Agenda Day One - PROCUREMENT SUMMIT MAIN STAGE

When time-to-market is everything: supplier selection without specification or price

Speaker:

Georg Mohr KOSTAL

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

‘Proactive resilience’: how procurement anticipates geopolitical crises

Speaker:

Katie Tamblin Ecodove

Stephan Schmitz Sihl Group

Lorenz Raml Prewave

Maxfield Weiss CIPS

Oliver Kahle Georg Fischer

Moderation:

Edin Erkocevic consulter.se

Radically Human - Trusted Negotiation

Speaker:

Nina Bomberg Hamburger Energiewerke

Jürgen Peukert Negotiation Advisory Group

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement 2030: Between AI hype and real disruption - what remains, what is coming, what works?

Speaker:

Anne Eling tesa

Henriette Schulze Schaeffler

Daniela Majewsky Deutsche Bahn

Andreas Schulz Helvetia Versicherungen Schweiz

Moderation:

Thomas Heine SDG media

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 1 - onu.energy

Speaker:

Ilan Momber onu.energy

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 1 - wantex

Speaker:

Daniel Häberle wantex

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 1 - Guided Buying AI

Speaker:

Wolfgang Lang GuidedBuying.com

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 1 - qado

Speaker:

Nicolas Pardon qado

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 1 - costdata

Speaker:

Tobias Uding costdata

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 1 - Stackgini

Speaker:

Michael Stedler Stackgini

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 1 - Negotiation Intelligence

Speaker:

Jörg Köck NI - Negotiation Intelligence

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

'Excel is not ERP!' - Why data-driven procurement remains so difficult

Speaker:

Rahma Braham Marquardt

Catharina Golz Nedschroef

Jessica Morris BVG

Dr. Frederic Folwaczny ALTANA

Simon Kreidel Pilatus Aircraft

Moderation:

Prof. Dr. Elmar Holschbach Fachhochschule Südwestfalen

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 2 with award ceremony - Responsibly

Speaker:

Thomas Andersson Responsibly

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 2 with award ceremony - ABICS

Speaker:

Mehmet Ünal abics

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 2 with award ceremony - Crateflow

Speaker:

Markus Heidt Crateflow

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 2 with award ceremony - Datasphere

Speaker:

Reiner Kurzhals Datasphere Analytics

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 2 with award ceremony - Sourcevise

Speaker:

Max Walk Sourcevise

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 2 with award ceremony - CROWN

Speaker:

Mag. Mykyta Voytenko CROWN PROCUREMENT

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 2 with award ceremony - Pedlar

Speaker:

Rubem Silva Pedlar

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

AI does not negotiate – or does it?

Speaker:

Katharina Gehrigk ERGO

Oliver Kahle Georg Fischer

Moderation:

Pia Kleiber verhandlungssache.

Agenda Day One - ZUGSPITZE MASTERCLASSES

From Contract to Value Creation: AI-supported Contract Management in SAP with XFT Contract Manager 4S4

Speaker:

Stefan Triendl XFT

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Shopping without clicks: The AI agent revolution in retail

Speaker:

Timm Hemmert SAP Sagnavio

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

The Almost-Perfect Tender

Speaker:

Jeremy Robinson Markit

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Order first, then people — or the other way round?

Speaker:

Wiebke Stahmann DMK Group

Göktürk Simsekol Atotech

Moderation:

Klaus Bernzen apsolut

World-class on the trail. High-end in tail spend. Together with SpendOne and AirPlus, Propain Bicycles is setting new standards in indirect procurement.

Speaker:

Jan-Michael Stiksel SpendOne

Stefan Wälde AirPlus International

Florian Beck Propain Bicycles Group

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

WEPA's Source-to-Pay Journey with Zycus and Agentic AI Vision: A Fireside Chat

Speaker:

Monika Mutscher Zycus

Henrike Seher WEPA

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Masterclass EnBW: 5 Key Success Factors for a VMS Implementation

Speaker:

Markus Rogosch EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg

Olaf Pätz Outerscore

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

More than just compliance: ESG data as a lever for cost control and resilient supply chains

Speaker:

Simon Eger Ivalua

Andrea Engel KION Group

Tanja Fischer Capgemini Invent

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Driving Efficiency and Effectiveness in Procurement: Better Decision-Making in an Increasingly Complex World

Speaker:

Felipe Reyes von Schönfeld Fullstep

Dr. Gerhard Lechner Günzel Consulting

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

From Linear Risk to Circular Opportunity: Rethinking Sustainability for Competitive Advantage

Speaker:

