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Hi The quality of the presentations was variable. Some delivered well and some not so well. The Indigo presentation was good and the interview Session on building a world class procurement organization was good especially the person from Desjardin. Larry Mitchell from Humber was an effective Interviewer and Joy Nott for I/E of Canada had good insight into NAFTA. Bill Michels need to add Cdn examples to his comments. All his comments were about the US. If he is unable to provide Cdn content then he should be given some examples or work w someone who can. We have lots of good success stories in Canada. Not sure If I will attend future events.

Some topics were very interesting, and networking with other procurement professionals and suppliers was helpful.

I realize this is how conferences tend to work but most of the conversations and networking sessions left me with the impression that I just talked with a used-car salesperson.

There seemed to be a much higher attendance by government, etc than private companies. Some of the speakers were good but several seemed quite junior in their experience