How Coupa’s Executive Summits are Powering Procurement

Coupa, recognised as the company which makes margins multiply, is set to share its innovative roadmap a series of Executive Summits in October, with events in New York, London and Chicago. 

The New York summit will take place on Thursday, 17 October at Convene 101 Park Ave. 

As a leading global provider of business spend management solutions, Coupa's cloud-based source-to-pay (S2P) platform allows users to control their procurement, invoicing and expense management processes, giving real-time spend control and visibility.

Through the use of procurement, supply chain and financial data, Coupa optimises the process, achieving cost savings while improving supplier collaboration.

At its New York summit, Coupa will share its innovation roadmap and bring the community together. Agenda items include how to to accelerate performance with AI-driven prescriptions and actions.

Then, breakout sessions will see guests discuss common challenges around AI adoption, profitability and growth, change management and more.

Speakers include Rich Slipec, Managing Director, Americas Sales at Coupa Software; Fang Chang, Chief Product Officer & EVP at Coupa Software; Michael Van Keulen, CPO at Coupa; Zai Mohammed, Head of Global Procurement at Talkdesk; and Moriah Scott, Head of Procurement at Wayfair.

Will Boudreau, Account Executive at Coupa Software, says: "We're sharing our innovation roadmap and bringing our community together in New York City! Learn how to accelerate your performance with AI-driven prescriptions and actions."

"Then, join breakout sessions to discuss common executive challenges around AI adoption, profitability and growth, change management and more."

The value of margin multiplier

Coupa's event will connect its community and industry peers to discuss key procurement and finance priorities as companies navigate a new economic era.

Those who attend the Executive Summits will gain exclusive insights from Coupa's experts and customers on everything from the value of the margin multiplier effect, total spend management platforms, AI, industry benchmarking, ESG and more.

Coupa says attendees can expect to leave feeling engaged, energised and empowered.

Reasons to attend

• Network with like-minded peers evaluating a total spend management platform vs single-use systems.
• Join invaluable breakout sessions where you will discuss common executive challenges around AI adoption, profitability and growth, change management and more.

What you'll learn 

• Hear Coupa customers share inspiring stories and insights.
• Learn how to accelerate your performance with AI-driven prescriptions and actions.
• Understand the technology landscape and Coupa's key differentiators, including its hyper-focus on innovation, vast buyer and supplier dataset and community-generated AI.

How US$6tn data set is training Coupa's infused AI

The event kicks off with the Coupa and Customer Keynote, entitled 'The Power of $6TN: How Data, AI and the Coupa Community are THE Margin Multiplier For Your Business.'

This talk will explore how, for more than 15 years, the Coupa Community has been building an untouchable competitive advantage – the collective dataset of US$6tn that is training the AI Coupa infused throughout its entire platform – and helping companies thrive in a complex, dynamic macro-environment by multiplying margins across the business.

Business leaders are invited to join the event's regional host and Coupa's product and innovation leaders to explore margin multipliers and hear from the most important voice: the customer.

Leaders participating in this session are Rich Slipec, Managing Director, Americas Sales at Coupa Software; Fang Chang, Chief Product Officer and EVP at Coupa Software; and Taslim Vastani, Vice President Global Procurement at Lululemon.

Coupa is promising that people will leave this session with a clear picture of how Coupa, together with the Coupa Community, is delivering an unmatched ROI for customers throughout the region.

Breakout session to bring procurement together  

Across the day, a range of breakout sessions will cover key areas of procurement.

Advocating for advanced spend management platforms, safeguarding bottom-line through total spend management, improving operational efficiency via AI-driven digitisation and strategies for finance and procurement transformation are among the most notable topics. 

Speakers from various industries will share insights on overcoming CFO-CIO misalignment, combating margin erosion, streamlining processes and increasing financial resiliency. Sessions promise to offer practical strategies for cost optimisation, efficient implementation and effective change management in procurement and finance.

To register for the event, click here.

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