SOAR26. Where the 12% of procurement teams running AI at scale come to pull further ahead.
Procurement is facing more demand, more volatility, and more pressure to transform with the same teams. SOAR26 brings senior procurement leaders and teams together to explore Total Sourcing: moving faster from demand to award, scaling sourcing across more spend, and building AI-powered workflows that adapt to your systems, rules, and goals.
Register NowDay 1 is a curated executive experience for senior procurement leaders. Hosted at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston’s Seaport District, the day brings together analyst insight, customer stories, peer discussion, and keynotes from inspiring thought leaders. You’ll explore how Total Sourcing helps teams respond to volatility, reduce risk, and lead transformation while keeping savings, compliance, and stakeholder trust at the center.
Day 2 opens to the broader Fairmarkit community for hands-on workshops and practical skill-building. Sourcing teams will dig into Total Sourcing workflows that connect requesters and buyers, speed up demand to award, improve visibility, and expand competitive sourcing across RFQs, RFPs, more categories, and more spend.
Not Your Normal Procurement Conference
Adapt
Move faster as business needs, supplier markets, and sourcing priorities change.
Scale
Broaden competitive sourcing across all of your addressable spend.
Lead
Join the 12% of enterprise procurement teams operating at full AI scale.
Featured Speakers
CHRIS VOSS
Former FBI Lead International Kidnapping Negotiator and author of Never Split the Difference. Chris brings high-stakes lessons in negotiation, trust, and influence to procurement leaders adapting to complexity and constant change.
JOËL COLLIN-DEMERS
Founder of Pure Procurement and procurement transformation leader. Joël brings a practitioner’s view on autonomous procurement, showing how teams can modernize sourcing, strengthen supplier engagement, and scale impact without losing control.
Event Sponsors
Agenda
Kevin Frechette
Chris Voss
Sonoco, Veolia, SDI
Diageo, BAT
The Hackett Group and Joel Collin-Demers
Shane Hetrick and Victor Kushch
Kevin Frechette
Kevin Frechette
Explore Fairmarkit Innovation
Jonathan B. Smith
Kevin Frechette
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FAQs
SOAR26 is designed for procurement and sourcing leaders who are shaping how their teams work, scale, and adapt. It is a strong fit for CPOs, VPs, directors, category leaders, sourcing professionals, and transformation leaders focused on increasing speed, visibility, compliance, and business impact.
Day 1 will be hosted at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston’s Seaport District, overlooking Boston Harbor. Day 2 will take place at Boston University.
SOAR26 takes place September 9–10, 2026 in Boston, MA.
There is no fee to attend SOAR26. Attendance must be pre-approved and is geared toward procurement leadership and sourcing professionals.
Business casual is great. We recommend wearing something comfortable for a full day of sessions, networking, and moving between event spaces.
Please contact us at [email protected] with any dietary restrictions or accommodation needs, and our team will do our best to support you.
Please let us know ahead of time if you can only attend part of SOAR26, as space is limited and we want to plan accordingly.
Please contact us at [email protected] with your interest and proposed speaking topic. There will also be workshops on Day 2 that can be led by speakers and customer leaders.
Please contact us at [email protected] and our team will share the sponsorship prospectus and available opportunities.
Expect executive insights, customer stories, negotiation expertise, hands-on workshops, peer discussion, and practical ideas for scaling sourcing impact across the business.
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