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TECH SOURCING 2025 AGENDA

mix & mingle

Monday, November 3

  • 5:00 - 7.00 PM

Join us for a pre-event welcome drink at: Bar Sol Mariscos, Navy Pier.

 Grab your badge, register with ease, and mingle with fellow attendees before day one officially begins. It’s your first chance to connect, unwind, and set the tone for an epic conference ahead. First round’s on us — see you there!

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TECH SOURCING DAY 1

Tuesday, November 4

Day 1 Agenda
Day 2 Agenda

Day 1

  • 8:15 AM

Registration, Breakfast & Networking

  • Lakeview Terrace

Day 1 – Main Stage

  • 9:00 AM

Welcome to Technology Sourcing Summit 2025

Jamie Martino, SVP Strategic Sourcing, IT Diversity

Day 1 – Main Stage

  • 9:10 AM

Cracking the Code: What’s Really Driving IT Strategy in 2026

A rapid-fire look at what’s shaping today’s enterprise tech landscape—vendor tactics, supplier consolidation, software renewals, and the AI-outsourcing storm ahead. Backed by new benchmark data, we’ll uncover surprising truths and give you the intel to stay one step ahead

Jon Winsett, CEO, NPI

Day 1 – Main Stage

  • 9:30 AM

Advances in Tech - Gen AI & Other Frontier Technologies

Technology has accelerated at a remarkable pace over the last two years, with generative AI reshaping how organisations work. For procurement, the role is to guide the business in understanding, governing and capturing value. We’ll explore where Gen-AI delivers impact today, then look five years ahead to world models, quantum and other frontier technologies

Bob Booth, Founder AI Ethicals & Hailion AI

Day 1 – Main Stage

  • 9:55 AM

AI Literacy - Becoming Digital Starts with You!

Dr. Elouise Epstein, Digital Futurist & Partner, Kearney

Day 1 – Lakeview Terrace

  • 10:20 AM

Coffee Break & Expo

  • Lakeview Terrace

+Sponsor Demos on Expo Floor

Get up close with the latest innovations from our event sponsors! On the Expo Floor you can join live, hands-on demos, and have peer group conversations with the teams behind the tools shaping the future of procurement. Whether you’re scouting new solutions or just curious, it’s your chance to explore, ask questions, and see cutting-edge tech in action.

Day 1 – Main Stage

  • 11:10 AM

The Game is Changing

  • Procurement is evolving more quickly than ever and centered more around business enablement, and great customer service – how are thought leaders changing the way they think to evolve with the game?
  • How to pivot and level up
  • Knowing your business – positioning procurement as successful business operator who builds revenue partnerships, adds value and enables growth

Susan Patrick Harris, VP Procurement, R1 RCM

Day 1 – Main Stage

  • 11:35 AM

Reimagine and Transform – Procurement’s Competitive Advantage

Recently, Global Procurement Executives have raised the creation of a competitive advantage to a Top 10 priority in Hackett’s 2025 Procurement Key Issues study. This marks a significant milestone, as it is the first time in nearly twenty years that this focus has been featured so prominently in the study.  So, Why now?  The decision to prioritize competitive advantage at this time prompts important questions: Why is this happening now, and what factors have driven this shift? Understanding the underlying reasons will provide insight into the current landscape of procurement and its evolving role within organizations.  This fire-side chat will explore the strategies and approaches procurement leaders are considering to create and sustain competitive advantage. Join us for a fire-side chat on these issues with:

Chris Sawchuk, Principal and Global Procurement Advisory Practice Leader, The Hackett Group

Binh Tran, CPO, Walgreens

Scott Weiner, AI Lead, CTO, NeuEon

Day 1 – Ballroom

  • 12:20 PM

PRACTITIONERS CIRCLE (BUY-SIDE ONLY)

  • Ballroom
  1. Humans in the Loop: Procurement’s Role in the Age of Autonomy – Mor Cohen-Tal, Co-founder & CTO, Opstream
  2. Software negotiations (1)– Jon Winsett, CEO, NPI & Leah Davis, Associate Director Client Technology Sourcing, EY
  3. Software negotiations (2)– Erwann Couesbot, Co-founder & CEO, FlipThrough
  4. Market Intelligence – NPI & Alan Poulin, ExCel Energy
  5. Getting buy-in– reshaping your ‘sell’ to reflect business need – Silver Wade, Flatiron Health
  6. Vibe-coding tools – Rose Punkunus, Founder & CEO, Sudozi
  7. Tariffs, Inflation, and a Shifting Economy: Effects on IT Procurement in 2026 – Ben Mappen, Teem
  8. Productivity Brainstorm – what are you doing to be creative without breaking the bank – Rachel Pinto, Active Campaign 
  1. Robust Tail Spend Management – Dan Aquilina, Simfoni
  2. Vendor Consolidation – NPI
  3. Cloud optimization
  4. How are you measuring ROI? – Karen Hodson, Marigold
  5. AI in RFPs – the changing landscape – Karthik Rama, Founder & Principal consultant – Procurement Doctors
  6. Working with Legal – Phyllis Wooding
  7. Rationalizing the Stack: How IT Procurement Leads Efficiency at Scale – Jitesh Kama, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Trundl
  8. The New Procurement Playbook: Visibility, Diversity, and Cost Control in Global Connectivity – Rob Bye, Founder & President, Zenture Partners
  9. Data Compliance & Security – Charlotte De Brabandt, Co-Chair, ISM Thought Leadership Council
  10. Bleeding Edge Technologies for Lone Wolves – We’re talking vibe-coding, agentic, AI copilots, and more. No rules, no roadmap — what’s next and how to ride the wave – Paul Nilsen, Douglas Elliman
  11. (Sell-side only) Working better with procurement – Eric Edwards / Constantine Limberakis
  12. Accelerating projects and time to value – Sarah Blackie, CEO & Founder, Esby & Co
  13. Taking the BS out of buying SaaS – Michael Shields, Tropic

