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Christian Lanng

CEO
TradeShift

Christian Lanng is CEO, Chairman and co-founder of Tradeshift, with the lead responsibility of shaping strategy and vision.

After his first startup at the age of 19, Christian took a position in the Danish Government where he launched its new strategy to connect with its suppliers in a different way. It’s here that he met his fellow co-founders and the priorities of the Tradeshift project were born - free, global, open.

Christian is regularly invited to speak at events around the world about how modern business needs to change and his background studying sociology broadens his perspective beyond technology alone.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Christian.

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Managing The Value Stream

Friday, March 9th, 2018

10:10 Procurement's New Mission Beyond Savings--Agility

Unpredictability, hyper competition and disruptive innovation are the new normal. While a focus on only savings is important, it'll only get you so far in this new normal. The next evolution of procurement is upon us and it's centered around innovation and the ability to respond rapidly to changing market conditions. We understand that savings is a key part of procurement but isn’t procurement much more than that? It’s time to think bigger and change the conversation from savings to driving business-wide value. Go from the department of cost-cutting to the enabler of business agility and innovation.

16:40 Roundtable Discussions

TABLE 1: Harnessing the Purchasing Power of Aggregation

Hosted by: Tripp Cates, Director, Sales, CoreTrust

TABLE 2: The Uber-ization of Supplier Enablement

Hosted by: Gabe Perez, VP of Strategy & Market Development, Coupa Software

TABLE 3: Building a Sustainable Supply Chain Using CSR Ratings

Hosted by: Daniel Perry, Senior Account Executive, EcoVadis

TABLE 4: Procurement’s New Mission Beyond Savings—Agility

Hosted by: Christian Lanng, CEO, TradeShift

TABLE 5: Mastering the Art of Managing Sole Sources

Hosted by: Kristin Gallagher, Director, Global Sourcing and Procurement, Russell Investments

TABLE 6: Creating an Effective Total Talent Management Sponsorship Model

Hosted by: Ronald H. Lippitt, Senior Vice President, Agile•1

TABLE 7: Three Ways To Increase Savings and Operational Efficiencies Within Your Indirect Spend

Hosted by: Jeff Hillenmayer, Head of Corporate Sourcing - Americas, HRS Global Hotel Solutions

TABLE 8: Marketing Procurement – An Untapped Category with Big Potential

Hosted by: Patrick Fogarty, CEO Americas, Charterhouse

TABLE 9: Total Collaboration Management

Hosted by: Lesley O’Bryan, Principal and Vice President, Advito

TABLE 10: ProcureCon Survey Findings: Benchmarking Procurement’s Role in Driving Innovation

Hosted by: Michael Blough, GVP, Sales – North America, Rimini Street

TABLE 11: P-Card Innovation

Hosted by: Joanna Martinez, Founder, Supply Chain Advisors LLC, Cushman & Wakefield