Founded by Keelvar, Zip and Beroe, the first ever ProcureTEX will take place on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, in Kings Place, London.
ProcureTEX brings together the procurement community with proven best-of-breed technologies so forward-thinking practitioners can build their own bespoke, integrated best-of-breed ecosystem to solve their biggest challenges. Designed for procurement leaders and digitalisation teams at large enterprises, the event is for those seeking scalable, modern alternatives to legacy systems.
Today’s procurement landscape is brimming with innovation and is flooded with opportunities to unlock efficiency through digitalisation. And one of the big talking points in procurement at the moment is agentic AI. Heralded as the next frontier of artificial intelligence within procurement, the excitement is accelerating across the industry. At ProcureTEX, the dial will be moved from hype to practical application and the event will uncover how AI technologies are transforming procurement processes.
Why attend ProcureTEX?
- Interoperability in action
- Practitioner-led
- Proven vendors
- Curated content
- Transparent sponsorship
- Quality over clout
There are a number of influential voices within the procurement space speaking at ProcureTEX, including the likes of Professor Mike Wooldridge, Professor of AI at University of Oxford, Martin Ward, Digital Procurement Solutions Lead at Roche and Missi Anderson, Global Supply Chain Organisation: Centre of Excellence Sourcing Manager at Intel, among others.
But ProcureTEX isn’t just about presentations and keynotes, one of the most important themes is collaboration. Attendees can engage in live hackathons where technology solutions can work together in real time to solve pressing procurement challenges. Elsewhere, in the Practitioner Circles, there will be networking opportunities for procurement leaders to engage and share ideas. While the workshops provide an interactive experience that zones in on practical learning, ensuring attendees leave ProcureTEX with the tools needed to drive immediate transformation within their organisations.
Who’s speaking?
- Professor Mike Wooldridge, Professor of AI, University of Oxford
- Martin Ward, Digital Procurement Solutions Lead, Roche
- Missi Anderson, Global Supply Chain Organisation: Centre of Excellence Sourcing Manager, Intel
- Satvinder Panesar, Data Analytics Strategy Director, AstraZeneca
- James Belshaw, Procurement Performance Leader, Primark
- Ralf Garczorz, Former CPO, SVP Supply Chain Management, Johnson & Johnson
- Dilip Nair, Head of Operational Excellence and Innovation, Maersk
- Bawana Radhakrishnan, Former SVP Global Supply Chain Digital Transformation, Colgate-Palmolive
- Adrian Vicol, Data Architect and Data Strategy Lead, Siemens Energy
- Alan Holland, Founder and CEO, Keelvar
- Vel Dhinagaravel, Founder and CEO, Beroe
- Elena Costantini, SVP, Transformation Procurement, The Adecco Group
- Christophe Villain, Operations Digital Transformation Leader, Nestlé
- Karsten Richter, Head of Infrastructure, Innovation and Design
- Sourav Das, Senior Product Manager, Maersk
Procurement’s future
“The future is here, it’s just not equally distributed. For procurement, it’s best-of-breed systems working together,” says Alan Holland, Founder and CEO of Keelvar and founding member of ProcureTEX. “An ecosystem of interoperable tools that seamlessly work together can unlock huge improvements in speed and value.”
Vel Dhinagaravel, Founder and CEO of Beroe and founding partner of ProcureTEX adds, “My biggest bugbear with traditional conferences is the way in which all the regular “frictions” associated with procurement seem to disappear – poor data, lack of trust in procurement metrics, disconnected processes, CIO’s dictating the choice of procurement software, and many, many more. ProcureTEX will be different: we’re going to acknowledge all of these frictions and focus on ways to work through them.”
Lu Cheng, CTO and Co-Founder of Zip and fellow ProcureTEX founding partner continues, “At Zip, we believe procurement leaders deserve a modern, AI-powered tech stack that keeps pace with the business — not legacy all-in-one suites. The future is best-of-breed, seamlessly orchestrated. That’s why we’re proud to partner with Keevlar and Beroe on ProcureTEX — a space for the procurement community to explore, learn, and build the next-generation stack together.”
Find out more and register here.