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Have you registered for ProcureTECH ‘25?​

Procuretech25

Featuring a brand new program for 2025, PASA’s ProcureTECH ’25 is less than two months away. Have you secured your ticket?

Recognised as the largest independent eProcurement conference in the ANZ region, the event will take place online on 19 & 20 March.

Specifically focused on eProcurement technologies that directly enable and assist the procurement function, ProcureTECH ‘25 features a wide range of international experts plus several major providers.

Register now to hear from:

  • Pierre Mitchell, Head of Research and IP Development at Spend Matters, on the global procurement technology landscape for 2025
  • Chris Sawchuk, Lead – Global Procurement Practice at The Hackett Group, on how CPOs are using eProcurement in 2025
  • Jeremy Suter, Director – Advisory at Gartner, on demystifying procurement analytics: maximising the value of data & analytics investments
  • Mark Schroder, Director of Supply Chain Excellence at SA Health, providing a case study on the growing role of AI and big data in healthcare
  • James Meads, Founder of ProcurementSoftware.site, on how will procurement look in 2030?
  • Nic Hillier & Robinson Nyugen, Associate Directors, Procurement Advisory at KPMG, on the real intelligence around AI in responsible procurement today
  • Karen Lay-Brew, Strategic Advisor to the ATO on e-Invoicing, on the imperative of e-Invoicing and the ATO Peppol system for procurement in the near term
  • Jonathan Dutton FCIPS, MC at PASA, on how to succeed with eProcurement in 2025 – business casing, selection & implementation in reality

There will also be a number of technology showcases across both days and plenty of time for networking.

The PASA ProcureTECH event has always run, both live and online, through the ‘hosted buyer’ model, whereby bona fide buyers and procurement practitioners can attend this event FREE of charge.

In order to qualify for the hosted buyer program, procurement delegates must commit to conducting a minimum of four pre-scheduled meetings on behalf of their organisation for up to 30 minutes with participating technology suppliers. 

This allows delegates to quickly ‘screen’ vendors for suitability with minimum effort or buy-side resources. 

As one CPO said: “ProcureTECH allows you to do two months window shopping in two days!”

These pre-scheduled meetings will be conducted while the main conference program is in progress, meaning hosted buyers must elect to opt out of around two of the eight scheduled speaking sessions on the keynote program.

Sometimes, buyers bring more than one team member to enable them to cover all aspects of the event simultaneously and still attend all plenary sessions. 

Organisations may claim a maximum of THREE hosted buyer tickets under the model. 

Those wishing to opt-out of the hosted buyer facility can pay the retail cost of a delegate ticket to attend the event instead.

Register now