Day 1 – Masterclass Breakout

  • 12:15 - 1.15 PM

AI Literacy Masterclass

Dr. Elouise Epstein, Partney, Kearney

(Limited capacity, pre-booking required.)

Day 1 – Lakeview Terrace

  • 12:50 PM

Lunch

  • Lakeview Terrace

Day 1 – Meeting Rooms 1-7​

  • 1:45 PM

Delegates Break into Peer Working Groups #1

  • Meeting Rooms 1-7

Day 1 – Meeting Rooms 1-7​

  • 2:35 PM

Delegates Break into Peer Working Groups #2

  • Meeting Rooms 1-7

Day 1 – Lakeview Terrace

  • 3:15 PM

Coffee Break & Expo

+Sponsor Demos on Expo Floor

  • Lakeview Terrace

Day 1 – Main Stage

  • 3:50 PM

State of Spend: What spending trends reveal about the future of AI

Zip’s inaugural State of Spend is the industry’s first comprehensive survey of over 1,000 global leaders across procurement, finance, IT, and legal. In this session, Zip’s Head of Research will unpack key findings from the report in conversation with Katie Sharma, Head of Sourcing at Coinbase. Together, they’ll explore what the data reveals about procurement & sourcing’s next chapter: how AI is reshaping strategy, what skills and teams will matter most, and why yesterday’s playbook won’t work in an agentic, orchestrated future. Expect a candid discussion that connects today’s trends to tomorrow’s realities.

Katie Sharma, Director Global Sourcing, Coinbase 

Nick Heinzmann, Head of Research, Zip 

Day 1 – Main Stage

  • 4:15 PM

The New World Order Of Hyper-Transparent Supply Chains

How supply chain transparency is changing the chessboard for business and governments.

Justin Dillon, Founder/CEO, FRDM AI

Day 1 – Main Stage

  • 4:40 PM

Our Careers in the Age of AI

Everyone’s asking: what will procurement and contracting jobs look like in the age of AI? This discussion will go beyond the usual platitudes about learning the tools and not falling behind. We’ll talk about the weaknesses of AI for contracting and procurement and the implications for our work and employment prospects. And we’ll talk about the advantages those tools bring. We’ll look at jobs and tasks likely to be eliminated and speculate about those likely to be created or enhanced. Please bring your ideas and concerns because this will be an energetic, participatory discussion.

David Tollen, Founder, Tech Contracts Academy

Day 1 – Main Stage

  • 5:05 PM

WRAP UP OF DAY 1 from the Summit Chair

Jon Winsett, CEO, NPI

Day 1 – Lakeview Terrace

  • 5:15 - 6.15 PM

Join your peers for end of day drinks on the Lakeview Terrace

  • Lakeview Terrace

TECH SOURCING DAY 2

Wednesday November 5

Day 1 Agenda
Day 2 Agenda

Day 2 – Lakeview Terrace

  • 8:15 AM

Coffee & Breakfast

  • Lakeview Terrace

Day 2

  • 9:00 AM

Welcome to Day Two

Recap of key learnings from day one and what’s coming up on day two

Summit Chair: Jon Winsett, CEO, NPI

Day 2 – Main Stage

  • 9:05 AM

Building Trust and Alignment with IT

  • Real talk on IT expectations vs. procurement realities — identifying misalignments and how to bridge the gap
  • Building strategic, forward-thinking partnerships that push the business forward
  • How to embed procurement right at the heart of tech planning and execution, working with internal IT so it supports procurement tech

Danielle Salyers, 2nd VP Strategic Sourcing, Allied Solutions

Eric Schoonveld, VP of IT, Allied Solutions

Host: Paul Nilsen, Pack Leader of Procurement Pack & Director of Procurement, Douglas Elliman Real Estate

Day 2 – Main Stage

  • 9:30 AM

Digital Transformation

Fast-paced interviews tackling rapid transformation. Hosted by Jamie Martino, SVP, IT Diversity and Host of Talking Tech Sourcing

  1. Aligning procurement strategy with the broader business and digital transformation goals – 
    Kartik Pattisam, Procurement Strategy Leader, Stripe

  2. Stacking Intelligence: Building AI-Powered Procurement –

    Hannah Lazar, Head of Strategic Partnerships & Procurement, OnePay

  3. Transforming Sourcing in Australasia with Lean-Agile Procurement and AI as a Service –
    Sarah Blackie, CEO & Founder, Esby & Co.