Sven Steinert H&Z Group

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Negotiating Where It Matters Most – 3 Game Changers for Procurement in a Complex World

Speaker:

Alperen Can Negotiation Advisory Group

Alejandro Basterrechea hejONE

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Why Most AI Projects Will Fail in 2026 (And How to Avoid It)

Speaker:

Caterina Kiehntopf dexter

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Agenda Day One - MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES

New Procurement Workforce: Where AI Agents become part of your team

Speaker:

Andrea Schmidt BearingPoint

Dr. Boris Idler Festo

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Digital Sovereignty in Action: Securely and intelligently managing source-to-pay processes with AI agents

Speaker:

Dolf van den Boorn Onventis

Heiko Rumpl Onventis

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Strategic Procurement 2026+: How AI Transforms the Way We Work – and Which Guiding Principles Matter

Speaker:

Bernd Thannheiser SAP

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Supplier Risk: What to Trust, Where to Look, When to Act

Speaker:

Kiki De Bruijn Achilles Information

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Automation in the procurement of external personnel – Governance · Compliance · System Integration · AI

Speaker:

Anja Crecelius Fruuts

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Automated PPWR Compliance: Making Supply Chains Transparent and Scalable

Speaker:

Leonie Ganser osapiens

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Regulation, blind spots beyond Tier 1, and the limits of self-assessment — and how verified supply chain data can make a real difference.

Speaker:

Fiona Beissel Sedex

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Master Data Quality: From Data Chaos to First-Time-Right with Agentic AI

Speaker:

Oliver Kahrs Slimstock

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Critical Raw Materials in Focus: Recognizing Importance, Managing Dependencies

Speaker:

Moritz Nill ctrl+s

Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Rossmüller Siemens Healthineers AG

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Just Start – How MediaMarktSaturn Transformed Operational Procurement

Speaker:

Bettina Fischer Hivebuy

Isabell Seitz MediaMarktSaturn

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Supply chain orchestration for greater transparency and optimised processes

Speaker:

Martin Gebel Tesisquare

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

From Measurement to Momentum: Building Supplier Engagement Programs That Actually Deliver

Speaker:

Caio Lopes de Melo Green Project Technologies

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Control without the paperwork - Why the PO is the wrong tool for most of your spend.

Speaker:

Raphael Bautz Payhawk

Manuel Holzer Payhawk

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

You cannot see half of your IT spend - How a major European multi-market bank reduced external IT spend by 21%

Speaker:

Lukas Rezanina Definic

Robert Decman Definic

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Agenda Day One - MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES

Sustainability 2035: Three Hypotheses for the Next Decade

Speaker:

Dr. Christopher Scheubel cubemos

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Automated sustainability in practice: EUDR implementation, using @igefa as an example

Speaker:

Pricilla Weixler osapiens

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Gebr. Heinemann: tackling Scope 3 across over 140 locations with one platform

Speaker:

Camila Engel Gebr. Heinemann

Stefan Blumenthal Watershed

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

From Alerts to Answers: The Context Layer Behind Resilient Supply Chains

Speaker:

Lorenz Raml Prewave

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

The ROI of Sustainability: Turning ESG Ambition into Business Value

Speaker:

Jonna Thede Position Green

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

CO₂ as a business driver: How The Family Butchers holistically optimises PCFs, decarbonisation and sustainability ratings

Speaker:

Andrea Prudenti The Family Butchers

Flavia Großhennrich Tanso

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Achieve credibility and compliance with SGS and SGS Institut Fresenius. With examples for certifications and global expertise in environmental DNA testing and biodiversity monitoring.

Speaker:

Heiko Sepulveda SGS

Dr. Anne Rödl SGS Institut Fresenius

Dr. Christian Temme SGS

SGS Speaker 4 TBD SGS

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Greenly PRO - Built for Experts: How Specialized Climate Platforms Unlock AI's Best Use Cases for consultants

Speaker:

Lucas Pesenti Greenly

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Mehr als nur Hülle: PPWR packt das Problem an.

Speaker:

Luisa Swetlik NTT DATA Business Solutions

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Rethinking sustainability with SAP RDP: Smart packaging compliance and PPWR readiness

Speaker:

Frauke Burmeister SAP Deutschland

Darya Hauruseva LeverX

Vladimir Voronov LeverX

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Sustainability Pragmatism: Efficient ways to identify and leverage sustainability drivers

Speaker:

Anna-Stina Reuter Sphera

Marcel Agena Sphera

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

AI in Medium-Sized Businesses: SBTi, Scope 3, and ISO audits – Why complex ESG processes need more than just ChatGPT.

