Seminar Planner: February 2023 Programme
Register your interest
8.30am – 9.00am
Pre-Keynote
Exclusive Aspiring Leaders Fireside Chat
9.20am – 10.10am
Opening Keynote
Panel Discussion: How to Stay Agile and Adapt in a Tech-led Future
Chaired by Guy Strafford, Senior CPO adviser
Panellists include:
Rob Turner, Director of Procurement and Supply Chain, Deliveroo
David Wylie, CPO, Thames Water
Juliet Sotnick, Vice President, Procurement & Supply Chain, IHS Towers,
Rob Copeland, CPO, Formerly G4S
10.30am – 11.10am: Innovative Briefings on a Range of New Developments
Keynote 2
Achieve Rapid Returns Through Procurement Evolution
Session A
Services Procurement Digitalisation: Capability, Resilience and the Critical Data Gap
Session B
Digitalisation in a disrupted world; tackling the volatile IT category.
Session C
Addressing challenges in AP today to improve procurement tomorrow
Carl Thompson, Senior Value Solutions Consultant, Coupa Software & Neil Patterson, European Sales Director, Xoomworks Procurement, part of Accenture
Interactive Focused Workshop W1
Save Costs and Reduce Risk Exposure with Procurement Price Forecasting
Coffee & Networking
11.10am – 11.40am
11.40am – 12.20pm: Innovative Briefings on a Range of New Developments
Session E
Software Vendor vs Strategic Solution Partner: Driving Maximum ROI
Session F
Facing the Future: The (Shared) Value of Responsible Sourcing
Session G
Strategic Procurements is the Lockdown Legacy
Session H
Evolving Toward a Federation Model Through Digital Procurement Transformation
Martin Simper, Chief Procurement Officer, Liberty Procurement Services and Graham Copeland, Senior Director - Business Development, GEP
Interactive Focused Workshop W2
Are You Ready for the Next Big Supply Chain Disruption?
12.35pm – 1.15pm: Innovative Briefings on a Range of New Developments
Session J
Overcoming SaaS buying challenges that may haunt your business
Session K
Catch me if you can: Lies, fakes and fraud across supply chain and AP
Session L
Between the Spreadsheets: Classifying and Fixing Dirty Data
Session M
What can Procurement Customer Experience (PCX) do for your function?
Interactive Focused Workshop W3
Supplier Management & Onboarding: A new era of collaboration
Lunch & Networking
Free of charge, sponsored by Proactis
1.15pm – 2.00pm
2.00pm – 2.40pm: Case Studies: Best Practice in Action
Session O
Avoid over-paying for services, as the talent/wage situation stabilises
Session P
Making Sustainable Procurement Happen
Session Q
Why Are We Still Talking About Electronic Procurement?
Session R
Lessons Learnt During a Supply Chain Management Career Adventure
John Ward, MSc FCIPS CMILT, Procurement Consultant, JPW Consultancy
Coffee & Networking
2.40pm – 3.00pm
3.00pm – 3.40pm: Case Studies: Best Practice in Action
Session T
Who's Responsible for the SupplyChain? Practical Steps for Procurement Leaders
Cristian Martin, Director of Procurement and Darran Whatley, Responsible Procurement Lead at The London School of Economics and Political Science
Session U
How to Best Buy Procurement Tech in 2023
Session V
Emerging from the Global Lockdown: What Next for Procurement?
Session W
Supplier Diversity and Unconscious Bias
3.55pm – 4.35pm
Closing Keynote
Contractual and legal issues in Procuring AI Solutions
4.40pm: Event Closes
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