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Synergy 2010 - Event Detail

Day 1 – May 4, 2010
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Registration – Prefunction area, 4th floor
11:00AM - 12:00PM Speed Networking – Chicago
12:00PM - 1:00PM Lunch – Americas
12:00PM - 12:30PM Advisory Board Update – Americas
1:00PM - 2:00PM State of the GPO Presentation by Corporate United – Americas
2:00PM - 2:15PM
Break – Americas
2:15PM - 4:00PM Roundtable sessions – Chicago
6:00PM - 7:00PM Reception – The Hub / The Bar
7:00PM - 10:00PM
Dinner – Americas



Day 2 – May 5, 2010
7:30AM - 9:00AM Breakfast / Supplier Expo – Americas / 4th floor
9:00AM -12:00PM
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10-11




11-12
Breakout sessions – Chicago, New Orleans
Robert Handfield, Ph.D., Bank of America Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management, North Carolina State University

Developing Category Management Results

Pierre Mitchell, Director, Procurement Research and Advisory, The Hackett Group

Procurement Thriving in the "New Normal" - Emerging from the Downturn Stronger...Not Just Leaner

Daniel Lynch, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director for the Centre for International Trade and Transportation, Dalhousie University and former Assistant Professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University
 
How to Manage Global Alliances for Improved Firm Performance:  Buyer and Supplier Perspectives
12:00PM - 2:00PM Lunch / Supplier Expo – Americas / 4th floor
2:00PM - 5:00PM
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4-5
Breakout sessions – Chicago, New Orleans
Allen Rittscher, Chief Technical Officer and Joanne Roth, Chief Procurement Officer, Volt Information Sciences

Driving Improved Collaboration Between Procurement and IT

Brian Sommer, President, TechVentive

What I Just Learned About Your Key Supplier

Deborah Wilson, Research Director, Procurement Strategies & Systems, Gartner

Procurement Technology Deployment:  The Four-Phase Journey to Best-in-Class
Three-hour training workshop on
Purchasing Best Practices
–  Charles Dominick, SPSM, President  & CPO, Next Level Purchasing, Inc.
6:30PM - 10:30PM Dinner – 10 Pin



Day 3 – May 6, 2010
7:30AM - 8:15AM Breakfast – Americas
8:15AM - 9:15AM Media Presentation – Americas
Andrew K. Reese, Editor, Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Toward the Sustainable Supply Chain:  Risks, Opportunities
and Critical Capabilities

9:15AM - 9:30AM Break – Americas
9:30AM - 10:45AM CPO Panel – Americas
Michael Bavaro, Vice President, Purchasing, Henkel of America, Inc.
Reuben Slone, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, OfficeMax
Sharon Spina, Head of Procurement, North America, Munich Re America
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Keynote speaker – Americas
Marci Rossell, former CNBC Chief Economist and Co-Host of Squawk Box

Supply Chain 2010:  On the Frontline of Economic Recovery
12:00PM - 1:00PM Lunch – Americas