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1:50PM Your Local Time (GMT)
Kicking off FORGE: Dollars & Sense

Welcome to Forge! Find out what we've got lined up for today and a special thank
you to all of our sponsors.

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Mike Cadieux, Founder & CEO @ Procurement Foundry
Main Stage
Plenary
Thanks to our sponsors:
Tealbook
Vendr
Zylo



Welcome to Forge! Find out what we've got lined up for today and a special thank
you to all of our sponsors.

2:00PM Your Local Time (GMT)
The next big paradigm shift - the impact and roles of AI, ML, ChatGPT and
emerging technologies on procurement

•    How do we create value, what value really is, what technologies are doing
to disrupt, components of our work are affected, and what to do about it

•    How is ChatGPT used to decode/translate procurement regulations and also to
search for bias or artificial barriers in solicitation language

•    How do you get intelligence into procurement - AI and sourcing decisions

•    How can you leverage AI systems to make sourcing decisions quicker and
better

•    How do you use ChatGPT smart?

•    How can you use such systems to increase compliance of sourcing decisions,
e.g. relevant for public organisations. Why are organizations afraid of this and
the risks associated with it?

•    Use- cases of AI/ML in procurement

•    AI policy - when and under what conditions can it be used for business
purposes

•    How do you protect your IP in the era of ChatGPT and other public AI/ML
platforms

•    Understanding how AI is being leveraged in technology to support
procurement

•    How do we use AI tools eg ChatGPT & platforms?

•    At what point will AI take the role of the professional?

•    How are companies using this new level of intelligence for procurement
organisations

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Tracy Ring, Chief Data Officer and Global Generative AI Lead - Life Sciences @
Accenture
Lawrence Kane, Sr. Director Procurement @ Transamerica
Cheryl Katz, Director, Strategic Sourcing @ Synovus
Herve Legenvre, Professor and Director of the Value Creation Observatory @ EIPM
Main Stage
PanelPlenary
Sponsored By:
Vendr



•    How do we create value, what value really is, what technologies are doing
to disrupt, components of our work are affected, and what to do about it

•    How is ChatGPT used to decode/translate procurement regulations and also to
search for bias or artificial barriers in solicitation language

•    How do you get intelligence into procurement - AI and sourcing decisions

•    How can you leverage AI systems to make sourcing decisions quicker and
better

•    How do you use ChatGPT smart?

•    How can you use such systems to increase compliance of sourcing decisions,
e.g. relevant for public organisations. Why are organizations afraid of this and
the risks associated with it?

•    Use- cases of AI/ML in procurement

•    AI policy - when and under what conditions can it be used for business
purposes

•    How do you protect your IP in the era of ChatGPT and other public AI/ML
platforms

•    Understanding how AI is being leveraged in technology to support
procurement

•    How do we use AI tools eg ChatGPT & platforms?

•    At what point will AI take the role of the professional?

•    How are companies using this new level of intelligence for procurement
organisations

Read more
2:40PM Your Local Time (GMT)
A data first approach to transforming procurement

We’ve heard from the market – CPOs, consultants, and sourcing teams – they all
recognize that, without good data, visibility into supply base and connectivity
across the ecosystem, the digital transformation we are hoping for cannot
materialize, and the big targets we set for procurement fall short. Stephany
Lapierre, Founder and CEO of TealBook, will address the biggest thorn in
procurement’s side – bad data – and show how using a data-first approach will
help you deliver on strategic procurement initiatives. Join this session to
learn how procurement teams can achieve good data quality at scale to drive
business outcomes and successfully achieve their digital procurement
transformation.

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Stephany Lapierre, CEO and Founder @ TealBook
Main Stage
Plenary
Sponsored By:
Tealbook



We’ve heard from the market – CPOs, consultants, and sourcing teams – they all
recognize that, without good data, visibility into supply base and connectivity
across the ecosystem, the digital transformation we are hoping for cannot
materialize, and the big targets we set for procurement fall short. Stephany
Lapierre, Founder and CEO of TealBook, will address the biggest thorn in
procurement’s side – bad data – and show how using a data-first approach will
help you deliver on strategic procurement initiatives. Join this session to
learn how procurement teams can achieve good data quality at scale to drive
business outcomes and successfully achieve their digital procurement
transformation.

Read more
3:10PM Your Local Time (GMT)
Grab a quick coffee and hurry back

3:15PM Your Local Time (GMT)
Showcase: TealBook

Hop into a demo with TealBook and see how their new Supplier Data Platform can
help you meet your goals.

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Jack Gale, Sales Director @ TealBook
Vendor Showcase
Vendor Showcase
Sponsored By:
Tealbook
Limited
Showcase: Vendr

Hop into a showcase with Vendr and hear useful insight into how their tech can
help you move forward.

