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Global Annual · Virtual First Edition 2027

Intelligent
Orchestration

Where Value Chains Meet the Algorithm - the annual global conference for value chain leaders deploying intelligent systems across industries.

CxO and Functional Leaders across Supply Chain, Operations,
Procurement, Finance, R&D, IT, Data and Quality

Cross-industry.
Practitioner-led.
No boundaries.

An exclusive annual virtual conference for CxO and Functional Leaders across Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Finance, R&D, IT, Data and Quality - deploying intelligent systems across industries.

Cross-industry by design. The most valuable patterns in value chain intelligence emerge at the boundaries between sectors - AgriFood, FMCG, Manufacturing, Freight, Life Sciences, Commodities. No single industry silo.

Every session earns its place by answering a question you will use Monday morning.

Agentic AI · Workflow automation · Decision automation · Value chain orchestration · Demand sensing · Autonomous procurement · Working capital optimization · Predictive quality · R&D pipeline intelligence · IT/OT convergence · Data mesh for operations · S&OP transformation

3
Days · Annual virtual event Global middle day captures all time zones simultaneously.
100%
Practitioner-led sessions Every stage, every slot. Practitioners only.
Invite
Only · Price not listed Apply to attend. Price shared in invitation.
3
Programme tracks Signal · Synthesis · Art of Possible

Signal.
Synthesis.
Art of
Possible.

Every session earns its place by answering a question practitioners will use Monday morning. Cross-industry by design.

Track I · Signal

What is moving across value chains before you need to react

Real deployments across industries. Practitioners share the signals they've built into value chains - demand shifts, supplier stress, working capital pressure - and what intelligent systems do when they fire.

Track II · Synthesis

What it means across the full value chain

How intelligent orchestration reshapes operating models, decision rights and commercial architecture - end to end. Cross-industry comparisons that don't happen at any other event.

Track III · Art of Possible

The horizon no vendor will show you

What becomes possible when intelligence runs across the full value chain - procurement to customer to cash. Practitioner-only panels on what's being built that nobody is talking about publicly yet.

Before, during and
after the event

Your first year includes the conference and everything around it - intelligence, connections and community that continue long after the sessions end.

02
After the Event
Recordings, briefings and peer cohorts
IO Cycle · Launching 2027

Every session recorded and searchable. Weekly Signal briefings between editions. Peer cohorts of 8-12 practitioners meeting quarterly to share what's working.

RecordingsFull session archive
BriefingsWeekly Signal updates
IO CycleRegular meetings: virtual and on-site
IntelligenceProve! It challenge reports
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Always On
Weekly practitioner intelligence
The IO Newsletter · Free

Signal, Synthesis, Strategy - what moved this week across value chains, what it means, and what to watch. The conversation starts here, before you ever attend.

CadenceWeekly
FormatSignal · Synthesis · Strategy
AccessFree to subscribe

Three days. One global conversation.

Every time zone has a primary day. Everyone comes together on Day 2. Three hours per day, same slot across all three days. Fully produced - not a Zoom call.

Day 01
Day One
Signal · Synthesis

Practitioner sessions across Signal and Synthesis tracks. Opens the three-day conversation with real deployments and operating model case studies.

Hour 1Opening - State of Value Chain Intelligence
Hour 2Signal Track - practitioner sessions
Hour 3Synthesis - cross-industry roundtables
Day Two · Centrepiece
Global Middle Day
Global · All Regions · Live

The centrepiece. All regions live simultaneously. Keynote, Art of Possible panel, and the Prove! It track - the most distinctive session of the three days.

Hour 1Global keynote - cross-industry intelligence
Hour 2Art of Possible - senior practitioners panel
Hour 3Prove! It - challenge sessions
Day Three
Day Three
Strategy · Art of Possible · Close

Strategy track and Art of Possible sessions. Closes with IO Summary and close.

Hour 1Art of Possible - practitioner panel
Hour 2Strategy - 12-month bets
Hour 3IO Summary + Close
3
Days
100%
Practitioner-led
Invite
Only
3h
Per Day
Prove! It

Prove! It

Not a pitch competition. Not a vendor ranking. A structured showcase of how specific solutions are best positioned to address specific value chain challenges - open to startups and established companies equally.

The challenge defines the session. The vendor explains the fit - and equally importantly, where the solution does not fit.

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Practitioners submit challenges Real value chain challenges submitted before the event - structured by sector, TOMS level and problem category. Published as a catalogue. Vendors apply against specific challenges that match their solution.
02
IO matches solution to challenge IO team selects the best-positioned solution per challenge. One solution per challenge session. No competing vendors in the same slot.
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10 min showcase · 10 min Q&A · 5 min fit reflection Vendor presents how the solution addresses the challenge. Practitioners probe the fit and the limits. Vendor closes with an honest reflection - what this solution is ideal for, and what it is not.
04
Practitioners leave with a solution map Which solutions exist for which challenge types. How each is best positioned. Where the gaps are - challenges with no good solution yet.
Prove! It - At a Glance
Session format
10 min showcase · 10 min Q&A · 5 min fit reflection
Who can present
Startups and established companies - challenge fit determines selection, not company size
Session naming
Named after the challenge, not the vendor
Audience
Senior practitioners with that specific challenge - self-selected
Pricing
Shared on application - not listed publicly
Availability
Limited sessions - global event only
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