PASIA holds an annual conference, which includes an impeccable line-up of industry experts sharing their insights,
cases, practices and trends in procurement and supply chain management.
Take your company to the best in class. Professionals can also benefit from the several networking breaks and exhibits, allowing them
to strengthen and advance their procurement and supply careers.
Driven by a wide range of factors, procurement has increasingly become a value-adding function with a direct impact on business performance, providing ever more
procurement professionals with a seat at the top table of executive planning and decision making. As a result, more is being expected of procurement in terms of
professional, smart management across a growing number of disciplines. Recent years have witnessed procurement top corporate agenda in every large business.
Companies globally are counting on procurement initiatives to keep their businesses favorably positioned in today’s intensely competitive marketplace. Procurement
improvement is one of the pre-eminent hurdles and challenges facing most businesses in Asia. E-procurement has also promised to revolutionize the way we do business,
and produce significant savings. The subject of strategic sourcing creates almost as much excitement, and possibly even more return-on investment (ROI). It is therefore
incumbent upon all procurement/supply chain professionals to become conversant these subjects, and to understand the relevance of each to the procurement process.
This conference will share the best practices & case studies from renowned organizations to assist your procurement and sourcing strategies to sustain competitive
advantage for the years to come. It will provide the attendees with a comprehensive survey of procurement issues, solutions, and tools to make better decisions and forces
an ethical practices.
2015 PASIAWorld | Day 1 Speakers
- Keynote Presenter: “Changing Economic Landscape and Its Impact On Procurement and Supply Chain”
Jonathan Ravelas, FVP Chief Market Strategist – BDO Unibank Inc.
- “Challenges and Solutions on Port Congestion Reform Programme”
Arturo Lachica, Deputy Commissioner – Bureau of Customs
- “Manila North Harbor Development & Initiatives”
Richard Barclay, Chief Executive Officer – Manila North Harbour Port Inc.
- “Securing The Supply Chain – the DHL Express Way”
Adrian Whelan, Head of Global Customs and Security – DHL Express Global
- “Supply Chain Governance, Government, Procurement and National Development”
Mark Philip Comandante, President – Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines
- “Fact or Fiction? Untangling the Numbers Behind Procurement Automation”
Simon Dadswell, Global Marketing Director – Proactis Group Limited
- “Sales and Operations Planning”
Sigrid Carandang, Group Manager SC – San Miguel Corporation
- “What Purchasing & Supply Chain Professionals Need To Know About Strategic Sourcing & B2B E-Commerce
Solutions To Succeed As Asean Regional Demand Grows?”
Bill Kohnen, Purchasing Leader – Innovative Global Organization
- “Implementation Considerations in Quantifying and Tracking Hard Cost Savings”
Thomas Kase, VP of Research – Spend Matters
- “Internet of Things (IoT) and Future of Supply Chain Management”
Jay Chavez, AVP SCM – Ionics EMS Inc.
2015 PASIAWorld | Day 2 Speakers
- Keynote Presenter: “Logistics Challenges and Transformational Leadership in the ASEAN Integrated World”
Darryl Judd, COO – Logistics Executive Group
- “Getting To Best In Class Warehousing”
Charlie P. Villasenor, Chairman of the Board – PASIA / Senior Vice President – LBC Supply Chain
- “Port Congestion and the Phil Transport and Logistics Competitveness”
Angelito Colona, President – United Port Confederation of the Philippines
- “The Top 10 Pitfalls in Contracting and How They Are Costing You Money”
Jim Bergman, Vice President – Asia Pacific and Middle East IACCM
- “Understanding Government Contracting: The Philippine Context”
Dennis Santiago, Executive Director – Department of Budget
- “Model Followed By SCOR” (Supply Chain Operations & Reference)
Chaim Silberstein, President – C.S Consulting Associates Inc.
- “People in the Supply Chain and Why They Matter.”
Carmel Perales, General Manager, Southeast Asia – Logistics Executive Group
- “The Digital Buyer – The Impact of the Internet on Procurement Activity”
Robin Jackson, CEO – ADR International
- “IOM Global Procurement and Supply Unit and Its Role in Disaster Management Operations”
GJORGJIEV Vladimir, Head, Global Procurement and Supply Unit – IOM Manila Administrative Center
- “Unleashing Your Supply Chain Executive Team”
Bjorn Martinoff, Global CEO Coach – F1C International