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SciQuest Announces NextLevel 2009 Procurement Conference

Wednesday 16. July 2008 - Annual Event Brings Together Industry Thought Leaders to Discuss Latest Trends in Transforming Procurement from Transactional to Strategic

SciQuest, Inc., the global leader empowering enterprises to realize the potential of strategic procurement, today announced the venue and dates of the company’s annual procurement conference, NextLevel 2009. The conference will be held February 8 – 11, 2009, at The Fairmont Dallas.

NextLevel has been touted as the leading procurement event for academic, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare organizations as well as state and local government entities. The event provides attendees with strategies and tactics they can implement to take their organization’s procurement to the next level. For senior executives, NextLevel also provides a unique opportunity to learn how the world’s leading organizations are utilizing a more strategic approach to the procurement function to realize business goals.

The 2009 conference has been combined with SciQuest’s Annual User Group, providing organizations with one place to gain deep insight into the latest procurement trends, network with fellow procurement visionaries and professionals on best practices and receive interactive training from SciQuest solution experts.

“NextLevel 2009 is shaping up to be the ‘can’t-miss’ event for procurement and business professionals,” said Stephen Wiehe, president and CEO of SciQuest. “By combining NextLevel with our Annual User Group, we’re providing greater value to our customers, partners and suppliers while also giving prospects exposure to our product suite. No other event combines the detailed instruction procurement professionals want and the big picture view of procurement’s potential that business leaders need.”

Themed “Discover the New Procurement Frontier,” the conference will feature tracks and sessions that enable attendees to stay abreast of procurement hot topics such as sustainable “green” procurement, the impact of eprocurement in the research environment, the new procurement skill set, as well as how to foster stronger supplier relationships. Whether they are new to SciQuest or have been a customer for years, attendees will have the option to get to know SciQuest solutions as well as receive basic and advanced training to better manage spend and drive savings across the enterprise.