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This year's eBF festival is on its way! A special Procurement Express is on its way from Prague, Bratislava, Vienna and Warsaw, with a procurement show full of interactive workshops, inspiring discussions and informal networking. Look forward to battles for the best negotiation tactics, fast-paced networking challenges and unexpected purchasing quizzes that will draw you into the action even before you arrive in Ostrava. It's not just about transport - Procurement Express is the first chapter of the festival experience, where ideas, experiences and new industry contacts will come together!

This year, the eBF festival will take place in the iconic Lower Vítkovice area, where the past of the industrial revolution meets modern innovation and digital transformation. This unique environment of former ironworks and mines symbolises development, change and adaptation, which are also key principles in procurement, digitalisation and strategic supply chain management. It is here, among the steel cathedrals of Ostrava, that the city of innovation will be created, where the biggest challenges of public procurement and corporate purchasing will be solved. The connection of the eBF with the Lower Vítkovice area perfectly captures the essence of procurement - linking tradition with the future and finding efficient ways to success.

Procurement is a world of strategy, data and decision-making, of modern approaches - but what if it's combined with art? This year, the SPOLU exhibition once again offers a unique insight into the creativity of those behind public procurement, corporate purchasing and the eBF festival as a whole. Under the mining tower in the Lower Vítkovice area, artists from the ranks of commissioners, buyers and others who make up the festival community will exhibit their work. Among them there are always visionaries, creatives, Michelangelos of their time who love to create. The opening will launch not only the exhibition, but also the entire eBF, where the world of decision-making, vision and aesthetics will come together. Submissions of works for the exhibition TOGETHER have already begun.

Have a nice day, and all the best for 2025! Why am I so late with my New Year's wishes, you ask? It's on purpose! Because we're all now past the third Monday in January, or Blue Monday, which is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. The darkness, the cold and the weight of New Year's resolutions all hit you in full force at this time of year, and combined with having to get up and go to work after the weekend, it's a killer combination. The days are getting longer, the temperatures are rising and the wave of positive energy will reach its climax on Tuesday 20 May, when the 21st edition of the eBF Festival kicks off in Ostrava. The working version of the programme map is already on the web, tickets are disappearing like free parking in ski resorts and we are looking forward to seeing you. So don't hesitate and take advantage of the January early-bird offer.

Autumn is in the air. It's a paradise for all romantic souls, so enjoy it.

It's nice to experience something new, different, exciting that will leave a lasting impression. When discussing the possibility of renting the mobile stage from the Forman Brothers' Deadtown Theatre for next year's eBF, we took advantage of an invitation to see their new show, The Birdman. Their artistic performance is an invitation to a world of fantasy where art meets innovation. They are truly different and unique. The whole story underlines Rumi's wisdom: "What you seek is already seeking you.

Autumn is slowly knocking on the door, and we are excited to announce that the ticket price list for the 21st edition of the procurement festival eBF 2025 is now available! Once again this year, the traditional "early birds" will take flight in the autumn breeze, and you have until the end of October to catch them.

Price List HERE

Tuesday's Procurement Board of public sector experts was marked by great energy, the sharing of experiences, and industry education. Education was also the central theme of the entire day, addressed in several aspects: as a path to enhancing procurement specialists' competencies, as a catalyst for innovation, and as a bridge connecting experts from both the public and private sectors.

We are excited to launch the fourth edition of the DIGITAL PROCUREMENT TEAM course, and we can’t wait to have you join us! The course’s thematic mix will guide us through the latest trends in procurement, automation, and process robotization. We’ll explore the most modern procurement tools and technologies and focus on increasingly important soft skills. Additionally, this course will delight all fans of the eBF procurement festival in Ostrava, as we will delve deeply into current procurement topics and skills.

Get ready for a procurement revolution with us! :) You can find the course program HERE

We will look back at the eBF festival through the lens of numbers. The first magical number is '20', marking 20 years of coming together to discuss procurement, soft skills, team chemistry, economics, technologies, and current topics. For this twentieth anniversary, we launched the campaign '20 Sparkling Reasons to Attend This Year's eBF', which we spread over 20 calendar weeks.

This year's festival brought many new features, and if we were to choose the king of new additions, it would undoubtedly be the festival town Hawaii. From Tuesday evening, this work and networking environment transformed into a unique scene filled with a friendly atmosphere. We witnessed many heartfelt meetings, hugs, smiles, and laughter. As Zuzana Kawuloková said, "The procurement community has gathered in Ostrava once again after a year." And we just add that everyone was looking forward to seeing each other :)