ProcureCon 2025

23 - 25 September 2025

Austria Center Vienna

Giuseppe Conti

Giuseppe Conti

Negotiation & Influencing Professor Leading Europe Business Schools

Giuseppe Conti is the founder and managing director of CABL (www.cabl.ch) , a firm that offers a range of customized training in the field of negotiation, influencing, and related areas. Giuseppe is a seasoned negotiator combining academic content with over 25 years of practitioner experience from his senior Procurement and commercial leadership roles within blue-chip multinationals (Procter & Gamble, Novartis, Firmenich and Merck). Since 2005, Giuseppe has been an award-winning Lecturer, recognized for his lively and interactive training workshops across leading business schools in three continents: Bayes, BSL, Cambridge, EPFL, ESADE, ESSEC, HEC Lausanne, HEC Paris, IESE, IMD, Imperial College, INSEAD, London Business School, Oxford, RSM, SDA Bocconi, University of Geneva, University of St Gallen and VU Amsterdam.

In 2018, he left the corporate world and became a Professor/Visiting Professor in Negotiation & Influencing at a number of leading business schools. In fact, he is the only person who has been teaching at all the top 10 Business Schools in Europe. Giuseppe regularly runs workshops in four continents. To date, corporate leaders from multinational corporations and individuals from over 145 different countries have attended his workshops. In 2025, he was ranked #1 worldwide among the Top 30 Global Gurus for Negotiation.

Day 1 | 23rd September 2025

5:00 PM Start Up Gallery: Hear from the latest and greatest start-ups: Which one can best help you with your procurement priorities? – Cast your vote and the winner walks away with the Start Up Gallery trophy!

These exciting demos of pre-selected start-ups will present their innovative solution. The panel of experts will ask questions to assess their benefits to your business. You will then have the opportunity to vote for the start-up you think is the most innovative and adds real value to your business. Will you find the next big thing?


Start Ups:  

  • Andy Symmonds, Managing Partner EMEA, ProcureVue  
  • Josh Ryan, Co-Founder, Denova 
  • Varun Narayanan, VP, Business Transformation, Lytica
  • Arash Saberi, Managing Director, Mithra AI


Judges: 

  • Cyril Wasem, Chief Procurement Officer, The Vita Group 
  • Jose Velayos, Global IT Vendor Governance Lead, Roche 
  • Giuseppe Conti, Negotiation & Influencing Professor, Leading European Business Schools 
  • Carla Barros Little, Head of Procurement & Innovation, CASCO Pets 


Day 2 | 24th September 2025

1:55 PM Presentation: Politics, Power & Persuasion: How To Navigate Office Politics To Negotiate With Confidence

  • How to map the political landscape to negotiate strategic alliances
  • How to establish your “negotiation reputation” to gain authority in complex dynamics
  • How to leverage customised approaches to convert “no” into collaborative solutions 

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

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