Procurecon Canada 2018 | Worldwide Business Research (WBR) | 16 April 2018 | Hyatt Regency Toronto, 370 King Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 1J9

ProcureCon is the only interactive, peer-led conference for senior procurement practitioners. For over 10 years, ProcureCon has helped companies transform their programs through innovative workshops and intimate networking sessions – designed to take you beyond cost savings.

Learn from the largest companies.
With our expert speaker faculty, you’ll hear how some of the leading companies are transforming procurement in Canada and beyond!

Education, Ideas, Exchange AND Fun!
ProcureCon is a 3 day, interactive experience. In addition to sharing ideas with 200 of your peers during the content sessions, you’ll also have fun enjoying specialty cocktails, games, giveaways and a reception so epic we can’t even tell you the details yet

Expand Your Network
With more than 200 senior practitioners joining you in Canada, there are lots of people to meet! From seasoned veterans to those climbing the procurement ladder, you’ll see why the ProcureCon community gets stronger every year.

2018 Speakers:

Nelm Khangura
Vice President, Enterprise Procurement, Loblaw Companies Limited

Sean Ramnarine
Vice President, Strategic Sourcing, Sobeys

Wael Safwat
Director of Procurement, North America; Chair of Canada Branch, Black & McDonald; Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, (CIPS) UK

Nadia Malek
Vice President, Procurement & Administrative Services, Desjardins

Carrie Uhl
Vice President of Procurement, the Americas, Magna International

André Beaulieu
SVP Wholesale, Procurement and Value Creation, Bell Canada

Shauna Gamble
Vice President, Procurement/Supply Chain, Bombardier

Sumeet Kumar
Head of Payments/Credit Services & Corporate Procurement, The Home Depot Canada

Leslie Nicholson
Head of Procurement, Nestle Canada

Marc Lanero
Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Cenovus Energy

Vitold Horodecki
North American Chief Procurement Officer, Capgemini

John Chen
Global Head of Procurement and Contract Management, Hatch

Jonathan Rosemberg
Vice President, Strategic Sourcing & Profit Improvement, Indigo Books & Music Inc.

Ryan Mitchell
Head Of Sanofi Business Services & Procurement, Canada, Sanofi

Manny Satija
Director, Strategic Sourcing, CSA Group

Greg Christopher
SVP, Supply Chain, Nestle Canada

Ryan DeBorger
SVP, Strategic Partnership Program and Enterprise Supply Chain Canada Head, Citi

John Castelhano
National Director, Strategic Sourcing, Brookfield Asset Management

Santosh Patel
Vice President, Canada Procurement & Canada Supply Chain, LafargeHolcim

Lula Kosanic
Global IT Procurement, RBC

Jeff Van Geel
Strategic Sourcing Manager for Canada, 3M

Sandra Lisi
Director, Supplier Management Sourcing & Productivity, BMO Financial Group

Dimitrios Manolopoulos
Senior Director, Strategic & IT Sourcing, National Bank of Canada

Marnie Banting
Director, Vendor Supply Chain, Holt Renfrew

Sanja Cancar-Todorovic
Director – Vendor Management, BPO Outsourcing & Site Strategy, TELUS

Dennis Swane
Director, Strategic Sourcing, Global Category Team Travel, Ericsson

Michele Thompson
Global Director, Sourcing and Procurement, Thomson Reuters

Paul Tilley
Director, Strategic Sourcing Business & Network Technology, Shaw Communications

Christopher Marko
Manager, Strategic Sourcing and Category Manager, Shaw Communications

Susan Leung
Senior Manager, Procurement, Best Buy Canada

Ankur Thakur
Purchasing Manager, JamesWay Incubator Company Inc

Joseph Souaid
Director of Procurement and Logistics, Keurig Canada

Pierre Mayence
Category Manager/Senior Consultant, RSA

Jeff Russell
Director, Procurement, Crane Supply

Sean Crossan
Director, Federal, Provincial, Territorial and International Relations, Acquisitions Branch Public Services and Procurement Canada, Government of Canada

Robert Ashton
Assistant Director, Procurement and Contracting Services, Elections Canada

Stéfane Belleau
Vice-président adjoint | Associate Vice President, Corporate Real Estate & Supply Chain, IT Governance, Banque Laurentienne

