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ISG Sourcing Industry Week Draws Record Attendance, Including Some of the Biggest …

Weeklong gathering in Dallas, featuring two industry conferences and a gala awards dinner, attracts 750 executives

ISG delivers findings of first-ever State of Applied Generative AI Market report, provides sneak peek of new, SaaS-based next-gen sourcing solution

STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$III #ISGEvents–A record 750 executives attended ISG Sourcing Industry Week in Dallas, September 11-15, the largest gathering of its kind, to discuss global market trends and the use of generative AI and other emerging technologies to transform business, Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, said today.


Hosted by ISG, the largest sourcing advisor in the world, with more than $450 billion in advised transactions to its…


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India to host virtual SCO summit with Putin and Lukashenko in attendance

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will be attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit that India will be hosting virtually next week. The summit on 4th July will be chaired by Indian PM Narendra Modi with a focus on “Secure” theme, an acronym that stands for ‘Security, Economy and Trade, Connectivity, Unity, Respect for Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity, and Environment’.

India for the first time since becoming a full member of the grouping in 2017, is chairing the grouping. However, the nation has been hosting several key meetings of the grouping, including the defence and foreign ministers’ meeting earlier this year. All the SCO Member States — China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan,…


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NFL executive thanks KC for hosting Draft, says attendance slightly exceeded projection

During ABC’s coverage of the 2023 NFL Draft at Union Station, ESPN’s Rece Davis marveled at the turnout in Kansas City on Friday night.

“What a scene,” Davis said. “What a red carpet Kansas City has rolled out.”

Rich Eisen of the NFL Network also took note of the huge turnout as a camera showed the “mass of humanity.”

Another ESPN broadcaster said at one point he couldn’t hear himself think because Chiefs fans were so loud.

On the first day of the draft, the North Lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial reached capacity of 60,000.

That was merely the start of a big weekend of fans for the draft. Brian McCarthy, Vice President of Communications for the NFL, said the NFL Draft in Kansas City drew 312,000 fans.

McCarthy shared that number in a Twitter message in which he…


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