New York·Procurement AI World Tour 2026

Agentic AI in Procurement:
From Insights to Action

A candid evening for senior procurement leaders on agentic AI: real use cases, what the best in class are doing, peer benchmarking, and a live demo.

A joint initiative by Zycus and The Hackett Group
August 5, 2026|4:30 – 7:30 PM EDT|City Winery, Pier 57 on the Hudson

Who You'll Be In The Room With

Not keynotes. Not lectures. A curated room of practitioners and leaders who will challenge your assumptions and keep the conversation honest, behind closed doors at one of Manhattan's most distinctive venues.

Nick Xiao
Nick Xiao
Principal, Strategy & Business Transformation
The Hackett Group

Leads The Hackett Group's procurement executive advisory work and is a lead voice on its Agentic AI in Procurement research. He walks the room through the 2026 benchmark data, what separates the leaders from the laggards, and where autonomous agents actually move the needle.

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Arthur Raguette
Arthur Raguette
Chief Evangelist AI
Zycus

More than 20 years applying enterprise technology, from middleware to AI, to complex procurement challenges. A relationship-first leader who helps global enterprises unlock the full value of Source-to-Pay transformation, and the voice of Merlin Agentic AI on the World Tour.

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Alexa Bradley
Alexa Bradley
Vice President
Zycus

Two decades leading enterprise sales across the procurement technology landscape, with senior leadership roles at Basware, Tradeshift, and GEP before Zycus. She works with North American enterprises on making Source-to-Pay transformation deliver in practice.

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Seats Are Being Claimed
Chief Procurement Officer
Fortune 500 Financial Services Firm
Invited
SVP, Procurement Transformation
National Telecom Provider
Invited
VP, Strategic Sourcing & AI
Global IT Services Leader
Invited
Head of Procurement
Northeast Utility Major
Invited
Director, Indirect Procurement
$20B Real Estate & Infrastructure Group
Invited
VP, Source-to-Pay Operations
Enterprise Retail Group
Invited
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An Executive Briefing.
Not a Conference.

A curated, invite-only evening for senior procurement leaders, anchored by the Hackett Group Agentic AI in Procurement Adoption Index 2026, the only primary research benchmarking how procurement organizations are navigating the shift to autonomous AI workflows. The substance comes first. The Hudson at sunset is the reward.

Anchored in Research

The Hackett Index, Interpreted Live

The Hackett Group Agentic AI Adoption Index 2026, with 200+ procurement organizations benchmarked. We walk the room through what the data actually means for organizations like yours.

200+
organizations
benchmarked
Invite-Only

A Closed Room of Peers

Not a webinar. Not a conference. A curated session with CPOs, VPs, and senior procurement leaders who run real organizations at scale, engineered for candid peer dialogue.

30
senior procurement
leaders only
Actionable

Walk Out With Your Benchmark

Know exactly where your organization sits on the Agentic AI maturity curve. Leave with a physical copy of the Hackett Index 2026 and a clear read on what to do next.

86%
of CPOs ready for
autonomous AI agents
And when the briefing wraps...

City Winery on the Hudson. Ours for the Evening.

City Winery at Pier 57 is a working winery, restaurant, and stage set out over the Hudson River, with the Manhattan skyline on one side and open water on the other. On August 5, its private space hosts something quieter: thirty procurement leaders, one table, and a conversation about what governed, multi-agent AI actually changes.

We take over a private room inside the pier, steps from the rooftop park and the river. The roundtable happens behind closed doors. Cocktails, wine, and the skyline are waiting when you're done.

Pier 57
On the Hudson River
Rooftop
Park & Skyline Views
30
Seats at the Table
Easy to reach from Midtown, Downtown, and the tri-state area. Getting there is on us, with Uber vouchers for every guest.
City Winery, Pier 57 on the Hudson River
City Winery
Pier 57, 25 11th Avenue, Hudson River Park, New York, NY

Procurement's AI Playbook Starts Here.

Three hours engineered for senior leaders. No filler, no pitch decks, just the conversations that shape what comes next.

4:30 PM
Walk In, Grab a Glass, Meet Your Peers
Arrive at Pier 57, find the private room, glass in hand within minutes. No lanyards, no awkward milling. We handle the intros.
4:50 PM
Why We're Here (And Why Now)
The procurement AI landscape just shifted. A fast framing of what's changed, what's at stake, and what the next 18 months look like.
5:10 PM
The Data Nobody's Talking About
The Hackett Index deep dive. 200+ organizations benchmarked. Where's the real adoption? Where are the gaps? Numbers, not narratives.
5:40 PM
See It Work, Live
Zycus Merlin Agentic AI in action. No slides. No scripted demo. Real scenarios, real time. Bring your skepticism. We prefer it.
6:10 PM
Your Turn, The Real Conversation
Peer roundtable. No moderators running a script. You drive the topics. AI governance, change management, autonomous agents, whatever's keeping you up at night.
7:00 PM
Cocktails, Wine, and the Skyline
The best conversations happen after the formal ones end. Cocktails, City Winery's own label, and the Manhattan skyline across the Hudson. Stay as long as you like.

This Is Your Invitation

We're not trying to fill a ballroom. We're assembling the right thirty people for one evening of real conversation about procurement AI, on the Hudson at one of Manhattan's most distinctive venues.

30 seats only, curated for senior procurement leaders
$0 to attend, Hackett Index report included
Uber vouchers for every guest, from anywhere in the tri-state area
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