61st Symposium Procurement and Logistics

61st Procurement and Logistics Symposium – here the community comes together!

SHAPING PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN SUCCESSFULLY: FROM TALK TO ACTION

We move | We decide | We deliver

The future of procurement will become more digital, more connected, and more human at the same time. The best ideas emerge where people talk to each other, exchange perspectives, and think ahead together. Economic, geopolitical, and technological uncertainty has become the new normal. Successful companies must transform faster and more systematically - with procurement and supply chain as key drivers of resilience, innovation, and growth.

The BME Symposium provides concrete perspectives and actionable options tailored to different roles and levels of maturity.

The symposium creates a dynamic space where transformation becomes tangible as a continuous process. It offers three thematic conferences deliberately running in parallel to reflect the non-linear nature of transformation. Three perspectives, one shared goal: making companies future-ready.

Procurement4Future → What must procurement do to remain strategically relevant?
Thought Leaders4Inspiration → How must leaders think and make decisions?
Supplychain4Excellence → How do we ensure operational excellence and resilience in execution?

At the BME Symposium, the community connects, exchanges experiences, generates new impulses and actively shapes the future of their companies.

Special Sessions: Insights and exchange with inspiring ideas, fresh perspectives and plenty of networking opportunities:

Women in Procurement Dialogue – Passion into Action: Inspiration and exchange for women in procurement
Welcome Reception of the Federal Board: Perfect for first-time participants – connect, settle in, and get to know the symposium
Stronger together – The BME Sourcing Network Exchange: Discuss, share experiences and meet new partners
Strategy Briefing Defence: Resilience under pressure -procurement between shortages, scaling and cost realities
CPO & CSCO Dialogue: Direct exchange between procurement and supply chain leaders on current challenges and strategies

Die Mixed Zones beim BME-Symposium: Hier wird diskutiert, ausprobiert und vernetzt – offen, interaktiv und mitten im Geschehen. Das erwartet Sie:

Start-up Arena: Discover innovative solutions and engage directly with startups
Young Professionals: Networking and exchange for the next generation in procurement
Global Sourcing: Insights and experiences in international procurement
Collaboration with Start-ups: How partnerships really work
Award Winners: Successful projects and the stories behind them
Women in Procurement: Exchange, networking and new perspectives

Executive Circles & Deep Dives: Supply chain and procurement leaders aren’t just reacting to change, they are defining what comes next. The goal of these sessions is to move innovation from experimentation to integration supported by reliable data, intelligent systems and effective human-AI collaboration.

Topics include AI-driven processes, resilience, cost optimization, supply chain orchestration and the strategic evolution of the functions. The Solution Forums showcase what is technologically and organizationally possible today and what innovations are coming next.

The result is a compact, hands-on view of transformation from strategic, operational and technological perspectives.