Last Wednesday, a Spend Matters UK and US contingent hit the latest eWorld Procurement and Supply conference and exhibition at the QE2 Centre London. We will have more detailed reporting on a number of the presentations including very good keynotes from risk expert and ex power player Casper Barry and Jim Hemmington, procurement director at the BBC. There were also more technical and useful presentations from people such as Nick Bacon (representing Basware) and Simon Dadswell from Proactis – and we will cover those in more detail too in the coming days.
But for today, a few general observations about the event. We suspect there were 300+ registrations and close to 200 in the opening keynote session, so a good attendance level. Our perception is that the event is also attracting a somewhat more senior audience than it did a few years ago, with a good number of “Head of …” and “Director of …” noted on badges through the day.
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