Supporting Sponsors

Upside Software is the worldwide leader in Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions. Customers around the globe use UpsideContract and other integrated business solutions to confidently perform Contract Management, Sourcing & Procurement, and Invoice & Billing Management activities throughout their organizations. Upside Software's products address the needs of Enterprise, Public sector, and Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) customers and are deployed in as little as 3 days providing a full return-on-investment (ROI) typically in under a year. Upside Software has extensive experience delivering real value to customers of every size and in most industry verticals. For more information visit www.upsidesoft.com.

Emptoris is the world leader in contract management and supply management solutions that enable companies to realize best value and accelerate profitable growth. Emptoris Contract Management delivers stronger agreements and more effective contracting processes for the Global 2000's most contract-intensive companies. Using Emptoris contract management software, companies are able to reduce procurement spending, improve sales effectiveness, and increase compliance by allowing contracts to drive day-to-day operations. Emptoris offers a complete software solution for spend analysis, strategic sourcing, contract management, compliance, supplier performance, and program management that can be deployed behind a corporate firewall or via a software-as-a-service model. Global 2000 companies such as American Express, Boeing, Dow Corning, GlaxoSmithKline, Motorola, Owens Corning, Samsung America, and Toro depend on software from Emptoris.

SAP is the world’s leading provider of Contract Lifecycle Management software. Tens of thousands of companies across the globe run SAP® ERP, SAP SRM, SAP CRM and SAP Contract Lifecycle Management in order to support all end to end contracting processes. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform to drive innovation and enable business change, the SAP portfolio of applications helps enterprises of all sizes around the world enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains, customers and business operations. The SAP portfolio of applications supports the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol “SAP.” (Additional information at http://www.sap.com)

Chevron Corporation is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies, with subsidiaries that conduct business across the globe. The company's success is driven by the ingenuity and commitment of approximately 59,000 employees conducting business in more than 100 countries, operating across the energy spectrum. Chevron is engaged in every aspect of the oil and natural gas industry, including exploration and production, manufacturing, marketing and transportation, chemicals manufacturing and sales, geothermal and power generation. Chevron is also investing in the energy resources of the future, including biofuels and other renewables.

I-many (NASDAQ:IMNY) delivers the most advanced Enterprise Contract Management solutions for managing corporate commitments. Designed to extend beyond the traditional contract management capabilities, I-many ContractSphere® offers an end-to-end solution, from pre-contract processes, to contract management and transaction compliance. This ultimately provides companies with the visibility and control needed to manage any type of commitments - from contracts and obligations to payments and collections. The result is increased revenue, minimized risk and dramatically reduced operating costs, which deliver improved profitability with hard return on investment. More than 280 customers across 21 industries worldwide have implemented and realized the value of I-many business solutions. For more information, please visit www.imany.com.

Exhibitor

Symfact AG develops, implements and supports internationally a suite of products based on a single XML platform "Symfact Compliance Solutions". A single technology platform for multiple business solutions. These coherent applications address multiple domains within an enterprise related to contracting and compliance management. In order to optimize results for the organization users are able to view either individual data entries or a have a broader consolidated perspective across the complete data repository. More than 100 international enterprises have chosen the "Symfact Compliance Solutions" platform. The basic principle of this platform standardization has been to have the capability to rapidly implement across multiple compliance domains with a single highly configurable technology. The Symfact solution rapidly reduces cost and risk exposures through increased control and visibility. Each implementation is to a customer's specific requirements with no confusing or unnecessary complexity. Domains addressed include contract management, intellectual property, corporate governance, corporate housekeeping/control, IT Management and others.

BT Conferencing is a leading conferencing provider, with over 25 years experience, 30,000 customers, 230,000 end users and an extensive global portfolio with reach in more than 75 countries - providing excellent support for increasingly dispersed work forces, customer and supplier base. BT Conferencing is at the forefront of new and innovative technology and converged services, with key strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Cisco, Avaya and WebEx - offering a comprehensive range of audio, web and video solutions enabling organisations to deliver significant reductions to their CO2 emissions, increase business productivity and improve effectiveness of communications.

Media Partner

CPO Agenda is the international business review for chief procurement officers and senior purchasing and supply management executives in larger organisations. Published quarterly, this high-quality publication contains practical, insightful, objective and thought-provoking articles written by leading practitioners and other specialists in this field. Subjects covered include business and procurement strategy, strategic supplier relationships, globalisation, leadership, people management and organisational transformation. CPO Agenda is available exclusively by annual subscription – for more information and sample articles, visit www.cpoagenda.com

Lanyard Sponsor

Synaptic Decisions is a management consulting firm specializing in applying leading-edge thinking and best practices in sales and sourcing, contracting and value assurance—to create value and competitive advantage for our clients. The firm was founded on the premise that critical and essential ties between strategy, contracting and business results are either weak or missing in many companies. And that contracting commonly falls far short of its potential to protect and unleash business value. We have the expertise and methodologies to bridge these gaps.

On any engagement, the key measures of our success—the way we judge ourselves—are the value we create for our client, how fast the value is captured by our client and whether our client is more capable to meet future challenges after the engagement. As a result, we are the trusted partner to an increasing number of companies in the Fortune Global 500.

For additional information please visit www.synapticdecisions.com.