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Not enough time for most sessions which caused them to run over which made you late for the following sessions. Not enough time between sessions. Some presentations seemed like a sales pitch and not pertinent to procurement topics.

With 25 years in the business, I didn't learn anything new and innovative. However I did have my direction validated, which was still helpful. I think this is a terrific forum for newer Procurement personnel, and I wish I had access to it when I was learning!

Overall, I think the conference was good. It was well planned, and the main key speakers were informational and entertaining. My biggest complaint would be that most of the other sessions (breakout sessions, as well as the main sessions) felt very broad and more of a "sales pitch" of capabilities, vs concrete examples of what the industry is doing or where it is headed.

Content was hit or miss and I thought the quality of speakers was not as good as past years. My highlight was Douglas Spence. Too many Supplier sales pitch presentations. I was also hassled by suppliers weeks before the conference, especially Seal who sent multiple emails, phone calls and also too the liberty of putting meetings directly in my calendar. This really put me off and made me avoid them completely at the conference.

The expo hours were very minimal and most attendees spent their time in sessions and rarely in the expo hall. It would be great to have more time and possibly 15 min per exhibitor to present.