From S2P to I2O:
Intake to Outcomes
with Agentic AIProcurement in 2026 is being measured on outcomes, not throughput, and that demands speed, intelligence, and autonomy in equal measure.
Insights from Horizon SEA 2026 show how leaders are making the move from S2P to I2O with agentic AI at the centre: intelligent intake, agentic sourcing, autonomous negotiation for tail-spend control, governed enterprise AI and more.
Event Highlights
The Moments That Defined Horizon SEA 2026
The stage, the stories, and the Starlit Soirée. Everything that made Sentosa worth being in the room for.
Analyst Intelligence
Where the Analysts Are Pointing
IDC on why more agents haven't meant more value, and what actually does.
IDC Exposes: Point Agents Sprawl Trap and the Outcome-based Agentic AI Workflow Strategy That Replaces It
Why it matters
Enterprises bought agents faster than they built the plumbing to run them. IDC puts numbers to the resulting sprawl, then makes the case for outcome-based, workflow-native Agentic AI: fewer isolated tools, more governed structure, and pilots measured against procurement results rather than activity.
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Patrick Reymann
Research Director, Procurement Applications and Agents, IDC
CEO Vision
Rewiring the Operating Model: Intake-to-Outcomes
Beyond S2P to I2O: Intake-to-Outcomes with Agentic AI in Procurement
Why it matters
Source-to-Pay described how work moved. Intake-to-Outcomes describes what work delivers. This keynote lays out the shift, and shows Merlin Agentic workflows executing under enterprise governance rather than around it.
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Aatish Dedhia
Founder & CEO, Zycus
Customer Stories
S2P Transformation in Practice
Banks, conglomerates, and enterprises that have already made the move, in their own words
Spotlight Address: ST Engineering x Zycus: Agentic Procurement at Enterprise Scale
Why it matters
A short, direct spotlight from one of the region's most respected enterprises on why it chose Zycus to govern procurement from intake through outcome, and what agentic looks like at their scale.
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Lim Meng Teck
SVP Procurement, ST Engineering
MUFG's S2P Transformation Journey: From Agentic Intake to Autonomous Strategy
Why it matters
A global banking leader walks through its own transformation, from Merlin Intake to autonomous strategy. The integration calls it made, the resistance it hit, and the outcomes that justified moving to a governed, Agentic AI-led model.
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Shusaku Minami
Managing Director, Planning Office for Asia, MUFG
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Danielle Sim
Director, Regional Procurement and TPM, POA, MUFG
Closing the Loop: WSAudiology's Value Journey from Procurement to AP to Agentic AI
Why it matters
Most transformations stop at sourcing. WSAudiology carried it through accounts payable and into Agentic AI, and explains what closing that loop actually took across procurement and finance.
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Sushanta Kumar Sahu
Head of Procurement, WSAudiology
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Parveen Kaur
Head of Global Finance, WSAudiology
One Group, Many Businesses: DRB-HICOM's Agentic S2P Journey
Why it matters
One group, wildly different businesses, one procurement standard. DRB-HICOM Berhad on unifying agentic Source-to-Pay across its operating units, and what that did for speed, governance, and visibility.
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Khairul Azman Mohmad Razak
Chief Procurement Officer, DRB-HICOM Berhad
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Lim Thiam Chiew
Head, Group Procurement, DRB-HICOM Berhad
Built on Trust: BDO's S2P Digitalisation and the Agentic Road Ahead
Why it matters
In banking, control is not a feature, it is the licence to operate. One of the Philippines' largest banks on digitalising Source-to-Pay on a foundation built for compliance and scale, and where Agentic AI fits from here.
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Aurea Imelda S. Montejo
Senior Vice President, Facilities & Procurement, BDO Unibank, Inc.
Fireside Chat
From Foundation to Frontier: Abdul Latif Jameel's S2P Transformation and Agentic Sourcing Vision
Why it matters
Abdul Latif Jameel on building a single governed Source-to-Pay foundation across businesses that share almost nothing, and where Merlin Agentic Sourcing takes it next.
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Walaa Yousef Ahmed Halwani
Director Corporate Shared Services, Abdul Latif Jameel
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Daniel Schmitz Host
Vice President, Zycus
Live Demo
Merlin AI in Action
Watch the Merlin Agentic Platform orchestrate Intake, Sourcing, and live negotiation
Merlin Agentic Platform in Action: Intake, Agentic Sourcing, Autonomous Negotiation & More
Why it matters
A live, hands-on walkthrough of the Merlin Agentic Platform, from Merlin Intake and Merlin Agentic Sourcing through to the Autonomous Negotiation Agent. Real procurement scenarios playing out in real time.
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Akshay Dhanda
Head of Solution Advisory, APAC, Zycus
Ecosystem Perspectives
The Ecosystem Powering Procurement Transformation
Partners, ecosystem, and human judgment: the variables no platform ships with
Inside the Google x Zycus Agentic AI Partnership: From Foundation Models to Governed Enterprise AI
Why it matters
Raw model capability is not the hard part. Google and Zycus open up the partnership to show what sits between a foundation model and an agent an enterprise will let near its spend.
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Subho (Subhabrata) Banerjee
AI Solutions Leader and Customer Engineering Head, Google
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Carl Kimball Host
Vice President, Zycus
Ecosystem Beyond S2P: Building a Seamless Procurement with Best-in-Class Network
Why it matters
Technology is the easy purchase. This panel gets into the capability, culture, and partner network that decide whether a procurement transformation survives its first year.
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Kuntha Chelvanathan
Global Intelligent Procurement Operations Offering Leader, IBM
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Ankit Nayyar
Associate Partner, EY
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Dino Limjap
Vice President, PASIA
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Akanit Smitabindu Moderator
President, Purchasing & Supply Chain Management Association of Thailand (PSCMT)
The Augmented Mind: Procurement's Edge in the Age of Agentic AI
Why it matters
If agents handle the execution, what is left that only a procurement professional can do? A closing take on where human judgment still outperforms machine intelligence, and why that gap is the profession's edge.
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Sebastian Chua
Chairman of The Procurement Council, Supply Chain Asia
Ready to Build Your 2026 Procurement Roadmap?
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