{"id":2451,"date":"2008-05-13T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2008\/05\/13\/returning-from-iasta-resource-2008\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T11:08:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T15:08:29","slug":"returning-from-iasta-resource-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/returning-from-iasta-resource-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning From Iasta reSource 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I\u2019m sitting in the Indianapolis airport waiting for my flight back to Pittsburgh and hoping that I\u2019ll get home in time to see at least the 3rd period of Game 3 of the NHL Eastern Confererence final (go Pens!).<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>Though my presence at Iasta\u2019s reSource conference was limited to the time allotted to my presentation, I did get to stick around to attend one breakout session. 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