As I indicated back in March and again in August, the 5^th PMAC / MeRC / ORNEC International Supply Chain Management Symposium is coming up next month in Toronto, Ontario. With keynotes from David C. Swiggum from IBM, Jim Mikell from Everest Group, Kevin Costello from Ariba, and Robert C. Johnson from Purolater as well as talks from Christopher J. Carter from A.T. Kearney, Mark Gallant from Accenture, Jon Hansen from e-Procure, John Keogh from Hewlett-Packard, and Nicholas Selersen from KPMG, this conference is quickly becoming the little conference that could. If you’re in Canada, or the Northern US (or even as far away as Brazil, India, and Australia – just look at the speaker list), I would strongly urge you to check this event out. It’s sad to say, but there aren’t a lot of good Supply Chain / Sourcing / Procurement conferences North of the border, so it’s important to take advantage of the few good ones we have!