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This was my first year attending ProcureCon so I don't have anything to compare the conference to. However, I thought the round tables and panels were good, I just would have liked to see more details around the tools used and strategic plans used with lessons learned.

Although there was more attendees at this show, for the service providers there was far less interaction from the supply chain professionals. Traffic flow was not good and outdoor lunch and evening events took people away from the booths as well. We had twice the targets from the attendee list than in Scottsdale and we had a 1/3 less interactions. Maybe the service providers should not know the professionals title but also their roles, travel, energy, marketing, mro, etc. as well.

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Some sessions were amazing. In others there was a lot of “talk” without really saying anything meaningful

I attended the recent Indirect West conference in Scottsdale and was very pleased with the quality of attendees, exhibitors, presenters, and topics. It was based off my experience at this event that I decided to attend Facilities. I was unaware that this was the inaugural event which explains why this event was dramatically smaller in size. I was very disappointed in the fact that your Solution Zone only had 4 exhibitors and your presenters were hit and miss (ie Willie Johnson and Jill Zunshine were fantastic. Brian Harman provided very little substance). I found the topics to be timely and relevant, however Tuesday felt very rushed. I would've preferred less topics and more time to discuss.