Starting life as eMarketplace World during the heady days of the eBusiness revolution, the first event was so over-subscribed that it had to be repeated just six months later, simply to satisfy the intense demand for information about the new wave of procurement technologies. As these technologies evolved and matured, eMarketplace World morphed into eWorld and over the next 20 years spawned several satellite events – such as the ground-breaking SPSS Conference on sustainable purchasing and the regional Procurement Summit in Manchester – whilst continuing to host hundreds of industry professionals every spring and autumn at the bi-annual London outings.

To ensure continuity during the global pandemic, eWorld transformed itself into one of the UK’s first truly interactive virtual events in Spring 2021 before returning to its multi-faceted real-life format in Spring 2022 and Spring 2023.