Conference Board Hosts November Purchasing Event

The Conference Board, a New York-based business membership organization, will host "Optimizing Sourcing in Challenging Times" Nov. 5-7 in New York. The three-day event will address a long list of sourcing-related topics, including:

• optimizing the supplier pool;
• leveraging strategic electronic sourcing;
• best practices in sourcing selected services;
• improving sourcing performance; and
• the economic outlook for sourcing.

Conference presenters currently slated include Norbert J. Ore, group director, strategic sourcing and procurement, Georgia-Pacific Corp., and Paul Goldsworthy, director of purchasing, Schindler Elevator Corp. The conference will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria. A complete brochure of the event is available for download at www.conference-board.org/conferences/conference.cfm?id=553.