About The Forum
Future-Proofing Procurement:
Technology. Governance. Resilience. Performance.
The CIPS MENA Procurement and Supply Chain Futures Forum convenes procurement, commercial, and supply leaders to examine the capabilities shaping the future of the profession. As organisations navigate increasing complexity in global markets, procurement has evolved from a transactional function into a strategic driver of resilience, value creation, and responsible business practice.
The Forum provides a platform for senior decision-makers to exchange practical insights on the transformation of procurement. Discussions focus on how organisations can strengthen sourcing strategies, improve supplier governance, adopt digital procurement technologies, and build more resilient supply networks in an increasingly volatile global environment.
Through expert dialogue and real-world case studies, the Forum explores how procurement leaders can enhance transparency, sustainability, and performance across supply ecosystems while supporting long-term organisational growth.
Forum Objectives
Strategic Insights
Guidance on current trends, challenges, and the evolving procurement landscape.
Innovation Focus
Discover solutions that drive progress and prepare for future disruptions.
Meaningful Connections
Engage in networking that creates lasting professional value.
Forum Objectives
Innovation Focus
Discover solutions that drive progress and prepare for future disruptions.
Engage in networking that creates lasting professional value.
Meaningful Connections
Strategic Insights
Guidance on current trends, challenges, and the evolving procurement landscape.
Innovation Focus
Discover solutions that drive progress and prepare for future disruptions.
Engage in networking that creates
lasting professional value.
Meaningful Connections
Strategic Insights
Guidance on current trends, challenges, and the evolving procurement landscape.
Forum Objectives
Topics
The Forum will examine the forces reshaping procurement and supply management, focusing on the leadership, tools, and strategies required for the next generation of sourcing and supplier management.
Digital Procurement Transformation
How AI, automation, data analytics, and digital procurement platforms are reshaping sourcing, contract management, and supplier engagement.
Supplier Governance and Risk Management
Strategies to strengthen supplier transparency, manage geopolitical and operational risk, and build resilient supplier networks.
Strategic Sourcing and Value Creation
How procurement leaders can move beyond cost management to drive innovation, competitive advantage, and long-term enterprise value.
Sustainable and Responsible Procurement
Embedding ESG principles into sourcing decisions, supplier standards, and procurement strategy.
Procurement Leadership and Capability
Developing the skills, operating models, and organisational structures required for the next generation of procurement professionals.
Future Workforce and Skills
Preparing procurement teams for digital transformation, evolving supply networks, and increasingly complex global markets.
Topics
The Forum will examine the forces reshaping procurement and supply management, focusing on the leadership, tools, and strategies required for the next generation of sourcing and supplier management.
Technology & Digitization
AI in Procurement: From pilots to ROI (automation, analytics, savings, faster cycles).
Agentic Procurement: AI agents for intake-to-pay, supplier risk, and category analytics.
Digitization of Public Procurement: Global standards and e-platforms for transparency.
Blockchain & Data Trust: Enhancing traceability and compliance reporting.
Compliance & Risk
Compliance-by-Design: CBAM 2026 and EUDR readiness.
Tariff Shifts & Trade Policy: Procurement under new regimes.
Supplier Due Diligence: Human rights, deforestation, Scope 3 compliance.
Contracts Built for Volatility: Strategies to mitigate disruption.
Resilience & Global Shocks
Supply Chain Resilience: Freight indices and index-linked contracts.
Lessons from Pandemics: Building systemic preparedness.
Geopolitical Disruptions: Near-shoring, multi-sourcing, re-routing.
Critical Commodities: Securing supply under climate and conflict pressure.
Localization & Growth
Localization at Scale: Meeting iktva and Vision 2030 mandates.
Local Content Tenders: Balancing TCO with in-country value.
Supplier Development: Capacity-building for giga-projects.
Regional Collaboration: GCC-wide value creation frameworks.
Sustainability & ESG
Sustainable Procurement: ISO 20400 in practice.
Scope 3 & Carbon: Embedding emissions in procurement decisions.
Circular Supply Chains: Waste elimination and reuse models.
ESG as Value Driver: From compliance to competitive edge.
Leadership & Workforce
Procurement Leadership: From CPO to CEO (Procurement 5.0).
Workforce of the Future: Upskilling for AI, compliance, and sustainability.
Women in Procurement: Inclusive leadership pipelines.
People Development: Rolling out CIPS competency frameworks.
Technology & Digitization
AI in Procurement: From pilots to ROI (automation, analytics, savings, faster cycles).
Agentic Procurement: AI agents for intake-to-pay, supplier risk, and category analytics.
Digitization of Public Procurement: Global standards and e-platforms for transparency.
Blockchain & Data Trust: Enhancing traceability and compliance reporting.
Compliance & Risk
Compliance-by-Design: CBAM 2026 and EUDR readiness.
Tariff Shifts & Trade Policy: Procurement under new regimes.
Supplier Due Diligence: Human rights, deforestation, Scope 3 compliance.
Contracts Built for Volatility: Strategies to mitigate disruption.
Resilience & Global Shocks
Supply Chain Resilience: Freight indices and index-linked contracts.
Lessons from Pandemics: Building systemic preparedness.
Geopolitical Disruptions: Near-shoring, multi-sourcing, re-routing.
Critical Commodities: Securing supply under climate and conflict pressure.
Localization & Growth
Localization at Scale: Meeting iktva and Vision 2030 mandates.
Local Content Tenders: Balancing TCO with in-country value.
Supplier Development: Capacity-building for giga-projects.
Regional Collaboration: GCC-wide value creation frameworks.
Sustainability & ESG
Sustainable Procurement: ISO 20400 in practice.
Scope 3 & Carbon: Embedding emissions in procurement decisions.
Circular Supply Chains: Waste elimination and reuse models.
ESG as Value Driver: From compliance to competitive edge.
Leadership & Workforce
Procurement Leadership: From CPO to CEO (Procurement 5.0).
Workforce of the Future: Upskilling for AI, compliance, and sustainability.
Women in Procurement: Inclusive leadership pipelines.
People Development: Rolling out CIPS competency frameworks.