EVENT PREVIEW
WORKSHOPS
Our workshops are a chance to truly connect with other attendees – and delve deeper than ever before into the fundamentals of procurement transformation.
DAY ONE- TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2026
1. Taming Global Complexity: Transforming Procurement into an AI-Driven Strategic Engine at Ricoh with Coupa 10:30 – 11:30( BST) | Industry Insights In this interactive Q & A, Dave Batty, Head of EMEA Procurement at Ricoh, discusses how Ricoh Europe navigated the complexity of 25 operating companies and 18 acquired entities to deliver a unified, end-to-end digital Source-to-Pay transformation with Coupa. He shares how the team secured executive buy-in from stakeholders across the globe, harnessed agentic AI and advanced optimisation to manage complex sourcing events, and repositioned procurement as a high-value strategic partner to the wider business.
2. The State of Agentic AI in Procurement 12:00 – 12:45( BST) | Industry Insights Explores how agentic AI is reshaping procurement, moving from manual processes to autonomous decision-making, with practical insights on integrating AI to drive efficiency, reduce risk and unlock strategic value.
3. Build your Procurement Orchestration Layer: Enabling Agents Across Idea-to-Pay 14:00 – 14:45( BST) | Industry Insights An interactive session in which attendees design their own procurement orchestration layer connecting intake, systems and workflows across Idea-to-Pay, covering where agents drive execution versuswhere orchestration ensures governance and visibility. Attendees leave with a practical blueprint for a coordinated, agentenabled procurement model.
66 August 2026