PROCON/POLZAK 2020
19 – 20 OCTOBER 2020, Warsaw, Hotel Marriott
Registration & moring coffee

Positive Relationship Session – Positive Relationship Session – “Give chanc… e to chance”
Can business success be based on chance? Yes! The best example of this are people who base their success on relationships and making new contacts.
Can business success be based on chance? Yes! The best example of this are people who base their success on relationships and making new contacts.
Day 1: 19 OCT 2020
8:00 – 9:00

Registration and morning coffee
Individual access data can be found in the organizational email dated 16.10 and 18.10 (4PM).
Please check the SPAM folder and / or bookmarks in your mailbox (Other, Offers, Notifications, etc.)
Keynote Speeches
9:00 – 9:20
9:20 – 10:00

I KEYNOTE SPEECH: We Can afford a little Audacity
- Key Learnings on Supply Chain from COVID 19 Crisis
- Key FOCUS on Supply Chain Risk management
- New KPI’s set-up / Paradigm – Priorities
Christian Voland, Global Chief Procurement Officer & Europe-Asia Procurement Director, Bunge
10:00 – 10:40
II KEYNOTE SPEECH: COVID19 and... ``what's next? Expectations of environmental and social transparency in supply chain management
- What changes are accelerated by the Covid-19 in supply chain management
- Which environmental, social and governance regulations and initiatives ESG) will have the greatest impact on expectations of supply chains?
- How do companies react to the upcoming changes, what practices and standards help them?
10:40 – 11:20
Award Ceremony: Procurement Leader 2020
11:20 – 12:00
Coffee break
11:40 – 12:10
Relationships with suppliers - only negotiations or mutual responsibility
- Why mutual support helps and does not disturb the relationship with the supplier
- What is the ecosystem in GŻ purchasing
What Covid-19 has changed in purchasing strategies and whether it has changed - anything at all
- Can we survive without helping each other
- A vision of modern cooperation with suppliers
Karolina Tarnawska, Procurement Director, Board Member, Żywiec Group
12:10 – 12:40
Purchasing feedback in tenders: an elementary tool overlooked by procurement departments
- Elements of feedback for suppliers participating in the offe
- Why is it worthwhile to give feedback
12:40 – 13:10
A green revolution in the Supply Chain of Marketing Materials. Eco-POSitive - a sustainable journey from design to reuse
13:10 – 13:50
Lunch
13:50 – 14:20
Shortage of delivery risk management - Black Swans. How do you protect your company against unexpected threats
- How to build a business continuity plan (BCP)?
- How to prepare for the unexpected surprises in the form of black swans?
- Risk management for direct purchasing
Jacek Jarmuszczak, Procurement Expert, Vice President, NextBuy
14:20 – 14:50
Sustainable Growth in Bayer's Procurement
- From strategy to execution
- Examples of sourcing projects
- Search for inspiration
Marcin Plichta, Global Head of Source-to-Pay Projects, Bayer
14:50 – 15:20
Innovation and new technologies: Buy and negotiate or build from scratch? Practical aspects of cooperation and negotiations with startups
- Cooperation with existing startups: project acquisition, startup analysis, and verification, implementation planning, forms of commercial cooperation and negotiations
- Building tailor-made startup projects: cooperation with venture builders, project financing and shareholding structure, solution planning, implementation and development
15:20 – 15:40
Coffee break
15:40 – 16:10
Special Guest: Patrycja Bereznowska, athlete, World Champion in the 24-hour run
16:10 – 16:20
End of the First Day of the Conference
Day 2: 20 OCTOBER 2020
8:30 – 9:00
Registration and morning coffee
Individual access data can be found in the organizational email dated 16.10 and 18.10 (4PM).
Please check the SPAM folder and / or bookmarks in your mailbox (Other, Offers, Notifications, etc.)
Keynote Speeches
9:00 – 9:30
I KEYNOTE SPEECH: The business potential of artificial intelligence and its application in the purchasing processes
- The potential of AI and its popular applications in the world
- The state of AI development in Poland
- AI in purchasing processes
09:30 – 10:00

II KEYNOTE SPEECH: Strategic supplier relationship management during crises – How to ensure supply and capture additional opportunities
- Impact and mitigation for Polpharma Group in the new reality
- Risk and Opportunities – Lesson learned
- Importance of Supplier Relationship during crises
10:00 – 10:30

Innovation through collaboration
– Collaboration with a Marketplace can reduce number of creditors
– Collaboration between customers and suppliers imply a procurement network
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30
PROCUREMENT LEADER 2020 – Awarded projects showcase
11:30 – 12:00
PROCUREMENT LEADER 2020 – Awarded projects showcase
12:00 – 12:30
How is the office market responding to COVID-19? Consequences and new trends
- New world order vs the office purchasing procedures
- How to prepare a tender procedure for an office – best practices
- Practical tips for negotiating an agreement with an advisor and an office lease agreement
12:30 – 13:10
Lunch
13:10 – 13:40
How to increase the efficiency and speed of processes in your department with... robots
- RPA, RDA, RaaS, Hyperautomation – how to navigate through the world of robots
- How does robotization change the style, comfort, and efficiency of work
- Case studies: Easy-to-configure robots generate considerable savings
- Independent automation / Center of Excellence / Robotization Outsourcing, what to choose?
13:40 – 14:10
Cloud Computing - How to contract a cloud?
- Is it possible to negotiate standardized contract terms with global cloud service providers?
Can a controlled market use cloud computing? - What are the requirements for data processed in the cloud?
- How to end cooperation with a cloud service provider?
14:10 – 14:40

Collaborate to win
- The organization, the procurement, the suppliers – the exhausting (but fruitful) struggle
- Effective collaboration in the era of a myriad of strategic objectives
- Tools & mindset – leading the stage for success
14:40 – 15:00
Coffee break
15:00 – 15:40
How to maintain work-life balance in the VUCA world?
- Three types of mental balance: thinking (intuition vs. analysis), actions (exploration vs. exploitation), and judgments (outcomes vs. well-being)
- How to set priorities for each day?
- How to be the most productive while working?
- How to build lasting relationships?
- How to stimulate your own creativity?
- How to influence the decisions of others?
- How to survive the crisis?
- How to release additional energy?
- How to learn to learn?
prof. UAM dr hab. Maciej Błaszak, Adama Mickiewicza University, Poznań
15:40- 15:50