https://www.sidorecs.com/events/ Events I have hosted, chaired or spoken at, newest first. Each links to the organiser's event page and, where I wrote one up afterwards, to my reflections. en https://www.sidorecs.com/events/#event-2026-10-02 https://www.sidorecs.com/events/#event-2026-10-02 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Aleks Sidorecs 2m2c - Montreux Music & Convention Centre, Montreux. I joined the logistics panel at the Swiss Coffee Trade Association's 17th Forum in Montreux with Dany Barkha of Sucafina, José Luis Pérez of Commodity Supplies AG, Mirja Nibbe of CMA CGM and Christian Jacob Hansen of the Global Maritime Forum, moderated by Dean Sanders of Etymos. The question was how coffee moves beyond reactive crisis management to connected flow across ports, shipping, data and forecasting. https://www.sidorecs.com/events/#event-2026-09-28 https://www.sidorecs.com/events/#event-2026-09-28 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Aleks Sidorecs online on Zoom. I joined the expert panel at the CIPS Denmark webinar with Elisabeth Schlag-Lawrence of CatalystProcurement and Dr. Charlotte de Brabandt of ZF Group. After start-ups showcased their AI tools for negotiation preparation, we stress-tested them with our own questions, then took the audience's live. https://www.sidorecs.com/events/#event-2026-06-18 https://www.sidorecs.com/events/#event-2026-06-18 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Aleks Sidorecs Ambassador House, Zurich. As a CIPS Switzerland committee member, I co-hosted The Invisible Chain with Martin Weis of Capgemini - an evening in Zurich on how AI-driven operating models reshape margins across procurement, supply chain and finance.