To meet Sunshine's requirements, meetings managers must gather
data across multiple areas of spend, and often from many third-
party suppliers. “Pay attention to the details,” he stressed.
“What’s Dr. Smith’s NPI number, what product am I talking to him
about?” Companies are counting on you to manage their events,
collect and reconcile expenses, report spend into their
aggregate spend system, and provide supporting documentation, he
said.  For event management, you'll need to manage who is
invited, both on the faculty and attendee side, and everything
to do with the venue you select, including hotel, meal, and
transportation spend. You'll also have to determine how to
handle invitations, and manage proof of attendance. “What if we
had to have everyone in this room sign in before they came in,”
he said, looking out over the crowd of some 600 people. “We
would have had to start two hours early.” He added that we’ll
likely see more use of badge-swiping technology to streamline
the process.  And, while you don’t h