Day one – Tuesday 15 March 2022
Please note, all timings are in AEDT
08:15 – 08:45
Registration, Morning refreshments/Platform login
09:10 – 09:15
Welcome to Country
09:15 – 09:25
Chair’s opening remarks
Sharon Morris, General Manager for Australia and New Zealand, CIPS
09:25 – 09:50
Welcome from CIPS
Malcolm Harrison, Group CEO, CIPS
09:50 – 10:30
Ensuring your supply chain is innovative and fit for the future
Taking the opportunity to rebuild sustainably and integrate social value creation into your supply chain
Applying risk avergence strategies to strengthen resilience against natural emergencies
Yemi Penn, Global Thought Leader on Empowerment and Resilience
10:30 – 11:10
- How have leadership strategies and approaches adapted during the crisis?
- The importance of collaboration to improve outcomes and identify opportunities for innovation
- How to move forward and safeguard vulnerable supply chains in ANZ?
11:10 – 11:30
Morning networking break
11:30 – 12:00
- What are the best practices for reporting and implementation?
- Looking beyond compliance to implementing good governance to minimise the risk of labour abuses in supply chains
- Leveraging competitive advantage for your business and supply chains
Ro Coroneos, Head of Responsible Sourcing, Lendlease
Robin Mellon, CEO, Better Sydney
12:00 – 12:30
- Closely aligning your sourcing strategy with business needs and goals
- Considering near-shoring options and incorporating more sustainable practices in your plan
- Approaches to mitigating geopolitical instability and minimise risk
Darren Wedding, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Super Retail Group
Brett D. Nolan, Head of Procurement, Tourism Australia
Aditi Cook, CPO, Ministry of Education of New Zealand
Chair: Andrew Brightmore, Executive Director, Compass Group & Foodbuy
Lunch break and networking
Select your breakout stream
Technology and Digitalisation
A1
Their issues in dealing with buying enterprises across industry
The value of digital networks (Economic & Efficiency)
Ideas for engagement to help drive economic regeneration
Andrew Hunt, Director, Value Advisory, Intelligent Spend Management, SAP
Social Value and Sustainability
B1
- How do you manage environmental exposure in your supply chain?
- Effectively monitoring CSR impact across your supply chain
- Measuring the effectiveness of your supply chain sustainability initiative
Ben Ludik, Head of Procurement, Supply Chain and Property, Water Corporation
Chair:
Shane Duran, Procurement Partner, Brisbane City Council
Risk Mitigation
C1
- The counter party risk landscape – what kind of risks should you be looking for, and how can data help identify these risk?
- Foundations of an effective early risk detection management framework
- Leveraging both data and technology for supply chain resilience and supplier risk profiling
Qing Liu, Global Industry Practice Lead, Moody’s Analytics
Chair: Georgie Farmer, Group Manager, Talent Services, Procurement, Microsoft
14:05 – 14:35
Streams continued
Technology and Digitalisation
A2
- How can the profession evolve with the aid of digitalisation?
- How is cutting-edge technology currently being utilised in the industry?
- What is the impact of technology and digitalisation on procurement and purchasing?
Professor Danny Samson, CoEditor in Chief, Operation Management Research, University of Melbourne
Adam Baker, Category Manager, Digital and IT, Latitude FInancial Service
Chair: Susan Hungar, Contract and Supplier Relationship Specialist, TAFE NSW
Social value and Sustainability
B2
- Unpacking the first-of-its-kind State of Social Procurement Report to explore how procurement professionals can generate positive social change
- Examining the role of intermediaries and internal champions in driving social value
- Where to from here? How can we better harness the power of social procurement
Mike McKinstry, CEO, Social Traders
Paul Barbaro, Executive General Manager, genU
James Muskett, Client Engagement Manager, IPA
Chair:
Shane Duran, Procurement Partner, Brisbane City Council
Risk Mitigation
C2
- Risk is here to stay, it’s how we embrace it that’s important.
- How mature is your organisation in terms of Supplier Risk Management?
- How important is an investment in risk reduction/management in 2022?
Alan Day, Chairman & Founder, State of Flux
Chair:
Georgie Farmer, Group Manager, Talent Services, Procurement, Microsoft
14:35 – 15:05
Streams continued
Technology and Digitalisation
A3
- How Procurement teams can innovate and support revenue growth
- What obstacles organisations are facing – and how to overcome them
- How to best leverage technology to build resilience and increase strategic value
Speaker: Alex Saric, Chief Marketing Officer, Ivalua
Chair:
Susan Hungar, Contract and Supplier Relationship Specialist, TAFE NSW
Social value and Sustainability
B3
- How to set clear supply chain sustainability targets to report progress
- Implement ESG supply chain requirements through formal contracts
- Establishing adequate governance structures and creating incentives to improve supply chain performance
Patrick Higging, Principal, PSCM Advisory, Avetta
Adam Boyle, SVP APAC and Workforce, Avetta
Chair:
Shane Duran, Procurement Partner, Brisbane City Council
Risk Mitigation
C3
- What poor risk management costs enterprises?
- Understanding exposure to various levels of risk across the supply chain
- Key structural and technology-focused processes that enable resiliency and manage risk
- How to prepare – today – for tomorrow’s risk events?
James McParlane, Director, GEP
Tom Zielinski, Senior Director – Services, GEP
Chair: Georgie Farmer, Group Manager, Talent Services, Procurement, Microsoft
15:05 – 15:35
Afternoon networking break
15:35 – 16:15
- Procurement as a business partner: How do we continue to add strategic value to the organisation?
- Building stakeholder engagement to transform procurement into a business critical function
- Thinking business first and function second – how to reinvent ourselves to keep up with business developments
Rajesh Singh, General Manager Value Management, Spark New Zealand
Elizabeth Stavreski, Executive Director, Procurement at South Australian Department of Treasury and Finance
16:15 – 16:55
- Inspirational business leader’s journey talking about their experiences building a career from procurement to the top
- Bringing procurement to the board and overcoming leadership challenges
- Coming from a procurement background, what do you expect your procurement team to deliver?
Roger Gray, Chief Executive Officer, Lyttleton Port
16:55 – 17:00
CIPS closing remarks
Networking Dinner
Please note, Conference and Networking Dinner tickets are sold separately
18:45
Drinks Reception
19:20
Welcome and entertainment
19:45
Dinner
20:00
2021 Awards Presentation
21:30
After party
23:00
Close
Please note, the programme is subject to change without notice.