NIRI09 Sunday Evening Buzz

The NIRI conference is typically a high energy affair. It’s usually abuzz with vendor adrenalin flowing and IRO’s networking and getting up to speed. It seems there’s often many eager learners as new IR specialists launching their careers are often sent to NIRI.

The Economic Crisis certainly seems to be on folks’ minds with tales of downsizing, especially in the financial sector, and most focused in North America–New York namely. Talking to bankers from Denmark and vendors from the UK, the pain is felt all over.

Being from Saskatchewan in Canada, which hit the crisis period at a high point in economic activity, at zu it feels more like a hair cut then an amputation—albeit we are feeling some effects as we do sell into markets around North America. Perhaps I will have greater understanding of what’s coming after the Todd Buchholz Monday Keynote. He’s a “leading expert” on financial markets, as his bio says.

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