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Graphite Grand Prix is Coming to Dallas — Hosted at Ericsson’s Campus in Plano
By
Brooke Smith
Graphite’s 2026 Grand Prix Series comes to Plano, TX on October 22, hosted at Erisson’s campus.
The format is built for senior leaders who don’t have time for another conference. The room stays small — 30 to 40 CPOs, VPs of Procurement, and Heads of Strategic Sourcing — and every session is structured for peer-to-peer problem solving. No vendor pitches. No panels. Just senior procurement leaders working through challenges that are actually on their plates.
The Dallas stop is organized around one deliverable: a working draft of your team’s 2027 operating plan. The morning covers the strategic priorities reshaping procurement heading into next year, lead by Amanda Prochaska of Wonder Services. The afternoon shifts to execution — a fireside conversation with Ericsson and Vonage leadership on how cross-organizational collaboration drives operational efficiency at global scale, followed by a hands-on AI Agent Lab where attendees build a functional procurement agent from scratch.
The AI Agent Lab is new to the Grand Prix series. Graphite’s team walks attendees through standing up a working AI agent tailored to procurement workflows — one that can automate intake, triage, supplier follow-up, and status reporting. You leave with the agent and the skills to build the next one. Not a demo. Not a slide deck. Something that works the week you’re back.
Graphite’s platform helps enterprise teams onboard suppliers up to 85% faster through a patented supplier network where suppliers manage their own data and AI-driven validations keep it accurate. Automated risk assessments and 176-country supplier coverage mean procurement teams aren’t flying blind on compliance or vendor integrity. The same operational rigor runs through every Grand Prix stop.
This is part of Graphite’s 2026 Grand Prix Series — a multi-city tour of invitation-only workshops, each stop focused on a different operational challenge. Every event stands alone. Breakfast and lunch included.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Ericsson Campus — Plano, TX