Who attends & Why?
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Who Attends?
The Women in Procurement Leadership Summit 2026 is designed for those in a management, team leader, senior, head, director or c-suite role in the public or private sector whose job function involves:
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Procurement Supply Chain Sourcing, Purchasing & Buying Expediting Replenishment Category Management Logistics & Operations Contracts Client, Vendor, Partner & Supplier Engagement Commercial, Business & Strategy Risk Finance Tenders Policy, Governance & Compliance ESG & SustainabilityWhat is new for 2026?
The 2026 program spotlights the real leadership moments shaping procurement now: influence, value, transformation and sustainable career growth.
Coretta Bessi, ACT Government
CPO across BlueScope, nbn, Ausgrid and Westpac, Coretta brings board-level insight into how procurement leaders build trust, governance and momentum in the first 100 days of transformation.
Bring your mentee program
Pave the way for emerging talent in procurement. Bring your mentee along to the networking drinks session through a complimentary pass. Give them a valuable opportunity to expand their network, meet senior leaders and support their professional growth.
Seri Renkin OAM, The Dea Network
A senior executive and OAM recipient, Seri challenges procurement leaders to apply an investment mindset to value, risk, purpose and long-term organisational impact.
Sheila Vijeyarasa making her debut!
Bestselling author of Brave and founder of The Brave Woman™ Program, brings a powerful lens to the invisible load conversation, exploring what brave leadership looks like when life and leadership collide.
2 Day Vendor Package*
All vendors must book at the vendor price and do not qualify for the standard price. A vendor is defined as an organisation that develops, markets or sells products or services related to procurement, ESG, sustainability or consulting.
Terri-Anne “Tezzi” Daniel, Cooee Group
A proud Wiradjuri founder, Tezzi brings a First Nations lens to supplier diversity, showing how procurement can move beyond compliance to create genuine community and commercial impact.
Gillian Fox, Gillian Fox Group
Executive coach, host of “Your Brilliant Career” podcast and author of Woman of Influence, she offers practical strategies for turning performance into visibility, influence and career progress.
Karen Stein, Executive and Menopause Coach
Former Deloitte Partner, Karen brings a timely conversation on sustaining leadership, performance and wellbeing through perimenopause and menopause.
Why Attend?
Expand your professional network through a procurement community that brings together senior leaders and the next generation of talent.
Build the leadership skills procurement now demands, including executive communication, stakeholder management and modern negotiation skills.
Understand what senior leaders expect from procurement, the metrics that matter, the investment mindset and commercial decision-making.
Strengthen your ability to manage supplier pressure and protect value in an increasingly complex supplier landscape with practical frameworks for managing risk.
Hear how procurement leaders are using AI to improve performance and participate in a hands-on masterclass building your own AI co-pilot and workflows from prompting through to real procurement applications.
Gain insights from modern slavery and labour exploitation case studies, including warning signs that were missed and how accountability is determined when procurement failures are investigated.
Work through real procurement challenges in interactive sessions alongside your peers, mentors and leaders to co-design solutions that you can apply immediately.