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Event times

Wednesday, April 26th

12:00 pm – Registration open 

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm – Day 1 of Event Sessions

7:00 pm -9:30 pm – Let's Celebrate! Social Evening

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Thursday, April 27th

8:00 am - 8:45 am – Breakfast

8:45 am - 5:00 pm – Day 2 of Event Sessions

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Friday, April 28th

8:00 am - 8:45 am – Breakfast

8:45 am - 12:00 pm – Day 3 of Event Sessions

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Meet our Panel and Speakers

We are delighted to introduce our innovative panelists for the Unimarket NOW Headline Panel Session and our speakers for the sessions.

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Wednesday April 26, 2023

TIME (EDT)
SESSION
12:00pm

Registration open

Lunch provided

1:00pm

Welcome to Unimarket NOW

Darren Blakely, President, Unimarket

Darren will welcome all attendees and provide an update on the progress Unimarket has made since our last NOW event in 2019.

1:30pm

Next level procurement panel

Randy Gentzler, John Mercer and Snow Rutkowske, with moderator Amy McWhirter

Our panelists will share their insights on how procurement teams can elevate the strategic value they provide to their organizations. This panel will include a 20-minute Q&A session with the audience.

3:00pm

Say hello to the Collaboration Station

Julie Wetzel, Account Manager & Solution Consultant, Unimarket

3:05pm

Afternoon break

Refreshments provided

3:30pm

Game Show – Family Feud

Hosted by Gourmet Dining

4:00pm

What comes next?

Dan Mackay, Head of US Operations & Hayley Kudra, Head of ANZ  Operations, Unimarket

Are you making the most out of your eProcurement platform? In this session Dan and Hayley will highlight how to push for more value out of an eProcurement solution.

5:00pm

  Free time

7:00pm

Let’s Celebrate!

Join us for a fun-filled evening of food, drink, music and casino games.

Thursday April 27, 2023

TIME (EDT)
SESSION
8:00am

Breakfast

Sponsored by Connection

8:45am

Looking back on Day 1

Brian Sweeney, Head of US Project Office

9:00am

#WhatJulieDidntKnow

Julie Wetzel, Account Manager & Solution Consultant, Unimarket

A list of 20 helpful features in the Unimarket platform that Julie has uncovered since joining the Unimarket team.

9:45am

Morning break

Refreshments provided

10:15am

Services: - To share or not to share?

Chase Loper, Assistant Vice President for Business Services, Duquesne University

Chase will provide an overview of Shared Services and how it can be implemented. He will discuss how it was implemented at Duquesne University, and how Unimarket has supported and facilitated the shift to a centralized Shared Services model. There will be time for a Q&A session with the audience.

11:00am

Make it rain with strategic sourcing

Tony Shala, Procurement Manager, Teachers College

Tony will provide insights on how he helps Teachers College achieve significant cost savings through strategically sourced suppliers.

11:45am

Lunch

Sponsored by Civic Initiatives

12:45am

Game Show – Last Man Standing

Hosted by ABC Stone

1:10pm

Roundtables Intro

Ed Maurer, Implementation Manager, Unimarket

1:15pm

Roundtable rendezvous

Choose a topic and meet with a subject-matter expert and your peers to ask questions, share your experiences and learn at one of the available roundtables. Three 25-minute sessions.

2:45pm

Afternoon break

Refreshments provided

3:15pm

Roundtable rendezvous deux

Choose a topic and meet with a subject-matter expert and your peers to ask questions, share your experiences and learn at one of the available roundtables. Three 25-minute sessions.

4:45pm

Closing remarks

Ed Maurer, Implementation, Unimarket

5:00pm

Free evening in Annapolis

Friday April 28, 2023

TIME (EDT)
SESSION
8:00am

Breakfast

Sponsored by Victory Print & Digital Media

8:45am

Looking back on Day 2

Brian Sweeney, Head of US Project Office, Unimarket

9:00am

Payment fraud – Avoid these traps

Bill Fox, Chief Commercial Officer, Finexio

Bill Fox, the former Deputy Chief of Economic and Cyber Crime at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and Special Assistant US Attorney, will share the types of fraud that can occur in accounts payable, common red flags, best practices, and the best solutions for preventing enterprise AP fraud in 2023.

10:00am

Map to the Future

Justin Gillion, Head of Product, Unimarket

Justin will provide an overview of recent Unimarket development and provide a glimpse into the roadmap for the future.

11:00am

And the award goes to...

The Unimarket team will be nominating attendees for special awards this year. Will you be among the winners?

11:30am

Lunch

Boxed lunch

Thank you to our sponsors

We'd like to extend a big thank you to our Unimarket NOW sponsors. This event would not be able to happen without their generous support.

Headline Sponsor

Finexio is the leading AP Payments as a Service company focused on enabling end-to-end business payment capabilities in mid-market and enterprise organizations.

This fully managed AP Payments as a Service solution represents a powerful disruption to traditional, disjointed manual-based AP processes. Finexio’s modern, efficient service model, robust API, SSO capabilities, and differentiated service capabilities allows companies to eliminate manual processes, lower payment costs, and prevent payments fraud. Founded in 2015 by Payments Industry veterans, Finexio has grown rapidly by working with hundreds of CFO’s across the country, moving billions of dollars securely and efficiently.

Finexio alleviates manual work for financial teams AND drives more value from accounts payable. Finexio powers B2B payments infrastructure for some of the world’s largest accounts payable and procurement software platforms. Finexio’s investors and partners include some of the largest banks and financial institutions in the United States, including J.P. Morgan, the largest bank in the USA

Let's Celebrate! Sponsor
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Since 1973, B&H has catered to professionals with an eye for quality, value and great service.

Along the way, B&H established strong working relationships with owners and stakeholders in some of the world's largest organizations, with an understanding that in order to thrive and grow, your business purchasing needs to be easy, seamless and customized for you. Discover why institutions, business owners and corporations the world over rely on B&H B2B for personalized attention and comprehensive service. Whether your organization is big or small, we know how to equip you with technology for every stage of success.

B&H is the source for all your Audio Visual and IT equipment needs. We offer contracted, cost effective, and easy purchasing options on the full line of technology products, including photo, video, pro-audio, surveillance, computers, drones, and peripherals.

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