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📅 Wednesday 28 May - Thursday 29 May
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Wednesday 28 May
| Time | Stage | Name | Speaker | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:25 - 08:30 (CDT) | Procurement Stage | Welcome to the Procurement Stage! | Neil Perry BizClik | Opening Remarks |
| 08:30 - 09:30 (CDT) | Procurement Stage | Breakfast Briefing - Women In Procurement with HH Global | Kimberly Green Reynolds - Coca-Cola Bottlers' Sales & Services Kathy Presto - HH Global Nancy Tiran - AstraZeneca Jenni Baez - Constellation Brands | Panel |
| 09:30 - 10:00 (CDT) | Expo Area | Networking Break | Networking | |
| 09:30 - 10:15 (CDT) | Room 2 | Re-Engineer Your Procurement Process | Jason Moore Zip | Workshop |
| 09:55 - 10:00 (CDT) | Supply Chain Stage | Welcome to the Supply Chain Stage! | Tim Curtis BizClik | Opening Remarks |
| 10:00 - 10:30 (CDT) | Supply Chain Stage | The Evolution of Procurement in the Age of AI | Ashley Hetrick BDO USA | Keynote |
| 10:00 - 10:30 (CDT) | Procurement Stage | Driving Business Value Through Strategic Procurement Transformation | Lauren Hymen PepsiCo | Fireside |
| 10:25 - 11:00 (CDT) | Procurement Stage | Procurement 3.0: Drive strategic change through AI-powered orchestration | Chris Kee - Northwestern Mutual Nick Heinzmann - Zip | Keynote |
| 10:25 - 11:00 (CDT) | Supply Chain Stage | The Future of Supply Chain Operations | Neelam Najmi Mars | Fireside |
| 11:00 - 11:45 (CDT) | Procurement Stage | Spend Management Strategies with Finexio | Chuck Hatsis - CME Group Liliya Rechitsky - Best Buy Chris Wyatt - Finexio Abhijit Supekar - Aeva | Panel |
| 11:00 - 11:45 (CDT) | Supply Chain Stage | Risk & Resilience in Supply Chain with RapidRatings | James H. Gellert - RapidRatings Linda Kromjong - Amfori Mandume Rosa - Baker Hughes Jeannie Wong - Bristol Myers Squibb | Panel |
| 11:45 - 12:15 (CDT) | Expo Area | Networking Break | Networking | |
| 12:15 - 12:40 (CDT) | Procurement Stage | Procurement Transformation – Building a Success Culture | Anna Barej Best Buy | Keynote |
| 12:15 - 12:40 (CDT) | Supply Chain Stage | AI & Operations: Can AI Ever be Sustainable? | Deborah Dull Trillium Digital Services | Keynote |
| 12:40 - 13:05 (CDT) | Procurement Stage | Negotiating for Value, Not Just Cost | Aniket Kulkarni Sysco | Fireside |
| 12:40 - 13:05 (CDT) | Supply Chain Stage | Holistic Supply Chain Risk | Eric Larson - Avetta Bob Poteet - Avetta | Fireside |
| 13:05 - 13:30 (CDT) | Procurement Stage | The Great Supplier Shift: Rethinking Partnership in a Decentralized, Multi-Polar Word | Barbara Mendez Boost Mobile | Keynote |
| 13:05 - 13:30 (CDT) | Supply Chain Stage | Leadership is the Algorithm, Why an AI-First Approach is the Key to Business Transformation | David Schultz Westfall Technik | Keynote |
| 13:30 - 14:15 (CDT) | Expo Area | Networking Break | Networking | |
| 13:30 - 14:15 (CDT) | Room 1 | How DHL Implemented AI-Powered, Scalable Global Document Processing | Ally Newbigging - Rossum Frank Schüler - DHL Global Forwarding | Workshop |
| 14:15 - 15:00 (CDT) | Procurement Stage | The CPO Strategy Forum with Zip | Carrie Uhl - Danaher Chris Kee - Northwestern Mutual Patricia Mendoza - Reynolds American Inc Jason Moore - Zip | Panel |
| 14:15 - 15:00 (CDT) | Supply Chain Stage | The Future of Supply Chain Planning with Treefera | Nitesh Chaudhary - Jaipur Living Pushpinder Singh - IBM Chris Duddridge - Treefera Corey Klujsza - RXO Inc | Panel |
| 14:15 - 15:00 (CDT) | Room 2 | Building Smarter Supply Chains for Sustainable Growth | Parker Budding osapiens | Workshop |
| 15:25 - 15:50 (CDT) | Procurement Stage | The Invisible Ledger: How Trust Powers Strategic Procurement | Joe DeMarco ABM Industries | Keynote |
| 15:25 - 15:50 (CDT) | Supply Chain Stage | The Road Ahead: How AI Agents Are Transforming Supply Chains | Val Marchevsky Uber Freight | Keynote |
| 15:50 - 15:55 (CDT) | Procurement Stage | End of the Procurement Stage - Day 1 | Neil Perry BizClik | Closing Remarks |
| 15:50 - 15:55 (CDT) | Supply Chain Stage | End of the Supply Chain Stage - Day 1 | Tim Curtis BizClik | Closing Remarks |
| 15:55 - 16:55 (CDT) | Expo Area | Networking Drinks | Networking |
“Thank you, Millie and the entire PSCL team. The event was very well organised, and I had a great time sharing my thoughts and learning from the participants.”
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