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This event is great for networking/meeting other procurement professionals in the same category. There is a presentation that talk more about project management rather than sourcing/procurement strategy (airline headquarters).

Great job at getting the industry to gather in one spot. It would be great to have more opportunity to interact with Procurement professionals without having vendors/sales people in every roundtable, meeting, and opportunity for engagement. Even breakfast, for example, was set up primarily for vendors, vs providing a low pressure opportunity for open dialog and networking among the procurement community. There should be an opportunity for "speed dating" where we have a more structured environment to network and share ideas. Also, presentations were good, yet you should be using a tool to capture audience questions online, and in real time, like slido or something similar. Running around a huge room with a single mike in the final minutes is not optimal. Overall, good event.

- Content good, but maturity levels too low with 2019 attendees. Need more breakouts based on level of experience within sourcing strategies. - Vendors too aggressive. I missed multiple sessions because of vendor sales attempts, and I came to learn not hear a pitch. - Food was terrible.

This conference was good for those who are new to marketing procurement. A lot of good advice about learning the language and partnering with marketing and finance for success. I think there's an opportunity to demonstrate better collaboration between clients and agencies (there was a lot of tension around transparency and compensation). I think it would also help to have round table discussions about client challenges of funding emerging marketing spaces without incremental funds (i.e. influencer, social, ecommerce, etc.). It's understandable, but unrealistic, for agencies to maintain (or increase) their budgets when there are more pieces of the pie. It would be great to work together to come up with win-win solutions.

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