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Event Agenda

MAIN EVENT

  • 8:30 AM

Registration and Coffee

  • Welcome coffee and light breakfast

  • Meet fellow attendees and kick off the day with introductions

  • 9:00 AM

Welcome from the Event Host

MAIN STAGE

  • 9:15 AM

Opening address: How Agentic AI is Transforming Enterprises

  • Let’s define Agentics – from a practical perspective, what it is, and how it can work for you
  • Essential infrastructure – what’s holding us back?
  • Are you ready? Building a collaborative autonomous enterprise
 
Doug Shannon, Global Intelligent Automation & Gen AI Leader

MAIN STAGE

  • 9:40 AM

Fire-side chat: What the New Model and Agents Mean for Industry/Procurement

Dr Elouise Epstein, Digital Futurist & Partner, Kearney

Host: Shachi Rai Gupta, Vice President Strategy, ORO Labs

MAIN STAGE

  • 10:20 AM

Fire-side chat

David Shultz, VP Supply Chain Executive, Westfall-Technik

Host: Edmund Zagorin, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Arkestro

  • 11:05 AM

Coffee and Networking

MAIN STAGE

  • 11:30 AM

Fire-side chat: The Interaction of Agents - and Collaboration with The Workforce

  • How the model works and the roles of intelligent agents in modern procurement
  • How we will collaborate – the interaction of intelligent agents with each other and with humans
  • Ethical considerations and trust-building in AI-human partnerships
  • How departments can develop and be ready for this change
  • What the future of procurement will look like – the integration of AI agents as true partners in decision-making, allowing employees to focus on strategy and innovation

 

Linda Chuan, CPO, Box

Jennifer Browne, CPO, Salesforce

Patrick Marlow, Staff Engineer, Vertex Applied AI Incubator, Google

Hala Jalwan, Co-Founder and CEO, Rivio

Host: Shail Khiyara, Global Thought Leader and Author in Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Automation

MAIN STAGE

  • 12:15 PM

Fire-side chat: The Journey to Purposeful AI - Ideal State vs What You Can Do Right Now

  • How to set a strategy and build bridges to transition your 2025 to your 2030 plan
  • Forging an actionable roadmap
  • Finding your biggest pain point and starting there
  • Pilot vs enterprise integration
  • AI to scale

 

Puneet Jain, SM, Procurement Cost Transformation, Micron Technology

Amit Patel, Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Leader, Tesla

  • 12:45 PM

Lunch and Networking

  • 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM

An afternoon of real-world applications and discussions, and Agentic AI demonstrations

Roundtable discussions to include:

  1. Infrastructure/architecture
  2. Data sources and data readiness
  3. Talent – skill gaps and organizational culture
  4. Scaling AI
  5. Build vs Buy

 

Demos by:

Vladimir Keil, CEO and Founder, askLio

ORO

Supervity

Bryon Revels, Co-Founder and CEO, Abra

MAIN STAGE

  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM

Data, Security and Compliance Considerations

Shannon Yavorsky, Partner, Orrick

  • 3:30 PM

Close and Thank You

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Testimonials

WHAT DO PAST ATTENDEES THINK OF OUR EVENTS?

    "It was an awesome gathering. Never been around so many IT Procurement Professionals from the buy side that shared best practices."

      "What a great opportunity to meet, engage, and learn both from and with Procurement colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds!"

        "An exceptionally valuable event; speakers and breakout sessions were exceptional and the hallway conversations alone were worth multiples of the cost."

          "It was an amazing conference and I’ve already been able to successfully put some of the negotiation tips and tricks into use. Thank you!"

            "The concentration of specialized expertise and experience was overwhelming, so much to learn from those in the room. I can’t wait to dive in again next year!"