•    Illuminating current industry dynamics post-pandemic and geopolitical shocks
•    Highlighting the urgency of resilience against tariff and lead-time challenges 
•    Charting emerging priorities in cost management and sustainability 

•    Analyzing tariff impacts on import costs to secure greater cost predictability and protect profit margins
•    Mitigating supply-chain disruptions by diversifying supplier bases, ensuring uninterrupted operations and reduced single-source risk
•    Leveraging scenario-planning tools to model trade-war outcomes and maintain a competitive advantage in volatile markets

•    Driving end-to-end supply chain insights with real-time data
•    Leveraging predictive analytics for demand planning
•    Streamlining supplier vetting and compliance checks
•    Sharing lessons from early adopters in oil & gas
 

•    Cultivating agility and ownership in mid-sized firms by embedding accountability rituals that accelerate change adoption
•    Aligning stakeholders early using proven mapping and communication frameworks to overcome internal pushback
•    Demonstrating a real mid-market company’s process overhaul, spotlighting the turning of setbacks into strategic wins
•    Validating success with time-to-value metrics post-implementation to prove ROI and fuel ongoing improvement
 

•    AI in Procurement: From Pilot to Scale
     Narahari Rao, SLB
•    Talent Pipelines: Upskilling in the Age of Automation
      John Asatie, J5 Global Synergy Group

•    Applying the top 6 energy sector trends for resilience 
•    Scenario-planning for price swings and shortages
•    Leveraging multi-tier supplier visibility to mitigate shocks
•    Building agile procurement playbooks

•    Driving supplier engagement in cost-effective GHG reduction
•    Embedding sustainability into procurement lifecycles
•    Measuring real progress on Scope 3 emissions
•    Sharing pitfalls and success stories from recent decarbonization programs

•    Assessing actual 3–5-year decarbonization milestones to verify genuine emissions reductions and build stakeholder trust
•    Evaluating shifting sustainability regulations to refine procurement strategies and maintain compliance
•    Integrating Climate Transition Action Plans into your roadmap to unlock growth opportunities and boost investor confidence

• Differentiating between task-automation tools and genuine AI solutions to accelerate procurement ROI
• Anticipating the talent shifts driven by AI adoption and design upskilling pathways that future-proof your workforce
• Blueprinting a scalable AI-integration roadmap linking pilot successes to enterprise-wide deployments for measurable impact

Why emotional intelligence is the overlooked factor in supply chain resilience. How leaders decide when to lean on AI and when only humans can build trust, alignment, and adoption. EI habits supply chain leaders can apply immediately to future-proof their teams.

• Mapping procurement’s strategic role within your ERM framework to bolster risk oversight, reduce supply-chain disruptions, and improve stakeholder confidence
• Integrating multi-tier supplier visibility into your ERM dashboards to accelerate risk detection, streamline escalation workflows, and shorten response times
• Navigating post-pandemic cost vs. value trade-offs by aligning investment decisions with risk-adjusted ROI, ensuring balanced spend and resilient outcomes

• Connecting procurement, IT, logistics, and the transformation office to enable end-to-end decision-making
• Collaborating across functions beyond comfort zones to improve transparency and resilience
• Addressing logistics challenges and tariffs while aligning teams and technology for visibility
• Leveraging digital advancements to strengthen enterprise-wide coordination with minimal prep

• Unlock a century of IOC data by fixing core entities and governance.
• Treat master data as a product with owners, SLAs, and measurable outcomes.
• Quantify AI ROI by linking data quality to reliability, maintenance, and supply chain wins.
• Scale from pilots to enterprise deployments with a clear 90-day action plan

Each round table covers a different topic, allowing attendees to select which one to join. Round table leaders will begin with a 5-minute introduction of themselves and a brief overview of the topic, which can include a case study, lessons learned log, or industry update. They will then facilitate a 40-minute discussion with the group, encouraging feedback and questions. The last 10 minutes will focus on agreeing on five industry recommendations. These recommendations will be shared with the entire audience and summarized in the post-event report.

1. Tariffs & Cost Forecasting: Turning Policy into Procurement Advantage
   Uma Taylor, 4D Logistics
2. Scope 3 Emissions: Supplier Engagement for Real Progress 
   Walter Egbueze
3. Supplier Diversification: Strategies for Mid-Market Players 
   Lynn Buckley, Baker Hughes
4. Master Data Management: AI in Oil & Gas 
   SK Roy, Graynomics
5. When to Trust AI, When to Trust People: Building Smarter Supply Chains  
   Jeff Frey, FurtherFaster I Rice University I Vital Competence

• Reframing supply chain and third-party risk as engines of resilience and growth.
• Modernizing programs weighed down by silos and slow processes using enabling technologies and new operating models.
• Exposing how cyber supply chain risk reshapes resilience strategies and governance.
• Equipping leaders with practical actions to integrate cyber, data, and supplier oversight for measurable impact.

•    Consolidating top action items and assign accountability to ensure decisions translate into measurable progress
•    Forging cross-sector alliances by capturing commitments that unite energy, logistics, and technology leaders in shared initiatives
•    Operationalizing key insights and ensure measurable progress in 2026