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Whatever it is that Coupa is doing, they must be doing something right. We’re all used to viewing those LinkedIn event posts that say there was “standing room only,” with a certain degree of skepticism, but the Coupa Inspire event this week at the Hilton, Park Lane was teaming with around 700 attendees, so much so that they had to bring out rows of extra chairs for the back of the really, quite large room.  Impressive for only their 6^th annual event in EMEA.

Friday 15th September, 2017

In an increasingly crowded marketplace, there are some vendor conferences that stand out as something more than a simple call to salivate over the next generation product release. And Basware Connect is one of them. In fact, it’s one I’ve started to look forward to as a place guaranteed to host some interesting and original thinkers – not just in P2P, but in related areas too. Plus, of course, it’s a great place to meet up with old friends and make new connections.

Friday 16th June, 2017

One of the things I enjoy most about going to AribaLive is the mix of nationalities that attend – something that doesn’t quite happen in the same way at UK or US events. AribaLive in Prague earlier this week was no exception. The sense of driving towards a common purpose despite – or perhaps bolstered by our differences, gives the event a unique buzz. Or perhaps it was just given a particular poignancy this year by our soon to be ex-EU status!

Monday 6th March, 2017

The first eWorld of the year always marks the start of “time to get serious.” After the fog of early January and the planning and strategising of February, for many organisations, March is the time to ramp up a gear and put those plans into action. Still, I'm sure the event organisers have little time for any fog judging from the large number of attendees at the event last Wednesday. Held at the OEII Centre in Westminster, the venue was packed out with a wide array of professionals looking to find out and apply the latest in procurement and purchase to pay practice, as well as vendors including old friends like Basware, Tradeshift, SAP Ariba and Invu – to some others I don’t think I’d seen there before like Claritum and Baker Wanless.