Released on: January 14, 2008, 12:54 pm

Press Release Author: Corporate United

Industry: Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary: Corporate United, the nation's leading group purchasing
organization, is hosting its seventh annual SYNERGY conference. SYNERGY 2008 will
bring together principal supply chain and spend management professionals across the
country. This year, Honorable Michael G. Oxley, former U.S. Congressman and
co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will present as the keynote speaker.

Press Release Body: CLEVELAND - January 14, 2008 - Corporate United, the nation's
leading group purchasing organization, is hosting its seventh annual SYNERGY
conference April 15-17, 2008 in Baltimore. SYNERGY 2008 will feature the Honorable
Michael G. Oxley, former U.S. Congressman and co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, as the keynote speaker.

SYNERGY 2008, a national spend management conference, brings together leading supply
chain and spend management professionals to discuss compelling and relevant
procurement issues. The conference also includes breakout sessions featuring
strategic sourcing authorities such as Keith Thompson, manager of strategic sourcing
for Progressive Insurance, and Caldwell Hart, director of global indirect sourcing
for Dresser-Rand, as they address some of the most thought-provoking procurement
topics.

Speakers at the 2007 conference included: former Institute for Supply Management
Chairperson and Motorola Chief Procurement Officer Theresa Metty, former Daimler
Chrysler President Thomas Stallkamp, International Association for Contract &
Commercial Management President and Chief Executive Officer Tim Cummins, and supply
chain industry pioneer Orville Bailey, among others. The attendees responded with
enthusiastic approval of the content presented. Corporate United member, Joel
Weina, director of indirect procurement of a Forbes Platinum 400 company, commented,
"I have attended many conferences over my 15 years within supply chain/procurement,
but SYNERGY 2007 was the best I have been to. The talent that Corporate United had
giving presentations was outstanding, and I am definitely looking forward to SYNERGY
2008."

"SYNERGY has quickly become a highly anticipated spend management conference," said
Gregg Mylett, president of Corporate United. "As we enter our seventh consecutive
year for SYNERGY, we could not be more pleased with the caliber of speakers,
attendees and content the event brings together."

About Corporate United
Since 1997, Corporate United has assisted the largest and most powerful companies in
the world to realize the power of leverage and indirect spend savings on their
bottom lines. Corporate United facilitates an unrivaled network of more than 100
Global 2000 companies across every industry sector with sourcing and contract
management solutions by providing the services and resource flexibility needed to
manage their enterprise spend requirements.

By combining leverage, knowledge and sourcing expertise to achieve more from supply
chain efforts, Corporate United has become the nation's leading group purchasing
organization. Corporate United is headquartered in Cleveland, with offices in
Minneapolis and Baltimore. For more information, contact Corporate United at
440.895.0938 or visit www.corporateunited.com.

Web Site: http://www.corporateunited.com

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