1. Managing Risk
1.1. Corporate Responsibility
1.1.1. Continuity of supply
1.1.1.1. Diminishing resources
1.1.1.2. Supply Alternatives
1.1.2. Sustainable Sourcing
1.2. Geo-political risk
1.2.1. Regulation
1.2.1.1. Managing vendor risk
1.2.1.2. Trade
1.2.2. Market Unrest
1.2.2.1. Inflationary Pressure
1.2.2.1.1. Commodity pricing
1.2.3. Organizational Safety
2. Talent
2.1. Retaining talent
2.2. Competing for Talent
2.2.1. Attracting millennials
2.2.2. Bringing in New Mindsets
2.2.3. New Skillsets
2.3. Procurement as a destination
2.3.1. Creating "Business People"
3. Impact of New Technology
3.1. Artifical Intelligence
3.2. Blockchain / Smart Contracts
3.3. Robotic Process Automation
3.4. Digitizing the Function
3.4.1. Spend Visibililty / Analytics
3.4.2. Market Visibility / Analytics
4. Value Beyond Cost
4.1. Supplier Innovation
4.1.1. Enabling Top-Line Growth
4.1.2. New Sources of Supply
4.1.3. Working with Startups
4.1.3.1. Procurement Venturing
4.2. Working Capital
4.2.1. Supplier Financing
4.3. Impacting New Areas
4.3.1. Marketing
4.3.2. Healthcare
4.3.3. Human Resources
4.3.4. Finance
5. Future of Procurement
5.1. Organization of the future
5.1.1. Business process outsourcing
5.1.2. Eliminating non-value add
5.2. Simplification
5.2.1. Internal Relatinship Building
5.2.1.1. Business Unit Alignment
5.2.2. Complexity Reduction
5.2.2.1. Supplier Reduction
5.2.2.2. Purchase Reduction
5.2.2.3. Becoming Customer Friendly