Leadership Insights: Who is Speaking at DPW New York 2026?

The role of procurement is changing – gone are the days of it being a back-office function with a sole focus on cost savings. Now, it is seen as a driver of strategic resilience.

Leaders are bringing the procurement function to the forefront of decision making, utilising new technologies to allow teams to focus on supplier relationships.

At DPW New York 2026, thousands of enterprise leaders, startups, AI innovators and supply chain pioneers will gather to discuss the shifting role of procurement.

The event is being hosted at the Duggal Greenhouse, a waterfront venue situated in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on 3 and 4 June. 

Event offerings

The event will host 85 speakers, with 50 sessions being held across the event.

As digital procurement transformation becomes a key focus within strategy planning, this event acts as a powerful place to share insights and learn new innovate strategies.

With a lineup of industry leaders across panels and conferences – as well as the chance to network through roundtables, private dining and more – the event will be a strong opportunity to learn new ways to transform your operations.

Leadership insights

AT DPW New York, industry leaders will be sharing their insights in an authentic manner, offering use cases, challenges and solutions from their vast range of experience.

From The Coca-Cola Company and The Hershey Company to GEP, ZIP and Lio, the event features speakers from a range of industries. As a result, conversations will focus on a range of topics and experiences, offering useable insights due to the diversity of speakers.

Featured speakers include:

• Janelle Aydin, Global Chief Procurement & Sustainability Officer at Kraft Heinz

• Sirsij Peshin, CPO & Global Lead Source-to-Pay at Pfizer

• Paula Glickenhaus, CPO at Bristol Myers Squibb

• Tarbinlam Lafon, CPO at Humana

• Susanna Webber, CPO at Merck

• Patrick McGee, New York Times Bestselling Author of Apple in China

• Megan Arora, Head of Procurement at Stripe

• Sha Ling, Global Head of Strategic Sourcing at KKR

The experts

As well as hearing insights from leaders who have utilised technology or reshaped their operations, attendees can also hear from experts in the field.

These leaders include:

• Saurabh Gupta, President at HFS Research

• Rob Bernshteyn, General Partner at ICONIQ

• Ann Fleishell, VP Procurement at OpenAI

• Lorie Meola, CPO at IBM

• Alex Atzberger, CEO at Optimizely

• Katie Streu, Head of Procurement at Anthropic

• Vladimir Keil, CEO & Co-Founder at Lio

• Alexia Cambon, Director Office of Applied Research at Microsoft

To learn about how other companies have transformed their procurement operations through technology, or to learn from the experts themselves, head to DPW New York 2026.