T Industrial Ecology Fellow and has served as a research scholar at universities throughout the world; he currently holds a position of International Scholar within the Hanken School of Economics’ HUMLOG Institute. He is a coordinator within the Future Earth Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SSCP) Knowledge-Action Network in the Circular Economy Working Group. Joe is also an international program coordinator for the Greening of Industry Network (GIN) along with the Greening of Industry Networks book series co-editor for Springer-Nature Publishers.

Abstract
The COVID-19 crisis has afforded a number of learning opportunities for organizations and society in general. Two particularly notable events were issues related sustainability—especially environmental and social sustainability—and resilience. In this case supply chains were not immune from either of these events and arguably more sustainable practices and supply chains may have actually provided insights into supply chain resilience. We revisit some of these issues and provide evidence for and against these possibilities. We touch on sustainable supply chains, multi-stakeholder digital technologies—such as blockchain technology and virtual communication—circular economy, and other lessons and practices. Practical lessons and research opportunities will also be identified. Discussion will also be encouraged.

Digital Twin: From Theory to Practice

Fei Tao
Beihang University, China

Brief Bio
Dr. Fei Tao is currently a Professor at the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, and the Vice-Dean of Institute of Science and Technology, Beihang University. His research interests include digital twin and smart manufacturing. He has published 4 monographs and over 70 peer review papers in Nature, CIRP Annals, IEEE and ASME Transactions, of which over 20 are ESI high cited papers. His publications have over 20000 citations in Google Scholar. He was named Global Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics in 2019 and 2020. He initiated a yearly meeting called Conference on Digital Twin and Smart Manufacturing Service in 2017. He founded the publication platform “Digital Twin” with Taylor & Francis Group in 2021. He is also a CIRP Associate Member and IEEE Senior Member.

Abstract
Nowadays, digital twin has been a hot topic in many fields. To better master the research in the worldwide, the global academic research of digital twin (DT) is first investigated, and a comparative analysis of digital twin research in different countries is given out. Furthermore, the industry applications of digital twin are summarized, especially in smart manufacturing, city management, healthcare, aerospace, etc. Moreover, the proposed five-dimensional digital twin model is introduced, as well as its ten applications in different industrial fields. Finally, the related works of Digital Twin Research Group at Beihang University are briefly introduced.