Practical, not theoretical
Every session is about the "how", with the receipts. If it cannot be shown or proven, it does not make the stage.
Programme
Not a conference. A programme that earns its stage time.
Procurement Tech is mostly about fast-tracking business conversations and networking: live technology, demos and curated meetings. The stage is reserved for the few sessions worth stopping for - industry leaders sharing the forces reshaping procurement and the case studies that prove what actually worked.
The Procurement Tech difference.
Practical, not theoretical.
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Curated, not crowded
A tight programme, expertly produced, so the floor stays the main event.
Led by the industry
Senior procurement leaders and practitioners on the key factors impacting the profession - not vendor pitches.
What's on.
Ways to spend your day.
Curated discovery
Guided routes around the floor, grouped by the problem you're solving - sourcing, contracts, spend, supplier risk, payments, supply chain, AI. Walk it your way, or follow a curated path with peers tackling the same challenge.
Live demos
See the technology working on real procurement problems - the whole point of the event.
The curated stage
A lean run of practitioner case studies and industry-leader sessions. Substance only - won, not bought.
What's next
The latest technology and capabilities that could impact your business, shown by the providers bringing them to market.
AI matchmaking
Start building relationships before you arrive. Use the app to get intelligently matched and walk in with a full schedule of high-value conversations.
Parties and drinks
From the opening party to after-drinks, our social events spark spontaneous connections - easy settings to meet new people, continue conversations and create lasting relationships beyond the floor.
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Procurement leaders shaping the future of the industry.
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Holding state - what ships at launch, before any session or speaker confirms
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Halving source-to-contract cycle time
How a 14-week tender cycle became seven - the process changes, the technology behind them and the numbers before and after.
The session walks the full journey: where the old cycle lost its weeks, which steps were removed rather than automated, and the governance conversation that made the change stick. You leave with the before-and-after metrics and the sequence they would run again.
Chief Procurement OfficerNational grocery retailer
Speakers.
The people on the Procurement Tech stage.
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The shape of the day.
One focused day of discovery, meetings and connection.
Illustrative run of the day - no committed timings; multi-day splits are content-driven.
A high-level run of the day will appear here once the date is locked - doors, discovery windows, demo-stage sessions and the close-of-day social.
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Doors and arrival coffee
09:00Floor
The floor is open - discovery, demos, curated meetings
09:40Halving source-to-contract cycle time
Case study · Chief Procurement Officer, National grocery retailer
Halving source-to-contract cycle time
Case study · Chief Procurement Officer, National grocery retailer
How a 14-week tender cycle became seven - the process changes, the technology behind them and the numbers before and after.
Chief Procurement Officer · National grocery retailer
View in the session panel11:10Putting AI agents to work in a lean procurement team
Case study · Head of Procurement Transformation, ASX-listed insurer
Putting AI agents to work in a lean procurement team
Case study · Head of Procurement Transformation, ASX-listed insurer
Where agents actually helped, where they did not, and what the team stopped doing by hand.
Head of Procurement Transformation · ASX-listed insurer
View in the session panel12:40What boards now expect from procurement
Industry leaders · Chief Procurement Officer, ASX-50 retailer
What boards now expect from procurement
Industry leaders · Chief Procurement Officer, ASX-50 retailer
Three procurement leaders on the questions their boards now ask - and the capability it takes to answer them.
Chief Procurement Officer · ASX-50 retailer · Chief Procurement Officer · Major Australian bank · Chief Procurement Officer · National telco
View in the session panel14:20Supplier risk when the supply chain is the story
Industry leaders · Chief Procurement Officer, Infrastructure operator
Supplier risk when the supply chain is the story
Industry leaders · Chief Procurement Officer, Infrastructure operator
Live risk visibility across a 4,000-supplier base - what changed after the headlines.
Chief Procurement Officer · Infrastructure operator · Head of Supply Chain Risk · National energy utility
View in the session panel15:50Finding the savings your spend data already shows
Finding the savings your spend data already shows
A working session on the analysis that found seven figures in a spend cube the team already owned.
View in the session panel17:00Day beat
Close-of-day social
A lean stage by design - the floor carries the day.
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