This is THE annual event that brings the procurement community – industry experts, thought leaders and suppliers – together to explore, experience and discuss the latest thinking, newest strategies and most innovative solutions. NextLevel is designed to help you overcome today’s challenges and fast forward your organization’s procurement to the leading edge now!

NextLevel attendees say this is the one conference that provides them with meaningful, actionable content — 100% of NextLevel 2009 attendees indicated they learned something they can use to advance their professional career.

Combined with SciQuest's annual User Group, this esteemed, all-inclusive conference provides unique opportunities for you to:

• Gain greater ROI from your organization's procurement and ERP investments
• Interact and collaborate with peers, partners and suppliers
• Discuss the near-term and long-term future of procurement
• Hear from world-class keynote speakers
• Attend basic and advanced SciQuest application training sessions
• Meet and network with industry and SciQuest experts

Register now to join your industry colleagues and thought leaders to discover and refine stronger, more efficient, and cost-effective procurement strategies in a broad range of areas including higher education, life sciences, healthcare, public sector, corporations and more.

The NextLevel conference is an annual event that brings the procurement community together to explore, experience and discuss the industry's latest thinking, newest strategies and most innovative products and services.

On one level, the conference offers a chance to interact and collaborate with peers, partners and suppliers, enabling an exchange of best practices and blueprints for increased procurement efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

On another level, the event provides a look forward into the near-term and long-term future of procurement, empowering you to become familiar with the most promising developments, ideas and innovations on the horizon.

This opportunity to integrate and collaborate with both peers and industry visionaries is like fast-forwarding to the leading edge of procurement. In one powerful event, you can take your organization’s procurement strategies, practices and programs to the next level!

Who Should Attend? If you are:

• Responsible for driving organization-wide savings,
• Looking to gain higher ROI from your ERP investment,
• Measured by end-user satisfaction of procurement processes and systems
• Seeking best practices with which to lead your procurement efforts
• Charged with optimizing supplier relationships
• A SciQuest customer or evaluating SciQuest solutions

...this is the one procurement conference that you must attend! Register now!

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The NextLevel 2010 agenda is currently in development. Please check back frequently for the most up-to-date information.

Sunday, January 31 6:00 p.m. NextLevel Opening Reception Monday, February 1 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks 9:30-12:00 Keynote Presentations 12:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 - 4:15 Purchasing Leaders and Supplier Panels 4:15 NextLevel Awards and Day 1 Closing Remarks 7:00 Night at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Tuesday, February 2 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 Breakout Sessions 12:00 p.m. Lunch and Vendor Showcase 1:30 - 5:00 Breakout Sessions 6:00 Networking Reception and Dinner Wednesday, February 3 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 Breakout Sessions 12:00 p.m. Lunch and Departure Download the NextLevel Overview Brochure Download the NextLevel 2010 agenda.

Keynote Speaker: Steven S. Little Author of many best-selling books including the recently released Duck and (re)Cover and The Milkshake Moment, Steven Little is a sought after expert on the subject of business growth and the future of opportunity. Particularly relevant for procurement professionals, Steven will help frame your thinking to “overcome stupid systems, pointless policies and muddled management to realize growth." In this humorous, yet insightful presentation, Steven will show you how to identify and overcome the stifling behaviors inherent in any organization and how you can lead the way toward substantive change and real growth!