Brexit, trade conflicts, climate change and new technologies – the new decade presents challenging tasks for business leadership, not least of all. At the Executive Convention Procurement & Supply, we will focus on the major issues for the future from the perspective of procurement as a driver of value creation.
Minister of State Wolfgang Schmidt will present a fiscal policy outlook and, to kick off the conference, engage in a critical dialogue with former Federal Minister and former First Mayor of Hamburg, Dr Klaus von Dohnanyi. Prof. Dr Michael Hüther, Director of the German Economic Institute, takes stock of economic developments and discusses Germany’s role in free global trade.
Detlef Schultz, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Vodafone Procurement Company, discusses the potential for using artificial intelligence in procurement and the management of supply and value chains. In addition, Andreas Baumüller, Managing Director of Baumüller Holding GmbH, discusses with FINANCE Editor-in-Chief Markus Dentz and Dr Robert Franke, Head of the Dresden Economic Development Agency, the factors contributing to Germany’s success as a business location against the backdrop of technological developments in the fields of automation and robotics.