The National Association of Purchasing & Payables has announced that Chris Connors, director of procurement strategy and planning, Hewlett-Packard, will deliver the keynote address at its annual conference February 5-8 at the Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla.

Connors will speak to his company's experience at driving higher value from the procure-to-pay lifecycle. Named recently to his current post, Connors was global director of eSolutions for indirect procurement. In this role, he was responsible for worldwide implementation of procurement transaction solutions, e-sourcing, automated contracting and information management tools. HP is recipient of PURCHASING magazine's Medal of Professional Excellence for 2004 (Click here for the article on PURCHASING.com.)

The theme of NAPP's Innovamation 2006 conference is "Where P2P Excellence Comes Together." Event organizers are developing a program that features sessions by purchasing and accounts payables professionals. Forums for both purchasing and AP professionals provide focused discussion and networking opportunities. A Procure to Pay Solutions and Technology Fair showcases suppliers demonstrating new products and services.

NAPP is an organization dedicated to providing purchasing and AP professionals with new and innovative ideas for improving both the purchase order and accounts payables functions.

Visit www.nappconference.com for more information, or contact NAPP chairman Dave Elko at davidelko@comcast.net.