For the 9^th time already, one of BME International’s biggest annual event will be organized on the 14^th and 15^th of November 2023. CEE Forum will take place for the first time in Krakow in a spectacular new location: CKF_13 Fabryczna Conference Centre. In fact, already the pre-event program offers a great opportunity to network and meet new potential business partners during a pre-evening dinner combined with a guided tour of the vodka museum, as Mercure Hotel, which is also part of the premises, used to be a polish vodka factory.

BME is holding the CEE Procurement and Supply Forum again this year as a face-to-face event. Exactly like the previous ones, the event combines highly informative lectures and discussions with extensive networking options and individual B2B meetings with suppliers from numerous Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries.

Eastern Europe moves into focus as an alternative sourcing region
“We are aware of the major challenges our buyers face with regard to the currently porous supply chains. In almost all industries, companies are in the process of looking for second-source suppliers or finding alternatives," says Olaf Holzgrefe, Head of International Affairs at BME. "As part of the CEE Forum, BME and its partners, German Chambers of Commerce Abroad (AHK), offer participants the chance to speak on-site with suppliers from several countries in the number one procurement region."

Forum combines lectures with individual B2B meetings
In the conference part of the CEE Procurement and Supply Forum, renowned procurement experts from the region will present and discuss current developments and trends in Eastern Europe. "The BME CEE Procurement & Supply Forum has always combined B2B, information and networking," underlines Lisa Immensack, Senior Project Manager at BME. "We are looking forward to provide tailored support to our buyers with their procurement challenges once again on-site."

Agenda: https://www.bmematchmaking.com/events/9th-cee-procurement-supply-forum/ 

Prices for suppliers

• Registration for BME Matchmaking service: free of charge
• B2B Booking Costs per company: 395€
  2^nd Person 20% discount
• B2B Booking Cost for company, registered as premium-supplier on www.bmeopensourcing.com or on AHK-ISF Platform: 295€
  2^nd Person 20% discount

Prices for buyers

• Registration for BME Matchmaking service: free of charge
• Supplier List, which gives you access to supplier profiles for upcoming event in 2023: 395€*
• 1 Year Flat Rate All Supplier Lists, which gives access to supplier profiles from all upcoming events in 2023: 995 € p.a.
  Subscription expires on: 31^st of December of the current year**
• Supplier Lists of past BME matchmaking events, with all details of supplier profiles, per list: 595€

B2B Booking Costs for buyers
 

• Per company: 995€*
  Incl. 395€ Supplier List und Meet & Greet Table - individual table with a company name, a list of all registered suppliers, no pre-scheduled meetings and one participant
• Per additional person: 395€
• Per person for customers of 1 Year Flat Rate All Supplier Lists: 695€
• B2B Table per company: 250€
  Individual table with company name and pre-scheduled meetings / meeting schedule with chosen suppliers.
• Cancellation fee: 395€
• Non-Buyers (Service-Providers/Consultants/IT-Platforms): 1,295€

(*)BME charges EUR 395 for the supplier list for booking events, regardless of event participation. Exception: BME-Sourcing-Guarantee for BME members and companies which have the Flat Rate.
BME-Sourcing-Guarantee: if no suitable suppliers are found, no costs will be incurred. Necessary for this: short feedback, no further use of supplier data, in some cases feedback talks with partners.