Programme.
Day 1 – Tuesday 28th March
8.30 - 9.00am
Registration Open for networking
9.10 - 9.55am
The Global eProcurement Technology Landscape For 2023
‘Live from Chicago, USA’
Pierre Mitchell – Procurement Research and IP Development, Spend Matters.
A PASA Digital Content Partner
A comprehensive guide to the trends in the global eProcurement market – from the source that the experts go to – the US and UK based SPEND MATTERS, the specialist eProcurement research, advisory & communications firm – a PASA content partner since 2021.
Spend Matters is the largely US based global content community and hub for procurement, finance, treasury, and supply chain professionals who need the latest information on technology and the future of our ever-expanding digital world.
Spend Matters are acknowledged global experts in eProcurement technology and are now a media content partner with PASA, sharing their most relevant content with the PASA community.
9.55 - 10.30am
Why Procurement Doesn’t Get The Technology It Wants
Jeremy Suter, Senior Principal advisory, Gartner
New Gartner research uncovers what those that get their procurement technology business cases fully approved do differently to those that get partially approved or rejected.
So, how do you craft the optimum business case for your organization that will get you the procurement functionality you need – without risking rejection for funding
10.30 – 11.00am
Morning Refreshment Break for networking
11.00 – 11.30am
Procurement digital evolution – not Transformatio
Dave Andrews, APJC Procurement Lead – Corporate & Social Responsibility , AMAZON web services (AWS)
Many procurement teams have been through a digital transformation process, some for the second or even third time.
But what are the issues that we seem to keep revisiting? Are we getting it right on digitalisation, or automating the same mistakes?
Perhaps digital growth not a continual journey rather than a one-time destination
Meeting 1
11.00 – 11.30am
11.30 – 12.00pm
Finding Value in Digital Transformation:
The 5 Value outputs to a Business Spend Management Implementation.
Mark Rabjohns, Principal Value Solutions Consultant, Coupa
Michael Odom, Strategic Value Advisor, Coupa
A PASA Gold Sponsor
In any business case for eProcurement investment, simple process efficiency is not enough to win the argument on its own.
Increasingly, other clear business benefits are required to justify the time, money and effort involved in the digital journey.
Coupa have identified clear value from FIVE different dimensions to any digital transformation, which can fill the backbone of any eProcurement business case.
Meeting 2
11.30 – 12.00pm
Meeting 3
12.00 – 12.30pm
12.15 – 12.30pm
Cyber security breaches in the supply chain
Rob Warcup, Partner, LeadingEdgeCyber
Hackers will spend their time finding their way into your organisation through the weakest-link, and this is often the supply chain.
Rob will present what supply chain cyber security is, where it comes from, and how breaches he has been involved in were managed.
Learn about real world supply chain cyber security breaches and take-away some simple things to do to reduce the supply chain risk to your organisation.
12.30 – 1.00pm
Lunch & General viewing time
Opportunity to meet those solutions providers with whom you have not made scheduled appointments
1.00 – 1.30pm
Case Study: To Be Revealed Soon…
Meeting 4
1.00 – 1.30pm
1.30 – 2.00pm
Key Note: To Be Revealed Soon…
Meeting 5
1.30 – 2.00pm
2.30 – 3.00pm
How to buy IT systems in 2023
Tim Jones, Head of IT Procurement, Cenitex
Cenitex is the IT procurement agency for VICTORIA Government
Buying ITC in this decade is more complex than ever – and not always as simple as buying straight-forward singular elements such as hardware, software and services.
More often it is about buying systems, even whole eco-systems of USER support including programming, cloud support, hosting, maintenance, cyber-security, user functionality, even IT architecture and FinOps.
Understand the essentials of a more holistic approach to ITC procurement
Meeting 6
2.00 – 2.30pm
3.00 – 3.15pm
Conference Day One Close and EXEC Summary of key messages
Jonathan Dutton FCIPS, CEO at PASA
Meeting 7
2.30 – 3.00pm
3.15 – 4.00pm
NETWORKING and technology viewing time
Further time to check out what else is on show.
Day 2 – Wednesday 29th March
8.30 - 9.00am
Registration & Networking time on the Remo Virtual Conferencing Platform
9.10 - 9.40am
The Next Twin Frontiers for eProcurement – Driving Better ESG Outcomes and Supply Chain Data Security:
… Live from London
Jonathan Wood, CEO, C2 Cyber
A UK provider of risk analytics and managed services to optimise information assurance and ESG evaluation of stakeholders
Two new challenges await current digital eProcurement projects as well as future ones:
- Using automation to engineer better ESG outcomes
- Ensuring adequate supply chain data security – a new risk area upstream on our inbound supply chains
The UK based C2 Cyber team based in London have been at the vanguard of both topics since the start, and will share their learnings and though-leadership on these twin challenges
Meeting 8
9.00 – 9.20am
Meeting 9
9.20 – 9.40am
9.40 - 10.15am
Transitioning the Four Stages of eProcurement Selection & Implementation
Vernon Kringas, Director of Digital Procurement, Infosys Portland
Over recent years, most organisations will find themselves in one of four phases of a procurement technology acquisition cycle at any one point in time:
- eProcurement strategy
- Software selection
- Implementation
- Optimisation / remediation
Each of these phases has its own characteristics and challenges. So, consolidating all we have learnt from eProcurement work in the past, how best do you approach each of these phases? What are the key questions you should be asking yourself and your stakeholders ahead of each phase, and before exiting each phase of these cycles? And, what could possibly go wrong?
Meeting 10
9.40 – 10.15am
10.15 – 10.45am
Morning Refreshment Break for networking
11.00 – 11.30am
Key Note: To Be Revealed Soon…
Meeting 11
10.45 – 11.15am
11.15 – 11.45am
Tools and Technologies to Future-proof Supply Chain and Procurement Landscape
Shareen Gongulur, Vice President, Technology/SaaS Solutions – APAC, GEP. A PASA Gold Sponsor
New eProcurement technology is truly an enabler. And not just enabling digital transformation programmes, but a wide variety of tasks, projects, and responsibilities in the procurement arc. In this session learn how you can increasingly drive category strategy through technology in 2023 & beyond.
Meeting 12
11.15 – 11.45pm
11.45 – 12.15pm
Key Note: To Be Revealed Soon…
Meeting 13
11.45 – 12.15pm
12.15 – 12.45pm
Lunch & General viewing time
Opportunity to meet those solutions providers with whom you have not made scheduled appointments
12.45 – 1.15pm
Revolutionising Spend Management with desktop AI
Nicolas Leask, Associate Director
Stefano Ferrarini, Procurement Lead
Grosvenor Performance Group
AI is the tech talk of the town in 2023, but did you know AI has been used in Spend Analysis at a desktop level for over four years now? So, what are the benefits of utilising local AI for your Spend Analysis?
- Increased Efficiency: Automation of data collection and processing tasks saves time, reduces administrative burden and reduces manual errors
- Improved Data Accuracy: AI algorithms provide more accurate and consistent data processing
- Enhanced Insights: AI algorithms can identify patterns and trends in spend data leading to data-based decision-making
- Cost Reduction: AI can help organisations reduce spending by identifying waste and inefficiencies
- Real-Time Monitoring: AI can monitor spend data in real-time, allowing for timely adjustments.
Meeting 14
12.45 – 1.15pm
1.15pm
Close of ProcureTECH
Executive Summary – Top Ten tips 2019-23
Jonathan Dutton FCIPS, CEO, PASA
Meetings continue until 2.15pm
Meeting 15
1.15 – 1.45pm
Meeting 16
1.45 – 2.15pm
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