October 15-16, 2025

CPO Outlook
WRAPPED

Two days in Stockholm. Honest conversations.
Nordic procurement leaders shaping what comes next.

Hotel Birger Jarl, Stockholm

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The Numbers

15 years of bringing Nordic procurement leaders together

15

Years of Summits

2

Days of Learning

36

Roundtable Discussions

5

Deep-Dive Workshops

12

Keynotes & Panels

20

Speakers & Moderators

13

Expert Organizations

1

Memorable Dinner

The Theme

"Smart Procurement: Powered by People, Accelerated by Tech"

Topics Explored

AI & GenAI Agentic AI Supplier Risk Beyond Tier 1 Digital Maturity ESG & CSDDD Autonomous Procurement Operating Model Evolution Data Quality Strategic SRM Indirect Procurement MRO Optimization Leadership & Transformation Cross-Functional Collaboration Scope 3 Emissions

What Leaders Revealed

Honest answers from Nordic procurement professionals

78%

At "developing" digital maturity — past basics, struggling with integration

0%

Consider themselves "leading" in digital maturity — honest self-assessment

62%

Resource overload — too reactive, insufficient time for strategy

72%

Envision AI handling routine work so humans focus on what matters

55%

Prioritizing cross-functional collaboration with finance & supply chain

74%

Struggle with data quality as the foundation for transformation

Expert Organizations

The partners who enabled deeper conversations

Platinum Partners

Coupa

Ivalua

Prewave

Zycus

GEP

Kodiak Hub

JAGGAER

EcoVadis

SAP

Sparetech

Accenture

ServiceNow

Sievo

Knowledge Partners

Bain & Company

The Hackett Group

Carve Consulting

Cirio Law Firm

Google Workspace

Practitioners Sharing Insights

Leaders from across Nordic industries

SSAB

SEB

Yanfeng

Länsförsäkringar

NCC

Scania

Dentsply Sirona

Konecranes

Hempel

Equinor

Solar

Essity

Handelsbanken

Orion Pharma

Embla Medical

Vattenfall

Real cases. Real challenges. Real conversations about what works — and what doesn't.

In Their Words

What attendees said about CPO Outlook 2025

"Excellent seminar, great opportunity to reflect and discuss with peers the most relevant topics nowadays and get inspired by other approaches and experiences. Networking opportunity; inspiration for the next steps."

— CPO Outlook 2025 Attendee

"For me CPO Outlook was professionally packed event with a worthy tight agenda. Never during the event I felt that it was boring or the content was not up to the expectation."

— CPO Outlook 2025 Attendee

"Definitely valuable use of 2 days! Good open discussions with people, well organized and planned program, good keynotes and customer cases generating lots of thoughts and ideas how could I utilize some of them in my job."

— CPO Outlook 2025 Attendee