Day 2

  • 10:15 AM

Grab a Coffee!

+Sponsor Demos on Expo Floor

 

  • Lakeview Terrace

Day 1 – Main Stage

  • 11:00 AM

The Autonomous Enterprise - Bringing Humans on the Journey

  • Transforming enterprise collaboration with Agentic AI – “The future of work isn’t about machines replacing humans, it’s about machines working alongside us to create something greater
  • Striking the right balance between tech and human expertise in the organization
  • Managing the skills gap and upskilling the team

Doug Shannon, Global Intelligent Automation & GenAI Leader

Day 2

  • 11:25 AM

From Discovery to Delight: The 5 D's of Rapid AI Implementation in Procurement

In an era where procurement is transforming into a strategic value driver and profit center powered by cutting-edge technology, the challenge isn’t whether to implement AI – it’s how to do it rapidly, effectively, and sustainably. Most AI initiatives fail not due to technology limitations, but because organizations lack a structured methodology that balances speed with strategic depth.

Amanda will unveil the evolved 5 D methodology that’s revolutionizing how organizations approach AI implementation in procurement. Building on proven change management principles, this project-based framework enables procurement leaders to deliver measurable AI value within 12-16 weeks while building organizational capabilities for future innovation.

Amanda Prochaska, Chief Wonder Officer, Wonder Services

Day 2 – Main Stage

  • 11:50 AM

Supplier Intelligence: Yesterday’s Advantage, Today’s Requirement

For years, supplier intelligence was a nice-to-have – a secret edge for advanced procurement teams. But today, it’s become table stakes for any organization that wants to negotiate effectively, manage renewals strategically, and elevate procurement’s influence across the business.

“Free” price benchmarks are no longer cutting it, you need the full recipe for success. Find out how the most impactful procurement teams are driving results by utilizing supplier insights – knowing exactly when to engage, how to negotiate, and where they hold the most leverage.

We’ll share real-world stories of how top procurement teams have turned routine SaaS purchases and renewals into game-changing wins using supplier intelligence.

Michael Shields, VP of Procurement, Tropic

Day 2

  • 12:15 PM

TALKING TECH SOURCING 'LIVE'!!

Join Talking Tech Sourcing Host, Jamie Martino for a live version of Talking Tech Sourcing. Joined on stage by David Quillen of Vividseats, Ariella Lachmann, JFrog and Dominic Battiston from InfuSystem, Jamie will bring to life in real-time the true value of the monthly collaborations which happen at TTS. If you’re already signed up – fabulous! If not, witness first-hand the value you can gain from participating in virtual monthly TTS calls with your peers.

 

Day 2

  • 12:40 PM

Lunch

  • Lakeview Terrace

Day 2 – Meeting Rooms 1-7​

  • 1:30 PM

Delegates Break out into Peer Working Groups #3

  • Meeting Rooms 1-8

Day 2 – Main Stage

  • 2:20 PM

Boosting Resilience Through Tech

  • Building resilient and adaptable supply chains through the power of supplier relationships and technology
  • AI-powered tools for predictive analytics, risk assessment and supply chain optimization
  • Tech for greater collaboration with suppliers, stronger communication, and greater visibility and control across the supply base
  • Agile strategies and advanced automation, and flexibility to aid business continuity
  • Tariffs, imports and geopolitical impacts on tech, services, hardware, software
  • Risk in contracts
  • Managing supply dominance

Constantine Limberakis, Founder and President, Liberis Consulting

Greg Stoller, Sr. Director, Procurement Technology, Walgreens

David Schultz, CPO & CSCO, Public and Private Equity Portfolio Companies

Josh Wilson, Supply Chain Risk Director, Jabil

Host: Cassye Cook Provost, Fractional CPO

Day 2 – Ballroom

  • 3:00 PM

PRACTITIONERS CIRCLE (BUY-SIDE ONLY)

  • Ballroom
  1. Navigating your career trajectory – Sanyam Khurana, Cineplex
  2. Effective AI oversight in your suppliers’ technology – how are you checking for error?
  3. Supplier management – Sheri Spinks, Procurement & Supply Chain Executive
  4. Total Cost of Ownership – what strategies your peers are deploying to master TCO – Nicholas Henrichs, HUB International
  5. Modern Travel Technology
  6. Wild Card – Paul Nilsen & Craig Smith
  7. Hardware
  8. Licensing – NPI
  9. Driving Supplier Innovation and Trust via Performance Transparency –Karthik Rama, Founder & Principal consultant – Procurement Doctors
  10. IT Services – The Complexity of dealing with System Integrators 
  11. Marketing Tech – Christine Moore, Founder, Raus Global, & Jillian Shapiro
  12. Sustainability Tech and Accountability – PCs for People 

Day 2 – Main Stage

  • 3:40 PM

Close of Technology Sourcing 2025

Summit Chair: Jon Winsett, CEO, NPI

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Testimonials

WHAT DO PAST ATTENDEES THINK OF THE EVENT?

    "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!"