Main Conference Programme

Speaker

Mahmoud Salem Al Alawi

Director of Procurement and Contracts

Speaker

H.E. Shaikh Nayef bin Khalid Al Khalifa

Chairman

A New Government Procurement System - Strategy, Innovation and Policy to Support Procurement in Bahrain and Announcement of Upcoming Tenders/Projects

Speaker

Abdel Halim

Senior Director

Panellists

	H.E Dr. Mohammed Ali Bahzad, Secretary-General, Bahrain Tender Board
	Eng. Sayed Mohamed Y. Al Hashmi MSHR, SHRM-SCP, Founder and Principal Consultant, Systems & Solutions for Consultancies & Coaching “S2C2”
	Dr Hamad Al Kaabi, Assistant Professor, Applied Science University

Speaker

Sara Omer

Account Director Middle East

• The potential of new technologies to transform procurement
• The challenges preventing companies from effectively leveraging these technologies
• What companies need to do today to empower procurement to succeed

Moderator

Mahmoud Salem Al Alawi

Director of Procurement and Contracts

Join three leading CPO’s as they discuss their specific plans and views on procurement
- What do you think is the true value of procurement and supply chain in today’s world?
- What in your opinion are the top priorities that need to happen within procurement function today?
- Risk management in procurement: What does it mean for you?
- What are your current activities in procurement related to digitalization?
- What will the future of procurement look like? Are we there yet?
- How will the industry’s technologies look like by 2025? How will they effect operations in sourcing and procurement?
- Can you pick one most amazing accomplishment that you would like to share?

Panellists

	Carmen Vidal, Chief Procurement Officer, ENGIE
	Hesham I. ElAbd, Chief Procurement & Operation Services Officer, Emaar, The Economic City
	Stephen Rea, Group Head of Procurement, Al Ghurair Investment LLC
	Suha El Sherbiny, RM-Corporate Solutions, Bureau van Dijk - A Moody's Analytics Company

Moderator

Olivier Brusle

Partner | Advisory - Operations Consulting

• How can CIOs, CTOs, & CISOs collaborate to create a robust and people-centric employee experience for procurement
• Enhancing digital literacy: Creating easy-to-understanding learning & development systems for sections of the workforce that aren’t tech-savvy and tech-friendly

Speaker

	Waleed Al Saeedi,Director Supply Chain Management,Department of Culture and Tourism

Speaker

Ahmad Altarawneh

Senior Strategic Consultant Digital Transformation

Speaker

Dr. Arafat El Mourad

Vice President-Head of Strategic Sourcing

• How to turn disruption into an opportunity, what are the lessons learnt?
• Making visions a reality in procurement- Have you been there and done that yet?
• Moving into a customer centric procurement strategy with everything revolving on how to serve or cater to customer’s better

Moderator

Olivier Brusle

Partner | Advisory - Operations Consulting

•  Identifying the key opportunities in building local supply chains
• Using ICV development strategies to reduce the risk of disrupting the supply chain in times of a crisis
• Using emerging technologies to protect supply chains and manage key suppliers

Panellists

	Badreya Ibrahim Almarzouqi, Assistant Manager- Government Procurement Office, Department of Government Support
	Francesco Colavita, Vice President Global Pre Sales & Bid Management, JAGGAER
	Khalid Mohamed Abdel Wahab ,Packaging, Capex & Services Sourcing Executive Director, Savola Foods

Speaker

Hesham I. ElAbd

Chief Procurement & Operation Services Officer

Maintaining a holistic approach during accelerated transformation - As the boundaries between working and living space close this session will give insights on :
- Accelerating technology adoption to ensure business continuity for procurement and supply chain
- Enabling remote-working models by transforming to a more future-ready operating model
- Reinvigorating both core and new capabilities in procurement to help employees adapt to new working models and close the digital skills gap to avoid future setbacks

This session will be hosted by Tender Board Bahrain and will provide information about the updated manual for procurement. A round table format with opportunity for interaction and question and answer will provide the opportunity to share thoughts, understand the new processes outlined.