Speaker:

Philipp Schmitt Fjol

Christian Holländer leadity

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Solving ESG Requirements with Precision: The SEW-EURODRIVE Story

Speaker:

Hanna Fauß CONSUST

Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Mühlhäuser SEW-EURODRIVE

Laura Kritzer SEW-EURODRIVE

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Buying green electricity – but doing it right. What procurement and sustainability teams really need to know in 2026.

Speaker:

Jan Quecke Otark

Patrick Bessero Getenergy

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Agenda Day One - SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT MAIN STAGE

Alternative Corporate Climate Responsibility & Child-Centric Climate Resilience - The climate impact partnership of UNICEF and DEKRA.

Speaker:

Conradin von Nicolai UNICEF

Moritz Stocker DEKRA

Moderation:

Zackes Brustik Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Global green governance: sustainability is the responsibility of top management

Speaker:

Michaela Thiel Körber

Florian Abel Holcim

Guido Wübben DHL

Moderation:

Dr. Alexa Lutzenberger INIW

The end of the one-way street - how linear thinking becomes circular transformation

Speaker:

Rebecca Weigold Hansgrohe

Kathrin Dinh HP Germany

Katharina Döring Rent.Group

Martin Stengel AfB

Alexander Eckert VANDUER

Moderation:

Dr. Alexa Lutzenberger INIW

Sustainability Summit Startup Awards, Part 1 - Save the Children

Speaker:

Jasmine Adu-Atwere Save the Children

Moderation:

Zackes Brustik Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Sustainability Summit Startup Awards, Part 1 - NetCero

Speaker:

Julia Fessler NetCero

Moderation:

Zackes Brustik Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Sustainability Summit Startup Awards, Part 1 - Climate Fresk

Speaker:

Silke Boeffel Climate Fresk

Moderation:

Zackes Brustik Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Sustainability Summit Startup Awards, Part 1 - Corsair

Speaker:

Stephan Schröder Corsair Partner

Moderation:

Zackes Brustik Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Sustainability Summit Startup Awards, Part 1 - gemeinwohlorientiert.com

Speaker:

Viktoria Kohlpaintner gemeinwohlorientiert.com

Moderation:

Zackes Brustik Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Construction - Energy Supply - Industries in Transition: Sustainability Amid Pressure, Disruption, and Implementation

Speaker:

Dr. Harry Lehmann PtX Lab Lausitz

Harald Professner Rhomberg Holding

Moderation:

Dr. Alexa Lutzenberger INIW

Sustainability Summit Startup Awards, Part 2 with award ceremony - envima

Speaker:

Mag. Nikola Basar envima

Moderation:

Zackes Brustik Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Sustainability Summit Startup Awards, Part 2 with award ceremony - KLU

Speaker:

Kendra Triblet Kühne Logistics University

Moderation:

Zackes Brustik Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Sustainability Summit Startup Awards, Part 2 with award ceremony - vallor.ai

Speaker:

Antonio Goncalves Vallor AI

Moderation:

Zackes Brustik Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Sustainability Summit Startup Awards, Part 2 with award ceremony - Dauri

Speaker:

Harriet von Kügelgen dauri

Moderation:

Zackes Brustik Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Reporting, regulation, reality - how sustainability managers navigate between transparency obligations and implementation

Speaker:

Dr. Sabine Hoffmann Henkel

Christopher Matz Deutsche Investment

Julius Bickerich Deichmann

Leonard Best Bayer

Darius Zass Tchibo

Moderation:

Annika Hoebbel One Planet Business - by WWF

Agenda Day Two - PROCUREMENT SUMMIT MAIN STAGE

AI @ NASA: Transforming Space, Science and Procurement

Speaker:

Geoffrey S. Sage NASA

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 3 with award ceremony - Flockscore

Speaker:

Matthew Spencer FlockScore

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 3 with award ceremony - mysupply

Speaker:

Andreas Zimmermann mysupply

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 3 with award ceremony - Catego Technologies

Speaker:

Maximilian Matlik Catego

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 3 with award ceremony - inorder

Speaker:

Merlin Thabe inorder

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Procurement Summit Startup Awards, part 3 with award ceremony - Chemanalyst

Speaker:

Inder Singh Chemanalyst

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Sustainable Sourcing in Emerging Markets - Between Ambition and Everyday Life

Speaker:

Pascal Bayard ContiTech

Christine Reith-Wagner Innomotics

Moderation:

Thomas Heine SDG media

Think globally, act locally? Challenges of international procurement transformation

Speaker:

Henning Körner Olympus

Moderation:

