LANDMARK 2007 IMPA EXHIBTION AND CONFERENCE SETS NEW BENCHMARK
2007 IMPA Exhibition & Conference a resounding success!
A superb speaker line-up, informative conference workshops and an excellent number of visitors to this year’s IMPA Exhibition & Conference in Kensington all helped to make the annual event a truly landmark occasion within the global maritime sector.
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Pictured from left to right - Jim Abery of Capgemini, IMPA President Jan R Johannessen and Professor Alan Waller OBE, President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. |
Opening Ceremony…
This years opening ceremony saw truly inspiring speeches given by Keynote and Special Guest Speakers, respectively Jim Abery of Capgemini and Professor Alan Waller OBE, President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
Jim Abery’s speech focussed on Making Purchasing Work by Applying Joined up Thinking and Professor Waller’s presentation, entitled Trends and Impact of Supply Chain Procurement and Global Business, looked at topics facing today’s business, such as Globalisation and Hyper-Competition.
Both speeches were extremely well received by all who attended the ceremony and the presentations are now available for all to download through the IMPA.net website, just click the link below…
Trends and Impact of Supply Chain
Procurement and Global Business. Professor Alan Waller OBE
Making Purchasing Work – Applying Joined Up Thinking. Jim Abery
Conference…
The conference workshop sessions saw a radical change this year by updating the session format and increasing the number of workshops to four one hour sessions, two on each day of the conference.
These workshop sessions were also very successful, with many complimentary remarks made from the delegate audience. This year, the workshops were completely focussed on tackling key issues in the global marine industry and covered purchasing philosophy and strategy, reducing costs as well as looking at technologies, trends and the future of global marine logistics.
Each workshop session saw a record number of delegates attending and consequently saw some key issues being raised and a good debate being held between the panel members and also between the delegates themselves.
Exhibition…
The Exhibition side of the event also a resounding success and saw some popular developments, such as the marine themed Galleon pub on the stage area, Mexican themed Cocktail Party, various competitions and awards and a traditional fish & chip lunch being held on the second day. These new developments coupled with the fact that the exhibitors made a real effort with stand design (one of the awards was for the best ‘Proactive’ Stand Design, won by Scandia Stores) made for three lively and exciting exhibition halls where, according to visitor feedback, many new business relationships were made.
So, it looks like 2007 was a landmark event for the International Marine Purchasing Association and 2008 is already shaping up to be another fantastic event, with ideas already being discussed for the further and continued development of both the conference program and the exhibition.
Look out for regular updates on the 2008 IMPA event via our monthly e-newsletters and via the IMPA.net website…We look forward to seeing you all at IMPA 2008!
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