CPO Outlook 2025 brings together procurement leaders from across the Nordics to explore real strategies, real challenges, and real change. Part of the Nordic procurement conference agenda will be dedicated to these vital discussions, forming the cornerstone of our event planning.
Across two days, you’ll dive into a carefully curated program shaped by Nordic companies, global experts, and your peers — all in a format that prioritises adding value to the Nordic procurement conference agenda over volume.
This is not just another conference. It’s where procurement meets insight, powered by roundtable discussions, focused workshops, and practical use cases from companies facing the same pressures you are, offering a unique Nordic procurement conference agenda.
Agenda changes may occur as the days unfold and due to incidents beyond EBG’s control.
Transform while performing.
Procurement leaders today must balance performance, transformation, compliance, and innovation — all at once. At CPO Outlook 2025, we explore nine strategic focus areas shaping the global procurement agenda — supported by market insights detailed in our Nordic procurement conference agenda.
🎯 Strategic Leadership & Value Creation
Themes focused on mindset, organisational influence, and procurement’s evolving role in business strategy.
- From Fragmented to Forward
→ Positioning procurement as a strategic, insight-driven partner - Leadership Under Pressure
→ Leading confidently through uncertainty and constant change - Operating Model Redesign
→ Redefining roles, structures, and governance to scale performance
🤖 Digital & AI-Driven Transformation
Themes exploring the impact, implementation, and scaling of digital tools and GenAI in procurement.
- GenAI & Intelligent Automation
→ Moving from pilots to performance across categories and processes - Digital Risk, Cloud & Compliance
→ Managing exposure and accountability in a platform-first world
👥 People, Skills & Collaboration
Themes addressing evolving capabilities, team design, and supplier relationships.
- Talent, Skills & Role Evolution
→ Building future-ready teams while maintaining performance - Procurement Excellence & Supplier Lifecycle
→ Creating value through structured SRM and lifecycle visibility
🛡️ Risk, Resilience & Sustainability
Themes that confront today’s most pressing challenges in a volatile world.
- Resilience and Risk
→ Proactively preparing for disruptions, regulations, and volatility - Indirect Procurement Mastery
→ Bringing visibility and control to fragmented, high-leakage spend
🔹 Special Formats to Ensure High Engagement & Real-World Learning
✅ 🔥 Deep-Dive Roundtables: Senior procurement leaders share insights in confidential, interactive discussions.
✅ 🚀 Practical Insights: Real-world experiences—what worked, what didn’t and why, all contributing to the Nordic procurement conference agenda.
✅ 🤝 Leadership Workshops: Hands-on training for procurement teams on AI, sustainability and risk management.
✅ 🔍 Peer Benchmarking Sessions: Compare strategies with other procurement leaders in the Nordics.
The annual agenda is continuously updated – changes beyond EBG’s control may occur within the Nordic procurement conference agenda.
What Makes CPO Outlook Unique?
40+ roundtable discussions led by procurement practitioners and experts
AI and GenAI in focus — beyond buzzwords, into real examples
Sustainability, risk, resilience integrated throughout the agenda
Cross-industry, cross-functional participation
Limited seats for unmatched depth and relevance