The entire conference will be held in English.
DAY 1
March 16 (Tuesday)
Welcome
Official Opening of the Conference
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)
Opening Speeches
Opening Speeches
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)
Procurement 2030: Key trends that are shaping the future of the profession
- Beyond Millennials. The first digitally native generation is knocking at the door.
- Contribute or perish — the future role of Chief Procurement Officers.
- How much more global can we be?

Mateusz Borowiecki
Managing Director, OptiBuy
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)
Procurement Advocacy: Transition from being a buyer to a trusted advisor

Nita Nair- AVP
Strategic Sourcing & SRM, Emirates NBD
Networking Break
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)
Future of Procurement
Future of Procurement
London (GMT)
11:00 AMWarsaw (CET)
2:00 PMDubai (GST)
Growth through digitization

Michael Stietz, CPO, Körber AG
London (GMT)
11:30 AMWarsaw (CET)
2:30 PMDubai (GST)
Procurement Shared Services today and tomorrow based on Mars case study
- Expectations from Procurement Shared Services today and tomorrow
- Challenges and Opportunities in building and evolving the organizations
- How to engage local and global SSC teams

Radoslaw Kucharczyk, Global Head of Procurement Shared Services, Mars
Lunch Break
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)
Future of Procurement
Future of Procurement
London (GMT)
12:30 AMWarsaw (CET)
3:30 PMDubai (GST)
Supply Chain as a Service

R V Srinivas Rao, FCIPS, Head of Group Logistics, Qatar Airways
London (GMT)
1:00 PMWarsaw (CET)
4:00 PMDubai (GST)
BoB vs. ERP- What is the choice for IT, Procurement & Business
- Some learnings from our customers as to what CIO’s Goals and Objectives are
- IT is key to Digital Transformation
- Why BoB is the Choice for IT & Procurement

Sara Abdellatif Omer,
Sales Director Middle East & Africa, IVALUA
Networking Break
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)
Procurement Keynote
Procurement Keynote
London (GMT)
1:50 PMWarsaw (CET)
4:50 PMDubai (GST)
Transforming Procurement to Prevail in the Next Normal: Insights into Procurement’s Key Priorities for 2021
- Key priorities of procurement organizations globally
- Investments procurement organizations are making in capabilities to deliver on these priorities
- Digital technologies that procurement organizations have adopted as well as projected growth rates and levels of satisfaction

Christopher Sawchuk,
CPO, The Hackett Group
End of DAY 1
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)
DAY 2
March 17 (Wednesday)
Welcome
Official Opening of DAY 2
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)
Opening Speeches
Opening Speeches
London (GMT)
9:40 AMWarsaw (CET)
12:40 PMDubai (GST)
Why SRM does not deliver and what to do about it
High hopes usually precede the SRM implementation. Yet, more often than not, the SRM does not deliver short-term nor long-term. The good news is, that SRM is not to blame. Let´s go beyond the obvious and review the three hidden causes and outline the way out.
dr Jan Vašek,
Assistant Professor, MIAS School of Business at CVUT, Prague
London (GMT)
10:20 AMWarsaw (CET)
1:20 PMDubai (GST)
Procurement is dead - Value Management the future procurement
- Is Artificial Intelligence dangerous for the procurement function?
- Has procurement any kind of relevance in future companies?
- How must the future setup of Procurement function look like?

Tim Shahriar Tabrizi,
Inspired Leader,
former CPO WSA
Networking Break
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)
Supply Base Management
Supply Base Management
London (GMT)
11:00 AMWarsaw (CET)
2:00 PMDubai (GST)
Effective Supplier Relationship Management
- Rationale for building Supplier Relationship
- Explore the Managerial Issues to enhance Supplier Relationship
- Developing the SRM Framework
- Supply Base Management

Krishan K. Batra,
President & CEO, ISM-INDIA
London (GMT)
11:30 AMWarsaw (CET)
2:30 PMDubai (GST)
Building supplier relationships... and avoiding bad buying!
- Getting the balance between trust and cynicism
- Can you combine competition and long-term relationships?
- When relationships go wrong...!

Peter Smith
Managing Editor, Spend Matters UK/Europe
Lunch Break
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)
Future of Procurement
Future of Procurement
London (GMT)
12:30 PMWarsaw (CET)
3:30 PMDubai (GST)
Challenging road to transformation: the successes and failures of digitalization
- How successful has digital transformation been so far for organisations
- What are the main barriers to transformation
- What are the main drivers for transformation
- What have been the most successful value contributors so far?

Sam Achampong FCIPS,
Regional Director CIPS Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
London (GMT)
1:00 PMWarsaw (CET)
4:00 PMDubai (GST)
The sustainable future of Procurement
- The power of sustainable procurement
- How to successfully implement a sustainable procurement strategy
- A future approach: Circular Procurement

Prof. Dr. habil. Lisa Fröhlich,
Professor of Strategic Supply Management, Campus Köln
Networking Break
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)
Celebrity Keynote
Celebrity Keynote
London (GMT)
2:00 PMWarsaw (CET)
5:00 PMDubai (GST)
Judit Polgár: Chess for Better Decision Making
- Strategic thinking to develop better skills for decision making
- AI vs human brain
- Prejudices regarding education and gender

Judit Polgár, Chess Grandmaster
End of Event
London (GMT)
Warsaw (CET)
Dubai (GST)