MERCASPHERE
Agenda 2027
09:00 - 10:00
Doors open, check-in & welcome breakfast
10:00 - 10:30
Keynote 1
Welcome to Mercasphere 2027
Fabian Heinrich
CEO & Co-Founder, Mercanis
10:30 - 11:00
Keynote 2
Global AI Keynote
Frontier AI Lab
11:00 - 11:30
Keynote 3
Separating the AI That Works from the AI That Sells
Dr. Elouise Epstein
Partner, Kearney
11:30 - 11:45
Coffee break
11:45 - 12:15
Keynote 4
Technology Deep Dive
Philipp Eschenbach
VP Engineering, Mercanis
12:15 - 12:45
Keynote 5
Change management: AI in procurement
Tom Mills
Founder, The Procurement Protagonist
12:45 - 13:15
Keynote 6
Customer story: Direct Sourcing
13:15 - 14:15
Lunch break
14:15 - 16:00
Workshop Track 1
Partner Stage
To be announced
14:15 - 16:00
Workshop Track 2
CPO Hackathon
To be announced
14:15 - 16:00
Workshop Track 3
Customer Stage
To be announced
16:00 - 16:15
Coffee break
16:15 - 16:45
Keynote 7
Customer story: Procurement in Energy
Uwe Krepelin
Head of Procurement, GASAG
16:45 - 17:15
Keynote 8
Customer story: Procurement in Manufacturing
Oliver Kahle
Head of Procurement Excellence, Georg Fischer
17:15 - 17:45
Panel
Panel discussion
17:45 - 18:00
Awards ceremony
18:00 - 18:15
Closing
From 18:15
Above Berlin: Exclusive Afterparty
From 18:15, the Sky Lobby above Berlin’s rooftops is yours: a sparkling reception on arrival, a flying dinner all evening and a Berlin DJ. Open end.