EP&SCE 2026

Welcome speech
Dr. Lars Kleeberg, Chief Executive Officer, Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics, (BME)

Opening by the Chairman
Dr. Thomas Germer, CPO, ADAC SE, Member of the Board, Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement & Logistic (BME)

EUROPE’S GEOECONOMIC BATTLE WITH GREAT POWERS
Dr. Tobias Gehrke, Senior Policy Fellow, Geoeconomics, European Council on Foreign Relations

BUILDING A MODERN PROCUREMENT ORGANISATION FIT FOR THE FUTURE
Tobias Moch, CPO, Jaguar Land Rover

MULTI-TIER SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN AN ERA OF GEOPOLITICAL SHIFTS
What it takes to build resilience – and finally sleep well
Dr. Arnd Hirschberg, CPO, Siemens Energy Transformation of Industry

Networking break

Round Table Sessions 1

Round Table 1
TBA
Darren Lynch, VP Supply Chain and Procurement, GEP
Round Table 2

Round Table 3

Round Table 4

Round Table 5

Round Table 6

reserved - to be announced soon

Changeover break

Round Table Sessions 2

Round Table 7

Round Table 8

reserved - to be announced soon

Round Table 9

reserved - to be announced soon

Round Table 10

TBA

Round Table 11

TBA

Round Table 12

reserved - to be annonced soon

Lunch break

MIDDAY PLENARY
Capacity-Building: How We Transform
Chairman Dr. Thomas Germer, CPO, ADAC SE

TBA
Samuel COCHON, Chief Procurement Officer, MANN+HUMMEL GmbH

Nurturing teams to Empower Change: Tech is not the key for success, People are
Ana Dias, Chief Procurement Officer, Persan SA

HOW PROCUREMENT CAN HELP TO MAINTAIN COMPETITIVENESS IN EUROPE IN VIEW OF RISING ENERGY & CARBON COST
Dr. Erk Thorsten Heyen, Senior VP Procurement & Logistics (CPO), Wacker Chemie AG

Changeover break

DEEP DIVES

Deep Dive 6
Risk management – From missing parts to proactive internal allocation process
Steffen Müller, Head of Corporate Procurement, Krones AG

Deep Dive 7
Leading from the Front – Shaping a Culture for a Future-Facing Procurement Function
Tobias Moch, CPO, Jaguar Land Rover

Deep Dive 8
Challenges in defense ramp up – From engineering with prototyping to serial business
Tim Teubler, CPO, Thales Deutschland

Deep Dive 9
From M&A to Procurement Excellence
Anja Vinz, Global Head of Procurement Excellence, Novonesis

Deep Dive 10
Navigating the Next Wave: From Linear Cost-Centric Models to Resilient, Sustainable & Collaborative Ecosystems
Dr. Thomas Schamberg, Global Head of Supply Chain Management, BYK-Chemie GmbH

Deep Dive 11
From Disruptions to Decisions: A Data‑Driven Path to Supply Resilience
Emmanuelle PIKETTY,  Group Director Procurement / CPO, Vaillant Group

Networking break

CLOSING PLENARY
Organization-building: how we lead & compete long-term
Chairman Dr. Thomas Germer, CPO, ADAC SE

COMPETITIVE EDGE: OVERCOMING COST CHALLENGES TO ENABLE SUCCESSFUL FUTURE POSITIONING
Lutz Berg, Executive Vice President, Head of Global Purchasing, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH

FROM FULFILMENT TO CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: BUILDING TRUST IN SUPPLY CHAINS WITH DATA AND FORESIGHT
Saulo Spaolanse, Global SVP, Customer Experience, Global Supply Chain, Schneider Electric

THE TRANSFORMATION OF BAYER´S PROCUREMENT FUNCTION AND LEADERSHIP MODEL
David Buhmann, CPO, Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Florian Vollmer, Head of Procurement Sustainability & Risk Management, Bayer

Closing remarks by the Chairperson
Dr. Thomas Germer, CPO, ADAC SE, Member of the Board, Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement & Logistic (BME)