UN International Procurement Seminar 2025

TIME

AGENDA

SESSION LEAD

07.30 – 08.45

Arrival and registration at UN City

09.00 – 09.30

Welcome and Opening

Verner Kristiansen, Moderator

• Henrik Fredborg Larsen, Director, UNDP Nordic Representation Office
• Stephen Farrell-Chair, UN High Level Committee on Management- Procurement Network
• Henrik Fredborg Larsen, Director, UNDP Nordic Representation Office
• Mary Butler T.D., Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for Mental Health, Ireland
• Chris Barton, His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Europe, UK
• Rogier van Tooren, Head of International Financing and Emerging Markets, International Enterprise Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands

09.30 – 10.30

UN Procurement: Current Priorities,

Updates and Opportunities

• Cristina Palau, Team Lead for the Strategic Sourcing Health Team, UNFPA
• Pablo Panadero, Chief Logistics, Warehouse & Inventory Management, UNICEF
• Monika Bota, Procurement Officer, WHO

10.30 – 10.45

Coffee break

10.45 – 11.45

UN Procurement: Current Priorities,

Updates and Opportunities

• Charity Mumba, Supplier Relations Management Officer, WFP
• Levon Hovsepyan, Head of Sourcing & Global Markets, UNHCR
• Miguel Alvarez, Chief Operational Sustainment & Healthcare Section, UNPD

11.45 – 12.45

Panel: Procuring for Global Health

• Cristina Palau, Team Lead for the Strategic Sourcing Health Team, UNFPA
• Elisabet Lundqvist, Procurement Analyst, UNDP
• Jan Komrska, Contract Manager for Cold Chain Equipment, UNICEF
• Monika Bota, Procurement Officer, WHO
• Donna Kusemererwa, Pharmaceuticals Advisor, UNOPS

12.45 – 13.45

Lunch break

13.45 – 14.45

Panel: Tech Talk – Bridging AI, Digital

Transformation and Global Development

• Victor Margall, Procurement Team Lead, UNDP
• Tushar Arvind Dighe, Chief Information Officer, UNOPS
• Phannath Million, Technology, Corporate Procurement, WBG
• Nadia Abbas, Head of IT and Field Offices Procurement, ADB

14.45 – 15.15

Panel: Supply Chain 2.0 – Future-Proofing

Global Logistics

• Levon Hovsepyan, Head of Sourcing & Global Markets, UNHCR
• Halil Cepoglu, Logistics Analyst, UNDP
• Jean Cedric Meeus, Chief Global Transport, UNICEF

15.15 – 15.30

Coffee break

15.30 – 16.15

Panel: Construction & Engineering –

Shaping the Landscape of Infrastructure

• Emoke Ficz, Head of Procurement, OPCW
• James Galloway, Head of Unit - Portfolio Delivery, UNOPS
• Wamidh Shammas, Contracts Manager - Construction, UNICEF

16.15 – 17.00

Panel: Navigating UN Business: Insights from Suppliers

• Martin Fuhr, Business Development and CIO advisory, Saros Consulting, Ireland
• Matt Pocock, Managing Director, Envisia Learning, UK
• Myrto Allamani, Business Unit Manager, Delft Imaging Systems B.V., The Netherlands

17.00 – 17.05

Closing remarks

Verner Kristiansen, Moderator

17.05 – 18.00

Network reception

TIME

AGENDA

SESSION LEAD

09.30 – 17.00

1-2-1 Meetings with Vendors & UN

Agencies

09.30 – 17.00

UNGM Help desk

Susan Rendtdorff, Programme Specialist, UNGM

TIME

AGENDA

SESSION LEAD

09.00 – 09.10

Opening and Recap

Verner Kristiansen, Moderator

09.10 – 09.50

UN Procurement: Current Priorities,

Updates and Opportunities

• Anne-Claire Howard, Director Procurement, UNOPS
• Atsushi Isoyama, Chief, Procurement Services, UNIDO

09.50 – 10.30

UN Procurement: Current Priorities,

Updates and Opportunities

• Emoke Ficz, Head of Procurement, OPCW
• Torben Soll, Deputy Director, Office of Procurement, UNDP

10.30 – 11.10

Navigating Procurement in the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank

• Nadia Abbas, Head of IT Procurement, ADB
• Phannath Million, IT Category Manager, WBG

11.10 – 11.25

Coffee break

11.25 – 12.05

Panel: Driving Sustainable Procurement

• Torben Soll, Chief of Operations & Deputy Director, Office of Procurement, UNDP
• Atsushi Isoyama, Chief, Procurement Services, UNIDO TBC, UNICEF
• Lauren Knipping Bolinger, Contracts Specialist, UNICEF
• Nadia Abbas, Head of IT and Field Offices Procurement, ADB
• Rasmus Hansen, Sustainable Supply Chains Manager, UNOPS

12.05 – 12.50

Panel: How to introduce innovative products and services to the UN

• Levon Hovsepyan, Head of Sourcing & Global Markets, UNHCR
• Jean-Vincent Colin Combepine,Head of UN Web Buy, UNOPS
• Fiorella Polo, Innovation Strategy and Partnerships facilitator, UNICEF
• Charity Mumba, Supplier Relations Management Officer, WFP

12.50 – 13.30

Lunch break

13.30 – 14.45

Trading Places with the UN - Top Tips for

Success

Miguel Alvarez, Chief Operational Sustainment & Healthcare Section,

UNPD

14.45 – 15.15

Panel: Future Proofing Humanitarian Aid

• Andres Blasco, Manager Humanitarian Supplies Team, UNFPA
• Levon Hovsepyan, UNHCR

15.15 – 15.55

Panel: Professional Services –

Management, Consultancy, Education &

Training Services

• Atsushi Isoyama, Chief, Procurement Services, UNIDO
• Victoria Kondrashova, Technical & Engineering Procurement Specialist, UNDP
• Jeremy Sheahan, Contract Management and Procurement buyer, OPCW

15.55 – 16.00

Recap and Closing remarks

Verner Kristiansen, Moderator

TIME

AGENDA

SESSION LEAD

09.15 – 15.45

1-2-1 Meetings with Vendors & UN

Agencies

Enterprise Europe Network

09.30 – 17.00

UNGM Help desk

Susan Rendtdorff, Programme Specialist, UNGM

13.00 – 13.30

Working lunch break: Water, Sanitation &

Hygiene (WASH) in Amazon Room -

Atlantic Lounge

• Sylvain Bertrand, WASH Technical Manager, Water Sanitation and Education Center, UNICEF
• Fiorella Polo, Head of Strategy and Partnerships | Product Innovation Centre, Supply Division, UNICEF
• Esther Shaylor, Innovation Manager, Sustainable WASH Innovation hub, UNICEF