Supply Management(TM) Forum

Date:  3 - 6 May 2009
Location: Charlotte North Carolina USA
Organization: ISM
Contact: Jean McHale
Phone: 800/888-6276, extension 3143
Email: jmchale@ism.ws
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CONFERENCE GOALS
This professional development program is unmatched by any other supply management educational event. Remember these Conference goals as you develop your proposal.

Deliver stimulating educational experiences for all participants

Offer insights into leading-edge and hot topics

Repackage and revitalize established concepts and practices

Provide a unique forum for peer-to-peer networking

Present solutions and tools to use on the job

Provide practical applications

Empower attendees to make an impact through strong supply management

WHAT OUR CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS ARE LOOKING FOR

Expect to leave the Conference with a better way of doing their jobs

Have high expectations for the workshop sessions

Topic-specific learning

Motivation and inspiration

Practical solutions

Take-away tools

Broad-based education, from insight into hot topics to new views of old standbys

Insight into best practices

WHO ATTENDS THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE:

All industries are represented at the Conference, including manufacturing, non-manufacturing, public institutions and services.

Attendees have worked in purchasing/supply for at least three years.

More than 50 percent are managers or above.

We expect more than 2,000 attendees.

TOPICS

The ISM Annual Conference provides content and educational opportunities for three primary constituencies (1) senior thought leaders, (2) mid- to high-level supply management professionals, and (3) others active in supply management practices. ISM seeks presentations from all sectors - manufacturing, service, institutional, public - and from the perspective of small as well as large organizations. While reviewing the topics keep in mind trends, headwinds, best practices, and challenges met. Our audience is looking for answers on "how" to address issues.

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