Supply Excellence — Live from Ariba LIVE in Las Vegas

Live from Ariba LIVE in Las Vegas

May 12th, 2008 · by Justin Fogarty · No Comments · AribaLIVE, best practices, events

I’m on the ground in Vegas after a short, bumpy flight from San Jose. As you may already know, Ariba LIVE 2008 kicks off here tonight (that is if I’m allowed to consider a reception at Tao as ‘on the clock’). So there will be three days full of sourcing, procurement, finance and legal professionals talking about best practices, economic conditions, case studies and networking. There may even be some unwise expenditures on the casino floors by otherwise financially savvy individuals.

I will be covering the event for Supply Excellence with an emphasis on discussing some of the mainstage presentations, breakout sessions, Town Hall booth and attendee interviews. Personally, I’m especially looking forward to Professor Charlie Wheelan’s presentation tomorrow on the state of the global economy. If you’re not already familiar with Professor Wheelan from his work as an NPR commentator, I’d highly recommend checking out his book Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science or Yahoo!Finance column.

The theme of this year’s event is Spend Management Pioneers, so the presentations and breakout sessions with executives from a host of companies and industries should also produce some very interesting take aways. So I’ll do my best to bring some of the highlights to those of you who aren’t lucky enough to be here.

Justin Fogarty is the Managing Editor of Supply Excellence and will be reporting this week from Ariba LIVE 2008 in Las Vegas. If you have any questions or feedback about the site or event, you are welcome to contact Justin at jfogarty[at]ariba[dot]com.

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