The 11th Pan-European Strategic Sourcing Event

“ProcureCon has become THE annual European procurement event, there is no competition in my mind”
Gordon Crichton, Director, Institut du Management de l’Achat Industriel (MAI)

ProcureCon is the leading pan-European procurement event and provides you with a unique opportunity to hear from procurement leaders how they have approached and resolved key challenges, benchmark with your peers and others from cutting edge sectors, get practical, hands on details on specific operational issues, and benefit from numerous networking opportunities. 

The ProcureCon 2008 Advisory Board

ProcureCon is truly an event for procurement professionals, designed by procurement professionals

	Gordon Crichton, Director, Institut du Management de l’Achat Industriel (MAI)		Mike Zealley, Procurement Solution Leader, Atos Consulting
	Barbara Lavernos, Head of Purchasing, L’Oreal		Jules Goffre, Vice President, A.T. Kearney
	Luis Ferreira, Corporate Procurement Director, EDP

60+ Leading Speakers, Including:

	Lawrence Jackson Former CPO WAL-MART		Ton Geurts CPO AKZONOBEL
	Hans Melotte CPO JOHNSON & JOHNSON		Neil Rogers CPO BT
	David Pritchard CPO HSBC		Hanne Goebel Group Purchasing Manager HEINEKEN
	Dirk Karl CPO ING		Jon Kirby CPO ASTRAZENECA
	John Fitchett Director, Procurement and Supply Chain Capability ROLLS ROYCE		Andy Collopy Global Procurement Director, Fuels Marketing BP
	Pedro Martinez CPO NH HOTELS		Nigel Topping Head of Supply Chain CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT

Attend ProcureCon 2008 and benefit from insight and practical case studies into key topics including:

• Sustainability – Learn how you can put in place tools and processes to accurately measure your company’s carbon footprint, and practical steps to offset it or minimise its impact. Also get a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of lean supply chain principles and six sigma and how to marry these with your sustainability agenda
• Global Sourcing And Spend Visibility – Learn from best in class procurement organisations what steps you need to take to become ‘best practice’ in spend visibility, supplier relationships and risk management globally and increase your strategic focus on key category management
• Demonstrating the increasing strategic value of procurement internally and externally – how can you convince top management, internal stakeholders and key suppliers of the strategic value (beyond just cost savings) that procurement can provide, and how do you measure this additional value? And where does the path of the CPO lead?  Where to next?

What’s New And Improved At The 2008 Forum?

• Sustainability Focus Day on 4th November and Supply Chain Finance Masterclass on 7th November
• ½ Day Workshops on key topics on 4th and 7th November
• More CPO-Level Speakers Than Ever Before!
• More Senior Procurement Participants Than Ever Before!  Over 250 expected in 2008
• 2nd Annual ProcureCon Awards
• New, improved venue on Lake Geneva
• Even More Opportunities For Interactive, Focused Networking & Discussions, including:
  • CPO Clinic – CPOs can once again attend our exclusive pre-event CPO Clinic, on the evening of the 4th November
  • Sector-focused Roundtables
  • Champagne Roundtables on 5th November
  • Interactive Voting Panel on the 5th November
  • Focused Afternoon Workshop on 6th November
  • Cocktail Reception and Gala Awards Dinner on 5th November