Caitlin Beattie

Caitlin Beattie

Marketing & Digital Sourcing Buyer L'Oreal

Day 1 | Tuesday 1st December

9:20 AM PANEL DISCUSSION & POLLING: From AI hype to reality: How can you use automation to improve efficiency and challenge supplier pricing without introducing risk?

  • Identifying where AI genuinely drives efficiency across sourcing, production, and analytics – and where it introduces risk
  • Understanding the hidden implications of AI: copyright, data ownership, environmental impact, and supplier accountability
  • Using AI as a procurement lever to challenge supplier pricing, efficiency, and commercial models

This session will combine a 30-min panel discussion with live audience polling throughout, using real-time responses to shape the conversation, surface common challenges, and benchmark AI maturity across the room. 

Panellists will focus on practical takeaways that you can apply back in your company. 

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

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