Steffi Landerer Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Agenda Day Two - ZUGSPITZE MASTERCLASSES

The Agent Shift: How Koepfer Uses AI Agents to Defend Against Price Increases, Lead Negotiations, and Turn Procurement into a Strategic Advantage

Speaker:

Marcel Schweizer KOEPFER Holding

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

The truth about #AI in procurement

Speaker:

Michael Pleuger akirolabs

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

What’s Really in Your Products? How to Manage REACH, RoHS and PFAS at Scale

Speaker:

Sandra Grünberg Integrity Next

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Smart procurement with AI: Practical use cases throughout the P2P process

Speaker:

Ingo Ries Ivalua

Barbara Lorenz Otto Group one.O

Fatih Kahyaoglu valantic

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Electronics Procurement in 2026: Underestimated, Fragmented, and the Key to Production Stability and Millions in Savings

Speaker:

Sebastian Schaal Luminovo

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

You have the data. Now what?

Speaker:

Aiko Wiegand Matchory

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Resilience in the Supply Chain: From Strategy to Operating Reality

Speaker:

Sapna Amlani Moody's

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

I lied to you - AI has changed the game for #SocialProcurement

Speaker:

Mario Bruggmann BRUGGMANNAGEMENT

Moderation:

Nona Brodersen Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Agenda Day Two - MATTERHORN MASTERCLASSES

How Doxis Can Help You Streamline Your Procurement: From Document Chaos to a Fully Automated P2P Process

Speaker:

Cem Kerim Özer Doxis

Christian Steinhauer Doxis

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

"Humans vs. AI Agents: Who Runs Procurement in 2026?"

Speaker:

Lukas Heinzmann Lio

Vincent Nusmeier Lio

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Getting to 90% of no touch rate in operational procurement: lessons from leading German companies.

Speaker:

Natalia Parmenova BeNeering

Christoph Moll BeNeering

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

KI Workforce im Einkauf: Wie Unternehmen Source-to-Pay-Prozesse mit virtuellen KI-Mitarbeitern von Nooxit sowie GAMBIT und SAP Ariba vollautomatisieren

Speaker:

Marc Osswald GAMBIT Consulting

David Weber Nooxit

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Human-centric AI in procurement

Speaker:

Gregory Vider apadua

Moderation:

Linda Gernitz Procurement Summit

Agenda Day Two - MONT BLANC MASTERCLASSES

How companies can future-proof themselves for ESG requirements from regulators and stakeholders – a practical perspective with TER Chemicals and Moore TK

Speaker:

Theresa Zöckler Code Gaia

Hanna Swarowsky Moore TK

Kathrin Raabe TER Chemicals Distribution Group

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Make, Buy or Wait? A Procurement Leader’s Guide to the AI Journey

Speaker:

Jonas Harm H&Z Group

Oliver Fleck H&Z Management Consulting

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

CBAM as a new driver for resilient supply chains: strategically managing emissions, costs and risks

Speaker:

Christian Pacher FutureCamp Climate

Moderation:

Julius Neumann Trailblazer Summits Moderation

Agenda Day Two - SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT MAIN STAGE

Between risk and relevance - does sustainability still have a raison d'être in the current geopolitical reality?

Speaker:

Hannah Helmke right. based on science

Saskia Bloch Fjällräven

Farah Alice Rosenau Jebsen & Jessen

Ralph Tübben Universal Pictures

Moderation:

Christoph Zorn GEA

Sustainability needs the media - and the media need sustainability

Speaker:

Dr. Lisa-Charlotte Wolter IU International University of Applied Sciences

Norman Schumann KLIMA° vor acht

Lisa Vieweg BVDW

Steffen Johann Hubert Seven.One Media

Moderation:

Hoang Anh Nguyen ecoLocked

From farm to shelf: How sustainability is becoming scalable in food supply chains

Speaker:

Alexander Sack Dr. Oetker

Sven Matika Nespresso

Moderation:

Antje Rosin WWF

Smart, Green, Trusted? - AI for sustainability: between hype, impact and trust

Speaker:

Juliane Nowakowski Ex Tom Tailor

Marcel Richert Hapag-Lloyd

Bärbel Hestert-Vecoli Edelman

Mieke Lindner Hamburger Sparkasse

Moderation:

Dr. Valerie Weinzierl Truly Wise

Proof over Promise - The future of sustainable corporate communication

Speaker:

Marion Diekmann Parador

Daniel Sponheimer Catella Investment Management

Thorsten Harstal Campus M21

Thomas Schubert tesa

Moderation:

Ines Rose EY Parthenon