WE’RE LIVE: Day 1 of P&SC LIVE Chicago is Under Way

Today’s the day that Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE Chicago opens its doors at Convene Willis Tower.

Colocated with Sustainability Magazine’s Sustainability LIVE Chicago, the two-day event brings together the premier leaders from around the world across procurement, supply chain and sustainability.

On 28 and 29 May, Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE Chicago, held at Convene Willis Tower, showcases the insights and strategies shaping the future of both industries. 

Can’t make it to Chicago? You can join us virtually online and still take in all of the action! 

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Featuring keynotes, panels, fireside chats and workshops, it offers a platform for senior leaders and global innovators to connect over the most pressing challenges and opportunities in the sector — sharing best practices and driving collective change. 

Core topics include building supply chain resilience, managing spend effectively, embracing digital tools and AI and methods for adapting leadership styles to today’s evolving landscape.

Providing a platform for the industry that allows attendees to discover how to play an active role in its transformation, Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE Chicago is not one to be missed.

Meet the speakers

Just some of the speakers featuring on the Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE Chicago agenda are: 

Procurement stage

• Mel Temkin, CPO of Cognizant
• Chuck Hatsis, CPO of CME Group
• Liliya Rechitsky,  Senior Director Category Management and Procurement Operations at Best Buy
• Anna Barej, VP of Procurement at Best Buy
• Gordon Niebylski, Chief Procurement Officer at New Fortress Energy
• Barbara Mendez, Head of Sourcing & Vendor Management at DISH Network
• Carrier Uhl, Chief Procurement Officer at Danaher Corporation
• Javier Carnevali P, CPO of Grupo Herdez
• Lauren Hymen, Vice President of Strategy and Transformation Digital Procurement at PepsiCo

Supply chain stage 

• James H. Gellert, Executive Chair of RapidRatings
• Chandan Trehan, Lead of Digital Supply Chains & Sustainability at Bosch
• Rick McDonald, Former Chief Supply Chain Officer at Clorox
• Sean Carr, Director of Sustainability at HH Global
• Joselina Peralta, Founder & CEO of Stractix

Day 1 highlights

The first day of Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE will see 24 sessions taking place across the event’s two stages.

Agenda items that are not to be missed include:

• Women in Procurement
  Breakfast briefing
  Procurement stage
  8:30am
  Featuring Kimberly Green Reynolds, Chief Procurement Officer at Coca-Cola Bottlers'​ Sales and Services, Kathy Presto, Chief Procurement Officer at HH Global, Nancy Tiran, Global Head of Commercial Procurement at AstraZeneca and Jennifer Baez, Director of Procurement, Technology & Corporate Services at Constellation Brands
• Spend Management Strategies — Sponsored by Finexio
  Panel
  Procurement stage
  11am
  Featuring Chuck Hatsis, Chief Procurement Officer at CME Group, Liliya Rechitsky, Senior Director Category Management and Procurement Operations at Best Buy, Chris Wyatt, Chief Strategy Officer at Finexio and Abhijit Supekar, Senior Director, Global Supply Chain at Aeva Technologies
• The Evolution of AI in Procurement
  Joint fireside
  Procurement stage
  3pm
  Featuring Capgemini’s Chief Procurement Officer, Americas Vitold Horodecki and Dinand Tinholt, Vice President Insights & Data
• The Future of Supply Chain Operations
  Fireside
  Supply chain stage
  10:25am
  With Neelam Najmi, Senior Director, Global Procurement- Professional & Corporate Services at Mars
• The Future of Supply Chain Planning — Sponsored by Treefera
  Panel
  Supply chain stage
  2:15pm
  Featuring Chris Duddridge, VP of Sales at Treefera, Nitesh Chaudhary, Director Of Innovation, Supply Chain & Technology at Jaipur Living, Pushpinder Singh, Partner, Global Practice Leader for Supply Chain Transformation at IBM and Corey Klujsza, VP Pricing and Procurement Strategy at RXO

Essential Diary Dates for 2025

Discover the essential diary dates for Procurement Magazine and Supply Chain Digital, as well as its sister publications – Manufacturing Digital and Sustainability Magazine.

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• Sustainability LIVE Chicago | 28-29 May
• Procurement LIVE Chicago | 28-29 May
• Supply Chain LIVE Chicago | 28-29 May
• Procurement & Supply Chain LIVE London | 23-24 September 
• The Global Procurement & Supply Chain Awards | 24 September

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