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I was overall disappointed with the conference. The discussion topics were vague and did not dive into any real "meat". Food was very disappointing.

- Presentations were better when audience Q&A was included - Creating more opportunities to deep dive into specific categories of spend would of been useful in Indirect's - Website and registration process was inadequate in that the app was never communicated and it was not clear how to sign up for workshops - Access to CPO's was also very limited or networking with peers managing similar degree of complexity and scale. Segmenting activities by title or experience may not be best way to align folks in similar circumstances - Too much time on functional/digital transformation which is not addressable for mid level managers, may be more appropriate for Sourcing Ops or Functional leaders. Again, having segmentation around topics and agendas.

One of the sessions had multi breakouts requiring advanced sign-up. Having missed the signup, I couldn't get into the session. Disappointing! While the overall facility was picturesque, it was too hot outside and too cold inside. Room temp control was poor.

There were a few great speakers and facilitators, but most of them seemed unprepared and didn't provide any up level discussion/ information for professionals that have a high level of experience. The speakers on the website agenda (that I printed 2 weeks prior to the event) were not the same as the ones that actually were at the event. Didn't really understood the purpose of the round table discussions, in 15/30min with unprepared facilitators.

I was disappointed with ProcureCon IT this year. It was very vendor focused, with vendors leading multiple sessions, bombarding me every time I got up to get coffee, go to the bathroom, etc. Many of the speakers were bland and boring and failed to keep my attention. I also missed the smaller group sessions of past ProcureCon IT conferences which provided a much better environment to have more in depth discussions. On a good note, the food was delicious.