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Vendor Showcase
Vendor Showcase
Sponsored By:
Vendr
Limited
Showcase: Zylo

What can Zylo help you advance? Join them for a quick demo to find out more.

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Vendor Showcase
Vendor Showcase
Sponsored By:
Zylo
Limited
3:35PM Your Local Time (GMT)
Digital transformation – first generation

There is the assumption that all organizations have the tools. How about if
you’re just getting started? 

•    Tips and tricks from a company that has just put their spend analysis or
P2P and learnings from that experience

•    How is procurement addressing digital change and transformation inside the
business they support?

•    What are the most pressing challenges procurement teams are seeing when
moving toward digital tools to run the business?

•    How are the procurement teams overcoming those challenges and tips on
change management

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Breakout
Breakout

Digital transformation – second generation

We are now moving on from what solution we take and asking how do we now work
with the consequences of digitalization?

•    Now that there are less people to do manual work how do we reposition and
evolve the organization?

•    What’s new about procurement?  What new technologies such as AI/ ML/
ChatGPT, etc. are reshaping the procurement landscape

•    How do we upgrade skills and think of the organization in a different way?

•    Which tools should be swapped out?

•    Procurement analytics - the age of static dashboards is over!! What are
some emerging trends leveraging AI/ML/ GPT in driving speed to insight

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Melissa Drew, Associate Partner, Finance & Supply Chain Transformation @ IBM
Breakout
Breakout

4:05PM Your Local Time (GMT)
Cost reduction strategies - sharing practical ways to mitigate inflation impact
while reducing costs and maintaining quality and efficiency

•    Cost and inflation - companies have learned to change their energy costs,
so what’s new?

•    Insourcing – is this seen as less jobs for suppliers?

•    Price in cost and savings during inflation

•    Where to strategically focus your attention to get maximum cost savings in
a down market

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Ash Shetty, CPO @ Montgomery County Government
Jonathan Townsley, Senior Business Partner, Global Procurement @ Sterling
Main Stage
PanelPlenary
Sponsored By:
Tealbook
Vendr
Zylo



•    Cost and inflation - companies have learned to change their energy costs,
so what’s new?

•    Insourcing – is this seen as less jobs for suppliers?

•    Price in cost and savings during inflation

•    Where to strategically focus your attention to get maximum cost savings in
a down market

4:45PM Your Local Time (GMT)
Take a lunch break

5:00PM Your Local Time (GMT)
Now that we have a seat at the table, what do we do with it?

We are hearing more about what to do at the seat of the table. Through the
pandemic companies saw the value of procurement as we delivered. This caused
executives not to ignore the value procurement is bringing. More procurement
leadership positions are being opened especially in the indirect space.
Procurement reports to the CFO – now we have the opportunity to more directly
influence C-suite and provide more strategic influence and guidance to the
business units themselves. That guidance can be in the form of helping to
develop a spend strategy that is aligned to their business strategy and the
enterprise as a while. What we need:

o    Business strategy. Generally, procurement is not in the room when this
happens but by more effectively influencing the C-Suite we can get there. We
then need to take the opportunity to provide the strategic guidance to help
develop a comprehensive spend strategy.

o    More Indirect procurement leadership roles are opening signalling that
businesses are starting to ask us to sit at the table

•    What best or next practices is procurement using to stay closer connected
to its internal business stakeholders

•    Are we aligning with our stakeholders in different and unique ways to bring
about results?

•    What are stakeholders telling Procurement is important to them and how do
they like to communicate?

Read more
Main Stage
PanelPlenary
Sponsored By:
Tealbook
Vendr
Zylo



We are hearing more about what to do at the seat of the table. Through the
pandemic companies saw the value of procurement as we delivered. This caused
executives not to ignore the value procurement is bringing. More procurement
leadership positions are being opened especially in the indirect space.
Procurement reports to the CFO – now we have the opportunity to more directly
influence C-suite and provide more strategic influence and guidance to the
business units themselves. That guidance can be in the form of helping to
develop a spend strategy that is aligned to their business strategy and the
enterprise as a while. What we need:

o    Business strategy. Generally, procurement is not in the room when this
happens but by more effectively influencing the C-Suite we can get there. We
then need to take the opportunity to provide the strategic guidance to help
develop a comprehensive spend strategy.

o    More Indirect procurement leadership roles are opening signalling that
businesses are starting to ask us to sit at the table

•    What best or next practices is procurement using to stay closer connected
to its internal business stakeholders

•    Are we aligning with our stakeholders in different and unique ways to bring
about results?

•    What are stakeholders telling Procurement is important to them and how do
they like to communicate?

Read more
5:30PM Your Local Time (GMT)
How is the global economy affecting supply chains and how are they affecting the
way in which you do your job?

•    Do we need to be more creative?   Are you finding that you are using/need
more data to do your job?