Emilio Franco
Senior Director of Procurement Business Modernization and Digital Service Delivery, Public Services and Procurement Canada

Sheri Spinks
Director, Strategic Procurement Services, DATA Communications Management

Munish Dhanker
Director, Category Management and Strategic Sourcing, Open Text

Salman Wasti
Sourcing Director, Maple Leaf Foods

Carol Ngai
Vendor Relations Analyst, Holt Renfrew

Jason Cammorata
Director, Strategic Sourcing, MDC Partners

Catherine Grosz
Manager, Supplier Diversity, BMO Financial Group

Michelle Cornish
Global Travel Supplier Manager, Uber

Bryan Felber
Procurement Manager, IMAX

Prashant Swadia
Global Director, Strategic Sourcing and Performance, General Motors

Azam Dawood
Head of Technology Procurement, BMO Financial Group

Jason Benson
Manager, Marketing Procurement, Bayer Inc.

Karen Taylor
Director, Strategic Sourcing, Sun Life Financial

Bibhu Mohapatra
Vendor Manager, Telus

Carmen Pecican
Business Systems Analyst, Procurement & Innovation, Telus

Dustin Fetterly
Procurement Specialist, Shopify

Geneva Hurtado
Commodity Business Manager, Applied Materials

Joseph Michael Rathbun
Technical Program Manager, Tech Services, Applied Materials

Aaron Rodericks
Lead, Open Innovation, Open Government, Chief Information Officer, Branch Treasury, Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada

Rafeek Nizamuddin
Manager, Projects & Development, Lafarge Canada Inc.

Ernesto Laing
Regional Category Director – Americas IT&T, Capgemini

Carlos Cabrero
Strategic Sourcing Manager & Tail Spend Team Lead, Telus

Patrick Givelas
Director, Strategic Sourcing & Profit Improvement
Indigo Books & Music

Adina Man
Sourcing Director, Maple Leaf Foods

Stephen Goulding
General Manager, Corporate and Travel Trade Sales, WestJet

Kate King
Key Account Director, IHG Americas Sales, Intercontinental Hotels Group

Darrell Schuurman
Co-Founder & CEO, Canadian Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

Timothy Nordin
Founder and Managing Partner, OPTIS Consulting

Panos Kelamis
Director, Network Value Organization, SAP Ariba

Kathy Cheng
President and Founder, Redwood Classics Apparel

Jack Shaw
Executive Director, American Blockchain Council

Joy Nott
President & CEO, I.E.Canada, The Canadian Association of Importers & Exporters

Jaime Crump
President & CEO, The Richwell Group

Stephanie Fontaine
Vice President, Business Development, WBE Canada

Dick Jensen
Director, Services Market Sales, US North Central & Canada, Chrome River Technologies

Sunny Manivannan
Vice President, Product Marketing, Coupa Software

Brian Smith
Vice President, Operations, MERX & ASC

Wayne Chu
AnchorTO Program Lead, Social Development, Finance and Administration Division, City of Toronto

Alexandra Mutinelli-Djukic
Manager, Social Purchasing Project, United Way Toronto & York Region

Patrick Doyle
Regional Vice President, Strategic Account Management, American Express Global Business Travel Canada

Jennifer Beamish
Trade Compliance Manager – Canada, Stanley Black & Decker Canada Corp.

Demi Todorov
Customs Compliance Consultant, DHL Global Forwarding (Canada) Inc.

Larry Mitchell
Professor, Supply Chain Management, Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Bill Michels
Vice President of Operations, Americas, Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, (CIPS)

Michael Louie
Director, Product Marketing, Rimini Street, Inc.

Diane Worden
Cost Optimization Executive, Ayming

Jennifer Platt
Program Director, ProcureCon Canada

2018 Sponsors and Partners:

• American Express Global Travel
• American Express
• Ayming
• Broadleaf Results
• Chrome River
• Coupa
• Determine
• Donnelley Financial Solutions
• HCMWorks
• Flucticiel
• InterContinental Hotels Group
• MERX
• Optis North America Inc.
• Rimini Street
• SAP Ariba
• Seal Software
• SynerTrade
• WestJet
• Zycus

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