The Open Network for Commerce Exchange (ONCE) and Promena Elektronik host the 10th Annual ONCE Global Summit, April 11-13, 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey, bringing together the world’s leaders in B2B e-Commerce to discuss “Emerging Markets – the Next Decade”.  Kicking off the Summit is Keynote Speaker Andrew Bartels of Forrester Research to discuss the evolution of B2B e-Commerce over the past decade and how Forrester Research predicts the evolution over the next decade.

“Istanbul is the perfect venue for our 10th Anniversary”, states ONCE Chairman and CEO of W3Net, Ltd, Thomas J. Westbrook. “The rich history of Turkey reminds us that our experience is short, we have only just begun our evolutionary journey as a new business paradigm and that our history is long in the making”.

To learn more about ONCE and our 10th Anniversary Global Summit, please visit us at www.connect-once.com.  

About ONCE:

ONCE is the only Association that provides marketplace operators, their suppliers and customers, service providers and others dedicated to B2B e-Commerce, a collaborative forum to discuss and advance global online trade.
The Mission of ONCE is to provide the worldwide players in B2B e-Commerce a collaborative forum to advance global trade, while being the leading authority and advocate for its Members on issues affecting international electronic commerce. An "on demand" organization dealing with the common issues of its Members as they arise and when the Members need a common forum to discuss and solve those issues.  ONCE is focused on responding to its Members by fostering and promoting standard solutions that enable the acceleration and growth of global online trade.

Since its birth, ONCE has successfully dealt with such critical business and technical issues as: marketplace interoperability, security, business services, content management, best practices and supplier enablement.  As a Member of ONCE, you are provided access to the ONCE Member Portal where you can find research and whitepapers on B2B subjects as well as view the presentations from past Summits. 

About PROMENA:

Promena was founded in 2001 in order to provide companies with maximum efficiency, effective control and savings in labor and time in their purchasing department. With an annual purchasing volume of over 1.5 billion USD, 2,500 online tenders in 500 categories, an expert staff and over 8,500 qualified suppliers registered in its system, Promena is the leading supplier of strategic and sustainable procurement services in Turkey.

ONCE Global Meetings:

Created in early 2000 and originally named the GTWA (Global Trading Web Association), the initial members were all marketplace operators, service providers and consultants from around the World. 

Since its reorganization in 2005, ONCE assembles the World’s leaders in electronic B2B trade from public and private marketplaces and hubs, enterprises, research analysts and service providers to discuss and debate an important topic affecting those involved in online trade.

A Global Summit is held each spring and a working Summit each fall.  A ONCE Member is the host for each Summit in their locale.  ONCE Members have hosted these events and topics: 

Bangkok, Thailand (2006) Building a Global Community
Dubai, UAE (2005) B2B Regional Perspective
Frankfurt, Germany (2007) Flattening the World
Houston, Texas, USA (2006) Supplier Enablement 
Milan, Italy (2005 & 2008) Adding Value to Sourcing 
Paris, France (2008) Achieving and Maintaining Scale
Seattle, Washington, USA (2007) Expanding the Pie
Dallas, Texas, USA (2005 & 2009) Adding Value to Procurement
 Windsor, England, UK (2009) P2P During Global Economic Recession