•    Are you focused on costs and savings or adding value?  Do you look at total
cost of ownership?  Why is that important for you and your company?

•    Do we need to do more supplier performance and relationship management or
change how we are working with suppliers?

•    Scenario planning for upcoming economic uncertainty

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Susan Patrick Harris, Vice President Procurement & Accounts Payable (P2P) @
Wellpath
Breakout
Breakout

How to scale a procurement team in a down market

Doing more with less - since coming out of the pandemic and the new economic
environment we are doing more with less

•    We have more generalists to do different areas – will that shift stay?

•    How as procurement organisations do we do more with less – how do we make
that work?

•    Or is there a paradigm shift in organization structure and design coming?

•    How to get funding for projects in a down market

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Breakout
Breakout

Reshoring – rethinking global supply chains

Time to Act. That’s what many companies are feeling now that manufacturing risks
and vulnerabilities have been exposed by the pandemic. Parts shipments have been
delayed from Asia. Freight rates are volatile. Markets have changed and demand
has shifted wildly. The economy is uncertain. Geopolitics are unstable. 

•    What do we do now?

•    What is the current state of global manufacturing, the possibility of
nearshoring and reshoring, and the rebuilding of your domestic supply chain.  
It’s time to rebuild manufacturing in America

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Rosemary Coates, Executive Director @ Reshoring Institute
Breakout
Breakout

6:05PM Your Local Time (GMT)
Future of supply chain shortages from a geological strategist viewpoint
 * How to ensure that the supply chain can deliver as still to date we clearing
   up messes from the pandemic - capacity is growing but pricing is holding
 * Overcoming the struggle to meet demands in certain areas – such as energy -
   therefore if energy is scarce how would it affect production? 
 * If the situation becomes long term, could you keep paying these premium
   prices long term?  
 * Demographic shift – baby boomers are now retiring. In China in the future,
   they may not have enough workers at the rate you expect them to produce.
   Where do we go then as they have the manufacturing infrastructure? How and
   when will that impact the supply chain? 
 * As we proceed from the pandemic and we have ‘normalized’ – we still have the
   war in Ukraine – are you still seeing supply shortages?
 * How is this affecting your business and how do you do your job every day?
 * What are you doing to mitigate the supply chain disruption?

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Breakout
Breakout

Risk management in procurement inclusive of Third Party Risk and addressing
potential risks across the supply chain

Since 2020 risk management is still at the top of the agenda. Companies working
with risk management have extended to a point in the fact that more digital is
used. 

•    Mapping supply chain beyond Tier 2 and Tier 3

•    The role of the supply chain management relation in addressing the risk

•    How is technology being used for early warning signals and monitoring of
the supply chain in real time

•    Strategic sourcing and supplier risk management – how to select suppliers
strategically to build effective and mutually beneficial relationships in the
current economic and regulatory environment   

•    Who they are 

•    Delivery and security

•    Sustainability

•    Legal requirements

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Bill Browning, Director of Procurement @ 6sense
Breakout
Breakout

6:30PM Your Local Time (GMT)
How procurement can support sustainability, ESG initiatives, and ensure
inclusivity in procurement selection

•    Sustainable procurement practices – the role of procurement in sustainable
business practices and the importance of ESG in procurement / category
strategies

•    New regulations update

•    Diversity, inclusion and procurement 

•    How media investments can help decisions to achieve a broader corporation
ESG goals

•    Sustainability decarbonization - the biggest challenges are commitment and
measurement. But how do you get progress?

•    Decarbonisation - how to move from measurement to action

•    How to scale future solutions

•    Decarbonization and supply chain - how to deliver net zero road maps beyond
data gathering

•    How to incentivise your supply chain to deliver carbon reduction

Read more
Rebecca Goosen, Head of Supply Chain Sustainability @ Schroders
Mat Langley, Global Head of Procurement ESG @ CBRE
Main Stage
PanelPlenary
Sponsored By:
Tealbook
Vendr
Zylo



•    Sustainable procurement practices – the role of procurement in sustainable
business practices and the importance of ESG in procurement / category
strategies

•    New regulations update

•    Diversity, inclusion and procurement 

•    How media investments can help decisions to achieve a broader corporation
ESG goals

•    Sustainability decarbonization - the biggest challenges are commitment and
measurement. But how do you get progress?

•    Decarbonisation - how to move from measurement to action

•    How to scale future solutions

•    Decarbonization and supply chain - how to deliver net zero road maps beyond
data gathering

•    How to incentivise your supply chain to deliver carbon reduction

Read more
7:10PM Your Local Time (GMT)
Close of Dollars & Sense 2023 & thank you for coming!
Mike Cadieux, Founder & CEO @ Procurement Foundry
Claire Barnes, Head of Events @ Procurement Foundry
Main Stage
Plenary
Thank you to our sponsors:
Tealbook
Vendr
Zylo


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